Under reconciliation rules. U. S. Overage now of the house on cspan. House on cspan. Nnounces to the house his approval ereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from assachusetts, mr. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker without objection, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. Graves, is recognized for one minute. Mr. Graves thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to give tribute to pastor kevin mckee who opened the prayer this morning this this chamber. Kevin and his wife have been amazing pillars in our community as we have been through extraordinary associated with hurricanes katrina, rita, gustav, isaac, a 1,000 year flood last associated year, wor spill in the nations history. Incredible shootings of five of our Police Officers last year. In
0 representatives just passed a bill right there. h.r. 1797. a totally and completely unconstitutional ban on almost all abortions in the country starting at 20 weeks. keep in mind, there are 12 million people who are unemployed in america. the unemployment rate has been at or near 8% for more than 4 years. there are 11 million people living in this country under the threat of deportation at any moment. we are about to start arming syrian rebels fighting in a brutal and bloody civil war even though no one seems fully capable of sorting the good guy rebels from the extremist rebels, and in doing so, we are moving toward a proxy war against russia and iran just to name a few. but tonight, those thorny problems were not the top concern of your republican-controlled house. no. tonight house republicans decided instead to focus on fake symbolically banning abortion. this vote tonight, this was not actual legislating. this is a bill that everyone, everyone on all sides agrees is unconstituti
0 without having a vote on the matter. we don t bother to declare war because it s just a normal thing we do. why declare it when war has become the new damn normal. that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. all in with chris hayes starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. thank you for joining us. tonight, on all in you may not have even ever heard of the man who sat down before congress today to testify on the nsa surveillance programs. but he is a man so powerful it s possible that he has heard of you. also tonight, new whistleblowers have emerged. these have got nothing to do with the nsa. these insiders pulled back the curtain on one of the most shameless schemes by a big bank to fleece americans that we ve ever seen. representatives just passed a bill right there. h.r. 1797. a totally and completely unconstitutional ban on almost all aborgss aborgs abortions in country starting at 20 weeks. keep in mind, there are 12 million people who are
0 i will continue to work toward a day when abortion is not only illegal, but is absolutely unthinkable. the question is on the passage of the bill, those in favor say aye. aye. those opposed no. no. the ayes have it. the bill is passed. for what purpose? for what purpose does the gentle lady from tennessee seek i ask for a recorded vote. the yeas 228. the nayes 196. the bill is passed. you see that, kids? who says you can t get anything done in washington? your republican-led house of representatives just passed a bill right there. h.r. 1797. a totally and completely unconstitutional ban on almost all abortions in the country starting at 20 weeks. keep in mind, there are 12 million people who are unemployed in america. the unemployment rate has been at or near 8% for more than 4 years. there are 11 million people living in this country under the threat of deportation at any moment. we are about to start arming syrian rebels fighting in a brutal and bloody civil w