CONGRESS: WE THE PEOPLE
CONGRESS: WE THE PEOPLE
WETA "CONGRESS: WE THE PEOPLE" IN 07.48.28-WETA credit/funding credits/title sequence Exterior of Capitol. Host Ed Newman v.o., shots of Representatives and staff arriving and getting to work. TIP O'NEILL runs perfunctorily through the opening, the chaplain says a prayer. Newman says that increasingly, Americans can see Congress in action, with TV beginning in 1979. After the prayer, the vote comes on accepting the journal record of the previous day's activities. 07.51.00-TIP O'NEILL sleepily reading off the procedure for voting on yesterday's journal. Rep. BOB WALKER demands a vote, then denounces the voice vote on the grounds of no quorum, so O'Neill calls for electronic vote and give Walker a derisive sneer like the wet-behind-the-ears punk that he is. House Parliamentarian says that calling for rollcall vote on the journal is usually to stall. Messengers deliver messages from the Senate. O'Neill announces appointments to an intergovernmental relations committee. Rep. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI asks for an extension for the Ways and Means Committee to finish its homework assignment on Social Security reform. TIP O'NEILL announces limits on requesting committee assignments. Shots of members giving their daily one-minutes on various issues. 07.53.37-Rep. MEL LEVINE (D-CA) expresses concern about the poor reading and writing skills of Government Bureaucrats. Rep. BILL ALEXANDER (D-Ark.) attacks Don Regan for a statement that Economic Recovery has begun, says that Regan has "predicted 52 of the last 3 economic recoveries". Rep. CHARLES SCHUMER (D-NY) speaks to attack aid to El Salvador. House Parliamentarian says that the One-Minutes generally take a half hour of the legislative day. Rep. DAVID BONIOR (D-MI) introduces a bill. The clerk reads the bill of the rules of the bill for consideration. Rep. BONIOR describes the provisions of the rules on debate limits. 07.56.04