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Would reopen the government through february the eighth. Host why 1 00 in the morning . Guest because it is the senate. In the senate, under the the way the rules are set up, if there is a filibuster, and you have to move to limit debate, the earliest the vote can occur is one hour after the senate , two days after the majority leader has called for the vote. You were watching the senate floor at about 2 00 a. M. On saturday morning, that is when Mitch Mcconnell filed the motion to set up the vo...

Direct assess to the Vice President for most lawmakers. Francis says he realizes it was a slap in the face to victims he never intended. He defended a chilean bishop accused by victims of covering up for the countrys most notorious pedophile priest. During an Airborne Press Conference as he returned home from south america, the pontiff said, im convinced he is innocent. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. V...

Mrs. Ernst mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mrs. Ernst mr. President , i rise today to urge Senate Democratic leadership to end their reckless Government Shutdown. Its no secret that over the years ive made clear that i dont like funding our government from one shortsided bandaid bill to another. We must establish a path forward to responsibly fund our government for the long term. Its responsible and right thing to do for our military, for future generations, for our ...

The last ten minutes or so lets go to the fox news capitol hill senior producer chad pergram with the latest. What are we looking at . I talked to senator jeff flake who indicated they might get to the 60 votes. This is all the math. They need to get this 60 votes. This is vote not to reopen the government. If they get 60 votes the government will reopen. This will be a test vote, signal, indicating later today that the senate will vote on threeweek interim spending bill to open the government t...

People. But they are here illegally. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Now live to the floor of the house. Expected to vote shortly on the senates shortterm government funding bill. Pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u...

Signed, sincerely, karen l. Haas. Mr. Sessions i send a report to the rule. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 7 346789 resolution providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment to the house is a amendment to the Senate Amendment to the bill h. R. 1892. To amend title 4, United States cold, to provide for the flying of the flag at halfstaff in the event of the death of a First Responder in the line of duty. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and order printed...

Chief of staff john kelly, over his defense of rob porter, accused of Domestic Violence. We call could haall could ha better in this situation. Porters former wife joins us in studio 1a. And the snowstorm racing across the country, cancels more than 1,000 flights. One step closer to an arrest. The move by the lapd against Harvey Weinstein that could lead to capitol hill charges. And winning. Well have people seeing double today, friday, february 9th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today, with Sava...

Statement, then well take your questions. Our normal policy, consistent with the policies of past administrations, is to not comment on background checks and security clearances. Given the unusual nature of these circumstances, when a number of false reports floating around, we wanted to try to explain as best we can within our security limitations how the Background Investigation process works and then talk a little bit about rob porter and how the how his situation fits within that process. Ba...

The presiding officer the senator from texas. Mr. Cornyn i ask unanimous consent notwithstanding rule 22 at 10 30 p. M. This evening the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur on the house amendment to the Senate Amendment to h. R. 1892 with a further amendment, if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be vealed be yielded back. The presiding officer is there objection . The senator from kentucky. Mr. Paul reserving the right to object. I think it is important the...

Pressure mounting on white house chief of staff john kelly over his defense of rob porter, accused of Domestic Violence. I think its fair to say that we all could have done better over the last few hours, last new days in dealing with this situation. This morning porters former wife joins us live in studio 1a. The massive snowstorm racing across the country, canceling more than a thousand flights. One step closer to an arrest. The move by the lapd against Harvey Weinstein that could lead to capi...