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This entire debate before. Of course, there were amendments offered up in terms of what to do about the situation then and thanks to some crafty amendments and what not we ended up with a situation that we have today that we have gone back to revisit some 15 years later . Im sorry. Were you in the house then . I forget. Ive been here since 19 did you vote for the bill . Yes. Did you vote for the bill . Look, it was the toughest vote i ever took in 2000. That was the best we could get at the time...

Aaron thank you, pete. I have not developed an accent. The giveaway i talk too fast. My students in particular i will do my best to speak slowly. I do cook jambalaya. Native and that regard of the food of baton rouge. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to start things off. We congratulate ourselves on the if youre civil war historian or somebody the last couple of years may have seen longer do not know how the war is going to end. It is exciting for me to tell you how it finishes afte...

The professor spoke at the opening of the gettysburg civil war institutes annual conference which focused on the end of the war and its aftermath. Peter good afternoon. I am the director of the institute. It is my pleasure to invite aaron sheehandean, the professor of southern studies at lsu. He is professor of southern history as well as civil war and published a number of scholarly works, including a monograph on a book published by the university of virginia. He has done a number of things as...

Ready for this post, saying it will be the president s number one foreignpolicy achievement. But it said the white house remains confident that if Congress Rejects the deal, the president could be to the action and continue to move forward. That is what i was talking about. It would require 34 votes for him to go forward. Is he getting that . I think it is going to be a hard sell. He knows that the resolution of this approval is likely to be introduced is not likely to pass is very likely to pas...

Its got to be much more subtle than that. It got to be about helping each side see where there might be limited areas where they could work together. Im not the great believer in the grand bargain. Now sit down and have a discussion about every in. It is unlikely to be good but they will be some areas where people have quite significant differences and nonetheless have it limited junior level of communication which delivers from a practical benefit to both sides. We will obviously return in some...

Or can we fix it . And if so how in particular . Youre about to hear how from our expert panel. Let me introduce them in the order in which theyll speak, as we proceed through the panel well be working our way through the various titles of dodd frank frank. First will be my colleague peter wallacen. He co directs aeis program on financial studies, was co chair of the pew Financial Task force and served on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission where he wrote a very enlightening and highly contr...

Quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask the chair to lay before the body the message accompanying 601. The presiding officer the chair lays before the senate the following message. The clerk number 1, 2, 3, had, 5, 7, and 8 to the bill h. R. 601 to enact the transparen...

Mr. Mcconnell madam president . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to refer the house message on h. R. 601 to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith the presiding officer morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the house message to accompany h. R...

Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote the yeas are 79. The nays are 18. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked under the previous order amendment number 809 is withdrawn and the motion to concur on the house amendment to the Senate Amendment to h. R. 601 with a further amendment. Is there a sufficient second . T...

The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 227. The nays 186. The previous question is ordered. The question is on adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. All opposed say no. The ayes have it. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. T...