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Since the senate couldnt pass a fourweek resolution to fund the government, they are trying is set for threeweek resolution. Republicans are betting that among the ranks of their democratic colleagues, there is enough support for the six years worth of funding for the chip program. They could get some democratic votes in the house, and the senate if leader pelosi and schumer free them up to go. I spoke to greg walden, the republican from Washington State. He says if the democrats freed up they w...

Since the senate couldnt pass a fourweek resolution to fund the government, they are trying is set for threeweek resolution. Republicans are betting that among the ranks of their democratic colleagues, there is enough support for the six years worth of funding for the chip program. They could get some democratic votes in the house, and the senate if leader pelosi and schumer free them up to go. I spoke to greg walden, the republican from Washington State. He says if the democrats freed up they w...

Republicans plan to reopen the government when the chamber gavels back in at noon saturday, this time with an amendment to shorten the duration of the stopgap bill to three weeks but at least publicly democrats didnt show any more enthusiasm before continuing resolution than one with the federal end date. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord god, you are the god of our salvation. Gui...

Somebody the other day [indiscernible conversation] good morning, everyone. Yesterday, hundreds and thousands of women and their men poured into the street in hundreds of different cities in the country. The anniversary of the womens march and day one of the trump shutdown, americans marched to call on our government to honor the priorities and values of the American People. I am here to stand with you inth my fellows congress. We sent a letter to the president to say what are the priorities we ...

Our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray, god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You have promised that you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, to give strength and make us whole. We pray that we all and the members of this Assembly Especially will be receptive to your promises and receive them with confidence and conviction and armed by your spirit, we will be able to forge Good Solutions to the current impasse to promote equity...

Hanging in the balance on what we do here on capitol hill and with white house. Three weeks from now i hope to be joining you in the passage with you and your families in your communitys of a major which will strengthen america and give you an opportunity to be part of our future. President , i yield. First, let me tell you how pleased i am to the people of maryland that we are now in the process of ending this government shutdown. Government shutdown does not benefit any and certainly does not ...

Order to reach an agreement that republicans and democrats can support. And so i am here with several of my colleagues to make some fairly simple requests of the United States senate. It seems like if we are really adults, if were really going to operate like grownups, if were going to be true, responsible stewards of the federal government, then we could keep the government open for a very short period of time while we negotiate a way out of this. As many folks know, we on the democratic side a...

Asked to work without knowing when they would get a paycheck or those on furlough dont know if they will never get a paycheck or not, not in the interest of the federal workforce and certainly not in the interest of federalo contracts put on suspension. And then to depend on services to at make taxpayers pay more money. I am pleased to see we will and this shutdown to get the Government Back up and pay it forward. We have accelerated the deadline to get a budget done. Many of us have expressed m...

For kids that need it. And i had an opportunity to actually go to some of these vision screenings, some of these dental screenings, and see children get access to healthcare that they werent able to get at home for different reasons. And when i saw the difference that these exams made in terms of the family getting this information, and maybe realizing that their child wasnt able to really learn forbecause they couldnt see the board, or were having a difficult time eating because their teeth hur...

Eastern, author walter starr, and Howard University professor on abraham lincolns friends and enemies. Watch this week in prime time on cspan3. Now, to the womens march on washington. Organizers held it to an to oneyearte the anniversary of president trumps inauguration. Up . Good afternoon, ladies and friends. It is indeed a pleasure to join you here this afternoon as we celebrate the oneyear when we sent a message to the world that women are here to stay, that we will not go quietly into the n...