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And it starts with copper, the mineral copper. Theres copper in brass. Theres copper in bronze. The Statue Of Liberty is sheathed in a layer of copper. Thats about the thickness of two pennies. Pennies themselves used to be copper, but now theyre just coppercovered zinc, which sort of seems sad. It makes financial sense, because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. We use copper for wir...

In our rules and its forcing bad decisions. >> as for presidential appointees reffing senate confirmation. analysis from nbc news finds the first 100 days trumps confirmation rate is average with other presidents. trump with 38 percent of nominees confirmed. president obama at 36%. bush saw 41% of his nominees get through. >> unleashed frustration on congressional democrats sunday morning. tweeted the democrats without a leader have become the party of obstruction. only interested in themselves....

Rank first, second, and third as the least productive congresses weve ever had, since anybody started tracking the productivity of congresses at the end of world war ii. this congress just ending today also had the lowest confirmation rate for civilian nominees in modern american history. for the first time since the modern budget process was created in 1974, this congress for the first time ever, they didnt even try to pass a budget. at least in previous terrible congresses, they tried and fail...

Rank first, second, and third as the least productive congresses weve ever had, since anybody started tracking the productivity of congresses at the end of world war ii. this congress just ending today also had the lowest confirmation rate for civilian nominees in modern american history. for the first time since the modern budget process was created in 1974, this congress for the first time ever, they didnt even try to pass a budget. at least in previous terrible congresses, they tried and fail...

The last line with the arrow pointing to it, that is the congress that comes to an end today. you will notice that congress over the last few years has been a little stunted, is probably the polite way to put it, since the republicans took over the house in their big wave election in 2010. look at that, the three congresses since then, the 114th congress just ended today, those three are the least productive congresses of all time. since the republicans took control of the house in 2010, the thr...

Get a senate vote as his immediate predecessors. lets show you who these three individuals are that the president announced the nominations for today. two women and an african-american man. they are all three harvard law school graduates. heres another fact i want to put up on the screen that this white house, i think, believes dictates part of the problem theyve dealt with lately. this is the confirmation rate for the presidents predecessors in terms of first-term appointments. president clinto...

Office, and there is a big blame game on between republicans and democrats. molly henneberg is going to sort all this out for us, she is live in washington. lets take a look at the numbers, molly. how many vacancies are there? >> reporter: we are talking here about federal judicial vacancies, vacancies at the district court level and the circuit court level. according to the left leaning alliance for justice which is pushing for more of president obamas nominees to get confirmed by the senate th...

Only 31 nominees. aron says there may be more in the mix but the senators have to submit blue slips to move them forward. that process isnt open to the public. so there is no real way of knowing. when asked about the open seats today, white house press secretary jay carney responded -- >> one thing we know for sure, the pace of combination has never been slower. >> not according to the alliance for justice, which released new numbers today comparing confirmation rate in the same time period of p...