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The United States and israel. Josh earnest today would not rule it out. Because of his pretty clear indication hes prepared to withdraw from very serious commitments that israel previously made to a twostate solution, that does and has prompted us to reevaluate our approach to this matter. Lou president obama today finally brought himself around to talk with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu. It took him two days to do so. But we understand mr. Obama actually congratulated the Prime Minister on h...

House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentlem...

Fact he was talking to him every day about your slip the 14th amendment is supposed to mean. That may not have worked out so well rather than convincing. But i think the Supreme Court often does not go with what we might consider the correct interpretation of a particular provision. They have their own way of doing things and that is part of the reason. The other thing to say is that support for the kind of things that they know most interested in, fundamental rights fundamentally in the years f...

Quorum call quorum call quorum call the presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid ill bet the senate is in a quorum call. Is that right . The presiding officer the senator is correct. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid mr. President , i ask unanimous consent at a time to be concerned by the majority leader, after consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to executive session to consider the follo...

Mr. Franken madam president . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Mr. Franken i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken madam president , i have eight unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. I ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. The presiding officer w...

Emancipation hall in the Capitol Visitors Center and so forth. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . Without objection. Mr. Reid i ask consent the resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and there be no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. Res. 2 527. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk Senate Resolution 527, congratulati...

Threatening your state are stark reminder of this present danger. Before the hearing we spoke with tom wescott. He estimates that a vast majority of his membership will be engaged in those efforts before the fire is finally brought under control. The scourge of wildfires has become epidemic and will i am peril our nation. Changing the way in which federal government budgets for wild land Fire Fighting. It makes sense and should be done but only a first step. For decades firefighters are battled ...

Get the allusion of flexibility. They will get Higher Energy costs. Businesses are going to have to find ways to pay for their own higher bills, because it will not just be families when they turn on the light switch that will get a higher electric bill. Electricity rate will necessarily skyrocket. Businesses will have to find ways to pay for their higher layingcosts, which means people off, passing on the cost to others. Chamber of the u. S. Commerce says that an aggressive policy targeting coa...

Alwaysine viewers are invited to send questions or comments. Hosting the discussion is elizabeth slatterly. Her research focuses on issues such as the scope of the constitutions Commerce Clause, federal exemption, and election laws. She studies about the Supreme Court, judicial confirmations, the proper roles of the courts, and judicial interpretation. She is regularly contributing to a post on a heritage policy blog. Please join me in welcoming elizabeth slatterly. Elizabeth . [applause] thank ...

Now i heard it foundation discussion on limited freespeech rights. They will also look at a proposed constitutional amendment overturning those core rulings. This is an hour. Good afternoon. We welcome you to the auditorium. And those who have joined us on our website. Several will be joining us on cspan today. Those watching online are welcome to send comments at speaker heritage. Org. Those inhouse are asked to take that last courtesy check that cell phones are turned off as we begin. And of c...