Desk. Every single senator in the Democratic Congress and in our caucus here in the senate is cosponsoring the for the people act. Senator merkley, senator merkley and my companion bill the h. R. 1, for the people act, but it is very deep in the leaders legislative graveyard. Over the course of the last year, as the for the people act has languished, tens of millions of dollars were spent, much of it in secret, to influence the policymaking process. Almost half a dozen states passed new laws restricting voter rights. The u. S. Supreme court gave the green light to political gerrymandering, and President Trump has with his own properties dozens of times funneled millions of taxpayer dollars into his own pocket. Yet, the Republican Senate is silent, sigh length as silent as our democracy faces a crisis like none we have ever seen in our lifetimes. We can draw a Straight Line from the crisis in our democracy to more than 300 bipartisan bills buried in the majority leaders graveyard. The b
Irans leaders of joined huge crowds into iran for the funeral procession of assassinated general qassam salami as calls for revenge against the United States grow louder irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali khan and i and president have some rouhani held prayers of funeral proceedings in the iranian capital they express their grief as a rainy and packed the streets of the city 3 official days of mourning have been declared so the mani still to earlier told the crowds that her fathers death would bring court a dark day for you. While the funeral for cinema is underway u. S. President donald trump has warned iraq he will impose heavy sanctions if it expels american troops Iraqs Parliament voted in favor of removing Foreign Forces in retaliation for the u. S. Strike that killed salaam on the last week. Near Baghdad Airport fallout from the assassination is spreading through the middle east iran is falling to hit back and has suspended its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal and then lat
An presented as a strategy. I actually see secondly, i agree with michael, and i think that you set it to, the numbes game is important. But important only in rather narrowfi domains. We believe this to keep our over 40 year commitment to congressional coverage. You can finish watching it on the cspan now out. We live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate where members are getting ready to vote on nominations. Live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent that there be up to two minutes of debate between senators braun, lee,and johnson prior to a scheduled vote. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Lee madam president. The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Lee madam president ive come to the floor today to talk about some of the spending requests known as earmarks that are placed in this legislation, earmarks have long members of the congress as, quoteunquote, sweeteners, that make th
Good evening. And he represents rhode island in the United States senate. Thank you. You see any number . The Senate Judiciary committee, most importantly, is it sort of its customary. Let me welcome senator sheldon whitehouse. Thank you all. I think the routine here if i talk for about 10 minutes, then we have question and answers. So let me start by thanking you for coming out. And thank you for the interest in this book. I worked pretty hard on it. As if you get around to reading it, youll see, its pretty dense stuff. I would describe it as more or less equal parts textbook if that doesnt scare you off detective story and warning flare. And as we talk about it there are two concepts i want to put in your mind. First because theyll help illuminate rest of the conversation. The first is something called agency capture or regular battery capture, which is a phenomenon that goes way back into our history. And you might think of some of the early episodes of agency capture or regulatory
Good evening. And he represents rhode island in the United States senate. Thank you. You see any number . The Senate Judiciary committee, most importantly, is it sort of its customary. Let me welcome senator sheldon whitehouse. Thank you all. I think the routine here if i talk for about 10 minutes, then we have question and answers. So let me start by thanking you for coming out. And thank you for the interest in this book. I worked pretty hard on it. As if you get around to reading it, youll see, its pretty dense stuff. I would describe it as more or less equal parts textbook if that doesnt scare you off detective story and warning flare. And as we talk about it there are two concepts i want to put in your mind. First because theyll help illuminate rest of the conversation. The first is something called agency capture or regular battery capture, which is a phenomenon that goes way back into our history. And you might think of some of the early episodes of agency capture or regulatory