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Cheers and applause stephen welcome back, everybody. Now for your yuletide enjoyment the new host from live at Lincoln Center and broadway star Audra Mcdonald. Hit it, andy. I really cant stay baby, its cold outside ive got to go away baby its cold outside this evening has been so very nice ill squeeze your hands, theyre just like ice my mother will start to veryry and father will be pacing the floor listen to fir place roar so really i gotta scurry well, maybe just a half a drink more put the s...

Mr. Cardin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin i would ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin i ask unanimous consent the floor privileges be granted to elise medical mellinger for the dwraition of Senate Consideration of h. R. 3304, the National Defense authorization act. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin let me first comment about the National Defense authorization act. It...

However, these hardworking federal employees should not be asked to carry even more of this burden. I thank the gentleman for yielding, and i yield back the balance of my time. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. The gentleman from california. Mr. Issa mr. Speaker, i know my friend from virginia means well, but once again he talks about a lack of accomplishment. Apparently he has not looked at the work that the clerks did. He hasnt done the work that the Congressional Budget...

Stopped the landing, because a lot of this was due to reckless lending. And of course, not only do you have banks sitting on the sidelines, but of course any company that has cash sitting on the sidelines, it is a turbulent economy, and it would be reckless to do anything because you do not know what is going to happen, and the same applies for the lack of clarity on taxes for the next year. It is the wise thing to do, to sit on cash and conserve it because you do not know what your tax bill is ...

But somebody needs to carve it out. And he died short shortly there after and oxford turned to me and said, how would you like to be the guy to carve it out. Thats how i got involve in this project. How much did you have to write yourself . About 20 of the book. He had 250,000 words. My job, all they wanted was 150,000. I boiled it down to 120,000 of his words and added 30,000 of my own words as well as, what, 1400 footnotes and extensive bibliography and, you know, i knew what i was getting int...

Mascot change, a little less elephant and a lot more coyote. Mr. Coyote, that is, known to his friends as wile e. Classic cartoon fans will remember him as one of the stars of the looney tune animated series. The smart guy whose obsessive focus on stopping the roadrunner leads him to all kinds of wacky shenanigans enabled by acme company gadgets. The bomb. The rocket. The flying bat suit. The giant slingshot. It seems to me the republicans would be able to relate because this week they reached i...

[applause] live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate, lawmakers gaveling in for the day for an hour of general speeches and then more debate on extending longterm Unemployment Benefits this is live coverage of the senate. [ help them to draw near to you with true hearts and the full assurance. That their times are in your hands, thank you for the liberties you have given america. Help us to remember that eternal vigilance is the price for freedom. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The preside...

Millions of American Youth is upon us. May our appreciation as a nation of the value of education among those who are our future be incentive enough to guarantee its importance in our Public Policy consideration. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The ...

The revenue side. So we have to, i believe, address that, and i would hope that when we come up with this specific bill that well send it to you and your organizations and that you would then indicate to us whether you can support these kind of alternatives to sequestration. I happen to agree with senator king who phrased it earlier today, it may have been senator cain, but one of the two of you have talked about the fact that we talk a lot about getting sequestration. Whether or not you could r...

For the first 45 minutes you can add your thoughts to the mix. Give us a call on alliance. They are a bit different. If you want to let your thoughts on social media be known Lawrence Hurley writing for reuters wrote this about the decision on public writer. On public prayer. Joining us on the phone is mr. Hurley,ley. Welcome. What dide bit the justices have to decide on this . Talk about the decisions that were made. About this case is not whether you can pray, it is about what types of prayers...