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With both scheduled for 6 30 eastern. Irs oversight later in the week. The senate comes in as well at 2 00 p. M. Speeches until 5 00 p. M. The confirmation vote at 5 30. They may return to the Human Trafficking bill. Live coverage of the senate on cspan 2. The third republican, senator marco rubio of florida will announce his body 16 president ial candidacy later today at 5 30. Earlier today we spoke with a political reporter who talked about the announcement and where it is taking place. [video...

Pretty disgusting. When i was elected president of the senate in 2007, i was the first woman ever to be elected to lead the legislative body in massachusetts. And today, only 25 of our legislature consists of women. And in the senate, the number has grown to 13. This is not just a problem massachusetts. 18 of the 500 seats in congress are made up of women. There is not enough progress. We need to support women who have dreams of running for office. Those of us who are female legislators have to ...

This sunday is world aids day. In view of the fact that one in five people with hiv in this country does not know that they have it, does the Prime Minister agree that regular testing is to be encouraged . I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, all hon. Members across the house and everyone in politics who campaign so persistently and consistently on this issue. It is vital that we improve the livelihoods of people who have hiv and aids in the uk, but it is also vital that we continue working internat...

Thank you for spending a halfhour with us to talk about your 12 years in washington. It ended with the reelection of barack obama. If you could think of adjectives, what would they be to describe these seven years . Interesting. Challenging. Sometimes totally frustrating. Full of opportunities for the country. There were good times during these 12 years, laced together with some that were not so good. 9 11. The anthrax scare. There were also positive things. The election of barack obama i though...

Was then called the nuclear option, changing the rules, turning the senate into a smaller version of the house, where the rights of the minority caucus are ignored. Consequently, we were able to Work Together that way, crossing party lines, crossing with the id administration wanted done or what the caucus leadership on both sides wanted done, it showed we had a certain independence. I will never forget the late senator robert sitting in an office with us all together, sobbing, saying, we saved ...

Tendencies in Business School curriculums is to allow shareholder value of ideology to prevail in most classes, and maybe there will be like one required class on Business Ethics or social responsibility, but create the notion that should be integrated to the Business World, if we want our Business World to thrive and we want to contribute to human welfare. Right here, a question. I appreciate what you are saying. And the three solutions that i heard you offer is there anyone in Public Office th...

Poverty . Will be develop a system where no longer will abstract power waned while others get stronger . The global minotaur will be remembered as a remarkable piece to whose rain created and destroyed the illusion that the Global Economy was stable. Thank you. [applause] right. Questions . I think i am going to moderate myself. Ok, you have to line up. This is the way you do it here, isnt it . That is a brilliant vision of where we have been. Can you elaborate a little bit more on where you see...

Really sort of finally kicking fully into gear. It looks like the new year will begin with fights over minimum wage and longterm unemployment. What are the issues you are going to be watching most closely . Which do you think are going to matter the most . In november, obamacare will be the top issue. You basically have two parties. One who was trying to stop the bill from going forward, new knew socialized medicine was not going to work and tried to stop it. Another party willing to do everythi...

Annual tech crunch conference. Today, you can take a look at the art in the u. S. Capitol that depicts the american farartion with fa elliott. Isour guest on newsmakers michael needham. Started a policy advocacy organization. Nice to have you with us. Let me introduce our two reporters, neil king and karen tumulty. Start with the new year. Were are going into an Election Year. The new Health Care Law is finally kicking fully into gear. The new year will begin with fights over minimum wage and lo...

Documentable influence of large contributor networks on Office Holders comes at the agendasetting stage of the process. Not on final roll call votes. Thats why its hard to do the research. We have tons of exampled evidence of bills being especially kept off, not passed. Its especially the negative power of stopping a bill from moving forward, but also amendments to create special breaks for people. I dont think theres much doubt that this happens. The question is can you document that it doesnt ...