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Economic one. Host youre a veteran of the hill. When was the last time that congress was here between christmas and new years . Guest i dont remember but it happens a lot on budgetrelated matters. When i worked on the hill there were lameduck sessions but they did not go up this late. This is kind of chaos it is close to unprecedented. Ive never seen a speaker be pushed back on by his own party as hard as what happened to john boehner this week. Host let me read to you activists that helped John...

I would hope that others would also agree. Mr. Grassley i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, james donato of california to be United States district judge for the Northern District of california. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The yeas and phas nays are orde. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is yielded back and there will...

Phillips discusses his historical narrativnarrative. Kevin phillips, at the end of your preference, you have a paragraph that says the year 177417 steny 5 had more than their fair share of unsung heroes. 1775 had more than their fair share of unsung heroes. What are you getting at . One of the things i like best about 1775, which was a much more spurned group of people, granted the Founding Fathers more Inspiring Group of people, granted, the Founding Fathers were not always seven out of the 10 ...

Center in washington following the tragic shooting in newtown, conn. That is guncontrol. The Washington Post said a bitter fight ahead. The numbers are on your screen. We look at some of the headlines on the sunday morning beginning with the connecticut post. You can see the flag remaining at half staff outside one of the churches in newtown, conn. Following the burial of 20 children and six women killed about a week and a half ago. This is from the front page of todays New York Daily News. Fina...

Do you still write your songs down with paper and pencil . Yes, i do. I have always carried a little recording device of some sort. They used to be pretty big, but now they are quite small, and i always carry a pen and paper, and i am ready if something occurs to me. You mentioned merle travis. What other musicians . Ry cooder is my favorite guitar player, but there are many others to choose from. There was an album that was a formative for me. Paradise and lunch. There was a guy coming up calle...

It was at least fair, where the 1 were getting 45 and the bottom 99 were getting 55 . What is the configuration now . I might venture to say, mr. Jeffries, that the 99 are getting zero and the top 1 may be right now at 100 . So im asking for the conference to go and work for america. Not this configuration, but to in the 99 investment america. To be able to take the c. B. C. Budget and look at some of the tax reforms that could be utilized, to look at our job creation, which would include the ma...

Pay if he said, my principle is nobody should drowned off my beach. If i cannot save them all, i will not save any. Americans watched as thousands of middleclass jobs are sacrifice on the ideological obama next year, this country will be a lot wiser. Until then, lets save the weekend. The done ins time has expired. I am pleased to yield three minutes. The gentleman from michigan is recognized for 3 minutes. This is an important moment. These bills move the nation dangerously closer to the cliff....

Fair share of unsung heroes. What are you getting at . One of the things i like best more Inspiring Group of people, granted, the Founding Fathers were not always seven out of the 10 counties, metropolitan washington, it is the country that is still great but a capital that is not. Who back then would have predicted that . If anyone would have guessed that there would be a country of 300 million people, they may would have come up with a bit of cynicism. But they were dedicated people. You say, ...

House will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The secretary the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. December 24, 2012. I hereby appoint the honorable Mac Thornberry to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the brare will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy god of light, we give you thanks for giving us another day, as this chamber lies silen...

[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] us 2013 reps up, we are on the front of the u. S. Capitol to speak of the review series, a look of five important issues we have covered. Immigration laws. An essay surveillance on wednesday, a look at gun laws. We ramped up the week on friday with the federal government shut down. Kwa this week on q a, former congressman and reagans Administration Budget director David Stockman discusses his latest book, entitled the great deformation the...