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money for the curators? creely testified that even though he previously had resisted giving judge porteous cash, he would now -- he now would give him cash in response to judge porteous demand because it -- quote -- "wasnt costing him anything." it did not cost creely anything because the money creely gave judge porteous came from the curatorship fees. amato, who split the payments to judge porteous with creely 50-50 corroborated the events. amato testified that creely informed him -- ...

appeal. most judges wont do that. he didnt say in detail what the relationship was. he understood that mole was going to apeople one thing he did want to correct is that mole said incorrectly that he had received campaign contributions from these individuals and he said thats just not true. and he corrected it on the record. he never denied the relationship. from his perspective having a relationship, a friendship, particularly from his time in get na was not a -- gretna was not a prob...

grievously misled and deceived the parties. at the conclusion the committee considered carefully whether judge porteouss conduct was so of the public trust and so dem whether heea demeaned himself in office he waes guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors that should be removed from the bench. unanimously the committee concluded that he was guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and must be impeached. our committee studied the issue is implicated in this mornings three motions to dismiss...

majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent we proceed to a pored of morning business. promise without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent on wednesday december 8, upon the conclusion of the impeachment trial senate stand in recess upon call of the chair. the senate then proceed to calendar number 661 and the time until 12:30 be cont...

the access and make sure people have open access to content on the internet. >> prior to december 21st meeting, you expect changes in with the chairman has laid down? >> there will be some changes. my organization as you pointed out said we were disappointed when we started in some respects and i guess my concern of the changes will not be enough to make us strong as we would like to be but that is left to the commissioners to negotiate and as you noted its not all the time that people...

>> we have this formulation which is we cannot want it more than the parties themselves want it. why cant we? isnt that a contradiction. if its a vital interest, why cant we wanted more than the parties themselves? is there a problem in our position? >> i dont think so. i think that in the end there is no way to impose a peace or a plan. i think there are ways to put ideas on the table and do more in terms of the bridging ac...

the plan to use health care as a campaign issue is the academy economy overshadowed everything. people are first and foremost concerned about having a job. you need to have a job first. that is where peoples minds seem to be. host: what else did you hear from the secretary? guest: she talked about the health insurance companies and working with them. there seems to be concern on wall street about what exactly will happen when all the provisions are put in place, how well the companys r...

wait until five minutes or 10 minutes into the first vote and adjourned until approximately 11:40 so everyone will have an opportunity to cast votes and we do not have to run back and forth. as soon as the third vote is cast, i will ask you to come back quickly so we can get in an hour between 11:40 and 12:40. then we will break for lunch and resume at 2:30. it is my intention to stay as late, almost as late as we did yesterday and hopefully we can get a lot more done. there was an obj...

it is a great resource for anyone who uses the library. >> the imam leading the effort to build a summit center near ground zero says he is surprised by the controversy surrounding the plan. from the scalp -- from the council on foreign plans in new york city, this is one hour. >> good morning. people, please take your seats. welcome to the council on foreign relations. my name is richard hoss and i am the president of this organization. today, as you all know, we are hosting feisal ab...