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Bob, thank you for your service. Simply, bob, thank you for your service. That encompassed so many different things. It did not say 1983 Social Security. It was just that people really thank him. Every once in aware in a while, there was a hi, pat too. Thank you for joining us. I appreciate that. Bob dole at the world war ii memorial, he is like a mother hen. The word gets out that bob dole is here and they all flock to him wherever he is. Then the stories start. Sometimes for the first time, th...

With live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan and the senate on cspan2, here on cspan3 would complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and Public Affairs events. Then on weekends, cspan3 is a home to American History tv with programs that tell our nation story, including our series visiting battlefields and key events, american artifacts, during museums and Historic Sites to discover what artifacts reveal about americas past. History bookshelf with the bes...

Remarks live. The purpose of my remarks tonight is to focus your attention on this little group of men who not only enjoy a right of instant rebuttal to every president ial address, the more important wield a free hand in selecting, presenting, and interpreting the great issues in our nation. Leadership in the senate changed hands in next, we look january 6. At the historical role of the Senate Majority leader and its four former leaders, robert byrd, harold baker, and we hear from Donald Richie...

Relationship. They did not blind side each other. That cooperation helped to make the senate work even when they were disagreeing with each other, fighting each other, they did it by the rules and respected each other as colleagues. Thank you very much. My pleasure. Coming up in 20 minutes, well continue our look at the historical role of the Senate Majority leader with a lecture from former leader robert byrd from west virginia. First a conversation from 2010 with senator mitch mcconnell, the i...

Majority leader, the functional equivalent on the senate side. The speaker of the house is written in the constitution. No mention of a majority or minority leader. Thats because the constitution did not anticipate political parties. Parties. We had no majority leader in the history of the senate from 1839 to 1914. There were chairman of committees who would take care of things and the chairman of the Party Conferences that open up and close things the way they do today. But nobody sitting down ...

When we think about the geography of cuba, we might keep in mind two important ideas. First, cuba is an island. Second, cuba has a tropical climate. Lets learn more about this island and its people. Here are some of the people of rural cuba. There are many different types of cuban people including those descended from original spanish settlers, those descended from negro slaves and some from various european and west indies people s. What relationships can we find between the people and the big ...

The creation of nmai. The last panel was a walk down memory lane because i intended attended that 1987 hearing where secretary adams was asked by senator inouye was asked about the remains and was able to participate in many of the discussions that led to the creation of museum. But more about that in a minute. Let me also say that the issues of repatriation of which ive dealt with many of them over my almost 30 years have provided me with some of the most interesting and rewarding work of my ca...

That is quite a thing to watch. Very emotional. Thank you for being with us on American History tv. You bet. Thank you. [applause] my colleagues in the senate our special family former staff members, and guests, but especially our good friend senator bob dole, and his lovely bride elizabeth, welcome home. It seems quite natural seeing you here. [applause] i should have asked senator dole to come up and join us on the platform, but somehow or other i thought he should sit in the leaders seat righ...

Of the house, who contacted us and say why is the president pro tem in the order of succession but not the majority leader . That is the functional equivalent. The speaker of the house is written into the constitution, to president pro tem is as well. No mention of a majority or minority leader. The constitution did not anticipate political parties. They thought it was going to happen, but they did not want to encourage political parties. We had no majority leader in the history of the senate fr...

Neutrality applies only to the internet providers. It doesnt provide to any of the other alleged gate keepers that tim has talked about. And i think its worth thinking through what happens when you mandate neutrality on one part of one level of this internet eco system, but cant or dont on others. Theres this recent dispute between you tube and independent artists who are not getting free access on you tube y more unless they pay for expedition of their videos. Theres any number of examples. And...