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Pressure mounting on white house chief of staff john kelly over his defense of rob porter, accused of Domestic Violence. I think its fair to say that we all could have done better over the last few hours, last new days in dealing with this situation. This morning porters former wife joins us live in studio 1a. The massive snowstorm racing across the country, canceling more than a thousand flights. One step closer to an arrest. The move by the lapd against Harvey Weinstein that could lead to capi...

At 1130 there will be voting whether to limit debate on the 2018 defense spending bill. Public funding runs out at midnight. Later the senate is expected to take up a six week extension. Live now to the floor of the senate. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, our lamp and light, we praise your holy name. Lord, you are our strength and shield, enabling us to be surefooted even w...

Mr. Durbin mr. President. The presiding officer the minority whip. Mr. Durbin i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin mr. President , every day in america, we face the devastating reminder of the toll of gun violence. Today we watched the scene at the high school in parkland, florida, where yet another School Shooting has taken place. It is gut wrenching. We know that so many families have just had their worlds and lives changed f...

A defense spending bill to provide 659 billion to the pentagon for the current fiscal year, 2018. Votes later this afternoon. Now live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. We g...

Just process and congress and would require members to repay claims. His tuesdays 50 minute here is tuesdays 50 minute debate. Three months ago you tasked the committee on the House Administration with a great responsibility to undertake a comprehensive review of the training, policies, and mechanisms to guard against Sexual Harassment in the Congressional Workplace. I believe that the legislation were considering today, h. R. 4924, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 reform act, and im...

Syrian war, and we aided the moderate syrian rebels. It turns out they were jihadists often. They hated israel. The only people they hated as bad as israel was us many we gave antitank weapons to one group and the leader of the group said we wanted them to fight isis, they said we want to attack assad and when we attack assad, we want to attack israel. We poured hundreds of tons of weapons with of with gatar, running through the united air emirates. Poured it in there. A lot wound up in the wron...

Through the karl rove front group. What does the chamber do with all this money . It lobbies, it litigates, and it runs political attack ads on television, radio, and the internet. Lets start with the lobbying. The chamber exendz far more than anyone else lobbying the federal government. It spent more than 80 million last year aloan, far more than any individual company. Over the last 20 years, the chamber has spent more than 1. 4 billion, 1. 4 billion. Thats billion with a b, and the nine zeros...

This you have a 700 page bill and nobody looks at it how are you find this . If we did an appropriation bill that included it would still be 500 pages long and you have to hunt long and hard. We dont look at the conditions. Nobody reads them. We dont to individual bills. People come in and say out for legal aid and i think people should have a lawyer and poor people should get help. The senate has been in resource for over an hour at approximately 1 00 a. M. Senators will hold a vote on moving f...

And members will recess today from 12 30 to 2 15 eastern and we do hope to bring you leadership briefings and hear more about the plans for the senate. Live coverage. U. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, we fix our minds on you, the author and perfecter of our faith. Remind our lawmakers that a heavenly focus brings joy. Give them the wisdom to se...

Providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment ott bill h. R. 1892 to amend title 4 United States code to provide for the flying of the flag at halfstaff in the event of the death of a First Responder in the line of duty. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . By direction of the committee on rules i call up house 6 727 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the c...