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Theres no one victory and thank you very much im done. No. It is a constant commitment, year after year after year. So what im going to continue doing is to stay in that fight and i think the members of emilys list will. Weve learned that sometimes we win and sometimes we lose but we never stop and we keep packing that sailboat to get to where were going. Thank you for reminding all of us that even though you make progress that you should always be aware that going backwards is something that co...

Cspan2, with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Well, good morning. Im mike gerhardt. Scholar in residence at the National Constitution center. A great privilege for me to be able to do that. I normally teach at constitution law at unc chapel hill, which is not that far, at least by airplane. And it is terrific to be here today with mary bilder to talk about her terrific new book, which is called, madisons hand, revising the Constitutional Con...

Covering this for us and he brings us the latest. Reporter he didnt win the most states but texas senator ted cruz is a republican super tuesday winner, taking not just his home state but oklahoma. I congratulate donald trump on his victories tonight. But we are the only campaign that has beaten donald trump once, twice, three times. [cheering] reporter donald trump held a lowkey News Conference at his florida home. I am a unifier. Once we get all of this finished, i am going to get away going t...

Right or the privilege or the ability to ask for an extension and a raising of our debt when, in fact, we havent acted responsibly with our spending . Nobody else in the country gets their credit raised when you havent acted responsibly. They actually check your credit score. They know what kind of bills youre paying, whether youre getting further behind. So should we in fact tear up the credit card. Should we force some good old adult supervision on congress, to where well actually be forced to...

Only one of three National Political parties, blunt an instrument causing too much First Amendment harm to be sustained under the current decisions of the u. S. Supreme court so we look we are very encouraged by the arguments today. The decision by the court to restore balance in the political system. We are limited in what they can accept, donors are forced to give money in super pacs and notforprofits and 527s that are much less accountable, much less transparent than candidates and Political ...

Weekend look through policy policy policy after policy. 31 into your career you pay the same amount starting tomorrow. Its a flat fee. Im not an expert in fe hp. Im a little surprised. It doesnt surprise you that fehbp you are able to move from plant to plan and any preexisting condition is not a problem right . Thats my understanding. Im not sure sure though. Is true. So its portable as long as you were within the federal workforce. Theres no age discrimination. It doesnt care about preexisting...

Negotiations primarily betweens those two men are going on even as we speak or between their staffs. Were hearing a new sense of optimism from some Senate Members who believe they might be able to pass some kind of minimalist package that would keep tax rates from going up on the majority of americans. I want to go to capitol hill and cnns senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Dana, is that the sense you get that somehow we should be optimistic about whatever it is thats going on . You k...

Might actually be a man dressed as a woman. Police say the suspect entered five banks, showed a demand note and took off with the money. So what were the concerned with is that she keeps escalating in her behavior, we are not sure why. Obvious lip she is gaining a little bit of confidence that she has been able to pull off five robberies and get away with it. What were trying to do is prevent her from taking it to the next level. The latest incident happened yesterday. An 11,000 touchdown reward...

My husband is going to have it today, as well. I look forward to getting the second vaccine and literally, this is about saving lives. Its literally about saving lives. I trust the scientists, and it is the scientists who created and approved this vaccine. So i urge everyone when it is your turn get vaccinated. Its about saving your life, the life of your family members and the life of your community and so thank you and lets all just do what we need to do to stay healthy and safe this Holiday S...

I first i want to focus on the letter itself. You make a discrete and important constitutional argument about the role of congress this wednesday, january 6th, specifically what is congress job in terms of the electoral votes on wednesday . Well the 12th amendment makes it pretty clear that congress has the job of counting the votes after the Vice President , the president of the senate opens the envelopes and that is congress job. It is not to second guess the state legislatures, not to second ...