Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 53, the nays are 38. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered madeland upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Paul mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for kentucky. Mr. Paul i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Paul mr. President , i rise to ask expedited passage of h. R. 35, the emmett till antilynching act, as amended. I seek to amend this legislation not because ive i take it or i take lynching lightly but because i take it seriously. And this legislation does not. Lynching is a tool of terror that claimed the lives of nearly 5,000 americans betwe
Notice about 5 00 tonight through 11 00, this is when the winds will gust to over 45 miles an hour. Less wind here, but still a brisk day for you. We are 62 in oakland. A look from our east bay hills camera, a little bit of fog and the forecast calls for numbers to climb through the 60s around the bay. By noontime, also inland will be close to 70 degrees, but the northwest winds up to 20, 30, even 35mileanhour gusts today will keep us in the 70s for our warmest locations. The cooling trend continues over the weekend, but will the winds last for your sunday . We have a warmup in store. Ill have that for you with my accuweather sevenday forecast marnd a a bay area i protest of the dthfloyd. One is sure to carry a powerful image of black lives matter marches happening across the golden gate bridge. Thats under way at about noon. Another protest and march planned for today will happen at the former home of the 49ers, the site of candlestick park. Nurses, teachers and other Union Members wi
This legislation does not. This claimed the lives of nearly 5,000 americans between 1881 and 1968. But this would achieve in the meaning by defining it is so broadly to include a minor bruise or abrasion. Our nations histor nations hisl terrorism demands more seriousness from us than that. W. E. B. Du boise wrote about the lynching in georgia. He wrote that after, they were on display at a store in mitchell street in atlanta. His liver and heart were presented as a souvenir. Sickening, grotesque the images. 1931, raymond gunn was lynched in missouri. The spectacle drew a crowd of almost 4,000 people including, if you caincludingcome if you ce it, women and their children. And the tragedy of lynching, the author writes one woman even held her little girl up so high so she could get a good fix on who was, quote, blazing on the roof. Sickening and grotesque abuse images. In the summer of 1955, 14yearold nfl was visiting family when he went to a Country Store and bought some candy. While t
Biography about sam hose in injure 0 georgia that after the lynching the knuckles were viewed on display in a store . Mitchell street in atlanta. His liver and heart were even presented to the governor of georgia as a souvenir. Sickening, grotesque, the images of lynching. In 1931 raymond gun was lynched in murrayville, missouri. The spectacle drew a crowd of almost 4,000 people, including, if you can believe it, women and their children. In the tragedy of lynching, the author writes that one woman even held her little girl up so high so she could better see the victim who was, quote, blazing on the roof. Sickening and grotesque these images. In the summer of 1955, 14yearold till was visiting family in mississippi when he went to a store and bought some candy. While in there he was accused of flirting with a white woman appeared nor that offense, he was kidnapped in the middle of the night and bludgeoned so badly that afterwards his body was unrecognizable. He could only be identified
Mr. Paul mr. President , i rise to ask expedited passage of h. R. 35, the emmett till antilynching act, as amended. I seek to amend this legislation not because ive i take it or i take lynching lightly but because i take it seriously. And this legislation does not. Lynching is a tool of terror that claimed the lives of nearly 5,000 americans between p 1881 and 1968. But this bill would cheapen the meaning of lynching by defining it so broadly as to include a minor bruise or abrasion. Our nations history of racial terrorism demands more seriousness from us than that. Dubois wrote in his auto biography about sam hose in injure 0 georgia that after the lynching the knuckles were viewed on display in a store . Mitchell street in atlanta. His liver and heart were even presented to the governor of georgia as a souvenir. Sickening, grotesque, the images of lynching. In 1931 raymond gun was lynched in murrayville, missouri. The spectacle drew a crowd of almost 4,000 people, including, if you c