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Economy with janet yellen about to testify. We have to get our head around what matters to her most. Clearly she hurries clearly she cares about data. The question is, is a data around the world as we look at china, japan, brazil, or is it the economy improving slowly . We have breaking news right now. Matt first i want to give you news on time warners dividend. If you are a shareholder, you will be happy about the fact that time warner is raising its dividend. Well, you might be happy. . 40 to . 40, a quarter per share. You are getting a next her nickel and a quarter per share. As far as earn...

Good afternoon. I am the director of the cato center for constitutional studies and your host for todays forum marking the publication of a new book by professor david bernstein, lawless the Obama Administrations unprecedented assault on the constitution and rule of law. This book and forum could not be more timely. Just yesterday we witnessed the president telling the nation that he was directing officials in his administration to expand the regulation of the Second Amendment rights in several ways including by expanding the definition of what it means to be in the business of selling firearm...

President bushs nominees, including a large number of District Courts and courts of appeals, and it was actually confirming letting the Senate Confirm nominations right up through september of an Election Year. No, if there were then that did not go through that it was for other reasons. He set, really, a record. Now, contrast that to what happened when george w. Bush was in the last two years of his presidency. I was chairman. So there could be no question on fairness, i put through 68 of his nominees. The republicans have about only 16 of president obamas in the last two years of his preside...

Leahy, democrat of vermont. Thanks very much for being with us. Sen. Leahy happy to be here. Host and joining us with the questioning is John Bresnahan. He is the Congressional Bureau chief for politico. And david herszenhorn, who is New York Times congressional reporter. Thank you for being with us. Senator, i want to begin with the crs report that said in 1992, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, your colleague, joe biden, now Vice President , had blocked the nomination of 32 George Herbert walker bush federal judicial nominations that year. Is that accurate . Sen. Leahy no, that is not ac...

Shuster was touting the open process laid out a Leadership Conference today to reporters. Its boasting that this process, which basically splits consideration of the highway bill from the house policy portions today and the senate and other provisions tomorrow and for the rest of the week as a process that gives members greater time and greater levels of consideration on both bills. However, the house rules process limits amendments on the floor. So technically, this isnt the most open process but with a highway bill thats spanning hundreds of pages and over 200 amendments submitted from the h...