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With both scheduled for 6 30 eastern. Irs oversight later in the week. The senate comes in as well at 2 00 p. M. Speeches until 5 00 p. M. The confirmation vote at 5 30. They may return to the Human Trafficking bill. Live coverage of the senate on cspan 2. The third republican, senator marco rubio of florida will announce his body 16 president ial candidacy later today at 5 30. Earlier today we spoke with a political reporter who talked about the announcement and where it is taking place. [video clip] we are joined by mark computer on the line marc caputo on the line, joining us to talk about ...

Pretty disgusting. When i was elected president of the senate in 2007, i was the first woman ever to be elected to lead the legislative body in massachusetts. And today, only 25 of our legislature consists of women. And in the senate, the number has grown to 13. This is not just a problem massachusetts. 18 of the 500 seats in congress are made up of women. There is not enough progress. We need to support women who have dreams of running for office. Those of us who are female legislators have to set an example to future generations by showing that it can be done. When i was head of equal pay fo...

This sunday is world aids day. In view of the fact that one in five people with hiv in this country does not know that they have it, does the Prime Minister agree that regular testing is to be encouraged . I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, all hon. Members across the house and everyone in politics who campaign so persistently and consistently on this issue. It is vital that we improve the livelihoods of people who have hiv and aids in the uk, but it is also vital that we continue working internationally, including through our aid budget, to tackle hiv and aids around the world. We can be proud ...

Thank you for spending a halfhour with us to talk about your 12 years in washington. It ended with the reelection of barack obama. If you could think of adjectives, what would they be to describe these seven years . Interesting. Challenging. Sometimes totally frustrating. Full of opportunities for the country. There were good times during these 12 years, laced together with some that were not so good. 9 11. The anthrax scare. There were also positive things. The election of barack obama i thought was a very positive statement for the country and moving forward in a way out of a fiscal of this....

Was then called the nuclear option, changing the rules, turning the senate into a smaller version of the house, where the rights of the minority caucus are ignored. Consequently, we were able to Work Together that way, crossing party lines, crossing with the id administration wanted done or what the caucus leadership on both sides wanted done, it showed we had a certain independence. I will never forget the late senator robert sitting in an office with us all together, sobbing, saying, we saved the senate. We came to an agreement that we were going to vote to give a judicial appointees and up ...