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Government shutdown and so forth and for other purposes. House joint resolution 72, making continuing appropriations for Veterans Benefits for fiscal year 2014 rand for other purposes. Mr. Reid in order to place these bills on the calendar under rule 14, i would like to do that, but i object to any further proceedings to both of these measures. The presiding officer the objection having been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar. Mr. Reid mr. President , i understand that there are three more measures on the the desk due for their first reading. The presiding officer the clerk will r...

226th anniversary of the u. S. Constitution and i am reminded of vindication on the 200th anniversary, when the nation magazine asked novelist el doctorow to read the constitution from start to finish in right of his reactions. Didnt enjoy the assignment. Is 5000 words long, but reads like 50,000 he said. Alexei erdrich and shows not a trace of wit. He uses none of the troops of literature to create an pathetic state of mind of the reader. Those of you whove read the work now that he is one of our finest writers and understands American History very well. But this occasion i think you missed t...

Instead of to be living in this kind of hermeticallysealed distaupe ya which will be by 2020 surrounded by walls on all sides in which an adviser to netanyahu has proposed seawalls to keep out climate refugees in which the United States government has offered 200 million to provide an iron wall that coats the sky of israel with missiles. This is the reality that theyre in, and there should be a nonviolent means that all of you can participate in to get them out of it and also to get the people in the gaza strip, according to the u. N. The gaza strip will be uninhabitable by 2020, to get them o...

Purloined, trafficked and concealed for over two centuries. This last constitution could forever change americas history and its future. So the idea is that the words on that are upstairs in the parchment, those arent clear. But if we could get a hold of some other word that those same people wrote, that would make everything clear. Freedom of religion can date sovereignty, the right to bear arms. These other words are so powerful in the constitution that people are willing to kill for them. If we could just get our hands on these words, we would finally be will to read the words we do have. O...

From history and all these pictures and paintings and all that, statues, and there were no women. I started to think maybe there werent any women than. What do you think . [laughter] do think there were any women around the time of the declaration of independence and the constitution and all that . You do . Do think there were actual women . Probably. I did start to think about the and thought, well, adam and eve. There were women then. Although my favorite Bumper Sticker is eve was framed. [laughter] of course living here and growing up your, i did go to mount vernon all the time, so i did kn...