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Series of speeches along with my good friend from california, a senior democratic senator. Senator Dianne Feinstein to memorate a consistent significant milestone in our nations history. 100 years ago today, the Senate Finally passed the 19th amendment which affirmed the right of women to vote in elections. Madam president , all of us that in 1775, as the Second Continental Congress was forging a new nation conceived in liberty, Abigail Adams admonished her husband john to remember the ladies. Despite her advice, it took nearly a century and a half for women to achieve their rightful place as full u. S. Citizens. 1919, the United StatesSenate Pass ....
Helpful to turn to ray smock who served as the historian of the house of representatives for decades. Good morning to you. We possibly could see a second speaker vote in less than 11 months. The houses operating under an interim speaker pro tem and one of americas closest allies is now in a state of war. In historical terms that there some analogy you would point to or what is your thinking about today as we watch this go down . Guest as we know this is unprecedented. We have never had a speaker rejected by a motion to vacate in the history of the country. We have had many occasions where there is been turmoil on the floor of the house and difficulty electing a speaker. Probably the longest and most contentious speaker contest was that the annual banks before the civil war. They took 133 ballots before he was elected and it took two months to get a speaker elected. At that time there were multiple parties. The Republican Party w ....
Speaker. They have promised to force a vote to remove him from the speakers chair. We want to know what you think. Phone lines are split as usual by political party, 202 7488001, democrats 202 7488000, independents 202 7488002 and you can send us a text at 202 7488003. Include your name and where youre from otherwise, catch of catch up with us on social media. Http twitter. Com cspanwj. A very good monday morning to you, start calling in now. This is the headline this morning. Matt gaetz was on cnn state of the union talking about his move this week that he says he will take to House Speaker mccarthy from the chair. [video clip] Speaker Mccarthy made an agreement in january and since then, he has been in repeated material breach of that agreement. This agreement he made with democrats to blow past a lot of the spending guardrails we set up is the last straw and overnight, i ....
Don ritchie and dick baker were great role models and give me a lot of help. Brian i have a lot of video clips from different events in history. I get to throw anything up i want and look to you to be experts on this. Lets start with Everett Dirksen who was a senator from illinois until 1969. Here he is talking about the differences between republicans and democrats. Could you tell me, what is the difference between a republican and a democrat . I am afraid we would have to devote the whole evening to it. I could highlight one or two things. One, of course, is the insistence on the part of republicans that we balance out our Fiscal Affairs and make sure that we are going to have a solid country. I think, generally speaking, our friends on the other side of the aisle are prone to spend money and go in for new activities when it is rather doubtful whether or not it is good for ....