Recess, the chamber holding three votes on whether to override the president s vetoes of resolutions blocking u. S. Armed sales to saudi arabia. Why did the president feet over those resolutions . The resident believes this is an undue interference of by congress in his conduct of foreign policy, also believes the armed sales the arms sales specifically are vital for national interests, particularly regarding u. S. Saudi relations and the security in the middle east and in the persian gulf. So the vetoes were to be expected, but the congress has been on a bipartisan basis frustrated with the president and his administrations of relations with saudi arabia, involvement in the support of the saudi led campaign in yemen and it was a debate that we know the way this will end with the resolutions, the vetoes being sustained. It is an exercise that members of both parties wanted to go through. It is a busy week in the saying the headline senate will consider a budget deal, confirm judges and two senior officials, who are the top officials . Are looking for the deputy secretary of defense norquist to win confirmation. The secretary of defense mark esper was confirmed and took the job last week. They will confirm that the kitty deputy confirm the deputy of defense. U. S. Er position as the ambassador to the u. N. Who is trumps nominee for that position. The current ambassador to he is the current ambassador to canada and important because it is mcconnell that sets the schedule. She lives in kentucky and is, she and her husband are major supporters of mcconnell and his political operations. Also part of that, our 19 nominations. E why are these priorities for Mitch Mcconnell and how will they get it done under senate rules . The rules make it doable now anause we only have allowance in the senate for a couple of hours of debate. Invoked and is debated on each one of them. What we could see is a long series of votes on those district judges. It is a priority for mcconnell and President Trump to continue to fill these vacancies. President trump enjoys touting the record of the number of judges he has gone confirmed and it is something that mcconnell remake the federal judiciary. There is some chance that there is an agreement to yield back time so there is not a vote or a long sequence of votes every couple of hours. A handful of these nominees are people who were selected by Democratic Senators and recommended to President Trump by Democratic Senators. There is a choice for a seed based in the chicago area that dick durbin and Tammy Duckworth would have been involved in selecting and there is a few others like that. This may not take as long as it appears. The twoyear budget deal that passed in the house, this is the 324 billion agreement between the white house and congressional leaders raising the debt ceiling through 2021. If passed in the house, two thirds of republicans voting against it. How about in the senate, any roadblocks . It does not seem like there is any actual roadblocks. The question is, how Many Senate Republicans will vote for it . I would expect the members of the Appropriations Committee on the republican side will vote for it. Im i imagine most democrats will vote for it. If there is a possibility of attendance issues on the democratic side because there is there are democratic president ial debates in detroit in the middle of the week. Ultimately, i dont think this any realto be complicating factor. The only thing to watch out for is you well know and as viewers would well now, is because there is a time agreement that will be needed. You could see a situation where a senator like rand paul of kentucky or another conservative stands up with some sort of demand to get an amendment vote. We may have to go through that exercise. We may see that happen in the senate that this will get through without much trouble. Let me ask you as wheat close about september, the headline in cq them a four appropriation bills, now comes the hard part. Does this agreement make it easier for those bills to be finished before the end of september . It makes it a lot easier. Jennifer and i were speaking earlier this week with a lot of the appropriators on both sides of the hill. Work. Re eager to get to senator Lamar Alexander from tennessee told the both of us that he was meeting for dinner with Dianne Feinstein who is the ranking democrat on the water and appropriations subcommittee chairs. They are eager to get to work and have these bills ready to go by the time august recess is done. For those subcommittee clerks thethe senior members of Appropriations Committee staff, particularly in the senate, there is not going to be an august recess. I would imagine that the folks who work in senior roles for senator shelby and senator leahy , if they go to the beach, theyd better have good Internet Access when they get there. We will keep an eye on it. Twitter. Thanks for joining us. If you want more information on members of congress, order cspans congressional directory, Available Online at cspan store. Org. On newsmakers this week, we welcome Louisiana Republican graves. Man garrett he serves as a member of the House Natural Resources Committee and the select committee on the Climate Crisis related earlier this year. Helping in studio with our questions, brian schatz, energy and environment reporter. Us a sense with a backdrop on this vote on the debt what the republican strategy to lowering the federal debt is. What is the medium and longterm plan . This is certainly reaching crisis proportions. You have a