it s not that difficult to put your biases to the side. how has social media changer line of work terms of reporting your binder for aquatic twitter is a primary news source for anybody who covers politics and annuity pays attention to politics. twitter didn t exist four years ago for all practical purposes. social security trustees told members of congress today that they need to shore up the program over the next five years. the trustees latest fiscal report says current revenues are enough to send the program through 2033 when benefits would need to be kind if revenues are not in greece. this is less than an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] is hearing will come to order. good morning to both of you. thank you for being half. according to this year s report from the social security board of trustees, social security will be unable to keep its promises to the hard-working americans who pay into the system. we would hear today that not only do finance and th
folks. the first, the new york times the new york times complete civil war 18615 we have andrew johnson: a presidential biography by annette gordon reid. one would think initially these books don t have that much in comn, but as i read them, it was apparent they had an enormous amount in common. andrew johnson, race issues and they.gov tail nicely. let me introduce the authors, and the authors will speak, and then we ll have a question and answer section with hopefully a lot of time for questions and answers, an i expect you to participate, and when we begin, i ll remind you, this is not a moment for you to give speeches but ask questions and the authors to answer. first, hared holtzer has written or edited several dozen books and he is, by my standards, perhaps the best authority on abraham lincoln in the world. i rantly of had opportunity to use one of his books in my undergraduate class with great success, he s received the national humanities medal, and his associ
congress, the name of the honorable ted yoho. i present for the election of office of speaker of the house of representatives for the 114th congress the name of judge louie gohmert, a representative from the great state of texas. i place into nomination the name of daniel webster. no not that daniel webster. probably just because of name recognition, florida congressman daniel webster received the most republican votes after john boehner with 12 votes. louie gohmert received three. ted yoho got two. and rand paul a senator actually won one vote. and no technically you do not have to be a member of the house of representatives to be elected speaker of the house of representatives. so rand paul can hang in there for some other year. here was rush limbaugh s prediction earlier today. i tell you, folks, you have to respect those that manned up for that vote against boehner. that took a lot of guts to vote
the big difference is going to be what happens in the senate. now republican congressman nick mulvaney who voted against john boehner two years ago but voted for him today issued this statement. we walked on to the floor two years ago with signed pledges, handwritten promises for more than enough people to deny boehner his job. but when it came time to vote, almost half of those people changed their minds, including some of those who voted against boehner today. fool me once, shame on you. casey hunt, there s the truth of it. these profiles in courage that rush limbaugh thinks he s watching actually proved themselves last time capable of denying the speaker the outcome of winning, but they actually didn t have the courage to do it. right.
for the first time in eight years, republicans now control both chambers of congress and tonight, john boehner has managed to retain the title of speaker of the house of representatives. this house will continue to be led by a proud son of ohio and a happy fan of the ohio state football team. yes! a man of abiding faith, great heart and deep dedication. john boehner is truly a gentleman from ohio. 25 republicans mounted a symbolic revolt against the gentleman from ohio. madam clerk, i present for election for the office for speaker of the house of representatives for the 114th