Desk. Every single senator in the Democratic Congress and in our caucus here in the senate is cosponsoring the for the people act. Senator merkley, senator merkley and my companion bill the h. R. 1, for the people act, but it is very deep in the leaders legislative graveyard. Over the course of the last year, as the for the people act has languished, tens of millions of dollars were spent, much of it in secret, to influence the policymaking process. Almost half a dozen states passed new laws restricting voter rights. The u. S. Supreme court gave the green light to political gerrymandering, and President Trump has with his own properties dozens of times funneled millions of taxpayer dollars into his own pocket. Yet, the Republican Senate is silent, sigh length as silent as our democracy faces a crisis like none we have ever seen in our lifetimes. We can draw a Straight Line from the crisis in our democracy to more than 300 bipartisan bills buried in the majority leaders graveyard. The b
lot coming at him. and i think of all of it, that laetitia james stuff might be the stuff that most greatly concerns and disturbs him. well, it was, until the appeals court rules tonight. and then, and then, he s sitting down there, trying to figure out which is worse, losing all my money, or being convicted of federal crimes. which the federal appeals court is really paving the way for now. they are making it very clear that there is just going to be no more roadblocks between donald trump and what will ultimately be merrick garland s decision to indict him or not over those documents at his home. and betting on trump appointed judges was not the right bet, as we found out. see the 11th circuit ruling. all right lawrence, all be watching. thank you, alex. well, the two worst nights of donald trump so far are election night 2020, and tonight. on election night, when fox called the election for joe biden, he knew then he was going to lose access to the white house an
is really paving the way for now. they are making it very clear that there is just going to be no more roadblocks between donald trump and what will ultimately be merrick garland s decision to indict him or not over those documents at his home. and betting on trump appointed judges was not the right bet, as we found out. see the 11th circuit ruling. all right lawrence, all be watching. thank you, alex. well, the two worst nights of donald trump so far are election night 2020, and tonight. on election night, when fox called the election for joe biden, he knew then he was going to lose access to the white house and to air force one. and that s all the presidency was to him. but tonight, donald trump is staring at the possibility of losing everything. losing everything, including his freedom. donald trump began his day by getting hit with the most massive lawsuit he s ever faced, a lawsuit that could wipe him out, and bankrupt his adult children. and donald trump ended h
no matter where you are chances are you re dealing with heat, storms, wildfires, maybe all three. as we speak, new record temperatures are being set across the northeast. down south texas is taking the brunt of tropical depression alberto. we ll have the very latest coming up. plus, we ve been talking about it for months, now it may be happening. a new poll showing a significant number of independents abandoning trump after his conviction, and now supporting president biden. and say good-bye to something we have all gotten used to deal with. those little plastic pillows that come in your amazon box. the company is ditching them as it tries to cut down on the roughly 200 million pounds of plastic it generated just a few years ago. right now, virtually the whole country is impacted by a triple threat of deadly extreme weather. the start of record-breaking summer heat, the beginning blazes of wildfire season, and 2024 s first tropical storm. now the majority of the nation
the nomination, along with procedural votes on four other judicial nominees. now, live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will open the senate with prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, we put our trust in you. today abide with our lawmakers. teach them to speak the right words at the right time. make their speech like precious gold set in silver. may they seek to persuade with patient and gentle words. lord, give them the wisdom to be friends of that which is eternal and abiding. fill them with reverence for the transcendent, as you induce them to ascribe all good things to you. we pray in your gracious name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indiv