Republicans can call in at 202 7488001. Emocrats, 202 7488000 independents, 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on twitter and facebook. Very good Tuesday Morning to you. We begin where the senate left off last night, those for gun measures failing in a series of senate votes. We are getting here thoughts. Here is the headline from the Washington Times this morning efforts to do something about guns devolves into partisanship. The story notes that senators could not find the sweet spot, instead retreating to partisan corners and stale mating on competing plans to try to keep firearms out of the hands of terrorists. Said thekers democratic plan ran roughshod of the Second Amendment. Last night after those votes failed in the senate, senator bill nelson talked about those votes and lamented the senates inability to act on gun control. What am i going to tell 49 grieving families . What am i going to tell the families of those that are still in the hospital fighting for their lives
Department on this basis. If you look back theres an excellent 1995 law review article from the university of Pittsburgh Law School entitled the central mistake of sex discrimination law is the disaggregation of sex from gender. They are clearly talks about the relationship between gender identity and sex and the appropriateness of having disaggregated it because they are in a related and they have the same, they should be treated the same for title ix purposes and that is whats happening today. This not a concept that has come up in the Obama Administration that they wanted to pursue. This is a very thoughtful, legal argument that has been here for almost 20 years, 21 years. Its a profound antidemocratic view. Understand you have your argument. You will have an opportunity to reply if you would like it we have here is a situation which enforces and im not saying you have done this commissioner but a lot of the media discussion and a lot of the Public Policy discussion around this is c
Attracted to the ideology, on the second question, the relationship with russia has been very complex and not to beat around the bush about it, russia is a player in syria and went in there to preserve their interests and at least to preserve it temporarily. But the russians will be key in moving him out at a certain time. Were in Constant Contact with the russians here and we have channels in geneva and people talk to them every single day about the ceasefire and in very extensive and detailed conversations. Our intelligence people work with them to resolve issues of fact. It is challenging at times. Very challenging at times. But i think it is fair to say that the ceasefire has been held in important areas in the country and it is always being negotiated in other parts of the country as well. Secretary kerry has been the best to say, he will not taken in by this and the proof will be in the results. For that matter, the rest of the International Community to advance the ceasefire. Ka
House caucus participated. Host how many guest there were eight fewer. There were 188 at that time. A couple attending to family emergencies. A couple out of town for scheduled trips for other reasons. Only a handful of members who are democrats who are also aligned with the n. R. A. Ncluding the only two members, linda from texas on our ndependent line. Host your piece was titled inside the house, houses first social nonfilibuster. Why isnt there a filibuster procedure available in the house . Guest it goes right to the very heart of the civics lessons we all took in high school. The fundamental difference between the house and the enate. All the rules you and i think about every day when we Pay Attention to the house are designed so the majority can get what they want unless they misunderstand what they want and the vote goes against them. They have designed it to be a regular routine march through the legislative process. They organized how many amendments are going to be offered. I
Members, is a reflection of the frustration that we have had and the complete insistence that we cannot go through another moment of silence without taking action. Moment of silence just left there is a moment of denial of the need to do something more. So i think that youll see more spontaneity as to the form things will take. On the floor of the house we were responding in terms of the maloney amendment, and by the way the maloney amendment for those who dont know, president obama issued an executive order enabling lgbt, otherwise qualified lgbt companies to participate in government contracts. Republicans put in their bill a reversal of that. Codifying discrimination in fact. We won on the floor to remove that. Until they reversed the vote. And thats when the activism started. We didnt go to the floor intending to do anything except hopefully win the vote. But when they in a very contrary to regular order way did what they did, then that evoked a response. So again, its the setting