Years. Now it has come to a functional standstill. As noncontroversial nominations some of which were approved out of the committee by overwhelming votes, the majority of republicans, majority of democrats, they languished on the executive calendar. Now our colleagues on the other side of the aisle did their best to slow the pace of confirmations when the senate was under democratic leadership. And now theyre sluggishly moving nominations under a senate they control. And, mr. President its culminated in the irresponsible partisan blockade of president Obamas Supreme Court pick. Lets talk about some real numbers here. More than a year into this new congress more than a year into this new congress the Republican Leadership has allowed only 17 judges to be confirmed. Okay . How many months do we have here . We have 12 in the last year of this congress. We now have, were in the end of april, so thats four. And so thats 16 months. Its one a month. Now let me show you the contrast. And id sa
Americas northern triangltrian recognition of acute challenges these countries face. U. S. Assistance through the strategy complements the investments northern triangle governments are making through their own development plan, the alliance for prosperity. They plan to spend 2. 6 billion this year on their own plan. Continued u. S. Support will be vital to colombias success as it seeks to implement a peace accord. Our partnership with mexico remains an important priority for the United States, and includes a range of issues that benefit both countries, including trade and investment, energy and security. The merritt initiative continues to provide the framework for our bilateral Security Cooperation at both forward and state levels. Our request also includes a central democracy assistance for cuba and venezuela, where the United States will continue to provide assistance that advances universal human rights and supports vibrant civil societies. Promotions of democratic principals and h
Mckinley gave those the next president of the United States [cheering] [applause] president obama is on a trip to a United Kingdom, including the meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron. He will stay in britain on saturday before heading to germany on sunday. The president and Prime Minister cameron held a joint press conference with they talked upcoming referendum on britains membership in the European Union. President obama wrote an opinion piece in the telegraph arguing for britain to stay in the eu is present is one hour. Prime minister cameron good afternoon and welcome. It is great to welcome president obama on his fifth visit to the United Kingdom. Barack has been president for more than seven years. I have been Prime Minister for nearly six years. And our two countries have been working together through some of the most difficult and troubled global times. We faced the aftermath of the banking crisis, the need to revive growth and create jobs in our economies, new threats to
Eligibility, for federal benefits. Justice alito the only federal none, those two statutory references. Gen. Verrilli as i said, that is the tale on the dog. If i can go to the merit. Repeatedly, you have heard it referred to statutory observation, that is flat wrong. There is a district case and he can read the opinion in that case, which we referred to, is describing as extra statutory paid the other key point that statutory. The other key point mother theory about the scope of you can get Work Authorization is that either congress has to say to get Work Authorization. Decideneed to get dhs to whether people in this category can get Work Authorization. Forget about deferred action, there are millions of people to now,ork authorization under existing law, who could not get it if that were the proper interpretation. Millions of people are in these proceedings, for cancellation of removal. Hundreds of thousands of people have parole and another of those people qualify. That is why in 19
And by the way, youll get a pretty good b. S. Monitor as you watch this more and more, who really means what they say. The key is does the person who is running for office saying what theyre going to do, if they get elected, do they actually do it . Thats really what matters. Is it just fluff . Is it just bluster, or are they actually pushing the cause, fighting for the idea . And the last point i would say is get beyond emotion. Dont base your decisions on emotions or make your arguments based on emotion. Go deeper than that. Go to reason. Rita quinas here at georgetown, base your decisions based on reason, logic, principle, and find out if a person actually has that. If theyre taking their decisions and filtering through a set of principles that offer solutions so that theyre going in a consistent direction, so theyre not pandering or being simply a populist or simply running in circles. That, to me, is what i found is helpful when youre trying to judge whether or not a person has ea