And have mercy upon our nation. May our lawmakers work to do your will, remembering that you have set apart the godly for yourself. Provide our senators a refuge in you, enabling them to shout for joy, blessed by your righteousness and favor. Continue to supply their needs, teaching them how to abound and abase. Lord, keep us all from slipping, presenting us one day before your throne with great joy. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in 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, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley july 20 marks the 50 years since Neil Armstrong took one small step for man and for the first time in Human History walked on the moon. The Apollo Missions should be remembered for generations to come as a triumph for innovat
The presiding officer thank you. Mrs. Feinstein i rise to oppose the nomination of mr. Bress. This is a california seat on the ninth circuit, and the fact is that mr. Bress is neither a California Attorney nor a california resident. In fact, hes not been a resident of the state for over a decade. Hes lived and practiced in the washington, d. C. , area for almost his entire adult life. As california senators, senator harris and i know that the kind of experience and connection to california is really necessary for a ninth circuit judge to be effective on the bench. We know our state, we know our constituents, and we know the challenges they face, and thats why the blue slip is so important. Honoring the blue slip ensures that the senators who understand are and are accountable to their constituents have a say in judicial nominations for their home states. Our blue slips, senator harris and mine, were not returned. Ultimately that symbolizes our objections. I was very disappointed that t
Informatics. Vladimir putin will hold talks in sochi today with his turkish counterpart , recep taip erdogan, as reported on the kremlin website, the president s plan to discuss the development of mutually beneficial cooperation, as well as Current International issues, according to ria novosti, one of the most anticipated topics of negotiations is the future of the grain deal, as Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated, our country is ready to return to the implementation of the black sea initiative. But only after others do what is in the interests of russia in particular. This is a connection to the swift system and the admission of russian fertilizers to the world market. Todays meetings were preceded by serious preparations in russia flew by. The head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Held talks with him. Sergei lavrov and Sergei Shoigu have concentrated more than 100 areas of enemy manpower and equipment over the past 24 hours in the zone of the special military operation , the minist
Of you from Msnbc Roe Headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We are beginning with this Breaking News. Hundreds on capitol hill as the federal government heads towards a, potential, shut down in just 12 hours. Soon the house will vote on speaker Kevin Mccarthys new plan to keep Government Open. We see those votes being cast, in fact, as we speak. However, mccarthy is leaning on democrats to support it admitting that there is no guarantee that his own caucus would do it. The house is going to actually government will not shut down. We will put a clean Funding Stopgap on the florida keep Government Open for 45 days did you get any assurances from any of the republicans about this . No, i have tried. Well, a senate vote is also expected to get underway in the next hour. The impact of a potential shutdown will be felt foreign right across nonessential federal agcies. For almost 4 million employees and military, it would mean working without pay. Here is part
Career politicians together without having a goal in mind also supporting the constitutional line item veto to help residents cut out unnecessary spending in a constitutional way. Will we need to do to get by Budget Priorities in line is to prioritize to demand accountability in to not have everything centralized at the federal level. As it relates to our deficits to pay down the dead of the grandkids to move forward we have to get this economy going again. It is in growing and hasnt been talking about fewer jobs than seven years ago there are 13 million fewer working and the economy this stage in the recovery. If we have revenues we can have the deficit reduction and longterm Debt Reduction that this economy needs to keep a strong viable economic leader in the world. To talk about the needy citizens we cant do that if we dont have a healthy growing economy. Standiford unfortunately we cannot balance the budgets by tinkering around the edges. To be significant cuts and significant area