Working for that pay. The publicans have refused to put on the floor legislation that will open the peoples government. Membershad over 150 sign a petition to open the government. And bring legislation to the floor. Askingscores of members for unanimous consent of the body to do just that. So that the government could be open today. A point of order was just made. Any member of the house would hre been in order to ask for floor. E put on the we will discuss that at greater length. The American People want the government opened. They want us to talk. They want us to reach an agreement. They see no need. We see no need of having literally millions of people shut out of their workplace while the republican majority shuts down the government and tries to hold a gun at our head to agree on things that, in a democratic process, should be dealt with not at the point of a gun, but at the table of conference, to which they have refused to go over the last five months. That me yield to my collea
Things with give and take, things that you want, things that the republicans want, attached to a clean c. R. Do you have a policy side card, not just a process side card, thats new. No, i understand the question, and its a smart one. But let me be clear. Our position has always been that, at the very least, congress ought not to allow the government to shut down. The republicans should not shut down the government and the house of representatives should do what the senate did, which is pass a clean c. R. , funding the government at levels set in the Previous Fiscal Year by largely republicans. So it has also been our position that we envision a bigger, broader, and more sub stan active budget compromise that achieved some of the goals the president has been talking about for a long time, and those goals include continued deficit reduction. They include, you know, dealing with the problem with the sequester, and they include key investments in areas of our economy and our middle class t
Swept through the colonies. Weve been talking about the founding of the american colonies, and were getting now into the 1700s. Today and this week i want to focus mostly on religion in the late colonial period and the coming of the great awakening in the 1730s and 40s. And i know this has been on you alls minds since you have a paper coming up. Were going to get to some background on religion in the colonial period and the leadup to the great awakening, some of the overview of what happens in the great awakening and, hopefully, thatll set you up better for your papers. You can see here on the screen we have an image of George Whitfield who is the most famous preacher of the great awakening preaching in london there in the 1730s, 1740s. He is the sensation of the age, but well talk more about him when we get there. First, i want to take a look at the background to whats happening in 18th Century America with regard to religion. Weve talked about some of this already before in class abo
Swept through the colonies. Weve been talking about the founding of the american colonies, and were getting now into the 1700s. Today and this week i want to focus mostly on religion in the late colonial period and the coming of the great awakening in the 1730s and 40s. And i know this has been on you alls minds since you have a paper coming up. Were going to get to some background on religion in the colonial period and the leadup to the great awakening, some of the overview of what happens in the great awakening and, hopefully, thatll set you up better for your papers. You can see here on the screen we have an image of George Whitfield who is the most famous preacher of the great awakening preaching in london there in the 1730s, 1740s. He is the sensation of the age, but well talk more about him when we get there. First, i want to take a look at the background to whats happening in 18th Century America with regard to religion. Weve talked about some of this already before in class abo
Swept through the colonies. Weve been talking about the founding of the american colonies, and were getting now into the 1700s. Today and this week i want to focus mostly on religion in the late colonial period and the coming of the great awakening in the 1730s and 40s. And i know this has been on you alls minds since you have a paper coming up. Were going to get to some background on religion in the colonial period and the leadup to the great awakening, some of the overview of what happens in the great awakening and, hopefully, thatll set you up better for your papers. You can see here on the screen we have an image of George Whitfield who is the most famous preacher of the great awakening preaching in london there in the 1730s, 1740s. He is the sensation of the age, but well talk more about him when we get there. First, i want to take a look at the background to whats happening in 18th Century America with regard to religion. Weve talked about some of this already before in class abo