Potential rules to next congress which begins in january with members elected in knost elections. Live coverage on cspan3. Regard also of who covers Congress Next year, i think we can all agree that the integrity means listening to all members like well be doing here today. We took a similarly collaborative approach with the rules package for this congress. Im proud to say the first bipartisan vote on a rules package in decades. That didnt just happen, it took time a lot of conversation and a situation to acknowledge that no party has a monopoly and good ideas. Im proud of what we created together and with the consensus calendar to expedite ideas, with support, the Diversity Office to get the congress to look more like the real world and ideas from both sides to get this place functioning better. And although we were already holding these hearings in committee, we also required that other committees hold them, too, so that all members had a chance to meet across the congress. Hopefully
Welcome. In the coowner of politics and prose thank you for joining us here online. Holding all other talks since last spring. The pandemic for those who abandon interesting events. For those of you not familiar how this works, you still ask a question of the authors youd like. To do so, click on the q a at the bottom of your screen. Attack , you will find a link for purchasing the book, donald trump versus the u. S. By michael schmidt. Michael started as a news with the New York Times 15 years ago. He became a Sports Reporter at the paper. He went on to report in iraq, pentagon and department of Homeland Security to his work is focused on federal negotiations one of two teams in 2018. One on Workplace Sexual Harassment issues and the other for donald trump, his campaign ties to russia. Trumps abuse of president ial power focusing primarily on two individuals to confront the individuals and constrain him, james comey former white House Counsel, gone with the cans. This is a story of a
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. On the wiegand nomination. The question now occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 82, the nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of thomas t. Cullen of virginia to be United States district judge for the Western District of virginia. Signed by 17 senators. The
Cspan2 and the house when they return on cspan. Now Vice President mike pence delivers remarks at a Labor Day Campaign at the Power Cooperative in lacrosse wisconsin. Figures include public and senator ron johnson and labor secretary Eugene Scalia had about 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president and ceo of dairyland Power Cooperative brent ridge. [music] morning. The Vice President of the United States is here so good morning. All right, fantastic. As i said earlier times for being here today and i want to thank kurt bauer for his remarks earlier. Grateful to honor the workforce and workers across the United States and compensate on part of the maryland La Crosse County family and i want to specifically recognize families sacrifice every day keep the lights on industry operating 24 hours seven days a week. Our next speaker is United States senator ron johnson and its my pleasure to introduce. He was elected to the second reelected in 2015. Senator johnson is univers
Would neither. The i mean Bernie Sanders did tell his followers or joe biden would be the most liberal president in modern times in fact he said and i quote that many of the ideas he fought for that just a few years ago were considered radical are now mainstream in the Democratic Party at the root of their agenda is the belief that america is driven by envy not aspiration that millions of americans harbor ill will toward our neighbors instead of loving our neighbors as ourselves the radical left believes that the federal government must be involved in every aspect of our lives to correct those american wrongs they believe the federal government needs to dictate how americans live how we should work how we should raise our children and in the process deprive our people of freedom prosperity and security their agenda is based on government control. Our agenda is based on freedom. Thank you eon where President Trump cut taxes joe biden wants to raise taxes by nearly 4 trillion dollars whe