Hearing will come to order. Today the country on the rules and administration will receive testimony on the Senate Resolution 355, improving procedures about the consideration and combinations in the u. S. Senate. I want to thank the senator whos here with us at the table. In 2010 the committee undertook a defensiv complete examinatione filibuster in the United States senate. Of the senate did take steps in early 2013 to modify some of the rules and procedures for the considering bills, conference record since the denominations during that congress. Later that same year the senate took a more aggressive step in the Nuclear Options for nominations. A expired the deal a of the 113h congress and today we will revisit one aspect of the temporary changes limiting the postcloture debate time of certain nominations and consider whether to restore it permanently as it is provided in the resolution. Like the change enacted in 2013, this resolution proposes to reduce the rent window for the post
Testimony on Senate Resolution 355, improving procedures for consideration of nominations in the u. S. Senate. I want to thank senator lankford whos here with us at the table for agreeing to appear before us today to discuss the merits of his resolution. In 2010 this committee undertook a comprehensive examination of the filibuster in the United States senate. That examination was conducted in response to an ongoing debate about invoking the Nuclear Option. And while in action was taken immediately following the conclusion of the committees work, the senate did take steps in early 2013 to modify some of the rules and procedures more considering bills for considering bills, conference reports and certain nominations during that congress. Later that same year the senate took a more drastic step and invoked the Nuclear Option for certain nominations. Invoking the Nuclear Option affected a permanent change, as my colleagues well know. But the other changes which improve the efficiency of t
Consideration of executive and judicial nominees. This runs about an hour and 15 minutes. The meeting will come to order. Today, the committee on rules and administration will receive system on Senate Resolution 355, improving procedures for consideration of nominations in the u. S. Senate. I want to thank senator langford, who is here with us at the table, for agreeing to appear before us today to discuss the merits of his resolution. In 2010, this committee undertook a comprehensive examination of the filibuster in the United States senate. That examination was conducted in response to an ongoing debate about invoking the Nuclear Option. And while no action was taken immediately following the conclusion of the committees work, the senate did take steps in early 2013 to modify some of the rules and procedures for consideri ining bills and certa nominations during that congress. Later that same year, the senate took a more plastic step and invoked the Nuclear Option. Invoking the Nucle
Allegiance once again to alqaeda rejoining the groups north African Branch. The German Parliament is set to approve the governments plan to send 1200 soldiers to support the fight against i. S. I. L. In a noncombat role and politicians have been debating the bill over the past couple hours and a war ship and six aircraft are also part of chancellor Angela Merkels proposal and appealed for help after last months paris attacks and antiwar activists have been protesting against this plan. Now if the plan is approved germany will be the latest addition to the international antii. S. I. L. Coalition which includes dozens of countries however not everyone has played a military role and not all at the same time so here is a break down. These are the countries that have been involved in fighting i. S. I. L. , there is 18 of them in all. These are the ones that are carrying out or supporting air strikes in syria and these are the countries that are striking i. S. I. L. Targets in iraq, now ther
Se sending more force to fight isil in syria. Im Barnaby Phillips in vienna at the opec summit. Oil prices are down, oilexporting countries are divided on what to do about it. Our top story this hour, four palestinians have been killed by Israeli Security forces in separate incidents across the occupied west bank. [ gunfire ] in bethlehem palestinians protesters threw stones at the israeli army. Earlier north of Ramallah A Palestinian man was shot dead after ramming his car into Israeli Soldiers. Two were likely injured. Stephanie decker joins us live now from ramallah. This is apparently getting worse by the day, steph. Get us up to date with the death toll so far. Reporter the death toll since the first of october when we really saw this wave of one on one violence start, these are huge numbers, but i think now were two months on. This is becoming a daily occurrence. It does go in waves. In a day like today, three separate incidents in separate parts of the occupied west bank. Last n