Leaders want to bring it to chambers next week. They are talking about 11 unfinished bills in that package. The bills for fiscal year 2017 that started last october 1. Plus, possibly a supplemental spending bill to cover defense and Border Security provisions that have been requested by the president. And you never know, there could be some other things tucked in there as well. We will not know until we see the package. As of the close of business today, there was talk that it could be filed as early as sunday night, maybe monday night. We have seen these things slip before. We will be looking to see it early next week. Host the posting on the beyond the hill blog, after this measure passes, the Government Shutdown avoided. As donald trump prepares to sign the stopgap. What sort of stumbling blocks might be ahead for this longerterm measure . Ms. Nancy ognanovich it depends on the disposition over the weekend of socalled poison pill riders, that we see every year in these appropriation
Nick mullens, how far back does that history go . Well, it goes back to my second great grandfather in the 1920s who worked in areas of coburn, virginia, for virginia iron coal and coke company. And what is the thoughtful coal miner . Why did you get it started . What do you write about . The thoughtful coal miner is my way of speaking to some of the rhetoric that comes from both the industry and environmentalists, to try to find some Common Ground between the two. Speaking specifically to miners issues and trying to help give a voice and try to keep some of the bias out. At the same time, working to get the truth out there. And what do you do these days . Youre a former coal miner. How long did you serve in the mines . What do you do now . Lets see. I worked in the Mining Industry for about four years. Three years under ground. Decided to do that because there just werent a whole lot of decent jobs in the area that i worked. You know, where my family had been for pretty much ten gener
Threats. Mike pompeo, james comey and National Intelligence director dan live coverage is 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Sunday night on after words, physician and journalist Elizabeth Rosenthal examines the business side of health care in her book an american sickness. How health care became big business and how you can take it back. Dr. Rosenthal is interviewed by dr. Bloom enthat will. I wonder if your book gave you any thoughts about whether health care is a free market, whether we can solve our problems in health care through free market forces. Well, i think what weve seen is the answer is probably not. I put a tongue and cheek list of the Health Care Market where if you think of health care as a purely a business proposition, a market will solve, you know, you get to crazy places like, you know, a lifetime of treatment is preferable to a cure. Now im not saying for a second that anyone really thinks that. Thats where the market is right now. [ no audio ] i dont think he represent
Republican party in kentucky. Thank you, david. Youre looking at one of the very few unfortunate kentuckiens not to be in the commonwealth on this derby eve. I want to thank the National Press club for giving me this. And hopefully everybody at home understands i will be back this evening and please save me a mint julep. So id like to introduce our panel for the senate role on the judicial confirmation process. First we have martin gold, mr. Gold is a partner with capital council. He brings over 40 years of experience on senate staff and in private practice. Hes a recognized authority on matters of congressional rules and parliamentary strategies. Mr. Gold is the author of Senate Procedure and practice, a primer on procedure now in its third edition. He advises in offices of senators and serves on the faculty at George Washington university. He often speaks a about congress as well as political and Public Policy is developments. Hes a graduate of the Washington College of law and Ameri
Annual profile and courage award at the john f. Kennedy library in boston. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we are beginning our livesteam of tonights john f. Kennedy sentinual award ceremony. I am delighted to welcome our audience of online viewers. There are many, many people who take credit for our decision to go online. One of the most important ideas came from the person who constantly gives us great ideas on how to use technology and other initiatives at the library and that is my friend who claims to have a day job but i doubt it ed slotsberg but i doubt it. I thank ed. [applause] and you will be happy to know, ed, mike barnacle, seconded the idea. We thank him for that. We have so much to celebrate tonight including president and ms. Kennedys deep appreciation for the arts. Our next guest is a multiple grammy award winner whose songs are among the great pillars of american music. His music spans generations and his songs have provided the soundtrack across decades of our live