Mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid ask con scene the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed for a period of morning business and senators allowed to speak up to 10 minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i now ask unanimous consent that at 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow friday, april 11, all postcloture time be yielded back and the senate proceed to vote with no intervening action or debate on calendar number 574. Further, that following disposition of that nomination, the senate proceed to vote on cloture on executive calendar number 613. If cloture is invoked all postcloture time be yielded and the senate proceed to vote on confirmation of the nomination, that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. No further motions be in order to the nominations that any statement
Doing the things they were before. Langston hughes and others, dont forget wendelin books and all of the individuals. I say this. You can jump on and if you want to and i am making a point here. We wrote this to our sister lee matt and i might have been, we were accused of being romantic because we were sisters and brothers and kings and queens and so forth and insisted this and insisted that. But someone recently pointed out that they spoke with Young High School sisters and they said that they are not hearing any love songs. And that is shocking and im not saying its true, i hope its not. The people who call you these names cant call you my sister and how i love you. They can call your mother because there is only one way in this world and you cant allow the way you came in. [laughter] the last panel of the day from the National Black writers conference is entitled shifting identities in africa. Starts now on booktv. Jeffrey allen is here and those in transit can join us other jeffre
The value of spectrum is raising ahead of the incentive auction so for a variety of reasons a number of companies have consolidated and bought stations across the county. Sinclair broadcasting has been aggressive in terms of snatching up the smaller broadcasters. Host how Many Television stations does Sinclair Broadcasting own across the country . Guest i believe something in excess of a hundred stations. They have a number of joint Sales Agreements and they will likely be effected by this. In some cases, they can get waivers if they can prove they are necessary to keep them afloat but in most cases they will have align and hire people or figure out how to go. We may see them sold. Host can Sinclair Broadcasting own an abc and an nbc in the same city . Guest that is against the rules. You can only one one station in the large mack market. You are only allowed to own one out of the abc, nbc, fox, and cbs station in every market. When sinclair made an agreement to buy a number of station
Spirit, may our senators run without weariness and run without fainting. Give them the wisdom to be patient with others, prompt to appreciate the virtues of their colleagues. Rule in the hearts of our keeping them from sin and sustaining their loved ones lord, surround our senators with the shield of your favor, accomplishing in their lives, more than they can ask or imagine. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. 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. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , april 11, 2014. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable carl m. Levin, a senator from the state of michigan, to perform the duties of
Guest we have serious challenges facing us want that affects everybody regardless of their political but rounder persuasion. Host if you have sean hannity i mean it seems to me that shone as a quite popular figure among hardline conservatives. Guest sure he is but we try to reach out in this book and naturally i believe conservative ideas provide the best solutions to the problems facing america that is ice in the book of the liberal comes up with an idea the works improved his health and lives up to its stated objectives im for it. I am for Social Security. Im for medicare and all these programs created mostly in liberal democrat administrations but i just want to look at them to see if they needs to be updated for modern age and improved if they are not working we need to revise them or get rd of them. Host in fact the thesis of this book and im going to come back to the idea pieces because its one you play within the book but the idea in this book is what works . What actually works