Coming up live on cspan2 at 6 30 p. M. A conversation on human rights with the state departments undersecretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights. Shell discuss the work beingos5n done by the u. S. Atrocities prevention board which was created in 2012 to respond to and prevent genocide and other Human Rights Violations around the world. The council on Foreign Relations hosts the event. n8u4 tonight on American History tv programs on the 50th anniversary of the selma march. At 8 p. M. , selma 50th Anniversary Commemoration ceremony with president obama and one of the participants in that march, congressman john lewis. At 9 10 p. M. Abc news footage of march 25 1965 Voting Rights rally in montgomery alabama. After that president Lyndon Johnsons address to congress on Voting Rights. Then the selma 50th anniversary brown chapel ame church commemorative service. All of this coming up tonight on cspan3. Luy next, an update from this mornings washington journal on the future o
The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , february 3, 2014. I hereby appoint the honorable thomas e. Petri to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2 00 p. M. Today. Will have more state of the state speeches for you to for you. Today, Oklahoma Republican governor mary fallin will be delivering her speech. That will be live at 1 30 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, cspan3. A specialtoday, Election Debate for the 13th Congressional District seat in florida. Filled,the seat to be held by the late representative bill young. He passed away in october of last or after serving 40 years in congress. Last year after serving 40 years in congre
Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 58. The nays are 40. Threefifth of the senators duly chosen and sworn have not voted in the affirmative, and the motion is not agreed to. The majority leader. Mr. Reid i enter a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the reed of rhode island amendment. The presiding officer the motion is entered. Mr. Reid madam president , for the benefit of all members, were going to have another vote right now on the other cloture vote thats been scheduled. Then the republican leader has said that we can move forward on the baucus nomination at that time. The next two votes, i ask consent they be ten minutes in duration. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection, so ordered. 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 move to bring to a close debate on s. 1845.
During that time also be equally divided. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reed thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , in a few hours, this chamber will have the opportunity to restore benefits for 1. 7 million american job seekers and help reduce the National Deficit by 1. 2 billion. I believe my colleagues understand that this is a fiscally responsible way to help job seekers who are still struggling in the aftermath of the great recession. Health both shrinking consumer demand and supporting the economy, which is why the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimate thad renewing Unemployment Insurance for one year will save 200,000 jobs. This is an imperative. We must do this. On behalf of the families who are struggling, on behalf of our economy that needs the support. This is something that must be done. Now the question is whether we can move this critical bill forward and send help to those who are struggling through no fault of their own. Everyone underst
We, too were ready to process on 101, had done extensive internal testing of our processes and systems, and our first awareness of difficulties with the hub was 101, or the portal, im sorry, on 101, when we attempted to do key entry. So you didnt test it prior to october 1 . No. Ness. No sir. As we evaluate the problems with this website, i think its important that we focus on the facts. My republican colleagues have been predicting that Health Care Reform would be a disaster for three years now and every time theyve been wrong, they said insurance rates would skyrocket, in fact, theyre lower than predicted. They said Health Care Costs would sore, in fact have grown at a record low rate. They said medicare would be undermind, in fact, its stronger than ever and seen years are saving billions of dollars on prescription drugs. What we need to do is separate the facts for us to reach a determination here. Some have said that fixing the website would take six months to a year. Others have