Sometimes it seems nothing is happening on the senate floor. The action is going on elsewhere. Order in committee rooms, and senators offices and the offices of the Senate Leaders. But thats all preliminary. Sooner or later, everything has to come here. Here is where the final say, the final act takes place. Here is where the law is made. The United States senate has been legislating and carrying out its unique constitutional duties since 1789. The framers believed the senate should and could be the venue in which statesmen would lift america up to meet its unique challenges. We are still a work in progress in the United States senate. It is time for the United States senate started acting like a senate instead of kindergarten. If you think were emotional, wait until you see what happens if this bill fails. Reflecting the nations politics and made up of 100 members, two from each state, serving sixyear terms, this is how many have come to know the senate today. Democrats have been putt
Sometimes it seems nothing is happening on the senate floor. The action is going on elsewhere. Order. The senate has been carrying out its duties in 1789. The framers believed the senate should be the venue through which statesmen would lift america to meet its unique challenges. We are still a work in progress in the United States senate. We should act like a senate instead of a kindergarten. Wait until you see what happens with this bill. Made up of 100 members, two from each state, this is how many have come to know the senate today. Democrats have been putting up roadblocks one after another. It is not what the founders had in mind. There is a great deal of human affection around here. It is in private. You came to the wrong town at the wrong time. With a history of conflict and compromise, we will go inside the senate to tell its story. Its informal workings, we will learn about it as a legislative body. Following the footsteps of members in the core doors around the chamber, we w
Lets take a quick look at the markets after a long weekend not after a long weekend. A week. Nasdaq up 25 points and the s p up. A longer weekend than usual. It was longer for me because i wasnt here friday. Here are the big stories. Greek banks reopening three weeks after they close. Capital controls remain in place including limits on withdrawals and no word yet on when the stock market might reopen. Although some are trying to play this with the etf and trades here. Increases in value and a tax agreed to on the new bailout terms have now taken effect on things like coffee and tea. Well hear more from Michelle Carusocabrera pulling double duty. Lets take a look at asia. It was another volatile session. The shanghai stocks closing higher. But closed up just shy of 1 . There have been a media report earlier in the session suggesting the government was studying how to end its bailout. Well continue to watch the ongoing volatility in china. Every day there seems to be a new story there.
Understand. Now, well show you the secret codes on your bills and how to find out exactly what they mean plus, struck by lightning while standing in a supermarket checkout line. It hit right through like the top of my head, down my spine. Shepard tonight, a woman gets the shock of a lifetime. But first from fox this wednesday night. He is accused of carrying out a terrorist attack in boston, killing and injuring hundreds of innocent people. And now the suspected marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is on the cover of Rolling Stone. A magazine that usually features rock stars and cultural icons. The caption on rolling cones cover refers to tsarnaev as a promising popular student who became a monster. Despite that folks in boston and beyond say they are furious. Its despicable. He now is going to be the poster boy for all young kids who read Rolling Stone magazine. The editor says its because of their Young Readers that they made this decision. They released a statement that reads in part t
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