Generations. Your faithfulness sustains the seasons of our earthly pilgrimage. You are worthy of our praise. Infuse our lawmakers with reverential awe, as they remember you are the one constituent they absolutely must please. Because of you, they live and move and breath and have their being. Although they may plan, you alone decide what will or will not prevail. May our senators make you their refuge, their shelter in the time of storms. And, lord, we thank you for the inspiration of a stupendous world series. We pray in your glorious name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak as if in morning business for 90 seconds. The presiding officer without objec
Fault. I cant say it was theentible but i can say security was inadequate. As we say in kansas, simply add up. Just doesnt we now know this tragedy did not have to happen. The blame . Akes at the Supreme Court, justices with how much free speech is too much, and as the begins inection year earnest, we examine the politics obamacare. Now that people are feeling its effects, you see the andcrats running farther farther away from it. Its time for republicans to end their fixation and start working with democrats on the priorities of the american people. The week, peter times, the new york tom gjelten of npr, joan reuters and jeff zeleny of abc news. Awardwinning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. Nations capital, this is Washington Week with ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by additional Corporate Funding for byshington week is provided prudential. Additional funding is provided foundation, the corporation for public and bysting contributions t
Fault. I cant say it was theentible but i can say security was inadequate. As we say in kansas, simply add up. Just doesnt we now know this tragedy did not have to happen. The blame . Akes at the Supreme Court, justices with how much free speech is too much, and as the begins inection year earnest, we examine the politics obamacare. Now that people are feeling its effects, you see the andcrats running farther farther away from it. Its time for republicans to end their fixation and start working with democrats on the priorities of the american people. The week, peter times, the new york tom gjelten of npr, joan reuters and jeff zeleny of abc news. Awardwinning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. Nations capital, this is Washington Week with ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by additional Corporate Funding for byshington week is provided prudential. Additional funding is provided foundation, the corporation for public and bysting contributions t
On the russian sanctions and pressuring putin and Republican Congressman luke messer on the house lawsuit against the president. Its a full hour. Plus more rich testimony in richmond about who was getting richer and why. The prosecutions star witness talks about star scientifics craving for credibility in the eyes of then Virginia Governor bob mcdonnell. Good morning from washington. Its the last day of july. Its a thursday, july 31st, 2014. This is the daily rundown. Were also going to talk to ambassador ron dermer about the latest. Congress heads home today for a fiveweek vacation from the capital. The last hours before a congressional recess are usually dominated by back room conversations about legislation, flurry of floor votes but instead your representatives have spent the last 24 hours in a toxic fight over whether to sue the president of the United States. Its not clear whether republicans are more enthusiastic about this fight or democrats. Last night the house voted 225201,
permanent border police. reaction at the white house from ed henry whether the president could change his mind and visit the border tomorrow. ed. reporter: neil, it s certainly possible. a lot has changed in the lasts 24 hours since you spoke to that democratic congressman from texas, which showed the pressure on the president was not just from republicans but democrats like him who feared this could become president obama s katrina. and denny hoyer, an ally in the house who believes it might just be a photo-op, it might make sense for the president to go to the border when he s in texas wednesday and thursday because hoyer said it will show he s concerned about this crisis. so far saying the president still has no plans to go to the border but there was a crack in their insist steps he would just do funds raising and speech on the economy. str valerie jarrett, one of his top advisors seventh a letter to rick perry of texas saying the president would meet with perry one-on-