Even though ive come to work virtually every day here for 25 year, never fails to impress me. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Appreciate it. You bet. That was senator Mitch Mcconnell speaking in 2010. Hes the Incoming Senate majority leader for the 114th congress which convenes on january 6. We continue our look at the historical role of the Senate Majority leader. Well hear from robert byrd of West Virginia. He spoke in 1998 inside the Old Senate Chamber. Weve had three lecture series this year and we hope to have three more next year. When this idea was first suggested that we have some further attempt to preserve the history of the senate, and that we had a unique time in history because we had such a large number of former Vice President s and leaders of the senate that are still in the senate or are alive that we should take advantage of this opportunity. And the first person who came to my mind as i thought about how to put this together was senator bob byrd. Becaus
We hear from senator robert byrd of West Virginia, he spoke in 1998, inside the Old Senate Chamber. [applause] welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the third lecture series that the leaders have been sponsoring. I think this will be one of the most interesting ones we will ever have. We have had three this year and we hope to have three more next year. When the idea was first suggested that we have some further attempt to preserve the history of the senate, that we had a unique time in history because we had such a large number of former Vice President s and former leaders of the senate that were still in the senate or alive, that we should take advantage of this opportunity, of course, the first person that came to my mind as i thought about how to put this together was senator robert byrd. Because i knew that he, probably more than any of us, knows about and cares about the institution of the senate and the history of the senate and all of its procedures and traditions. I went to senato
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A lot coming up this our and interesting stuff happening on the floor of the senate. We will look at the floor and Senate Majority leader harry reid introduced the Nuclear Option which would allow, Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell responding to senator reid, all of certain motions in the senate to pass by majority vote, 51 votes rather than 60 votes. Republicans are not happy about it to say the least, think that getting ugly. We will talk more about it has the power goes on. The thick argument from the republicans is democrats are trying to say a change the subject from obamacare with which mcconnell said majority leader promised he wouldnt break the rules to change the man he may as well have said if you like the rules in the senate you can keep them. You get the reference. That is interesting. Rich edson will come up and we will have Dan Henninger on. Mack breaking news, anything you can talk about. Lets go. Changing the filibuster rules in the senate. We are going to do it. Talk abo
President obama revealed a major change in Foreign Policy. To more effectively partner with countries where terrorist networks seek a foothold. Many feel assads roll in power would be better. Ill work to ramp up those for the Syrian Opposition. For terrorists and dictators. Secretary of defense chuck hagel has ordered a review of the health care system. Secretary shinseki, i call on the congress to fire him. Maya angelou has died. She is the say i guess all the odds. I had something to do in this world. After months of accusations of feeble leadership and his handling of International Crises and conflicts, president obama sought to counter his critics wednesday on a commencement address at the u. S. Naval academy at west point. Demand he it working through multilateral institutions and in concert with allies provided a force multiplier that made america stronger particularly in response to russias meddling in ukraine. Terrorism remained the most direct threat to u. S. At home and abroa