Went on the floor that day, the first thing i did was go over to bird. I said bob byrd i will never know the rules of the senate like you do. Ill make you a deal. I will never surprise you, if you will not surprise me. He said let me think about it. He came back later that afternoon and said ok. And we never did. I think that tradition has carried on. I think dole adopted that point of view. The system, and the rules of the senate are such, that theres plenty of room for disagreement and controversy. To do so within the framework of organization without sneaking up on your adversary. Some of the interview with former Senate Majority leader howard baker airing at 8 00 eastern 5 00 pacific. News from the pentagon planning more cuts for benefits for troops and the 2016 budget to be submitted to the white house in february. Military pay and benefits cost 185 billion in 2011. That decreased by 8 billion. That was mostly due to the reduction in active duty and reserve troops. You can read mo
Crane. At 4 p. M. Eastern, the Historical Society holds a conversation on race from the explorers club, apollo seven astronauts on the first manned spaceflight. New years day on cspan 2 author hector tobar on the 33 men buried in a chilean mine. And the life of nelson rockefeller. That former investigative correspondent for cbs news on her experiences reporting on the obama administration. New years day on American History tv on cspan 3, at 10 00 eastern, Juanita Abernathy on her experiences and the role of women in the civil rights movement. Brooklyn College Professor injured in a car on the link benjamin car on the link between alcohol and driving. Idiot cartoon is it drives and 10 president ial characters and a story and a cartoonist as he draws 10 president ial caricatures and a historian speaks. A discussion on the future of conservatism. A panel at the university of chicago this into a politics discussed how conservative principles could be used to solve some of todays problems.
Yale people. I definitely do not make that one. [laughter] you didnt say i am a Christian Person . A princeton person . Right into the center. Last one. Make a. Make it a good. I am a masters student. I want to go back to the issue of health care for a minute and just ask you about the process around it. There were so many different opinions, different source of coalitions and justices joining can you talk about the roles that justices, a will or in dealer within the court of informing these coalitions and how it works . I was not talk about that case. Will not talk about that is. But often, things and do not break down neatly. Sometimes, as i said a lot of the times, we all agree. But when we do not agree sometimes it breaks down easily and sometimes it dont. Sometimes it breaks down particular issues. Sometimes we fracture so there is no we try very hard not to have that happen because when that happens, we do not spend good a coherent signals to lower courts about what they should b
Whether its recycled poly or innovative fibers that are out there right now there are many , solutions and many more coming. When you look at bangladesh and what happened in april of 2013 of course, 1,133 pool lost their people lost their lives in a single day because of the working conditions in the fashion industry lack thereof, should say. But one of the encouraging days of consumer motivation is that this year on april 24th, 2014, 58 countries around the world came together to start fashion revolution day, that is honoring these victims. And ill end by saying that this isnt a sign of whats to come in terms of consumer engagement. Fashion as it was is not sustainable. We have to create a new fashion industry, and engage people to collaborate all over the world to shift the paradigm. And these are all kinds of websites where you can buy sustainable legal fashion. Ecofashion. Theres more being born constantly and together we can create a new reality in fashion. So thats mine. [applaus
Erik. He is on assignment in athens. Stephanie i would love to say that our erik was at the oscars last night, at the vanity fair party, but no committee is working in athens. We have had to take you to the breaking news on the Housing Market. Scarlet fu is in the newsroom with the headlines. Scarlet disappointing read steph. Economists had ratcheted down their expectations over the last three days because the expectation is down 1. 6 as recently as friday. On an annualized basis the rate is 4. 80 2 million, dropped from the prior month. This is not a government report. It is from the Industry Group the National Association of realtors. What it measures is the purchases of previously owned homes. It makes up 90 of the Residential Housing market. Some might argue a more important indicator than new home sales. In terms of the effect on financial markets, u. S. Stocks were lower before the report. No real change there. The dollar takes a little bit of a leg lower even though it is firmer