Vote the presiding officer any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 72. The nays are 18. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune mr. President , every american has had to deal with annoying and Illegal Robocalls. All of us have been ininterrupted at one point or time announcing we won a prize or needing important banking information so that our account wont be closed. These calls are a major nuisance but of course theyre not just a nuisance, mr. President. Too Many Americans fal
From the New York Times, a forceful defense from the fbi under attack by the gop. The democratic memo bus republican charges. We will turn to that in 45 minutes. Inside todays New York Times, and donald trump, evangelicals have found the president. David brody joins us in the studio. Thanks for joining us. Guest thanks for having me. Host tell us about your book and why evangelicals trust donald trump. Guest do we have six or seven hours because there is a lot to unpack . I think there is a culture. They see a culture warrior and donald trump. I know that sounds crazy to folks, but its true. Donald trump is a guy that paints in bold absolutes. When you put the two together, they like the fact that he is a fighter. He is fighting for traditional judeochristian principles, which is shocking to many, but the truth of matter is that it shows that god has a sense of humor for sure because he, as in god, will send evangelicals donald trump of all people for judeochristian values. As we dig d
Sessions says he will recuse himself should the Justice Department investigate contacts between the Trump Campaign and russian officials. Reporter sessions now admits he did meet with the Russian Ambassador twice, but there was nothing unethical about the meetings, still, there is a growing call for congress to very long the ties with investigate the ties with russia russia. Reporter democrats say he directly contradicted the facts that he met at least twice with the Russian Ambassador while serving at Foreign Policy advisor to the Trump Campaign. My staff recommended they said since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. Reporter sessions will no longer getting briefing into the probes of hacking into the Campaign Email account. Democrats say he lied under oath during the confirmation hearing. I have been called a surrogate a time or two, and i did not have communications with the russians russians. Reporter sessions said he never
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