Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The senate will be opened by the senator from oklahoma, mr. Inhofe, and he will lead us in prayer. Mr. Inhofe let us pray. Almighty god, creator of all, as we gather here today, we are grateful for the Service Members who are deployed in the defense of our great nation under god. We ask for your comfort of the families who continue the duties at home with the courage to maintain the home front in the absence of their loved ones. Protect our service men and women with the shield of your strength as they discharge their Sacred Mission and keep them safe from all evil and harm. May the power of your love enable them to return home in safety, that with all who love them, they may ever praise you for your loving care. Assist with your spirit of counsel and fortitude for the president and other government leaders of these United States. May they always seek the ways of righteousness, justice and mercy. Grant that
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 36. Twothirds of the senators voting, a quorum being present, not having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution on reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of the United States. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask consent before the roll call to be recognized to make a unanimous consent request. Id like to take that opportunity now, unless theres some other item of business before the senate. The presiding officer there is not. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin thank you t lets start with madge, basic madge, andrew yank math. Heres what it boils down to. Each year we have 140,000 employmentbased visas issued in the United States, 140,000. A decision was made several years ago that politicians were playing favorites, picking countries that would get more of one and more of another
I am peter carmichael, the director of the Civil War Institute and the director of the History Department here at gettysburg college. It is my pleasure to welcome my good friend Stephen Berry. Stephen berry is the gregory professor of civil war at the university of georgia. I have a few rules, and this is one. Everything Stephen Berry writes ive got to read. He brings incredible writing with rich insights. His work is so good that you want to succumb to the jealousy, but you cant. He is a terrific guy. At the university of georgia, he scholar,nly a prolific he has written or edited six books. My favorite is all that makes a ambition, and the civil war south,s dissertation at the university of North Carolina. Bardi was still teaching at North Carolina. Edited is a he fantastic book called were doing the war. , he iss another thing engaged in a lot of Digital Projects and has his graduate students working on his projects as well. My favorite of all the Digital Projects is titled private
Captioning performed by vitac hello, my name is bill white. I am in the Cornerstone Program at purdue but in another life i was a historian. I walked into graduate school in 1969, not quite 1912 when the book on the cabinet was written, but a long, long time ago. So i have a generic history graphic question that i want to take all the panelists to the first word of the conference, remaking american political history. Are there sources or questions that you and other scholars are asking in 20182019, 2020 that just would not have been asked, would never have been thought of when i walked into graduate school 50 years ago . Great question. Thank you. Somebody want to be brave and go first . Sure. So i think that from my own personal work there has been a renewed turn to looking at institutions as structures, as bodies of people who are responding to International Issues and pressures and trying to prove themselves on an International Stage, to understanding that the states the federal sta
Journey through the historical underbelly of europe. And most recently, cuba libre, che fidel and the improbable revolution that changed world history. As a college student, tony regular lay disappeared to hitchhike through the outback and travel through rural independent que where he briefly enjoyed now based in the east village of manhattan, he makes it a point to continue exploring in iceland, tee yes, sir ra del fuego, beijing, tasmania, to name a few. Tonys travel stories have been published in magazines like the New York Times, smithsonian magazine, have been translated into a dozen languages. Having been selected seven times for the best American Travel writing series. He is also a regular television guest on the History Channel where he has spoken about everything from the crusades to the birth of disco. Cuba low pray is available for sale and signing after the program. Please join me in welcoming tony perrottet. Thank you for coming out on a beautiful spring night. D. C. Is lo