House is responsible for security concerns at the house of representatives. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today demanded the resignation of the house sergeant at arms, and he complied with that demand, and he has now resigned. The Senate Sergeant at arms is responsible for security concerns at the u. S. Senate. The majority leader in the senate, of course, is republican mitch mcconnell. Just in the last hour, he too asked for the resignation of the Senate Sergeant at arms, who then resigned immediately. Senator chuck schumer, who is the Democratic Senate leader, he had said earlier today that if the Senate Sergeant at arms didnt resign by the time schumer and the democrats take over with the majority two weeks from now, schumer said that he would fire the Senate Sergeant at arms on day one. Well, now mcconnell has asked for that resignation, and the Senate Sergeant at arms has resigned effective immediately. Speaker pelosi today also called for the resignation of the head of the u. S. Cap
Documentary writer and producer talks about her new pbs film about evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. You can join the conversation with your text, calls and tweets. Host schedule d. C. On the same day. Former President Trumps first return to the capital. Yesterdays speech at the Heritage Foundation was postponed, but it is one of a series of events that mike pence has been using testate his vision and clarify his purpose in the Republican Party in 2020 beyond. Good morning. Welcome to washington journal. The lines to use for democrats, republicans, independent and others, and you can always text us. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from. We would love to hear from you on twitter or instagram. That speech last night was postponed because of serious weather issues. It is going to be rescheduled. We will show you some of the recent comments by the Vice President and tell you about a speech he is giving today and an event at the America First policy confer
Overall, writer for 30 years for Time Magazine. He had kind of a Time Magazine style. Some inverted sentences. Things that really didnt ring terribly well in a general book of this nature. So throughout, ive been out throughout the book, i went and kind of changed that a bit. And other than that, it was really the major change was just boiling it down and then adding those cursed quick notes. You acquired in 2009, how long did you work on the book . About three years. Going to show you video. Out of context. Out of the chronology of the book. But it shows some oratory of a couple of famous senators. The first is going to be huey long. Before we show the video, when was huey long in the senate and what impact did he have . He had a huge impact on the senate. In the senate for a short period of time, from the early 1930s until he was assassinated in 1935. But he, you know, decided that he was going to use the filibuster as a as a major legislative tool. He did it almost like no one befor
Seeing no Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. Item number 2, review and approve the minutes of october 16th and january 15th. Commissioners, do we have a motion . I move to approve. We have a motion. Do we have a second . Second. We have a motion and second. Is there Public Comment on the motion . Call the roll. Roll call. Item number 3 is [speaker not understood] from the executive director. Commissioners, good evening. I am sorry i depth give you anything in writing today. Its been very hectic for us and we do want to get right to the permits because we have a long agendaedthv we just wanted to update you quickly. [speaker not understood] the piece of the legislation. I spoke previously about a piece of legislation introduced last year by supervisor chiu regarding polk street and the creation of the new alcohol use district. And, so, theres been a lot of conversation. There was a meeting at the Small Business commission and at committee level. I attended a meeting today in supe
Kim present. Supervisor mar . Mar present. Supervisor tang . Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . 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. Colleagues, we have our Meeting Minutes from the may 21st, 2013 Board Meeting minute. Could i have a motion to approve those minutes in motion by supervisor mar, seconded by supervisor cohen. [gavel] madam clerk, do we have any communications . There are no communications, mr. President. I have one quick announcement. As i think many of you know, tomorrow at 7 00 a. M. , west coast time, 10 00 a. M. East coast time, the Supreme Court is expected to announce their decision regarding Marriage Equality and i just want to make an announcement that tomor