Passed 2020 spending legislation, the funds the federal government passed at tonights midnight deadline to the 20th to avert a shutdown. Votes are expected at 11 a. M. Eastern. They and plan to work on the nomination to the next energy secretary. Live coverage of the senate right here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God, the fountain of every blessing, in this thanksgiving season, we praise your holy name. May the lives of our lawmakers please you. Inspire them to walk in your ways, keeping your precepts with such integrity that they will glorify your name. Incline their hearts to your wisdom and provide them with the understanding they need to accomplish your purposes. Lord god, let your mercy protect our senators from the dangers of this life, as they learn to find delight in receiving your approval. Keep them evermindful of lifes brevity and the greatness of
Good afternoon. And welcome to the National Press club. The place when news happens. Im andrea edney, immediate past president of the National Press club and and i serve on the bof both the club and of our journalism institute. We have a really, really Great Program ahead, invite you to listen, watch or follow along on twitter using the npclive. For our cspan audience and public radio audience, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, so any applause a reaction you may here are not, is not necessarily from working press. Let me begin by introducing the head table and a like to ask you to please hold your applause and until all of the head table guests are introduced. Helpful to have the list. So from my left and from your right we have sean butcher, Communications Manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. We have retired navy captain jim noon, command of the American Legion post 20 here at the National Press club. Next to capt
Policy and plans. The confirmation vote is expected at 11 a. M. Eastern. Lawmakers will also work on a judicial nomination. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, hear us when we cry to you. You have been our help in ages past, and our hope for the years to come. You dont keep a record of our transgressions but shower us daily with mercy and forgiveness. Great is your faithfulness. As our senators wait for the unfolding of your powerful providence, give them your peace. May they cling to your promise, knowing that you will lead them to a desired destination. Give them the wisdom to trust your unconditional love and your willingness to save those who call on your name. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me 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
Political discourse with former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile and Mercedes Schlapp who previously served as White House Strategic Communications director for the Trump Administration. They are both asked about the impeachment inquiry, the press and the 2020 election. This is one hour. Good evening, everyone. I know theres some people still coming in, but its time to get on with it. Im david welch, the inaugural director of the Stubblefield Institute for civil Political Communications at Shepherd University, and welcome [applause] and welcome to our first installment of the american conversation series public forums, and eating with Donna Brazile and Mercedes Schlapp, the state of political discourse in todays america, moderated by mary hendrix. Throughout the Academic Year there will be several more forums so please go on our Facebook Page and our website for updates. The mission of the institute is to study and promote how intelligent, authentic and civil political
2662, the growing American Innovation not act, or linking act. This bill would bring long overdue legislative reform to the clean air ask new Source Review Program. The new Source Review Program protects airquality when factories and power plants are modified in newly built. Gain act provides muchneeded clarity to factor in power plant owners as well as to state permitting officials about when permits are needed. The new Source Review Program was originally designed to support pollution control projects and upgrades. It had the opposite effect. In its current form the program is complex, costly, timeconsuming. The program directly slows Economic Growth and slows job creation, Technical Innovation as well as the ability to modernize our american industry and infrastructure. The association spent a letter to the committee outlining the extreme burden that new source review places on its members. The association explained a Member Company sought a permit to combust alternative fuels. The