Right and the defense marriage act and the decision not to defend it in court. And he talked about restoring civil right and the vote to exfelons. This is 20 minutes. Our next guest is a special guest and we appreciate having him here as we always do. I commend general holder for his willingness to speak to us candidly and openly every year. The fact that our parting gift is going to be a baseball cap speaks to how many times you have been here because all of the gifts we give out have already been given to you. We will give you something you might be able to use. But we have all familiar with general holder. He was sworn in as the 82 attorney general on february 3rd 2009. He was named to be the Deputy Attorney general in 1997 and served as the United States attorney for the district of columbia. He was nominated to be an associate judge for the district of columbia. He was a litigation partner at covington in washington. It is a pleasure to have you to here address us. General . [ app
Live for three hours starting at noon eastern on cspan2s booktv. And now to london for Prime Ministers question time live from the british house of commons. Every wednesday while parliament is in session Prime Minister David Cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. Prior to question time the house is wrapping up other business. This is live coverage on cspa cspan2. As i said, we are all concerned of our youth unemployment but it is a matter for the lord, not us because we have the ball that responsibly. It is a rising tide of a good economic recovery that will bring work to young people. If i might just quote the chief executive and belfast who said we are quietly optimistic about economy improving the sugar it will take months if not years to filter to young people. Thats what we want is happening. My honorable friend will be aware next week is the beginning of National Apprenticeship week. Here, here. What steps is he taking to promote this to encourage employmen
I would hope that others would also agree. Mr. Grassley i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, james donato of california to be United States district judge for the Northern District of california. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The yeas and phas nays are orde. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is yielded back and there will be two minutes of debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. Order, please. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley for the benefit of the people of this country that have been listening to the complaints in the senate from senators about not approving judges, let me remind everybody that at this point, weve approved over 220 judges appointed by this president and only two have been disapproved. Thats more than 99 . As far
They are arkansas, colorado, kentucky and mississippi. And another 10 are set to roll back by the end of the week which will be may 1st. They are florida, idaho, maine, tennessee, texas, oregon, and ohio. Now the easing pertains largely to allowing some businesses to start reopening while maintaining existing safety precautions like social distancing and facial coverings. Congressman mark green from the state of tennessee who eases things on april 30th had this to say on fox friends first. I think it is time for tennessee to go ahead and open up. And i appreciate the president s glide dance to say basically local governments and states should make that decision. Griff this as the Paycheck Protection Program becomes available replenishing of relief bill. This time the sba says it will impose limits due to the lie demand last time. Secretary mnuchin expressing confidence in a bounce back after congress heavy spending. I think as we begin to reopen the economy in may and june, youre going