Colleagues will join us to act on it. Are we likely to see any debate clacks it is Democratic Leaders have been promising for months they would bring this to the floor but wednesdays procedural vote is still not expected to advance the bill and thats a good digestion terms of the politics for both sides, the republicans created the democrats voting based on the polls. The congressional leadership correspondent for the National Journal follow his reporting it nationaljournal. Com. And other congressional news the Washington Post reports new york congressman Michael Grimm turned himself in on the band is expected criminal charges. Charges are expected to be released later today. Those charges will be related to the ownership of the manhattan restaurant which has the ties to a fund raiser to raise more than 500,000 some of which were allegedly improper. The housthe house will begin tot 2 p. M. For the consideration of a number of noncontroversial bills. The senate will meet at 2 p. M. And
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A very brief bit of. Who was wallace and why should we care about him . Wallace carroll although largely unknown, today was of the most respected and influential journalists, editors and publishers of the 20th century. A reporter. The united press in europe during, the 1930s and early 1940, carol covered of the most significant events leading to and during World War Two. Then went on to work for the u. S. Office of war information, undertook two stints as editor and later publisher of the Winston Salem journal and served as number two to james reston in the Washington Bureau of the New York Times. Again more details to come, but was much more than a globetrotting journalist giving us eyewitness accounts of events, or even just your run of the mill editor. As alan mary will tell us, carol was a mentor, an example to a generation of journalists who even today still and try to follow his tenants of good journalism. These an absolute commitment, accuracy and the truth. Attention to detail,
Our speakers are wellknown journalists. Al hunt, former Washington Bureau chief, the wall street journal and host of the podcast 2022 politics war room, and the author. The book Mary Llewellyn mcneil. More them later, though. Since the book has not been released before tonight, the presenters asked that i give you a very brief bit of. Who was wallace and why should we care about him . Wallace carroll although largely unknown, today was of the most respected and influential journalists, editors and publishers of the 20th century. A reporter. The united press in europe during, the 1930s and early 1940, carol covered of the most significant events leading to and during World War Two. Then went on to work for the u. S. Office of war information, undertook two stints as editor and later publisher of the Winston Salem journal and served as number two to james reston in the Washington Bureau of the New York Times. Again more details to come, but was much more than a globetrotting journalist g
Bureau chief, the wall street journal and host of the podcast 2022 politics war room, and the author. The book Mary Llewellyn mcneil. More them later, though. Since the book has not been released before tonight, the presenters asked that i give you a very brief bit of. Who was wallace and why should we care about him . Wallace carroll although largely unknown, today was of the most respected and influential journalists, editors and publishers of the 20th century. A reporter. The united press in europe during, the 1930s and early 1940, carol covered of the most significant events leading to and during World War Two. Then went on to work for the u. S. Office of war information, undertook two stints as editor and later publisher of the Winston Salem journal and served as number two to james reston in the Washington Bureau of the New York Times. Again more details to come, but was much more than a globetrotting journalist giving us eyewitness accounts of events, or even just your run of th