Quorum call a senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from north carolina. Mr. Burr i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call and to initiate the presiding officer without objection. Mr. Burr and to initiate consideration of the 12 00 vote. Unanimous consent to start the 12 00 vote. Mr. Burr madam president , i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . Seeing none, the yeas are 68. The nays are 21. And the nomination is confirmed. A senator madam president. The presiding officer the senator from texas. Order in the chamber, please. The senate will be in order. The senate will be in order. Please take your conversations out of the chamber. The senator from texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the lydon nomination, calend
So it is my pleasure now to introduce bob cusack, the editorinchief of the hill who will moderate a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with the popular vote. Bob. Thanks, jim. I want to introduce our panel. Norm orenstein, michael steele. Bianca carmen. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump and Hillary Clinton in the last election. Not surprisingly North Carolina, florida, pennsylvania, of course democrats wish Hillary Clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more. But the first question would be if we did change the system and, norm, ill start with you. What would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy . So, as you mentioned, bob, they visited the large states. And i was kind of amused when senator cramer of north dakota defending the Electoral College said awfully close in terms of popular votes. Then every vote would count, and candidates would have an incentive to try and maximize the turnout even in places like north dako
Quorum call mr. Cardin madam president. The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin thank you, madam president. I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or bridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Equal rights amendment. Most americans believe its part of our constitution today. But its not. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stated, and i quote, every constitution written since the end of world war ii includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Our does not. The state of maryland has a provision very similar to that in its state constitution. Many of our states have acted on the equal rights amendment. But as Justice Scalia, the late Justice Scalia said, certainly the constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesnt. W
American racial history. Hes authored four books and coauthored one. Tonight he will be speaking on his most recent book this land is their land. Please join me in welcoming him. Good evening and thanks for coming out in the weather. The massachusetts sixstory cosociety is the first place i ever received Research Fellowship and i believe that was way back in 1998. I will never forget, coming here and the first document i looked at when i was here was the missionary journal of john cotton junior. John cotton junior was the son of the legendary minister of boston and has a big shoes to fill he didnt fill them. He wound up a missionary on Marthas Vineyard and eventually he fell out with the proprietor there and ended up in plymouth and got into some shenanigans with his female parishioners and ended up in charlestown south carolina. What i will never forget from this document it was only meant for his own private use. It was filled with a series of questions and answers that he had engage
And i wound up with whiplash and a concussion, not because i want you to cry a river for me bu bui just want you to understand that im a tenured professor. That means that my job is to speak the truth. My job is not to spin. My job is to listen to perspectives and tried to say what are my best judgment the truth is. I hope you can listen to what i have to say about whistleblowers with that in mind, and if there are people in the community who saying is biased or unfair, lets what is or what. Theres spin. Its really anxiety going on s not part of an issue. Thats before the constitution of the trait was ratified. We to Continental Congress decision, they were right. It thats right. A citizen, as you see , that thy believed in things associated s were unequal and so theres ans day issue of Public Officials are supposed to serve the country, not themselves and if you get confused about that you are not going anyplace good. Congress want a passing allopathy also got the two Rhode Islanders