Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 90, the nays are 1, and the motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, Stephanie Dawkins davis, of michigan, to be United States district judge for the Eastern District of michigan. Mr. Cassidy mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Mr. Cassidy mr. President , i rise to discuss the spending bill which were about to vote on which will increase our deficit by almost a fourth of a trillion dollars over ten years and of which i think im the first speaker. We got it on monday and were going to vote on it tomorrow. I smile, mr. President , because this is supposed to be the worlds greatest deliberative body and weve not deliberated one bit on farranging policies. The mess is bipartisan. We could spread the blame around, but let me bring up the heart of it. When obamacare passed, preside
Thompson, seek recognition . Mr. Thompson madam speaker, pursuant to House Resolution, i for up h. R. 5377 and ask its immediate consideration in the house. The peaker pro tempore clerk will report the bill the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 275, h. R. 5377, a bill to amend revenue code of 1986 to modify the deduction of and local taxes and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution in the naturement of a substitute recommended by the committee on ways and means in the bill is adopted and bill, as amended, is read. Ered as the bill shall be debatable for ne hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the means. Ee on ways and the gentleman from california, r. Thompson, and the gentleman from nebraska from texas, mr. Rady, each will control 30 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Thompson. Mr. Thompson thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may ha
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Has a lot of direct our studios in moscow this is our Team International incheon thomas certainly glad to have you with us were going to start with a developing story coming out of hawaii this hour a shooting has been reported at the Pearl Harbor Naval base now we do have information our team is getting across that right now there appear to be at least 3 victims with one dead and 2 others injured a witness claims that the gunman took his own life the base is now closed while 40 s are investigating the situation of course as i said our newsroom is staying on top of the situation and well bring you more information as it develops. Moving on now germany has announced it is expelling 2 Russian Embassy employees in response to the murder of a Georgian National back in august berlins attorney general says there is evidence moscow may have been behind the killing a claim russia vehemently denies now the man was shot twice in the head and chest in a berlin park on the aug 23rd it was a 40 year
The committee will come to orde order. Thank you all for coming today and for our witnesses for joining us as we examine the current state of the us russia relationship to deal with the Russian Federation. Its time to assess our relationship as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events leading to the collapse of the soviet union, fall of the berlin wal wall, solidarity selection victory in poland many former soviet states with prosperous democracies with memberships in the eu. Mister putin has taken russia down a darker path many suffer while oligarchs enrich themselves russia make sure only kremlin approved officials make the cut with those who military and organization in those outlets the russian people are inhumanely present and tortured to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russian Federation make it painful for the average russian but also makes it harder for those around the world he has meddled in american intellections sewing chaos propping up the