The federal judiciary. Probably the longest legacy that donald trump will have will be his Lasting Imprint that he left in terms of the judges he has nominated. He has confirmed 150 federal judges, including two Supreme Court justices quite famously. It is not just the number of the judges at the historic nature of how ideology clean extreme how ideologically extreme they seem. Point is we can win at the ballot box at 2020 and defeat donald trump and win back the senate and yet all of the priorities may well be facing certain power because we have a judiciary that is hostile to the progressive ideas because trump will have any so many trump style judges that will be with us. Host how you activate the grassroots and how are you funded . Lobby andtry to oppose some of trumps most extreme judicial nominees. We were highly involved in the cavanaugh fight last year. We are active right now in trying to defeat some of his more extreme lower Court Judicial appointees like stephen manatt she w
And well leave this washington journal segment to return to live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Quorum call quorum call quorum call the presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley mr. President , i want to make a few brief remarks regarding the introduction of the security enforcement and compassion united and Reform Efforts. And we have selected the acronym secure for this piece of legislation that were introducing today. This bill promotes and protects the interest of the American People in a lawful immigration system and provides a fair and equitable solution on deferred action for childhood arrivals. And everybody in the senate knows that by the acronym daca. Its the product of several months of hard work between this senator and senators cornyn, graham, tillis, lankford, perdue, and cotton. And i think before the days out and the senate closes down hiewl hear from youl
The security enforcement and compassion united and Reform Efforts. We have selected the acronym secure for this piece of legislation we are introducing today. This bill promotes and protects the interests of the American People in the lawful immigration system and provides a fair and equitable solution on the verdict and for child arrivals, everybody in the senate knows that by the acronym daca. It is a product of several months of hard work between this senator and senators cornyn, graham, tillis, lankford, purdue and cotton. Before the days out and the senate closes down, you will hear from almost all those folks on their approach to this legislation and their support for it. Before i discuss what the bill does, i want to explain the process we have used to this point. On september 5, 2017, attorney general sessions announced that donald trump had decided to rescind former president obamas unlawful executive amnesty program. Almost 700,000 young people relied on president obamas fals
Effectively manage the affairs of state. That is clearly not happening right now. To governn inability as we are shutdown for the second day. Tomorrow is an important day. Despite the fact that we have made some progress on friday in orders floor thatach an agreement republicans and democrats can support. I am here with several of my colleagues to make some simple request of the United States senate. If we are really adults and will operate like grownups, we need to be true, responsible stewards of the government and keep the government open for a very short period of time while we negotiate a way out of this. Know, on thee democratic side and them of the republican colleagues do not think it is wise to do another monthlong, continuing resolution. Why dont we agreed to keep the government open tomorrow . Why dont we all get together and say on monday that people will be able to access the federal government, and we can hopefully reach an agreement on a budget that is permanent, togterm
Of our Public Servants deserve the right to get back to the jobs theyve signed on to in the senate. E signed on to in here are senators from earlier this evening, talking about the Government Shutdown. There are a lot of americans who do not understand what is happening right now. Republicans asked for control of the United States senate. They asked for control of the house of representatives and the white house. They got all three. They promised that by doing so, they would be able to more effectively manage the affairs of state. That is clearly not happening right now. To governn inability as we are shutdown for the second day. Tomorrow is an important day. Despite the fact that we have made some progress on friday in orders floor thatach an agreement republicans and democrats can support. I am here with several of my colleagues to make some simple request of the United States senate. If we are really adults and will operate like grownups, we need to be true, responsible stewards of