Both houses. I would like to remind people of that. I forgot my second comment. My third comment will be my commentsow second now. I would like to thank god for the tea party. Without the tea party there are no laws. One last week. Tweet. Chris murphy suggest that the rules changes should apply to bills as well. Keeping in mind that just applies to executive and judicial nominees, not Supreme Court nominees. Peggy in washington is our last caller on the republican line. Ra, i would like to say that i think our country is in big trouble. Paulnk ted cruz and ron are the ones keeping things together. The africanamerican, black beple, in our country will crazy surprised when obama comes out with a turban on his head. I believe that this man is not black. You believe he is not black . I guess we will not find out. Thanks for your calls. Next i will tell you about tomorrow morning on washington journal. We start the day with a look at the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president jo
It, the senate would reach a point where we wouldnt be able to function. Well, i thought perhaps perhaps at that time i thought my words were a little apocalyptic. But as it turns out, they werent at all. And so this is a bright day for the United States senate and for our country to finally be able to move ahead on nominations so that any present not just this president , any president can put together his executive branch under our constitution. A president should have the people he or she wanted to form their executive branch. Every senator here gets to pick his or her own staff. We dont have to have the house vote on it or anybody else. Its true of every member of the house or senate. Its true of the judiciary, the third branch of government. They can hire their clerks, their staff without coming to us. And so now i think its appropriate that any president can now form their executive branch with only 51 votes needed in the United States senate, not a supermajority. So that is a hu
And washington state. Today the d. C. Council will hold a hearing on a bill introduced by tommy wells calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. Kristin fisher is live outside the Wilson Building with a preview of the hearing. Good morning, kristin. Reporter good morning. Just to be clear, were talking about decriminalization here, not full legalization, two very different things. What this bill would do is it would decriminalize possession of small amounts of Recreational Marijuana in d. C. By small ams were talking about by small amounts, were talking about less than an ounce of pot. Right now what would happen . If youre caught with that amount of pot in d. C. Its a miss demeanor offense. First time offender faces up to ix months in prison and a six months in prison and a 1,000 fine. But if this were passed, the final would only be 100. Supporters say its vital for the citys youth, especially those who live in ward 8 where the hearing will be held later tonight. The thinking is
Ratification would solidify the strong u. S. Commitment to equal opportunity for disabled persons, protection for disabled americans abroad, wounded veterans. Greatear we missed a opportunity. Its my hope that we dont make the same mistake again. Mr. Secretary, this entire hearing strikes me as revisiting important fundamental issues that need to be asked and answered to reassure those of my constituents who have not heard yes yet. In your view, what is the response to critics who charge the sea rpd that would violate u. S. Sovereignty, and the Disabilities Committee would be empowered under this treaty to dictate how the iron states treat people with disabilities here at home. Sovereignty,ct to there is absolutely no ability whatsoever for any country or treatyity through this to gain any legal redress or to compel the u. S. To do anything. There is no oversight, there is a committee that works on issues. The most they can do is make a suggestion. There are 18 members elected on a glo
Lets be realistic. What can they do more to slow down the country . What could they do more than they have artie done to stop the senate from legislating . We have all been in congress for a long time. Three of us served in the house. Senator murray has been in the senate for a long time, as have other senior members of the senate. We came here to get things done. All this happy talk coming from my republican friends harry, we know you are right. I say, why dont you vote why do you vote the way you do . They vote together on everything. It is only to discourage the president of the United States. [indiscernible] let him do it. As i said, the country did pretty well for 140 years. I think we are beyond seeing who can out talked the other. Let him do whatever he wants. Will it come back to bite you when you are in the minority . 3 what i said on the floor, this is the way it has to be. The senate has changed. Look at what has happened. If we have a republican president and we think he sh