Sometimes it seems nothing is happening on the senate floor. The action is going on elsewhere. Order. The senate has been carrying out its duties in 1789. The framers believed the senate should be the venue through which statesmen would lift america to meet its unique challenges. We are still a work in progress in the United States senate. We should act like a senate instead of a kindergarten. Wait until you see what happens with this bill. Made up of 100 members, two from each state, this is how many have come to know the senate today. Democrats have been putting up roadblocks one after another. It is not what the founders had in mind. There is a great deal of human affection around here. It is in private. You came to the wrong town at the wrong time. With a history of conflict and compromise, we will go inside the senate to tell its story. Its informal workings, we will learn about it as a legislative body. Following the footsteps of members in the core doors around the chamber, we w
Visit booktv. Org for the full schedule. Now we kick off the weekend with New York Times chief washington correspondent carl hulse on filling Antonin Scalias Supreme Court seat. Good evening, everyone. Can everybody hear me okay q it is not on. How about now . That is better. Okay. Thank you for coming. I am Laurie Gillman and im happy to welcome everyone here tonight. Anyone in this crowd here for the first time . One person . Welcome. We are very glad you are here. Normally we have half the crowd here for the first time but this is very much a hometown crowd this evening so i hope everybody behaves for you. We are always happy to have all our repeat customers back and some of you we see in here often and i want to say a heartfelt thank you to everybody for supporting the bookstore. Before we get started if you logistics. Please silence your cell phones. When i forget to say that i always rejected it so please do that. Books are for sale upstairs for anyone who missed that. If you hav
Good Afternoon National press club, im Angela Greiling keane, managing editor at politico and a Technology Team editor, past president of the National Press club and journalism institute. For todays headliners event we are pleased to welcome andy parker and hopefully joining us by phone, anderson francoise whose the director of Georgetown Universitys civil rights clinic and the Voting Rights institute. Theyre here to discuss andys campaign to get google take video of his daughter allisons murder off of its platform and to take your questions. During the q a, i will take as many questions as time permits. Wait for the handheld microphone will be brought to you and when i call on you, your name and affiliation prior to asking a question. Andys daughter Allison Parker was an awardwinning Virginia Television journalist who was tragically murdered along with her colleague photojournalist adam ward while reporting the morning news on a live location in roanoke virginia on august 26, 2015. He
Institute for research for catholic studies at au. I just confirmed with him a few minutes ago something that i thought might have been unlikely but its true. He has two books hot off the press just in the last few months. These arent just any presses. From Cambridge University press his book legislative hardball, House Freedom and power of threat making in congress, and a few months before that, choosing the leader, u. S. Elections in the u. S. House of representatives which looks like this, because it is this. I think theres some copies in the back maybe. No copies but ill talk about that. Ill leave that to matt. Matt was originally supposed to speak with his colleague doug harris from the university of bal mer who couldnt be here. Well leave that with matt. Thanks for making time to join us here today. Welcome. [ applause ] well, thank you very much and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the capital Historical Society. Can everyone hear me . Youre in the back . Excellent. Its gr
[inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Can everybody hear me okay . No. Its not on. How about now . Thats better. Okay. Thank you for coming. Im laurie gillman, coowner of east city book shop and im really happy to welcome everybody e everyone here tonight. Anyone the crowd who is here for the first time . One person. Welcome. Were very glad youre here. Normally we have at least half the crowd who is here for the first time but this is very much a hometown crowd this evening so i hope everybody buy behaves for you. Were happy to have repeat customers back and some of you we see in here often and i just want to aheartfelt thank you for toe everybody for supporting the book store. Before we get started a few logistics. First, please silence your cellphones. I forget when i forget to do that eye say that i always regret it so please do that. Ill do that, too. Okay. Books are for sale upstairs for anyone who missed that at the cash registers. He you havent purchased a book yet a