A president s judicial nominee but it created a new rule of the mcconnell rule absolutely no hearing or no vote for a nominee in Election Year period no coffee 7 outs and Many Republican senators agreed with him including the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham of South Carolina who at the time said quote verbatim heres what he said quote i want you to use my words against me if theres a republican president in 2060. And a vacancy occurs in the last year of the 1st term you can say Lindsey Graham said lets let the next president whoever it might be make the nomination continue to quote and you could use my words against me and youd be absolutely right and of quote. Well in our other top stories irans president has warned of a crushing response to the u. S. After it made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions has an rouhani vowed never to yield to american bullying claiming that washingtons latest move to pressure to iran has left it isolated from need to
Well. San francisco was the sight of the signing of the it is an appropriate place to hold this debate, the subject of which is foreign and defense issues. The questioners tonight are max trewhitt, and richard valeriani, Diplomatic Correspondent of and be seen news. News. The ground roles are the same questions will be alternated between candidates. Governor carter will take the first question. Each question sequence will be as follows. The question will be asked and the candidate will have three minutes to answer. His opponent will have two minutes to respond. Prior to the response the questioner may ask a followup question to quote clarify with up to two minutes to reply. Each candidate will have three minutes for a closing statement at the end. Resident ford and governor carter do not have it prepared remarks with them this evening but they may take notes during the debate and refer to them. Mr. Frankel, you have the first question for governor carter. Democrats last ran our Foreign
Representative be waived onto their Committee Without objection so ordered. Welcome to our hearing on recent developments and i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then the Ranking Member. Does the chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . I will recognize her with your permission our colleague will also have an Opening Statement. The Postal Service is the crown jewel of the federal i government serving every household every day 630,000 brave individuals at every district and according to pew research 91 percent of americans have a favorable view of the Postal Service. Leaps and bounds above that of any other federal entity. During the coronavirus pandemic the Postal Service value is greater than ever as a formal component and serving as a linchpin nations responsee pandemic. Found 2020 harris poll that the Postal Service ranked as the most Important Company to americans during the pandemic because it is a constant in our lives. That ings companies it outranks compan
On january 1st, 2015. In 2018 overwhelmingly reelected to a second four your term receiving the most votes of any candidate and becoming the second republican governor in the 242 year history of the state. Governor hogan discussed his new book which launched on the date of his book, surviving cancer, riots, a Global Pandemic and the toxic politics that divide america. He spitted the book to his publisher on february 1st just before the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and was in publication two month, about combating the coronavirus and dealing with the white house. We invite you to enjoy our Virtual Program coming from air force one civilian Leadership Academy with governor larry hogan and Raven Foundation Institute Executive director john bush. Governor hogan, great to have you this afternoon. In conjunction with what a great book, probably your first and it will turn out to be your best, a fantastic story. It will probably be my best and worst, my only one. I hope other peo
Tonight is once again at the center of a monumental battle, the president ial election. President trump says tonight he will appoint a woman to replace Justice Ginsburg and he will do it by saturday, just a week after the 87 year old liberal heroine died. He said he will confirm the choice by the end of the year and democrats are vowing to stop that arguing voters should pick the next president who will then fill the seat. Not since Abraham Lincoln has there been a Supreme Court vacancy so close to an election. And what happens in the coming weeks will have sweeping consequences for the court and the country, possibly cementing a conservative majority for decades. For the women we met on the steps of the court today the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is also deeply personal. The outpouring for the woman know as the notorious r. B. G. From the women she inspired has been both emotional and heartfelt. And later this week justice at the u. S. Ginsburg will lie in repose at the court before l