Government shutdown and so forth and for other purposes. House joint resolution 72, making continuing appropriations for Veterans Benefits for fiscal year 2014 rand for other purposes. Mr. Reid in order to place these bills on the calendar under rule 14, i would like to do that, but i object to any further proceedings to both of these measures. The presiding officer the objection having been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar. Mr. Reid mr. President , i understand that there are three more measures on the the desk due for their first reading. The presiding officer the clerk will receipt the titles for the first time. The clerk h. R. 3223, an act to provide four the compensation of furloughed federal employees. House joint resolution 75, making continuing resolutions preelingses for the special Supplemental Nutrition Program for women, infants, and children for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. House joint resolution 85, making continuing appropriations for the fema
Im short so i will use the box. And thank you, thank you very much. Give been great supporters all along. But my new book, six women of salem focus on focus on six individual whose collective expresses a crosssection of what happened to people generally during the witch trials of 1692. Of the six, five were accused, three were a cute, want to see. Of the 61 was a religious woman and sam and the other, and another owned nothing, not even as though. So the six, Rebecca Nurse, Bridget Bishop, mary english, ann putnam, sr. , tituba, mary warren. The six women i just came from different backgrounds, approached them from different vantage points and experience different states. They also had different opinions about what was going on. Rebecca nurse, the oldest, was married to a hardworking farmer. Unlike the usual elderly suspect, a widow with few or no children to help her, rebecca not only had an extended and supportive family working tirelessly on her behalf, but also dozens of neighbors
Purloined, trafficked and concealed for over two centuries. This last constitution could forever change americas history and its future. So the idea is that the words on that are upstairs in the parchment, those arent clear. But if we could get a hold of some other word that those same people wrote, that would make everything clear. Freedom of religion can date sovereignty, the right to bear arms. These other words are so powerful in the constitution that people are willing to kill for them. If we could just get our hands on these words, we would finally be will to read the words we do have. Original intent of the original meaning of original understanding, whatever you call this idea, it is worth asking why so important in our national dialogue. There is a history here. It is particularly american. We did people for the past 200 or 300 years have had a more intense relationship with the christian bible than probably any other people in history. That biblical tradition is where the ide
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