Quorum call mr. Merkley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Merkley mr. President , i ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Merkley merkley thank you. ,mr. President. I wanted to make a few comments on what has transpired here on the floor of the senate. First, some enormously good work has been done with regard to addressing the disaster caused by hurricane sandy. I know in a number of states, unprecedented devastation has occurred and we should respond extremely quickly, more quickly than we have. And i hope the house will immediately take up this this package. Certainly, Disaster Relief delayed is Disaster Relief denied. So i hope the house will, indeed, move extremely quickly to address the devastation throughout the northeast. Mr. President , i also wanted to note that tonight, 55 senators stood up and said as we assist the victims of hurricane sandy, we should also assist the victims of unprecedented drought a
I think the last thing we need to do is replace one of the mosby partisan members of congress, one of the mosby partisan candidates around. Look i believe in creating jobs and i believe in accountability and accessibility, if you want a congressman that will vote for you and put your interests above both parties in washington. I would ask for your vote and be proud to have your support. Moderator that concludes our debate. We like to remind all voters that the general election will be held tuesday, november 4th, and early vote something already underway. Our thanks to the candidates and to our panel tonight. Great questions for the journalist and i like to thank the Atlanta Press club for arranging debate. For all the information about the Atlanta Press club and all the debates theyre hosting this election season, visit Atlanta Press club. Org. The debate will be archived there. It will be available on demand apbg. Org. The louder milk young debate series is a made available by a donat
What good we do, inside the house of representatives. He is a familiar face around these parts having spent the early part of his career as one of the marquee writers. It is kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis. He is currently a contributing writer to the New York Times magazine and National Geographic and his previous books include a critically acclaimed biography of george bush and two novels. He is a native of houston and please join me in welcoming robert draper. Thank you. I thought we would start broad. Are we better off than we were two years ago . [laughter] do i really have to answer that question . [laughter] well, i think that the unit of management that the democrats would use is different from that that the republicans would use. As Speaker John Boehner has said. The fact that we have passed a Record Number of bills the swell of congress. The we are not increasing taxes and that is one way of looking at it. It has a record low popularity Approval Rating this is a cong
Welcome to this session of the texas book festival with h. W. Brandis. My name is steve hair again. I will be doing a q a with bill. 15 minutes after the session phil will be signing books in the book signing campus between the tenth and eleventh down the street. Please patronized the book signing tent in the bookstore, and pleas by the the book which wont be a problem. This is the book, the man who saved the union, Ulysses Grant and war and peace. If you by this book, proceeds will go to support texas libraries and literacy. It is a great book to read and to find a word because. H. W. Brands is the dixon Allan Anderson centennial prof. Of history in austin. His focus has been for many years on American History and politics and his biographies and histories include a number of tremendous books. This is the just the most recent. Also traitor to his class about Franklin Roosevelt, biography of Andrew Jackson called Andrew Jackson. The age of gold about the gold rush in the 1840s. The Fir
Wed like to hear from you. Tweet us your feedback, twitter. Com booktv. Now on booktv, from the 17th annual texas book festival many austin, texas, Robert Draper discusses his book titled do not ask what good we do inside the u. S. House of representatives. This is about 45 minutes. Good afternoon. Im evan smith, im the ceo andy editorinchief of the texas tribune. I am pleased to be here with myt old buddy, Robert Draper, av veteran magazine writer and author whose latest book is doy not ask what good we do. Robert is a familiar face around these parts having spent thei meaty, early part of his career as one of texas monthlysil marquee writers, in fact, us being up here together again ise kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage. Rkey [laughter] eing a bit together again is kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage. He is currently a contributing writer to the New York Times magazine and National Geographic and a correspondent for gq. His previous books inclu