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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Senate Historian Donald Ritchie On Former Senate Majority Leaders 20150110

Of the house, who contacted us and say why is the president pro tem in the order of succession but not the majority leader . That is the functional equivalent. The speaker of the house is written into the constitution, to president pro tem is as well. No mention of a majority or minority leader. The constitution did not anticipate political parties. They thought it was going to happen, but they did not want to encourage political parties. We had no majority leader in the history of the senate from 1839 1789 to 1914. For most of the history of the senate, we did not have a majority leader. There were chairmen of committees who would take care of things on the floor, and the chairman of Party Conferences that would open up and close things the way they do today. But nobody sitting down there in the Front Row Center seat trying to organize what happened on the floor on a da ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN Newsmakers 20150104

Time as well. I want to begin as the freshman republican president. You you expect this funding issue to be a contentious debate . Do you foresee any possibility that dhs funding could be forestalled. I think it will be a contentious debate. I think what the president did was poorly designed. The republicans in both the house and the senate will react to it. Whether it in setup in some sort of Agency Shutdown down as opposed to government shutdown, i help not. I hope we can work through the issue and make sure we can be find defund the parts of the executive order that the present has issued. And move on, and make sure the other functions of the government are funded, the transition as smooth. The issue really is immigration. He expect both sides to come together on an immigration bill that would resend the executive order . That would be my hope. Im not sure that that will happen in the next couple of mmonths. It is my hope that ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20150410

Because after all, we have been taught that the pilgrims that squanto taught them to warn them of had a good crop that first year. In exchange 21 they wanted to have a big cities to celebrate and to give thanks and play a little folk all. And that is how all of this began. Our modern understanding of thanksgiving is very much a 20th century invention. It was not a holiday that was marked throughout the first 300 years of europeans being permanently settled in the new world. But now it is entered American Mythology as true and squanto as a central part of the myth. What is not so much a part of our understanding of this. Was king philips war which followed about 40 years after the arrival of the pilgrims was an absolutely devastating war between the english and the dutch and it was ferocious probably the greatest percentage of the population of all of these peoples was killed, more than in any other american conflict. So it was ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Politics Public Policy Today 20150306

Hasnt been appreciated says we need notice in common. We need rule making. How is this working . I think this hearing is why. We dont know how this policy works. In my research, i find a checklist used by dhs which has no other box. By checking off a box. Professor found some narrative form which is slightly different. Admitted in the testimony there were different types being used. This would be a perfect opportunity to take the time to show to the American People, how is this working . Show us whats happening and then we can go to court. I think theres one aspect of judge hainans opinion is learn what this is doing. Were learning this now after the memos being released. Had texas not filed the lawsuit when it did, no opportunity to challenge it. My times about to expire, but this is this is an incredible response in how poorly done it is in my mind. The bottom of page 10. It says for reasons long recognized as valid the respons ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN American Indian Stereotypes In Sports 20150308

And a native rights advocate who is trying to eliminate thousands of native american mascots. We begin with the director of business owning institutions National Museum of the American Indian. This is just over two hours. [applause] thank you very much for hosting us tonight. It is good to be back in the valley. I was expecting different weather than we have got but we all know rain is always a blessing in the desert. It is very good to be here at the museum. It is one of our important Partners National late and nationally and works with armies and to help us sharpen ideas and share information and objects quite often. It is always good to be here. For those of you who have not seen it, i hope you will check out the exhibition on native americans in sports. I think you will be surprised. One of the things that many ....

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