the action is going on elsewhere. we do attack order! in committee rooms, and senators offices, and the officers of the senate leaders. but that s all preliminary. sooner or later, everything has to come here. here is where the final say, the final act takes place. here is where the law is made. narrator: the united states senate has been letting and carrying out its unique constitutional duties since 1789. the framers believed the senate should and could be the venue in which statesmen would lift america up to meet its unique challenges. we are still a work in progress in the united states senate. it is time for the united states senate started acting like a senate instead of kindergarten. if you think we re emotional, wait until you see what happens if this bill fails. narrator: reflecting the nations politics and made up of 100 members, two from each state, serving six-year terms, this is how many have come to know the senate today. democrats have been p
sooner or later, everything has here.e here is where the final say, the final act takes place. here is where the law is made. the united states senate has been letting and carrying out its unique constitutional duties since 1789. the framers believed the senate should and could be the venue in which statesmen would america up to meet its unique challenges. we are still a work in the united states senate. it is time for the united states senate started acting like a senate instead of kindergarten. if you think we re emotional, wait until you see what happens if this bill fails. reflecting the nations politics and made up of 100 members, two from each state, serving six-year terms, this is how many have come to know the today. democrats have been putting up roadblocks one after another. it is not what the founders had in mind. because it is small. there is a great deal of human affection here, but it is an private when the cameras are not on. to the wrong town
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i m sure each of our colleagues has about the same. and do you know that a good portion of those are the people saying, why don t you give us a vote? sure. do you further know that if we had a referendum, and let the people speak that if the people spoke and decided to take the flag down, that i would vote to take the flag down. i did know that because you told me that earlier and i would do the same. and did you further know that if the people spoke and said leave the flag up, i would vote like i my heart tells me to leave the flag up. yes, sir. having said all that, you know, we have a choice to make. we got our districts to represent. in my district it s overwhelmingly, do you know, they want the flag left up. they want their an sesters and their heritage honored and they most of all want their veterans honored. yes, sir. and did you know that in may of 1958 that general and then president eisenhower signed into law to make the confederate veterans equal
story a few years ago. i was looking for another idea. my youngest brother sent me a short article on robert smalls. i was astounded to find i have never heard of this man. i have done a lot of writing for the new york times. i worked for smithsonian magazine and read about the civil war for them and i had never heard of him. it was a little article that encapsulated his life and i wanted to know more. i wanted to know how this man, who have been told from the time he was a young child that he was not worth anything could have had the courage and determination to find a way out of slavery. i was intrigued and could not reading about him. brian: born in 1839. where was he born and into what situation? cate: he was born in piu forte, south carolina, 75 miles from charleston. it is a very small town at the time, but a very wealthy town. it was founded the wealth the slaved who hadom been imported from west africa. the main crops were indigo, cotton, and rice. it was mostly ric