give members time to travel to washington national cathedral to attend john warner s funeral senator warner died lastmonth at the age of 94 . today lawmakers will be working on judicial nominations at 3:45 easter. they re expected to vote on a limited on the nomination of donald horton to the us district court of maryland. live coverage of the senate is here. .. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. gracious god, today accept the love and loyalty of our hearts. we are grateful for your loving kindness and tender mercies. lord, we desire to please you by living for your glory. continue to bless our lawmakers. may they seek guidance from your holy word, permitting sacred precepts to provide lamps for their feet and light for their path. may this light also illuminate the road ahead for others who walk in darkness so that your will for our nation and world may be done. we
next, the announcement by national trust president stephanie makes followed by a brief history of the library. this is 40 minutes. [applause] [laughter] good day. welcome everyone here to howard university for another momentous occasion. specifically the president of the national trust historic preservation. i want to thank you for your partnership and stewardship of this arrangement and what we are about to announce. is anunders library iconic building on college campus. represents aer major symbol of the university. it ensures everyone understands what has happened in this building over time. this building was designed with inspiration from independence hall. that was not done by accident. that was a building that housed the constitution of the united states of america. at the time he used that as inspiration because blacks in this country at that time, despite what the constitution said, were not operating under an equal system. the building was designed with that in min
howard university for what is another moment s occasion for the arrestee. the founders library is certainly an iconic building on howard s campus. the clock tower represents a major symbol of the university. it always shows that everyone understands what has occurred in this building overtime. this building was originally designed with the inspiration from independence hall in philadelphia. that was not done by accident. he did that because that was a building the house the of america, and at the time he was designing the building, he used that as inspiration because lacks at that time, despite with the cut to shenzhen said ofthe constitution said, were not operating on an equal system. the building was designed with that in mind. it would on to become the site of many historic progress in this country, thi concluding dug the time of brown versus board of education. as a matter of fact, howard s law school is often referred to as the west point of the civilized movement. we
competitors who are investing heavily in renewable and next generation energy technologies. i strongly urge that we defeat the previous question and i urge a no vote on the underlying bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: thank you mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: i cannot recall a place in the constitution where it says the house passes a bill, the senate can t pass it, so the house comes back and tries to find a better bill that maybe the senate will now take up. i wish that had happened on that health care stuff back in 2009 and 2010, we would have a lot better world today. the fact of the matter is the house has passed the student loan bill. the senate has the obligation to act. the deadline of july 1 was in fact provided to us by a funding
support that policy. mayor quan s office sent out a letter this morning saying the aclu down in los angeles reported a dramatic drop in police-related complaints during his tenure as the chief of the lapd. live in the newsroom, anne makovec, cbs 5. thank you. five men under arrest this morning for the shooting of an oakland police officer. the undercover cop was at an stakeout in east oakland on monday when a group of men approached his car and shot him in the arm. the manhunt for suspects also uncovered several weapons. officers say two of the suspects are known gang members. i think anytime we have subjects who are willing to confront the police and pull the trigger on an officer, i think we have to take that very seriously. well, police are not releasing the names of the men arrested. they say they are still following up on search warrants and looking for additional suspects a bay area director s feature film about oscar grant has become the breakout hit of the s