The presiding officer any senator wish to vote or change their vote . The yeas are 88. Nays are 4. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. First i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. Madam president , i come to the floor today having just spent thanksgiving day with our troops serving in afghanistan. It was an incredible honor to join President Trump in a surprise visit to the soldiers stationed at Bagram Air Force base. We served thanksgiving dinner to our dedicated Service Members, those are indi
The defense rests in the trial of a day care worker accused of kidnapping. And a camping trip gone terribly wrong, hear from the sleep walker that survive aid 60 foot plunge. But the big story is the fight against isis, president obama will reveal the expanded batting against the terrorist group. For the very latest we go to our abc news correspondent. Reporter sara and rick good afternoon, the president phoned arab allies and met with his team this morning. He already briefed the congressional leaders about his plan for isis and tonight in his prime time address hell talk to the american people. President obama will lay out his plan to wipe out isis, the terrorist threat. The militants in iraq targeting the sunnis, and providing them with increased support. Today secretary of state, john kerry, traveled to baghdad to show increased support. We will not stand by as iceis evil spreads. They will go where necessary including syria. Its unknown if he will announce a time to go to syria, h
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Followed by south dakota making things safe. Heres one. This is by a farm that hadnt gotten a dime of federal money since 1980. Ormer park director of national srk service, theyve lost 15,000 to 20,000 just by being closed down. They rented barricades to take out there and close down a colonial farm from the 1700s and as a result of this meanspirited action by an administration, this farm may close down for good. Theyre running out of money. But i have a dear friend that has arrived on the floor and i would certainly yield to him for such time as he may consume. Mr. Lamalfa i appreciate my colleague, mr. Gohmert, here on pointing out, really the hypocrisy of whats going on with the publics lands, the publics parks. The way this is being used as leverage by the folks higher up in this administration to try and extract from the American People, from those of us in this house, perhaps, what they want. , so you know, he mentioned the things on south dakota there. Theres a lot of suffering