Book demagogue but senator joe mccarthy and larry will appear long side john nichols who many ourself know from his various roles at the Capital Times, associate editor, the nation magazine, and progressive. We couldnt be more delighted to be hosting these events for you all spring and summer long here on our crowdcast channel and i want to take moment to say thank you to maddison Public Library and the foundation. Theyre support for online cultural events has been absolutely unwaiverring, they are my gosh, im so excited so see john nichols. Their support for these events has been sluicely unwavering and they have been so dedicated to bringing author events to all of you whether youre watching watn your home or across the country or across the globe. We have seen an incredible uptick in our audience of people from all over and it has just absolutely wonderful to see the response. So thank you to everyone who is here tonight. Everyone who has come to one and to all the sponsors who made
Legacy energy source. Senator udall of new mexico and i have an amendment that will close a loophole in federal Energy Policy. I want my colleagues to know, and i think they do, of my long support for renewable and alternative sources of energy and so i agree with the aims of the murkowskimachin murkowskiy bill. The amendment that senator udall and i have introduced is the same as the bipartisan bill we introduced last week. The title of that bill is the fair return for public lands act. Mr. Grassley this bill was introduced 100 years to the date of the mineral leasing act of 1920. This amendment would increase the royalty rates on federal lands from 12. 5 to 18. 75 . Everybody here knows that a royalty is what the oil company will pay to a mineral owner. In this case the mineral owner is the american taxpayer, and that royalty is paid for the right to extract oil and natural gas from the lands of the United States. The legislation modernizes the public lands leasing system and it does
Visit the washington, d. C. Tidal basin to see the Cherry Blossoms. Memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D Roosevelt and Martin Luther jr stand on its banks. The tidal basin started as an engineering project, but has also served as a swimming hole, a protest ground and scene of a political scandal. National mall and Memorial Communications chief met us on site to talk about the areas history and famous japanese cherry trees. We are at the edge of. The tidal basin in washington, d. C. Home to the world famous cherry trees which blossom every spring. Wellknown to washingtonians, people across, the country, and in fact, people across the world. But had you been here before 1890 or so . We would be in the middle of the potomac river. This area has evolved over the years. Theres always been an element of recreation out around the tidal basin. But with passing of time recurring, fashion has become much more important than initially was. Now, as early as 1890, there was an established swim
The tidal basin started as an engineering project, but has also served as a swimming hole, a protest ground and scene of a political scandal. National mall and Memorial Communications chief met us on site to talk about the areas history and famous japanese cherry trees. We are at the edge of. The tidal basin in washington, d. C. Home to the world famous cherry trees which blossom every spring. Wellknown to washingtonians, people across, the country, and in fact, people across the world. But had you been here before 1890 or so . We would be in the middle of the potomac river. This area has evolved over the years. Theres always been an element of recreation out around the tidal basin. But with passing of time recurring, fashion has become much more important than initially was. Now, as early as 1890, there was an established swimming area around what we know today as the tidal basin. With the planting of the cherry trees originally in 1912, that really created interest and tourism and vi
Visit the washington, d. C. Tidal basin to see the Cherry Blossoms. Memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D Roosevelt and Martin Luther jr stand on its banks. The tidal basin started as an engineering project, but has also served as a swimming hole, a protest ground and scene of a political scandal. National mall and Memorial Communications chief met us on site to talk about the areas history and famous japanese cherry trees. We are at the edge of. The tidal basin in washington, d. C. Home to the world famous cherry trees which blossom every spring. Wellknown to washingtonians, people across, the country, and in fact, people across the world. But had you been here before 1890 or so . We would be in the middle of the potomac river. This area has evolved over the years. Theres always been an element of recreation out around the tidal basin. But with passing of time recurring, fashion has become much more important than initially was. Now, as early as 1890, there was an established swim