These four days worth of hearings Siobhan Hughes, welcome. How did these hearings compare with ones in the past given we are now operating under the pandemic. Four days for the nominee. Caller four to guest four days is about the standard for a lot of people who have been tuning into the Supreme Court nominations only recently, it might feel a little different. That is because the Brett Kavanaugh nominations were so contentious. It did go on for longer than normal. Four days is about right. We will start monday with Opening Statements from senators. We will hear from a neat Amy Coney Barrett. Divebsequent days, we will into very intense questioning of her by the senators. Finally, there will be an outside panel that the senators will question. That is the format. That is standard. What is not standard is that we are operating in a pandemic. This is going to be a hybrid hearing. At the start, some senators are going to appear remotely. Two of them have tested positive for coronavirus. M
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Production support was provided greater montana foundation, encouraging communication on issues, trends, and values of importance to montanans. From the montana pbs studios on the campus of the university of montana in missoula, john and anna. Good evening, and welcome. Welcomeuld like to visitors joining us across the state on montana public radio, yellowstone public radio, and the northern news network. We utilize our inclusion requirements, which are available on the website at montanapbs. Org. In our studio this evening, montanas United States representatives, welcome. And the Lieutenant Governor, democrat mike cooney. We appreciate having everyone here in person. We appreciate having everyone here in person. We are safely distanced and ready for a debate. We have a slightly different format tonight. Each candidate will have an initial 90 seconds to answer the question. Afterwards, there will be an open discussion period with a chance of rebuttals and direct exchanges. Afterwards,
Your unfiltered view of politics. Democratic caucus chair and vice chair brief reporters on the House Democratic agenda. They discuss ongoing covid19 relief funding negotiations saying they will not leave until legislation is passed. Congressman jeffries also talked about government ending and legislation that would decriminalize marijuana. This is half an hour. Rep. Jeffries good morning, everyone. Thank you for your patience. Call just ended, lasted approximately an hour and 45 minutes. We had a very robust discussion as to where we are in the context of the covid19 pandemic. Continueded for a aggressive and transformational response. This is a very simple question. We all at the capital have to ask and answer. Events an extraordinary that has afflicted the American People or not . Event,s an extraordinary the congressional covid19 Pandemic Response should be extraordinary as well. We as House Democrats believe it is an extraordinary event. Almost 200,000 americans have died. That is
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