and i suggest the absence of a quorum. >> the senate finished work for the week after voting to advance the nomination of betsy de vos has education secretary. a final confirmation vote is scheduled for tuesday. already republican senators susan collins and linda murkowski are saying they will vote against her. live coverage of the senate always on c-span2. >> on c-span2's book tv we are featuring the for odds writers festival from rancho colorado. 630 eastern with doctor david aikens. >> these diseases are verbs and not nouns. they are catchphrases, heart disease. you are all hiring. it's something the body does. >> former senator barbara boxer. >> the resign, you are this race. this whole thing, they said no. number what i tried to do was

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has sanctioned more than two dozen uranian chinese and an iraqi businesses and individuals for their alleged role in supporting iran's ballistic missile program. wall street journal writes that this early salvo in the trump administrations promised campaign to get tough with tehran. us officials said the sanctions first issued against tehran in more than a year did not violate the iran nuclear agreement with the us and other countries in 2015. under the us officials said washington maintain the right to blacklist uraniancompanies and personnel involved in missile development and terrorists . earlier today president trump discussed the dodd frank