when they returned it would take up the final vote to confirm andrew brasher to be a judge on the 11th circuit along with procedural votes on four other judicial nominees. live coverage when the senate returns right here on c-span2. take you live now to the briefing with democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi talking about presidents 2021 budget proposal. this started about ten minutes ago. >> this is her important that we have clarity on on the subject because we are talking about america's working families. we talking about medicare which is essential not only to the health of the financial security. we're also talking about medicaid which is middle income benefit of of the people thinkf it, people with poor trumpet as a mentioned about two-thirds of long-term care being covered by medicaid which is now being cut by almost $900 billion. also to put this in perspective about what that means to america's working families, why are they doing this? they are doing this so that they can get advantages to the high-end. we want to see balance in all of this. we want to see where w

to continue work on the nomination of andrew brasher to be a judge on the 11th circuit court of appeals. on c-span3, at 10:00 a.m., federal reserve chair jerome powell testifies before the house financial services committee on monetary policy and the economy. a house 2:30 p.m., armed services subcommittee examines white supremacy in the u.s. military. next, more from politico's annual state solutions congress with arkansas governor asa hutchinson. [applause] >> i will do my best stephen shepherd impersonation. he is of course out and about covering politics and stuck somewhere in an airport so i've agreed to step in and we will we are thrilled to have a governor hutchinson here to talk about the state of the economy, politics, trade, everything else. not like there is anything going on in the news these days happening in washington. i'm chief economic port -- correspondent. i'm joined by governor hutchinson. prior to winning the governing chip -- the governorship, he was a dea administrator undersecretary department homeland security during george w. bush. so thank you governor for join

to continue work on the nomination of andrew brasher to be a judge on the 11th circuit court of appeals. on c-span3, at 10:00 a.m., federal reserve chair jerome powell testifies before the house financial services committee on monetary policy and the economy. a house 2:30 p.m., armed services subcommittee examines white supremacy in the u.s. military. next, more from

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lawmakers will continue work on the appointment of andrew brasher to be a judge on the 11th circuit and take a break for the party caucus lunches at 12:30 and return at 2:15 eastern to take a final vote on the nomination, along with procedural votes on four other judicial nominees. now, live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will open the senate with prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, unto whom all

now, on the nomination of andrew brasher for the 11th circuit. the nomination is truly a disgrace, a disgrace to our judiciary. i urge every single senator to reject it. mr. brasher is laughably inexperienced. he was confirmed as a district court judge only nine months ago. that is the sum total of his experience as a judge at any level, nine months. now leader mcconnell wants to elevate him to an appellate court. in leader mcconnell's desperate rush to pack the courts with hard-right judges, his party is asking the senate to confirm judicial novices to the most austere and important seats on the federal bench. worse than this nominee's inexperience, though, are his views which are so far outside the american mainstream. in his five years of solicitor general in the state of alabama, brasher defended the indefensible on issues ranging from women's reproductive rights to marriage equality to gun safety. mr. brasher is also -- has also amassed a career's worth of experience undermining voting rights. brasher signed on to an amicus brief that argued

andrew lynn brasher of alabama to be united states circuit judge for the 11th circuit. mr. mcconnell: mr. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: this afternoon my staff and i are continuing to monitor widespread flooding across southeastern kentucky. heavy rainfall damaged homes, businesses, and infrastructure in those counties. our governor declared a state of emergency and mobilized a full-scale response for areas in need. i'm particularly grateful to the first responders who evacuated many kentuckians from harm's way. they have helped to keep the situation from becoming even worse. many roads remained closed and hundreds of residents are still without running water. worse still more rain is in the forecast in the coming days. the crisis, unfortunately, is not over. my office stands ready to work with local state and federal officials to help families and communities however we can as kentuckians endure the remaining flooding and begin the recovery process. now, mr. president, on a totally unrelated matter. as the impeachment trial ended last week, i o