. >> the u.s. senate comes back on monday, september 9 with two important issues. passing federal spending bills and anti-gun violence legislation. before senators return, get a look at the senate with the history program the senate. here is a preview. >> the government under which we live was created under a sense of compromise. >> it's a check on the house. liese fate of this country in the hands of congress and the united states senate. the senateccess to chamber, we look at the history, tradition, rules of the u.s. senate. onight at 9:00 eastern c-span. >> on friday, the convention focused on the opioid epidemic. doctors and drug treatment advocates took part in the event. was established in 1975 to provide sober living environments for people in recovery of drug addiction. >> we are about ready to begin the next session. get to your seats. this is a panel on addiction, in just a second i will read it exactly. what's new and newsworthy, some of

the u.s. senateomes back into session on monday september 9 with two important issues on their agenda. passing federal spending bills and anti-gun violence legislation. but before senators return to washington get a behind the scenes look at the senate with c-span's history program the senate conflict and compromise. here's a preview. >> under which we live was created in the spirit of compromise and mutual concession. >> thomas jefferson questioned the need for the senate. >> the framers believe. >> let's follow the constitution. >> the frammers established the senate to protect people from their rulers and as a check on the house. >> the fate of this country and maybe even in the world are in the hands of congress and the united states senate. >> the senate conflict and compromise using original interviews, c-span's video archives and unique access to the senate chamber we'll look at the history traditions and roles of the u.s. senate. >> please raise your right hand. > tonight on c-span. >> watch

. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in on this thursday. lawmakers are expected to debate a bill that would provide temporary government funding through november 21st, current funding expires november 30th. later this afternoon, the senate will hold confirmation votes for air force general to be vice chair of the joint chiefs of staff and labor secretary nominee, eugene scalia. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer : the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal father, inspire our lawmakers to commit to accomplishing your purposes in our nation and world. as they seek your wisdom, teach them your precepts and direct their steps

whenever a cartoonist wanted to depict the u.s. senatew a big moneybag with a senator's head sticking out of the top. in a sense, money was the equivalent of power election to the u.s. senate. >> cartoons, magazines, they often look at the senate as this kind of cesspool of big business corruption. to some extent, it was. there were briberies going on, there were business deals going on. ♪ >> this became a real scandal, a national scandal. the muckrakers really drew attention to the end of the 19th century, talking about the treason of the senate, the senators millionaires club. >> the treason of the senate was a series of articles -- very much part of the muckraking tradition of journalism of the day. there were a series of articles where they wrote very harmful, critical essays about particular senators. >> all of these images of the senate of that time period are fueling the movement we need to take the senate back, out of the hands of the powerful political elite and give it back to the people. that is the impulse it leads to the dire

reaction from the u.s. senate. this is elizabeth warren also running for president, the american people are better off with john bolton out of the white house. the world will be better off when the man hired him in the first playis is out too. james arken of politic of tweets the comments of m.i.t. romney saying i'm unhappy to hear he is a leaving. it's a huge loss for the administration in my opinion. for the nation, to have john bolton no longer going to be at the table on matters related to foreign policy. we'll keep you posted on updates or changes as they develop. again live coverage of the house judiciary committee when they resume. let's see the senate democraticic leadership news conference and show you what we can until the committee gavels back in. >> okay. good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming. i'm proud to be joipd by colleagues feinstein, merkley and hirono. we know what happened last month. mass shootings claimed 51 lives. in el paso and dayton and in odessa. to say nothing about the dozen ev

we need to do when it comes to climate and health care and gun safety, we also need to win the u.s. senate send mitch mcconnell packing. [cheers and applause] and at a a time when donald trp wakes up every morning trying to divide us, using immigrants as political pawns, belittling people who don't agree with him, destroying our democracy with dark money and voter suppressio suppression, and allowing a foreign country to make mincemeat of our democracy, we need a candidate for president who understands that what unites us as a country is greater than what divides us. [applause] that has a track record of winning democrats and independents and moderate republicans in every place, in every race, every time. new hampshire democrats, i'd want to be the president for half of america. i want to be the president for all of america. [cheers and applause] we can ignite our democrats to vote like never before and bring back those independent voters, and yes, even some moderate republicans across this nation with an optimistic economic and justice agenda for this country. [applause] one that says no,

u.s. senators directly as we do now. coloradans will have an opportunity to vote in the u.s. nate election in 2020, as will people in many other states. and we will see the names of people on the ballots and cast votes directly from one of the candidates for u.s. senate. that wasn't always the case in u.s. history. so, is there any evidence? what can we learn from that? is a beneficial? did it change policymaking in any way? i'll start with ted. ted: first off, given i'm from colorado and democrats just swept everything. being completely self interested, fine. we'll have two really good democratic senators. moderator: shows are transient the arguments are. ted: putting that aside, with the argument is touching on are two things. one, how do you protect small states? and two, a confusion about the constitutional convention, a grand compromise in july about how the senate was going to be comprised, and how that is separate from the electoral college. because a lot of people combine those two, and you shouldn't. so, let's talk about the first piece in terms of protecting the stat

likely that if the house of representatives were to vote to begin impeachment proceedings that the u.s. senate led by a senate republican majority leader mitch mcconnell they would simply vote to not proceed and have the impeachment trial it's very likely that it would not happen now it's important to know we've only had 2 u.s. presidents who've undergone impeachment proceedings before we've had bill clinton and andrew johnson both undergo impeachment trials now both of them survived the senate in both cases voted to keep them in office now richard nixon was facing an impeachment inquiry and was leading to an impeachment and then he stepped down from office so at the moment no u.s. president in u.s. history has ever been brought down with impeachment proceedings it's never happened that we've had a u.s. president removed via impeachment now trump says that if the democrats go ahead with this he may actually be the beneficiary in the 2020 vote this is donald trump . granted it was or whatever and if you take a look at the democrats they went down to see the president of ukraine and they asked h

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house of representatives when they come to trial it is the u.s. senate that trying to the president on the impeachment charges and as you say you need 2 thirds vote of the senate of the republican controlled senate to vote for articles of impeachment it's unlikely so how do we explain the palosi the leading democrat taking this decision if if she doesn't think that she can get a conviction in the u.s. senate then why is she taking this. well that's been the big question here for 4 months basically and let's not forget we're also talking about the mother investigation not only about the phone call with the new or with the new ukrainian president so basically the democratic party feels trapped they believe that it's their democratic duty to hold the president accountable for all the accusations made in the mala report for obstruction of justice for instance and right now of course the important accusation against him is that he has been abusing power by trying to damage the most important 3 presidential candidate of the democratic party who very likely at

u.s. senator, let's say, of providing dirt on a political opponent. is that something that you would see that should be forwarded to this committee? >> congressman, i don't mean to be disrespectful. it's very difficult to answer hypothetical questions. i'm not sure i understand. >> i won't make it hypothetical. let's say instead of it being a conversation between the president and the president of the ukraine, it was a u.s. senator who was the head of the foreign relations committee and was asking for the foreign leader -- >> i understand. >> would you forward that to our committee? >> i think i mentioned that earlier in our conversation, that the united states senator is not a member of the intelligence community, and the director of national intelligence does not have the authority and responsibility of the u.s. senate. so any wrongdoing in that regard should be referred to the department of justice for criminal investigation. >> i respectfully disagree with you because obviously that would be a solicitation by that u.s. senator for interference in

he campaigned in wausau for the republican u.s. senate candidate who lost heavily against tammy baldwin, the democratic u.s. senator. >> host: as they ar we are talkg wisconsin politics in the battleground states, mark is the first out of new hampshire. good morning. >> caller: wisconsin being a purple state up for grabs, do you think that the challengers would have a chance next year in the primary for the republican party? >> that is a great question. this was the last stop. ted cruz did very well in the primary but since then, republicans are on board here in the state and it would be a heavy lift to beat him in the primary. for that part of the republican fracture coming together and wisconsin. >> host: before we leave the question, can you talk about the demographic trends in the state and what should viewers know about 2016 and 2020? >> it's like a lot of states in the upper midwest. that's no surprise in terms of politics, you know, republicans have done well since 2010 and finally broke the dam in 2016, but the state remains prett

u.s. senator for interference in our elections and that's in your jurisdiction correct. well it all action election a difference is it did yes congressman walsh ok and but once again congressman although it is as far as what the legal responsibility to do in compliance with the intelligence reform. that the whistleblower protection act it does not this statute does not allow for that to be done well i disagree with that sir but here here's the dilemma that you are in and where and but we're going to now be able to follow up because executive privilege if it existed was waived under your approach as you saw it it means that no one would be investigating the underlying conduct because in this case executive privilege applies or made it apply and number 2 the president who had the conversation is above the law so that's a dilemma for a democracy is it not the complaint was sent to the federal bureau of investigation totally disregarding any. concern for oh i get a privilege but the federal bureau of investigation never did a follow up investigation right i believe that they

president, traveling with him, helping on some policy matters, do i have that same privilage if i am in u.s. senate or am i confined to rules of senate then. kennedy: just do what rand paul and lindsey graham do, go golfing with him. >> i am a terrible golfer. kennedy: and president is a regular tiger woods. >> he is a good golfer, he is very good. kennedy: okay. best golfer. corey lewandowski. >> best presidential golfer ever. kennedy: you know. grant would be old up and set with you. when you announce, come back, share with us. >> i will. kennedy: coming up, new york time botched latest hit piece on supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. but after a year of attacks who in their right mind would want to be nominated to high court, good lord, my memo is next. 2,000 fence posts. 900 acres. 48 bales. all before lunch, which we caught last saturday. we earn our scars. we wear our work ethic. we work until the work's done. and when it is, a few hours of shuteye to rest up for tomorrow, the day we'll finally get something done. ( ♪ ) this is the family who wanted to connect... the day we'll finally get

at noon eastern today, senators will take votes on u.s. ambassador nominees for the united arab emirates and sweden. later this afternoon, they'll work on several treasury and state nominations and today senators will adjourn for their weekly caucus meetings. now to live coverage here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, our fortress and might. deliver us from clouds of pessimism and fear. lead

as followed by massachusetts representative joe kennedy announcing his candidacy for u.s. senate. then a look at the background state of wisconsin in the 2020 election. later the house judiciary committee holds a hearing on the foreign intelligence surveillance act known as fisa. ♪ >> for 40 years c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court in public policy events from washington dc and around the country you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979 c-span is brought to you by your local, cable or satellite provider. c-span, your view of government. >> host: every year or so we like to invite on as a guest craig moffett, cofounder of moffitt research and we want to talk about the future of telecom. mr. moffat, as you will know the existing system of video distribution has greatly transformed in the last ten years. is that a continuing trend? >> guest: look, i think we're now starting to see the rate of cord cutting and the move to over-the-top video j s

we're going to reelect jeanne shaheen to the u.s. senateeep the wonderful people in the house and the statehouse and the senate. and we are going to beat chris sununu. [applause] so thank you so much for all that you do. votepectfully ask for your . more portly i respectfully ask for your ongoing activism. keep it up, let's go win this thing. sen. feltes: thank you. [applause] [cheering] ♪ >> new hampshire democratics, please welcome to the state center gary hart to introduce net. senator michael ben [applause] hart: thank you. thank you very much. thank you, new hampshire it is great to be back after too many years. i am honored to be here and deeply honored to introduce my candidate for the presidency of the united states. the next president, the job gets harder every day. he or she will have to undertake a massive renovation of a country being torn apart at the seams. the next president will have to restore a bipartisan environment order including fighting climate change, reversing the privatization of our natural resources, strengthen o

u.s. senators were elected by the state legislatures. eve starting in 1914 all of the states elected their use senate directly as we do now. coloradans will have an opportunity to vote in the u.s. senate election in 2020 as well people in many other states, and we will see the names of people on the bows and will cast votes directly for one of the candidate for u.s. senate. that wasn't always the case in u.s. history. is there any evidence? what can we learn from that? was it an official? data change policymaking in anyway? any way? i'll start with ted. >> were stopped, given from colorado and democrats just swept everything here, including a completely democratic legislature, being simply self interested, fine, let's go back to legislature picky and we look to equity could democratic senators. >> that shows a transit these arguments are. >> putting that aside, what this argument is touching on his two things. one, how do you protect small states? and a confusion about the constitutional convention, the grand compromise which was in july

donald trump and if they were to then vote to begin impeachment proceedings it would be then the u.s. senate that would convene an impeachment trial and then vote on whether or not to remove trump from office now in u.s. history only 2 presidents have been impeached bill clinton was impeached as was andrew johnson and both of those u.s. presidents remained in office they were not removed from office the impeachment trial happened and the senate voted to keep them in office now richard nixon was facing an impeachment inquiry leading to an impeachment trial he resigned ahead of time so we have not had any president in u.s. history ever removed through the impeachment route not all democrats are immediately jumping on to the idea of impeachment gabbert has spoken up and said she doesn't support the idea of impeaching trump she says it would hurt the democratic party in the country in the long term and divide the country so tell us again and she she has spoken out but many democrats seem to be excited about the potential of beginning an impeachment proceeding against donald trump it's important

u.s. senator and they both declined. people didn't care because they nominated both of them in a write-in campaign. he won the election by 3000 votes. his very first duty as a set -- a senator was to sign or decide to sign the declaration of war against germany in 1917. this was a heavy personal decision for him. if the war continued long enough, he had a teenage son who would be old enough to register for the draft. he did sign the declaration. he went on a fact-finding mission with other politicians to the front lines with europe. the reports they sent back helped congress decide on staffing needs. he was known as a reformer intent on rooting out corruption. this was evident in his teapot dome scandal. transferredding supervision of the u.s. naval oil reserves from the navy under the supervision of the dependent of the interior. or of interior -- the secretary of interior gave excessive oil rights to oil companies. oily sinclair with sinclair was granted those rights. ann leslie miller, independent oil man who became go

u.s. senator for interference in our elections, and that is in your jurisdiction, correct? dir. maguire: election interference is, indeed. yes. ase again, although it is, far as what the legal responsibility to do in compliance with the intelligence reform act, the whistleblower protection act, the statute does not allow for that to be done. >> i disagree with that. here is the dilemma you are in and we are in but we will now be able to follow-up because executive privilege, if it existed, was waived good under means no one, it would be investigating the underlying conduct because in this case executive privilege applies, or may apply. number two, the president who has the conversation is above the law. that is a dilemma for our democracy, is it not? dir. maguire: the complaint was sent to the fbi totally disregarding any concern for executive privilege. >> i understand. the fbi never did a follow-up investigation, right? dir. maguire: right? dir. maguire: i believe they have concluded the investigation. i am not sure. in addition to being involved with this matter i have other

there is no senate majority without reelecting senator jeanne shaheen. there is no u.s.ority without reelecting annie kuster and chris pappas. there is no getting rid of the republican gerrymandered districts in new hampshire without defeating chris sununu and retaining legislative majority. hell,'s work like speaking of donald trump, the next 14 months can change the world. on to victory. [applause] since 2016, here in new hampshire we have won nine out of 11 special elections. they were the first time since 1984. we won manchester city hall and swept nashua. we held on to the first congressional streaks, the first time since the civil war we elected democrats back to back. districtnto the second , the first democrat ever to be elected four terms in congress. -- executiveection council majority and state and it majority and the house majority -- state senate majority and house majority. none of that would have happened without the strong, sustained and substantial support from tom perez and the dnc. the dnc was the only national organization to partner with us last year

u.s. presidents remained in office they were not removed from office the impeachment trial happened and the senate voted to keep them in office now richard nixon was facing an impeachment inquiry leading to an impeachment trial he resigned ahead of time so we have not had any president in u.s. history ever removed through the impeachment route not all democrats are immediately jumping on to the idea of impeachment gabbert has spoken up and said she doesn't support the idea of impeaching trump she says it would hurt the democratic party and the country in the long term and divide the country so tell us a gathering and she she has spoken out but many democrats seem to be excited about the potential of beginning an impeachment proceeding against donald trump this whole thing is about supposedly trump saying hey we give you a lot of money you need to investigate biden it didn't come out that way but you know in fact in march. 2018 the u.s. senate sent a letter to ukrainian prosecutor general saying if you don't investigate trump there's going to be trouble so there's actually a record of the senate ex

u.s. senator chuck schumer who is the top democrat in the republican controlled u.s. senate has said that this is not as waged there are concerns in any way this release of this transcript in fact it's heightened they're calling for the whistleblower who 1st alerted the inspector general of the intelligence community about this call for him to or her to be able to testify they're also calling for the complaint to be released but republicans including u.s. president donald trump are kara's to rising this as yet another democratic witch hunt they point to the fact that for 31 months democrats have not accepted the results of the 2016 u.s. election they've already had 3 impeachment votes on the floor of the house of representatives in fact not only has kevin mccarthy the republican leader here in the house said that this is politically motivated but that is underscored by a representative by the name of mr kingston take a listen to what he had to say. this is politics everybody knows that the democrats have been trying to get some sort of traction because the economy's go

it's before the u.s. senate. we will be putting pressure on the use senate to take that up for a vote, and we also have bills on election security and root out corruption. >> host: on the gun legislation, we've been waiting for a while from the promised legislation from the white house. i wonder what your thoughts are about cooperation on some sort of strengthening aor background checks in the wake of this story and that the president has responded to congressional inquiries about it? >> guest: so for a long time the nra would say, background checks would never have stopped any of these countries. it turns out the last yesterday, background checks would have stopped it. we have -- >> host: which one are you referring to? >> guest: the very last one with the person actually had tried to getet a cut and was denied by a background check and then got it through a sale that was not covered by the current background check so there's a loophole.at what we have now is not only bipartisan support, we have an actual case wh

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u.s. house about to gavel in to egin legislative work this afternoon. members will consider a measure terminating the president's declaration gency for the southern border. the senate approved the termination yesterday. this are expected later afternoon. and now to live coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. haplain conroy: let us pray. god, father of us all, thank you for giving us another day. all the world and certainly all americans know that this is a time of rare historic significance here in the capitol. bless your children, the men an women of the people's house with grace, patience, good judgment, and honesty in the deliberations of this day and the many to come. lord, have mercy on us all.

u.s. senators wanted ny access to american banks. and now i will begin exploring ways to cut of ties with the solomon islands including potentially ending financial assistance and restricting access to u.s. dollars and banking. back in the 1970 s. the u.s. president richard nixon did the same as the solomon islands now recognizing taiwan as chinese and trying to piece the economic ties with beijing and travel to china to meet with this later but things are very different now with the u.s. and china engaged in a bitter trade war constitutional lawyer eric several says that the u.s. is looking for excuses to destabilize the asian region. the united states at this point is beginning to resort to old cold war tactics if you will of which side are you on and trying to get people to make sure that certain countries are aligned with. countries of their choice in opposition to beijing so that they can still continue to make arguments and keep. keep things a little disruptive in the region peaceful asia with relationships between all the natio

got grilled by the u.s. senate my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected by this recall. i am deeply sorry but did anyone go to jail no g.m. got fined 900000000 dollars and haddocks production closely monitored by the government for 3 years but did anyone go to jail for actions that resulted in taking over 100 innocent lives no there are principles in. corporations that are in this country but around the world who are criminal liability because of their power and the money they do to me and some of the people in these companies who contributed the. description of doing it in the united states knew that they were likely to be criminally prosecuted if they were doing a 5 they would twice or 3 times or not engage in that behavior but for average americans who kill people or commit violent crimes the penalties are not so soft the united states has the biggest prison population of any country in the world it's also the only western country to still practice the death penalty and sentences of life in prison

u.s. sena, you have henry pulling a gun on another senator. he pulled a u knife, on another senator. the floor of the u.s. he had gotten into these brawls. rolling around on the floor of the u.s. senate. these guys back then, prior to the civil war that era, they were a very violent crew or could be. it was the only one who acted out like that. but if that were around today, then you would see film clips of him probably in cspan2. he could provide material in cspan2. [laughter].t one take away from my book might be just divided the divisions within the politics that she had back p then but it was very serious it was very violent not just the people in general for the representatives in congress were pretty rowdy group this what i would say that henry foot if you read about his live, he had an ultimate way to view with regard to the issue of secession and usually a talk about mississippi and there's a list of names of people that were behind that. you got a lot of counties that were named that and you don't really care about the people that preach cooperation with the north. at least

we need to give the president the spine to sign the bill bypassing it here in the u.s. senate without delay. >> thank you very much. we have 100 deaths by firearm every single day in this country. think about it, men, women, children. these are not normal times. we have a president of lives every single day and surrounds himself with men like mitch mcconnell and in a country that is so deeply divided on so many issues there is one issue in which 90% of the american people agree, and that is background checks. so i asked and he said he has to wait for the president to tell him what to do. this is the president changes his mind from moment to moment and from day-to-day and the person we are going to wait on rather than acting like the branch of congress pr and enact hr eight which is passed almost 200 days ago? 200 days, 100 people dying every single day in the country. this is very typical of mitch mcconnell because there are bills he should be bringing to the floor but he loves waiting around for the president to tell him what to do. this happened on the shutdown, and now 90%

in 2013, he became the fourth ever african-american elected in the u.s. senate. e then, he has worked to achieve some of the most significant progressive victories in recent memory. polk county, join me in welcoming senator cory booker. [cheers and applause] ♪ senator booker: hello, iowa! [cheers and applause] senator booker: i cannot tell you what it means to be here in polk county. i cannot tell you what it means to be back here in des moines. some of you might not know this but this big, bald, black guy from new jersey, my roots are right here in des moines. my grandmother was born and raised in this state, right here in the morning. moines.s [cheers and applause] senator booker: this is what i know -- it was my family in crisis, my grandmother's grandmother, that was a poor woman whose husband was murdered her ninea, and her and children around the turn-of-the-century moved up to this state and found a town called buxton, iowa. like iowa had been on lgbtq rights, on women's right to vote, on civil rights, this town was ahead of its time. it was a place where y

. >> over the weekend massachusetts representative joe kennedy declared his candidacy for u.s. senate setting up a primary challenge against fellow democrat senator, ed markey. congressman kennedy who is the grandson of the robert f kennedy may the announcement and the event in boston where he was joined by his family. [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [inaudible conversations] [applause] two. >> good morning, everybody! [cheering and applause] i am so grateful and honored to be here with you today. i want to start out by thinking the east boston social center. [cheering and applause] i want to thank a whole bunch of family members here today in the back, up front, over here. most importantly, i want to thank my wife. [cheering and applause] it is her birthday today. [cheering and applause] [laughter] ♪ happy birthday dear lauren ♪ happy birthday to you as if i wasn't in and out of trouble already. so, let's get this out of the way right away. i'm here to announce that i will be a candidate for the united states senate. [ch

at 10:00 a.m., the u.s. senate continues debate on executive nominations. oversight, e-house subcommittee examines the outbreak of lung disease among e-cigarette users with testimony from a senior cdc official at 10:00 a.m. eastern eastern, a30 p.m. subcommittee looks at u.s. policy towards syria. announcer: acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan spoke about border security and immigration policy at an event hosted by the council on foreign relations in washington, dc. mr. mcaleenan also touched on election security and the work the agency is doing with states and local governments to prepare for the 2020 elections. this is one hour. >> good afternoon, how is everybody doing? think you for the kind introduction. for the account introduction and the opportunity to be with you today and have this important discussion on the state of security and immigration concerns nationally, but also hopefully we will have a conversation and dialogue on some of the other department of homeland security priorities and of course, with the members here. i know man

. >> the u.s. senate about to gavel in for more debate on executive nominations including brian mcguire to be deputy undersecretary of the treasury. the first set of votes are scheduled for 11:30. senators are also planning to take a break in the afternoon for their weekly caucus meetings. before the week is over, we also expect the chamber to take up a temporary spending bill passed by the house to fund the government until november 21st. floor action on that is still at a time to be determined. now live to the senate floor. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, give our lawmakers the power to live with purity. remind them that for each test and temptation, you have provided a way of escape. when they stumble, help them to receive

so they are trying again in the u.s. senate. they did yesterday by unanimous consent also take up a measure similar to what the house is taking up today calling for the whistleblower's report to be released to the intelligence committees on capitol hill. that passed yesterday. like we said by unanimous consent in the senate. it will get a floor vote in the house today. the house coming in at noon eastern. live here on c-span. here's what democratic senator, leader, chuck shume her to say as the day opened in the u.s. senate. mr. schumer: it is carefully considered judgment it is now in the best interest of our country and our constitution to proceed with an impeachment inquiry. i strongly support speaker pelosi's decision. if we don't reckon with president trump's persistent transgressions, the very foundation of this great republic is at risk. the president kept pushing and pushing and pushing the constitutional envelope. finally the president's conduct made an impeachment inquiry unavoidable. the events of recent days have bro

the u.s. senate gavels in at 3 p.m. to consider nomination of the ambassador of the united arab emirates. later, neil gorsuch talks about his new book, "a republic, if you can keep it". >> south bend indiana mayor and 2020 democratic presidential candidate pete buttigieg was one of 19 democratic presidential candidates who spoke at the new hampshire democratic party state convention which was held in manchester earlier this month. his remarks are about 10 minutes. ♪ >> thank you. thank you. wow! all right. thank you. thank you. hello, new hampshire democrats! thank you so much. . [cheers] >> thank you, new hampshire. thank you. you're making me feel right at home, thank you. and thank you to ray buckley and the new hampshire democratic party team for everything that you are doing. thank you, joyce craig. i'm with the people of manchester. my choice is joyce. and thank you, new hampshire, for giving us the path breaking delegation of senators shaheen, senator hassan, chris papas and congresswoman annie kust schlk i'm may

he's announced he will run for the u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. he will be challenging incumbent senator ed markey next year. this is about 30 minutes. [applause] [inaudible] [applause] >> good morning everybody. [applause] [inaudible] i want to start out by thinking the social center. thank you. [applause] i want to thank a whole bunch of family members that are here. in the back come up front come over here. -- back, up front, over here. i want to thank my wife marge. [applause] briefly but i do have to do it, it's her birthday today. [applause] [laughter] >> ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday dear lauren ♪ happy birthday to you [applause] as if i wasn't enough trouble already. so, let's get this out of the way right away. i'm here to announce that i'm going to be a candidate for united states senate. [applause] it is so, yes buddy? >> [inaudible] [laughter] it is extremely meaningful to be able to do this and announce this here. 1848, a few steps from where this building is today, my father's family first arrived here in this country. cam

reaction from the u.s. senate. this is elizabeth warren also running for president, the american people are better off with john bolton out of the white house. the world will be better off when the man hired him in the first playis is out too. james arken of politic of tweets the comments of m.i.t. romney saying i'm unhappy to hear he is a leaving. it's a huge loss for the administration in my opinion. for the nation, to have john bolton no longer going to be at the table on matters related

house of representatives already passed on a bipartisan basis a universal background checks bill to u.s. senate. it is 97% support among the american public. we are trying to put pressure on senator mitch mcconnell to take that bill up for a vote. if it goes up for a vote it will pass the u.s. senate. and our hope is that we can get that through to their presidency and have donald trump sign it. we do need the public to continue calling in to both the white house and to the u.s. senate to get them to take that bill up for a vote. >> let me turn to the investigations. your committee turning to what would seem like a bucket of abuse of power, largely witnesses that were named in robert mueller's report, people like don mcgahn, the former white house counsel, cory lewandowski, hope hicks. lewandowski has agreed to come in. we expect to have him come in this month. we have additional witnesses we will be interviewing some using staff to interview and others we'll have them come during a public hearing. this is all to educate the american people. there already is a mountain of evidence that donald t