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Murkowski said in her floor speech Friday evening that she hoped after the bitter debate over Kavanaugh, the Senate could take a few steps back toward a more respectful tone.
Ryan, who often describes himself as a Reagan conservative (or a Jack Kemp conservative), has drawn lessons from the former president he thinks should be replicated today.
“Bottom line was, I think John believed in us. I think he believed in the American people,” Biden said.
As Trump retrieved his prepared remarks from inside his suit jacket, a man appeared to ask about the rights to free speech of professional football players.
His White House speech included inaccurate statements and omissions of fact that reflect either misunderstanding of the accord or an effort to distort the historical record.
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker said he was pleased with the French president’s speech.
“We can cut taxes for corporations today if we raise them for families tomorrow. We can take care of sick kids if we sacrifice Dreamers,” Kennedy said. “Coal miners or single moms.
And he again labeled Moore a “Pelosi/Schumer Puppet” who would, if elected, “vote against us 100% of the time.”
“I’ve served under many presidents — seven to be exact — but none is like the man we have in the White House today. When you talk, this president listens,” Senate Finance Chairman Orrin G.
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) “It belongs to those of us who hold office and are responsible for making sure you’re sent where you’re needed and equipped and ready for your missions,” the chairman of the
The speech was the White House’s official kickoff of a push to build public support for a tax overhaul package.
Trump stuck to his staff’s script at the start of a rally in Phoenix, reading prepared remarks from a teleprompter just as he did during a stoic speech the night before to announce his Afghanistan
This is not my President.
The Utah Republican gave a floor speech Tuesday in which he called for a return to the Senate of yore. “I believe we can again see this body at its best.
I hear the Senate referred to as the world’s greatest deliberative body,” he said with his trademark sense of caustic understatement, “I’m not sure we can claim that distinction with a straight face today
Missouri’s Claire McCaskill said it was “beyond weird” to vote on a proposal when McConnell and others in the GOP leadership “won’t even tell us what proposal we are voting on!”
At what point do they start laughing at us as a country?” Trump asked, in the spirit of his “America First” philosophy.
Please help us, let’s make a deal. Help us with North Korea, and by the way we’re announcing tomorrow that you’re a currency manipulator, OK?”
Trump’s speech, which did gain faint praise from some Democrats for its more tempered tone, didn’t impress Clark.
If you get nothing else from today, take that statement to the bank.”