10:30 a.m.: Convene and resume consideration of S. 2400, the Department of Defense Authorization bill for Fiscal Year 2005.
Posted on 06/01/2004 4:07:32 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
Since "Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America.", I and others think it's a good idea to centralize what the goes on in the Senate (or House).
So if you see something happening on the Senate/House floor and you don't want to start a new thread to ask if anyone else just heard what you heard, you can leave a short note on who said what and about what and I'll try and find it the next day in THE RECORD. Or if you see a thread that pertains to the Senate, House, or pretty much any GOV'T agency please link your thread here.
If you have any suggestions for this thread please feel free to let me know.
Here's a few helpful links.
C-SPAN what a great thing. Where you can watch or listen live to most Government happenings.
C-SPAN 1 carries the HOUSE.
C-SPAN 2 carries the SENATE.
C-SPAN 3 (most places web only) carries a variety of committee meetings live or other past programming.
OR FEDNET has online feed also.
A great thing about our Government is they make it really easy for the public to research what the Politicians are doing and saying (on the floor anyway).
THOMAS where you can see a RECORD of what Congress is doing each day. You can also search/read a verbatim text of what each Congressmen/women or Senator has said on the floor or submitted 'for the record.' [This is where the real juicy stuff can be found.]
Also found at Thomas are Monthly Calendars for the Majority and Minority
Roll Call Votes can be found here.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)
10:30 a.m.: Convene and resume consideration of S. 2400, the Department of Defense Authorization bill for Fiscal Year 2005.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,122700,00.html
Blanket Blockage
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., says he will now exercise his ability to block all of President Bush's nominees to the executive branch. Why? Well, Reid is trying to force Senate action on one of his own staffers, whom he nominated to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nine months ago Democrats blocked a Republican nominee to the NRC, so Senate Public Works committee chairman James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, now says he won't approve Reid's nomination until it's coupled with a Republican one.
But Reid says he won't approve dozens of White House nominees until his is approved. Inhofe tells Roll Call he can live with open seats at the NRC -- "for a while."
Can you clip Kennedy w/ that board behind him?????
C-span2
God help me for what I am thing of Kennedy at the moment
Pres. Bush is having a Press Conference Now
On What?
never mind
Statement
U.S.-Afghanistan Relations
White House, Rose Garden
George W. Bush , United States
Hamid Karzai ,
Let me know if they talk about Poppies/opium.
With Karzi .. they are taking questions and answers
I got it one C-3...
Swinestine was ranting about stupit stuff......
Bush/Karzi
Q&A C-span3
I'd rather listen to Bush
Oh David Gregory is now asking a question about security in Iraq and how he thinks Bush isn't assured everything will go ok
Sorry, I just now read your request.
Domenici is speaking. I missed Kennedy.
Kennedy is back on, but I don't see any board/chart.
Afghan Pres. Hamid Karzai Address to Joint Meeting of Congress
Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, comes to Capitol Hill to make an address to a joint meeting of Congress.
6/15/2004: WASHINGTON, DC: 30 min.
Find this on C-span's site.........IT'S A MUST WATCH.
PBS has a webpage that supposedly shows the 'flow' of radiation if it happened within the US. You put in your zip code or a city name and the size of the detonation, and it shows the immediate and potential radiation fallouts.
It is interesting.
I would imagine somewhere on the web, a similar page exists for various world locations.
Did he already speak to Congress .. or will he be doing it soon??
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