2:00 p.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.
3:00 p.m.: Proceed to Executive Session to begin consideration of the nomination of Carlos M. Gutierrez to be Secretary of Commerce.
PING...
Posted on 01/04/2005 4:53:00 AM PST 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 Senate Majority and Senate Minority
And Monthly Calendar for the House Majority
Roll Call Votes can be found here.
Congress.org <<< Good resource
THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)
NO ROLL CALL VOTES TODAY!
What the heck are they doing?
Ping me if they start talking about Condi or Alberto!
When does the senate go back in session?
Next meeting:
Monday, Jan 24, 2005
2:00 p.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.
3:00 p.m.: Proceed to Executive Session to begin consideration of the nomination of Carlos M. Gutierrez to be Secretary of Commerce.
Did "Sheets" even talk yesterday?
I didn't watch so I don't know .. but I haven't heard that he did
2:00 p.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.
3:00 p.m.: Proceed to Executive Session to begin consideration of the nomination of Carlos M. Gutierrez to be Secretary of Commerce.
Bump....
Dusty Reid up talking about Judges.....
Totally missed it ... have they started the vote on Condi yet?
That's not till tomorrow, I think.
PROGRAM -- (Senate - January 20, 2005)
[Page: S105] GPO's PDF
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Mr. McCONNELL. On Monday, following morning business, the Senate will begin debate on the nomination of Carlos Gutierrez to be Secretary of Commerce. We have not received any requests for a rollcall vote on the Gutierrez nomination and it is expected we will be able to dispose of that nomination on a voice vote. Therefore, no rollcall votes are expected during Monday's session. We will continue to work through the President's nominations as they become available. We will have more to say with respect to the voting schedule next week.
I also remind all of my colleagues that we were able to lock in a time agreement on the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be Secretary of State. We will debate the Rice nomination throughout the day Tuesday and vote on that nomination on Wednesday of next week.
[C-span has 9:30] 9:45 a.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.
Thereafter: Proceed to Executive Session to begin consideration of the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be Secretary of State.
I have a feeling that I am going to experience occasional bouts of anger today. Did you see, btw, that Section9 has put up a live thread for this topic.
Oh, dang. They won't be starting until 9:45 on the confirmation hearing? I have to leave at 11:00 and will miss yet another Boxer lovely hairdo and meltdown.
I hear Byrd, Boxer and Kerry all want to talk.
Byrd has an hour slotted for his rantings.
I'm not sure about the others.
Perhaps there will be some entertainment value in all of this. I will look on the bright side.
Next Senate meeting: Wednesday, Jan 26, 2005
9:30 a.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.
10:30 a.m.: Proceed to Executive Session to resume consideration of the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be Secretary of State.
11:30 a.m.: Proceed to a roll call vote on the confirmation of the Rice nomination.
Thereafer, begin consideration of the nominations of Jim Nicholson to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Michael O. Leavitt to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Anxiously anticipating more antics from the left, limited, praise the Lord, to an hour.
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