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(182,912 posts)marybourg
(12,638 posts)coco22
(1,258 posts)anyone else? I need some laughs this morning.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,203 posts)As a courtesy, senators will be provided with sleeping masks and herbal sleepytime tea.
Rhiannon12866
(206,157 posts)CNN just had a split screen - showing three hearings at once. There was no sound, but it looked like Dr. Carson is awake and speaking...
hatrack
(59,593 posts). . . then, hours later, when the committee members snap to consciousness, they'll say 'Oh, shit we fell asleep - better confirm NOW!"
There are some FOX affiliates that are airing them on-line.
Rhiannon12866
(206,157 posts)coco22
(1,258 posts)saw it.
Rhiannon12866
(206,157 posts)I agree that they should schedule all these hearings so each one could be televised.
coco22
(1,258 posts)they just want to show us the highlights they think are important.
Rhiannon12866
(206,157 posts)I was quite interested when they showed my senator, Kirsten Gillibrand (who used to be my congresswoman), starting to ask questions of General Mattis. But that's when they decided to switch to a roundup of more breaking news.
coco22
(1,258 posts)who they let ask questions Corker sat there yesterday giving a speech on how he thinks everything in the government should work,he went on so long it seemed like an hour may have been I kept leaving and coming back he wnt on and on and on.. This was the Tillerson hearing.
Rhiannon12866
(206,157 posts)Yes, that one's extremely important, but I imagine that DUers are among the few who are glued to this coverage. They showed most of the Sessions hearing yesterday, too, and that one was tough to take at times. Cory Booker and John Lewis were excellent, his defenders - not so much.
Rhiannon12866
(206,157 posts)Bettie
(16,129 posts)and then, they'll take his red swingline stapler.
Sorry, couldn't resist.