throughout the day, at and down capitol hill, at the white house, this is the opportunity for people who have waited years to see obamacare repealed and replaced, the president made that case to members throughout the spectrum of the republican conference and tomorrow it is time to vote. the stakes couldn t be higher for president trump and paul ryan who has worked tirelessly to bridge the gap between conservative and moderate factions of the republican party, the freedom caucus holding out. for 71/2 years we have been promising the american people that we would repeal and replace this broken law because it is collapsing and failing families and tomorrow we are proceeding. it appears they are lacking enough yes votes, republicans can afford to lose 22 votes within their ranks today and members hope they can get there. we have to be able to get to that.
median wage doesn t it means only worker in the top half of the job market are seeing increases. while corporate profits in the second quarter were at a nearly 60-year high, median household income has stag nuclear facilitied just over $51,000. 15% of country are living at or below the poverty line. a measure of confidence there but it remains just above that low of 65%. main street clearly is still anxious about this economy. after a month of washington budget battles ending in the government shutdown, the bottom fell out of consumer confidence in october. it fell nearly ten points to 71.2%. forecasters worry that could be a drag on holiday spending the period between thanksgiving and christmas, which can make up to 40% of their sales overall. wells fargo estimate says though overall holiday spending is expected to grow on a per cam ta
he has risen nationally, but we don t elect presidents nationally and don t nominate them nationally. it s a state by state contest as you know. we may have seen newt peak and when he starts to drop, you will see desperate newt. that s not going to be pretty. desperate romney has not been that pretty. desperate newt will ruin everybody s holiday. he is now down to 71.2. there is a nasty spat between romney over money and their respective wealth. mitt made millions from bankrupting businesses and newt made millions from his career. i wonder in a nation where one in two of the population is found to be poor, how does this resonate with voter when is the two leaders are rallying over respective wealth?