Advantage, but we want to make sure we are targeting the impact on the russian economy in a way that does not have dramatic spillover effects into the broader economy. You cannot eliminate that but we can make sure the focal point is russia, and we have been able to do that. The president does intend to sign the peace legislation passed by congress, but we have concerns about that legislation because while it preserves flexibility, it does send a confusing message to our allies because it includes some sanctions language that does not reflect the consultations ongoing. Consultations that we have had that allowed the successful implantation of strategy have allowed us to have, and private conversations with our european allies, about their strategies and their steps forward. There are other areas of our strategy that we prefer not to have. Preserves because it the president s flexibility to carry out the strategy, he intends to sign the bill. I would anticipate it would get done before
Example for future first ladies, ellen wilson died just a year and half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after he suffered a stroke remains are the most controversial efforts of any first lady. Tonight, the story of the Wilson Administrations two first ladies, ellen and edith. We have two tragc deaths here to tell you about these two interesting women and the times in which they lived. Her book is allen and edith, Woodrow Wilsons first ladies. John mills cooper is Woodrow Wilsons biographer. Thanks for being with us. We have been telling the stories chronologically, but Everybody Knows about edith wilson managing the white house as it is described after her husband suffers a stroke. We will tell that story first because so many people really want to know what happen
Cost our country 600,000 jobs . Yes. Moving discretionary funding backed up to the original cast and not having the sequester take effect. And that would take a half a point away from gross to mustek product . By the end of 2014. Florida, thein types of jobs we are talking about, we have seen some very harmful impact. Our premier Cancer Research center in tampa, before the sequester, they had 120 researchers working to find a cure for cancer. They are down to 100. The air force base is one of our Largest Community economic drivers. They are furloughing Mental Health counselors among others. That part of the budget is shrinking, but the sequester does not give us a lot of room to maneuver on where we want those cuts to take place. Law enforcement, job losses from cuts to the court, very significant cut accident education. Adopted republicans this cr last week, it became Crystal Clear that they intend to march forward with those sequester cuts. Report and at your those kind of expenditur
But that is the same thing, the other side of the coin. We measure different things. Why . So the cost savings would be in research and design. There are manufacturing inefficiencies that, but if you make slightly different of course. We have seen a preposterous situation over the years within europe, and this is going back a little bit, but different regulations for backup alarms on machinery. The decibel level, the sound, the frequency, it adds costs. Placement of taillights and lighting on machines vary from country to country. You have to make the same Construction Equipment with slightly different beeping sounds. Every time it is a change and it adds costs. It drives the costs up for nothing. That is something we need to drive out. That alone will help us all. Again, i think the comment about this not being a static world and our competitors are getting better. They have agreements we do not have. Senator kerry was talking earlier about the excellence in u. S. Higher education, ho
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 61, the nays are 30. Threefifths of the senate duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. No expressions of approval are permitted in the gallery. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Ms. Landrieu thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i thank the my colleagues that led this effort on this nondiscrimination bill which was historic and pleased that we had a partisan vote to make america more accepting and just place, and its a work in progress and really pleased that we could find the support on this floor to do that. Now the bill goes to the house, and i urge my colleagues and my congressional delegation and others to look at this bill with an open mind and an open heart and end discrimination in the workplace, and i hope that they will. Mr. President , id like to speak about a bill i plan to introduce in