Mcconnell and she were making arguments for and against the nomination. The clerk will report the culture motion. In accordance with provisions of rule 22, standing rules of the senate to hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett from indiana, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States signed by 18 sanders as follows. Mcconnell, ernst, blackburn, cap until, graham perdue, grassley. Cotton, for, alexander. Majority leader. My First Experience with Supreme Court confirmation here in the senate, i was a young staffer for the judiciary committee, that was also the same time i met a young guy demed Alexander Just left the senate to go to the white house and work in congressional affairs. Ive had the opportunity for quite a long time to observe the confirmation process, various ups and downs. When nominees were consumed almost overwhelmingly during which they were hated, contest over the nomination i could safely about the senate, over the
Between president ial candidates in 16 years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has participated, is taking place before the audience in the walnut street theater in philadelphia, just three blocks from independence hall. The audience may reach a hundred million in the United States and many millions overseas. Tonights debate focuses on domestic issues and Economic Policy. Questions will be put by Frank Reynolds of abc news, james gannon of the wall street journal, and Elizabeth Drew of the new yorker magazine. Under the agreed rules the first question will go to governor carter. That was decided by the toss of a coin. He will have up to three minutes to answer. One followup question will be permitted with up to two minutes to reply. President ford will then have two minutes to respond. The next question will go to president ford with the same time arrangements, and questions will continue to be alternated between the candidates. Each man will make a threeminute stateme
Up on the day by 2 after two days of heavy losses in the tech world. As a matter of fact, lets take a moment here at the start, look at apple, look at amazon, look at microsoft, all those stocks had big days. Amazon the better of the bunch up 3. 4 . There you go that is the close on wall street, a bit of a mixed picture. A big reunder for tech. Im connell mcshane. I am is time for news after the bell. Hillary vaughn in wilmington, delaware. Covering president elects transition team, gerri willis has another report today on what a Biden Administration for your money. So all of that coming up. Well start there on the north lawn, blake, with you, what is the latest from 1600 pennsylvania today . Reporter eight days since election day, connell, the Trump Campaign is up and running, continuing to file lawsuits. The latest lawsuit filed by the President Campaign in michigan. The campaign touting somewhat, at least potentially a little bit of good news for them in the state of georgia as the
Welcome to the Virginia Senate similar mark warner and republican candidate, and you might be possible for the Northern Virginia chamber of congress, and nbc board report. Streaming on nbc washington. Com a few things are a bit different because of the pandemic and myself are all in separate locations, as you can see the audience, and said they are joining us virtually via zoom thanks to the Northern Virginia numbers. Provide an opportunity and on issues important to virginia voters the most pervasive in the last one hour and begin with one and a half minutes opening. From each candidate in our panels and i will post listen to the candidates, these questions determined by nbc news and the palace if not reviewed by the candidates or any debate partners. Each candidate will have one minute to respond in a candidate answering first will get an additional 32nd rebuttal. As moderator, i reserve the right to follow up as needed. Then we will conclude with one minute closing statement. This t
The First Virtual oversight subcommittee hearing i and the ways and Means Committee. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of procedures to help navigate the platform. First consistent with the regulations members are responsible for an muting themselves when recognized. Second, the witnesses must have their cameras on at all times so even if you leave for a moment or a few seconds, leave your camera on. Third, we will dispense with a serving and then go in order of seniority. Alternating between minority and majority beginning with members of the oversight [inaudible] authorized to serve as the chair in the event i experienced technical difficulties. Thank you for continued patience as we navigate the technology to continue serving the country together and its a great time of need and with that i will now turn to the important topic of todays hearing. The hearing will focus on the issue of tax fairness. I welcome the colleagues and the witnesses. I must not