Congress recess. Reflects tight time line mcconnell faces to hold a vote in july and the pressure he under to change the bill to garner enough support to pass it. Talk about that this morning or other Public Policy issue. 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. 2027488002. Llen is up first, east lake, ohio, independent. Good morning. Caller good morning. My only comment is that and im certainly by no means actuarial analyst, but if the this medical perplexity situation in the u. S. S so dire and remember, from the information i get from the news was that, this is not omeing from my studies, but average wage in the u. S. Is 26. 19 an hour, half of us are below and half above. Take out your taxes, figure you bringing home 22 an hour if you are lucky, how do you afford medical care . It is that dire, should we onsider a National Medical sales tax of some kind . I think that is silly, im sure they thought about that. Situation is that dire, what is, is there is that a logical alternative . The
History of the New Hampshire primary. ,efore we get into the history i want to talk for a bit about the history of the nomination process. How do we nominate the candidates for president. The think and want to talk about overall, first off, giving you a sense of the New Hampshire primary. It did not start with the first president of primary. I will talk about how it developed in importance over the years. Particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on is efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was done to respond to them in particular, that the secretary of state is required by law to set the primary date of New Hampshire one week before any similar contest. Later on this week secretary of state geithner will be coming to talk about secretary the secretary of state will be coming to discuss these issues. Thise time we had a saying is always first, always right. It is not always right. The candidate who will become the
[applause] live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate, lawmakers gaveling in for the day for an hour of general speeches and then more debate on extending longterm Unemployment Benefits this is live coverage of the senate. [ help them to draw near to you with true hearts and the full assurance. That their times are in your hands, thank you for the liberties you have given america. Help us to remember that eternal vigilance is the price for freedom. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 250. The president pro tempore respect mr. Reid . The clerk a bill to provide for increase in the federal minimum wage and so fo
Anymore globally. But at least in america we, i think, overwhelmingly would say we agree i agree. With the sentiments of the universe do you agree with that . I agree with that. The universal declaration, of course, grew out of the second world war, largely out of the holocaust, written by a jewish frenchman, and it was an amazing accomplishment for which he got the nobel peace prize. There are efforts afoot the try to undo it and to try to up do freedom of undo freedom of speech, freedom of religion. There are attempts to try to, essentially, put blasphemy laws back into universal exceptions to free speech, and i think the United States government hasnt taken a Strong Enough view against that kind of international encroachment on our particular concept of liberty. Many people think its too american, that were trying to impose our view on others. Right. This is an area where were right, and theyre wrong, and we should simply not compromise on those views. [applause] this, by the way, i
Lets get the show on, the road here this morning. You already all right. Lets here is the 30 that our man weve gone covid. We postpone for a hurricane and boy, youre all still here. I think maybe were just youre like the trekkies we going to call you the benders and what are we going to do . Im nick mueller, president ceo emeritus of the National World war two museum. And i just want welcome everybody here for this anniversary symposia and reunion and what a better venue to than where we are today the United States freedom the boeing center. A lot of your long time friends of the museum been here numerous times and have attended other conferences and travel programs been with us on the easy company from england, the eagles nest, some of the future guests who also participated on those programs. But we also see a lot of new faces and welcome to all of you and youre the first time here. It wont be the last time, but you all testimony and a test admit to the legacy of the hbo mini series