Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 93, the nays are 2. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the bill. The clerk calendar 552, h. R. 8337, making continuing openings pros for fiscal year 2021 and for other purposes. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i call up amendment 2663. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk the senator from kentucky, mr. Mcconnell, proposes an amendment numbered 2663. At the end, added following this act shall take effect one day after the date of enactment. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that the reading be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There appears to be. The yeas and nays are ordered. Mr. Mcconnell i have a seconddegree amendment at the desk.
Friday, an incredibly strong job market and an economy. Maria bingo. Dagen i want to point out, there was a Consumer Sentiment report that came out from the university of michigan on friday, seven month high on Consumer Sentiment. Virtually none of the respondents, zero, or 1 of the respondents mentioned impeachment. You have wages that are growing in the november report for production and nonsupervisory workers, the growth in wages was near a post recession high, up 3. 7 . Thats higher than the overall growth rate of 3 . What does that mean . It means that income inequality is shrinking in this country. Thats what people feel. Thats what if anybody you talk to, theyre not talking about impeachment, theyre not talking about oh, what did trump say and wringing their hands about that. They know they can get a better job, they know they can get higher wages. Maria thats absolutely right. Dagen theres safety and security in their finances. Thats what matters. Maria incomeen equality, ive b
Johnson . Where did this summer go . Guy we had to the summer. This was the first summer in ages nothing happened. Last august it was china blowing up and greece. This is the summer to relax. Tom we just saw good english data, didnt we . Guy absolutely. The bounceback is there in the Manufacturing Sector. The british pound has gone down. No effect on manufacturing. We have a big drop and suddenly a number coming through. I dont know what to be more excited about, the comments on Monetary Policy not working or the data out of the u. K. Tom right now, lets get to the Bloomberg September 1 first word news with taylor riggs. Donald trump has returned to form an immigration. In phoenix the republican candidate made it clear he was to build a wall on the southern border with the u. S. And make mexico stay for it pay for it. There will be no amnesty. Status,ot obtain legal or become a citizen of the United States by illegally entering our country. Day,r earlier in the donald trump flew to mex
You tell us about the situation right now . Reporter well, amma, this has been going on for almost nine hours and crowd of neighbors have been anxiously waiting for the victims head to pop out of the trench but so far no luck. Oakland firefighters have been trying to rescue the man buried up to his waist in a trench that collapsed around him about 12 30 this afternoon. The victim identified as 4 41yearold man worked for star rooter and plumbing and he was trying to get a sewer lean on east 23rd home to the main sewage pipe under the street. But the main sewage pipe was buried so deep they had to dig a long narrow trench 13 feet down. Fire official tells us the built from plywood to hold back the wall of that trench. Now the soil has consistency of sand which is making it very difficult to hold back. Thats why they are using a street clean tore vacuum the dirt out of the trench while they dig. Now at this point rescue workers are concerned about the victims circulation because all of th
270,000 jobs in october. That is driving down unemployment to 5 . That is incredibly significant. 5 . Look where we have come from. What does this mean on the feds decision for Interest Rates. We havent seen that since what . 2008. Pre crisis levels. 5 spr 5 is a significant milestone. And just the magnitude. 270,000 in the month. Is the best job creation all year wrong. A big surprise and hiring across the board. When you look at job gain, 271,000, the best weve seen since late last year. Now on average were about 206,000 a month. That means last year and this year a very strong years more job creation. This is the Unemployment Rate since 2007. You can see it reached 10 in the depths of the recession and has been slowly recovering here. Now 5 . Lets look at the sectors quickly. You have a lot of hiring in healthcare. You know those can be jobs that span the income bracket. But business and professional services, very good job creation. Accountant, insurance agent, lawyers. Technically