Itself. Please do not let them put our livelihoods on the chopping block for their own political gain. This is from southwest coast products, a texas business. Id also like to read a letter from the Greater Houston Partnership. The Greater Houston Partnership is the preeminent chamber of commerce this my area. It is called the partnership because we do things differently in texas. And the partnership is also joined in this letter by a good many other entities that i shall name after having read an excerpt from this letter. It reads, the houston region continues to enjoy strong driven in large part by the Exportimport Bank. In order to keep momentum, it is crucial that Congress Supports businesses to expand into new markets and to create new jobs. The Exportimport Bank of the United States is one of these tools and we ask that you support this legislation. The letter is addressed to me. And it goes on to add that small and medium sized businesses in our region also benefit directly from
All this happened at 5 00 this morning. It is of course what we are seeing is a vicious circle of violence. You have two eyeglasses to look at this. Responding to the possible rocket attack from hamas in the neighborhood of the school and returning fire. The question should always be for anyone involved in such a situation that you should ask ofrself, do we run the risk having largescale civilian casualties . What did the geneva conventions say . Has been of discussion going on and the task forces are aware of that. They are asking people to leave certain areas before the attacks take place. But if you look at the proportions between casualties on the israeli side and the palestinian side, look at the proportion between military and civilian. You will come to the conclusion that the scale of response is of such violent nature that questions of accountability come up. Im going to take a stab at that question in a different way. Law, isternational israel relieved of collective responsibi
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 227, the nays are 195. The previous question is ordered. He house will come to order. He house will come to order. He house will come to order. He house will come to order. The chair would ask all present to rise for the purpose of a moment of silence. The chair asks that the house now observe a moment of silence in remembrance of our brave men and women in uniform who have given their lives in the service of our nation in iraq and afghanistan. And their families. And to all who serve in our armed forces and their amilies. Without objection, fiveminute votes will continue. The question is on adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. Mr. Speaker. Ms. Slaughter i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yantse are the yeas and nays are requested. All those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. A sufficient number having ar
At least 36 lawsuits in six swing states. So far no court has found a single instance of voter fraud. Its hiding under trumps healthcare plan. Thats not stopping trump. In georgia after a hand recount affirmed joe bidens victory again, the Trump Legal Team demanded a second recount that will also not change the results. In michigan, trump invited the states Republican Leaders to the white house seeking their help. But even they say theyve seen nothing that would change the outcome of the election. And late on saturday, a federal judge in pennsylvania dismissed trumps legal fight there in a scathing opinion that reads, quote, this court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations. Unpled in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence. In the United States of america, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter let alone all the voters in its sixth most populated state. Wow, play that with the ether by in the back of
Hes the ideological godfather of the tea party. Grover norquist has been the driving force behind the antitax movement. His goal, to take Big Government and, in his words, drown it in the bathtub. Norquists weapon is the Taxpayer Protection pledge, which was at one point signed by 95 of gop members of congress. Can you raise your hand if you feel so strongly about not raising taxes . On the campaign trail this year, only one republican president ial candidate, jon huntsman, dared to cross him. Norquist has clout. Hes called the most powerful unelected man in america today. He signed a pledge, its without congress. That pledge is for that congress. Im not obligated on the pledge. Republicans are jumping ship and supporting unspecified r revenue hikes to help cut the deficit. And big business resigned to higher taxes. Here is lloyd blankfein. We had to lift up the marginal rate. Norquists response . Some of these people have had impure thoughts. No one pulled the trigger and voted for a