Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. It would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. Thats something we have just recently read more and more about. Why arent we doing more on that . In fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the an act u. C. Of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. I hope theyre not following Donald Trumps obeisance to russia and his view that putins just okay. It would also dismantle systemat
Businesses dont go anywhere americas war starts right now. Millions of americans are struggling to get their stimulus checks but even if they can get through the iris web site they can still have banks steal their money join me to talk about this is fair and cousins editor the national trialware magazine this this story i guess its no surprise right this whole litany the whole nature of this legislation was to put money in the hands of people so they could eat so they could pay their rent now we see the threat of banks saying what well the banks are saying hey you have Overdraft Fees from a couple years ago oh youre youre behind on this payment that you know this debt that we hold for you were going to steal your money and the worst part about this is not. Just the fact that the banks are doing this its that this was intentional this was intentionally put into this piece of legislation because they wrote in a provision congress did as part of the stimulus package here that the federal
Instead the rule says were going to leave it up to the treasury run by steve maneuver the banker hill decide if banks are allowed to take your money and of course minucci did the very predictable thing which was to say absolutely banks if somebody owes you money this stimulus check is going right into their account at your bank you can go ahead and keep it that is what they explicitly told the bank teller and extent the bill exactly limit you the back story a little bit more Treasury Department is having this massive webinars telephone conference with banks all over the all of the u. S. And they they say by the way is it ok if we take this money that comes to us the 1200. 00 check and if they owe us money on overcharges are they on us money on delinquent payment on a loan that we can take that money and real cutesy she says well you know theres nothing the explicit that says you cant add other words youre right they understood this when they went into it. 1 understands that hes looking
Millions of americans are struggling to get their stimulus checks but even if they can get through the i. R. S. Website they could still have banks steal their money join me to talk about this is fair and cousins editor the National Trial where the magazine this this story i again its no surprise right this whole living the whole nature of this legislation was to put money in the hands of people so they could eat so they could pay their rent now we see the threat of banks saying what well the banks are saying hey you have Overdraft Fees from a couple years ago oh youre youre behind on this payment that you know this debt that we hold for you were going to steal your money and the worst part about this is not just the fact that the banks are doing this its that this was intentional this was intentionally put into this piece of legislation because they wrote in a provision congress did as part of the stimulus package here that the federal government cannot seize any of this if you are th
How did you two get those . Ill figure it out, mike. Ill send you one. Thank you, i appreciate that. All right. Let me take, that doesnt look good on air. Im just now seeing my drink on air. Im not showing that again. Lets take a look at what is going on with live doppler 7. Really cloudy out there. I put the wind barbs on there to show you the winds are coming ashore and that is going to bring significantly cooler weather to the forecast today. I know, youre not excited about that. Hes still here. 55 degrees down in cloudy san jose right now. Lets take a look at your day planner for today. Low to mid 50s and stay in the 50s at the coast. 65 to 61 at noon. And a little more sunshine else where at 4 00 will push up into the upper 60s and low 70s. Not bad for this time of year, just not like yesterday. Reggie . This is terrible news for hundreds of people who could have their power cut in marin county. Essential work to prepare for wildfire season and that is a Big Inconvenience for peop