Has seen Discretionary Spending drop three years in a row. Never before in my lifetime have we seen such a thing. I credit this body with being a driving force in that because we were elected by the American People who want to see their fiscal bucks put back in order, but we succeeded on the discretionary side. Discretionary turns out to be the easier nut to crack because that money doesnt go out the door unless this u. S. House of representatives acts. That distinguishes it, mr. Speaker, from mandatory spending. Thats the third set of columns on my chart. Mandatory spending, as i said, 2 3 of our budget, 68. 3 to be precise, and of all the sequestration cuts, 63. 8 of the budget is only going to bear 14. 4 of the pain. The back story there, mr. Speaker, is thats the only 14. 4 of the pain. As i said Discretionary Spending has been on the chopping block in 2011, 2012, and now again in 2013. But mandatory spending we havent had a single agreement about, and i dont hear the white house t
Our senators with your constant love and faithfulness, answering them when they call to you in prayer. Help them to make every effort to do your will on earth, giving you their doubts and fears as they trust you to order their steps. May they realize that weakness provides an opportunity for your strength to be revealed. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer 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. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , october 29, 2013. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable edward j. Markey, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed patrick j. Leahy, pres
Darya another earthquake in napa it happened earlier this morning it was a 3. 0. The epicenter was 2 mi. Northwest of american canyon. And with a 6. 0 hit a more than two weeks ago. As you know weve had more than a net loss of that since the quake hit. Darya later this morning we will have what has been learned or extracted from the quake. What it helps them learn in the future as well. Mark at San Francisco won the young teenager stamps and other to death. Resign that williams was stabbed in the district. And a growing memorial is a growing in this morning. Reporter a teenage boy who went to medical is a suspect that not releasing his name because he is a minor. Reporter the sewer williams was stabbed to death just two days ago. Q. The freshman Football Player at a prep school. He was stabbed after leaving the corn market with his brother of the corner of 26 and falcon. He would later tell a hospital where it is pronounced dead. There shot up one of greece cents they describe it was a
Guest host this week. Im so excited to be joined by katherine rampell, a columnist for the Washington Post who focuses on economics. She was formerly an economics reporter and editor at the new york times. Weve been on tv together but its fun to have you here as a guest host this week. Thanks for having me. Weve got a lot to talk about and a lot of issues that you know particularly well. Lets start with equifax. Its being called the biggest data breach in u. S. History and it affects all of us. Thats why we want to start there. Hackers grab the personal data of 143 million americans. Thats more than half the Adult Population of the United States. Stored on servers at equifax. Thats a Consumer Credit rating firm, one of the three big ones. Now, were talking about everything, names, addresses, Social Security numbers, birth dates, drivers license numbers, all that a cyber thief needs to steal your identity and wreak havoc on your credit. At least three federal agencies and 40 states have
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