short-term funding gap measure to make sure that the government doesn t shut down and see if they can get something done either just before or just after christmas. we are right down to the wire. they are playing in ways for pennies compared to the larger bill. the reason for the difference in a lot of ways is inflation. the cost of everything has gone up. from hiring new officials, buying medicine or anything else, the prices just shot up in recent weeks. by the way, they got rid of the covid vaccine mandate for the military. why did the republicans push so hard for this? reporter: well, this is a part of their ideological commitment for dialing back some of the covid restrictions. it s a little bit difficult at this point for democrats to go along with. even though most of the defense bill has an agreement on both
that the speaker of parliament saying nothing yet, but there should be something official by this evening colombo time. quite a few hours still to wait if that is the case, but crowds expectant in anticipation of the president s resignation. they blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled the country, and it has left it short of funds for critical issues, buying medicine, fuel and food. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters had was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. demands protesters had was their slogan, their chant was go home, gota . we now know that president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country. he fled on a militaryjet with members of his family.
immigrants, not walls. and rather than suing to dismantle the affordable care act as republican attorneys general have, our leaders must protect the progress we ve made and commit to expanding health care and lowering cost for everyone. my father has battled prostate cancer for years. to help cover the cost, i found myself sinking deeper into debt, because while you can defer some payments, you can t defer cancer treatment. in this great nation, americans are skipping blood pressure bills, forced to choose between buying medicine or paying rent. maternal mortality rates show that mothers, especially black mothers, risk death to give birth and in 14 states, including my home state, where a majority want it, our leaders refuse to expand medicaid, which could save rural hospitals, save economies, and save lives. we can do so much more, take
to entrepreneurship, america is made stronger by the presence of immigrants, not walls. and rather than suing to dismantle the affordable care act as republican attorneys general have, our leaders must protect the progress we ve made and commit to expanding health care and lowering cost for everyone. my father has battled prostate cancer for years. to help cover the cost, i found myself sinking deeper into debt, because while you can defer some payments, you can t defer cancer treatment. in this great nation, americans are skipping blood pressure bills, forced to choose between buying medicine or paying rent. maternal mortality rates show that mothers, especially black mothers, risk death to give birth and in 14 states, including my home state, where a majority want it, our leaders refuse to expand medicaid, which could save rural hospitals, save
made stronger by the presence of immigrants, not walls. and rather than suing to dismantle the affordable care act as republican attorneys general have, our leaders must protect the progress we have made and commit to expanding health care and lowering for everyone. my father has battled prostate cancer four years. to help cover the costs, i found myself sinking deeper into debt, because while you can defer some payments, you can t defer cancer treatment. in this great nation, americans are skipping blood pressure pills, forced to choose between buying medicine or paying rent. maternal mortality rates show that mothers, especially black mothers, risk death to give birth. and in 14 states, including my home state, where a majority want it, our leaders refused to expand medicaid, which could save rural hospitals, save economies, and save lives. we can do so much more, take