Coming down. They havees taken a hit. Accompanied this shift for stocks, or the seeming sentiment. Shift in the bond market as well. We see the 10 year old right 2 . Nd six point as we see some money flight out of stocks. We are seeing a similar situation with bonds. This is the net change in yield for the 5, 10 year yield. Andtwo has seen the biggest the past four months. We have seen that 86 point change there. It has been much more moderate for the longer end of the curve. Now the 10 year is picking up with those changes. Gettingd stocks back to the stoxx for a moment. It has gone on the downside today. Today. Trading it was one of the big winners last year. Merck is facing a potential classaction lawsuit contending they made a deal with the generic drug maker to delay competition for their cholesterol drug. Finally General Electric continuing their slide here as it has been battered over the past few days ill and the breakdown related to the Legacy Health insurance business. We are
Many things that are important for the health of the American People. Not only the Community Health centers, which expire in a few weeks, not only the medicare extenders, which includes the therapy caps for seniors in medicare, the Home Visiting program for seniors, the special Diabetes Program, the Teaching Health sent, the National Health centers, the National Health service corps, all of these things. Also the safety net hospitals. As of january 1, the dish or safety net programs for all these hospitals around the country that have to take care of so many poor people, that funding has expired and theyve actually had to cut the funding. So how do you stand up here and say to me and the American People that somehow you care about these things, you want to deal with these things . You are not dealing with these things. What are you doing here again . Once again youre bringing a bill to the floor that has all kinds of repeal of taxes. I dont even want to get into the deal. These are the
Today there will be nominations and senate will look at the president s pick for the Labor Relations board and awaiting action in epa nomination for assistant administrator of the air and radiation office. Now to live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God, our father, help our lawmakers this day to do your work faithfully and well. Prepare them to be soberminded and filled with your spirit, accomplishing tasks that receive heavens approval. Lord, keep them from deviating from integrity, as they strive to ensure that their conduct rightly represents you. May they live lives of holiness and goodness, being as kind to others as they would wish them to be to them. Lord, prepare us all to stand before you in peace, without spot or blemish. As we pursue your peace on earth, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. We pray in your
Economic Playing Field. Maria china and u. S. Businesses trade over deals during the visit. Expecting to release a plan of their tax code today. By President Trump says democrats will like the version more than what weve seen for the house for threatening to derail the 85 billion merger between at t time warner while regulating the process of requiring the sale of time warners unit which includes cnn or the directv business as a deal to allow that to go through. Apple topping 900 alien dollars incredible market value. The details as the most valuable Public Company keeps on getting bigger. Take a look at americas best thursday morning by selling underway. Dow industrials to be down about 25 points. Nasdaq, s p 500 in the red. In europe come major indices also lower. Xt 100, dax down fractionally. Talk about a third of a percent. In asia overnight, the service may expect the nikkei average done a fraction. Hang seng and on, three quarters of 1 . Spacey cut. Ridley scott will remove and
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Almighty god, thank you for giving us another day. In your presence, dark nights of challenges are dispelled by the dawn of your love and you know our needs before we express them. Thank you for daily providing our lawmakers with guidance and strength. E pause to thank you for the courage and Sacrificial Service for our Capitol Police. Forgive us when we take their daily Courageous Service for granted. Forgive us, also, when we seem to forget that words matter and can become seeds that will bring a bitter harvest. Bring speedy healing to our brother Steve Scalise and all those injured in yesterdays shooting. Bring peace and solace to all those affected by yesterdays tragedy. Today, use the members of this peoples house as part of your peace, bringing unity from division, light from darkness, from m sadness and hope despair. Dear god, continue to bless america