Cristina . Well, Business Owners have dealt with protests in the past, and they are doing what they feel is necessary during this heated election. Reporter prepping for a hurricane. Stores . N downtown walnut creek or boarding up for the possibility a political storm that could leave civil unrest in its aftermath are. The city and the Police Department are monitoring any potential unrest via social media. Reporter Kathy Hemingway with an association of restaurants and shops said that stores are making the individual decisions to taking precautions. Walnut creek police are planning for the possibility of protest, even though there are no Credible Threats of such activities here or in other cities. We thought well just go ahead and board it, and hopefully nothing will happen, but we thought might as well just do it just in case, because its been just a crazy year, as we all though. Reporter the owners spent 400 on plywood, a small price compared to any potential damage to their neighborh
Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States signed by 18 senators as follows. Mcconnell, ernst, smith, blackburn, ouppercaseletter, wicker, ran, purdue, cotton, f for, alexander. Mr. President. Majority leader. My First Experience with Supreme Court confirmations here in the senate, i was a young staffer the number of the judiciary committee, that is also the same time climate a young guy named alexander who just left the senate to go to the whitego house for congressional affairs. Ive had the opportunity for quite a long time to observe the confirmation process to various ups and downs, periods when nominees were confirmed almost overwhelmingly and here in which they were hated over nomination. I could safely say about the senate, over the last 40 or 50 years, it is unassertive. Doing the whole process as a joint thing, the president had a role to play and the senate has a role to play. The various times in our history in our country, the senate has been pretty passive
Family institutions have a special affection for david nasaw. s biography of Andrew Carnegie was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, we came to know Andrew Carnegie, one lesson from the book stayed with me and animated my work, and that is the cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness you see in the world progress based on reason and can do spirit is indeed possible. The idea keeps me going and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you. In addition to the carnegie biography davids previous books include biographies of Joseph Kennedy and William Randolph hearst. Today we turn to david nasaws supportive not one person but 1 million persons who emerged brutalized yet alive on the day, april 1945. The last million europes displaced persons from world war to cold war is an epic story the texas to the heart of europe during and after world war ii. It describes the movement of millions of people amid shifting borders and general chaos. About
It could take away protections for more than 100 and people with preexisting conditions. And hurt the millions of americans who have come to rely on the Affordable Care act, getting rid of the Affordable Care act will take us backwards. To a time when people could charge a woman more for her health care than they could charge a man simply because she is a woman. To a time when pregnancy could be considered a preexisting condition. It will take away free Birth Control and contraceptive coverage for women. This is all happening at a moment when our country is suffering to a pandemic that has claimed more than 238,000 lives. And we all know that if the Affordable Care act is struck down, communities of color would be hit particularly hard. Asians, hispanics, native americans. They are at a greater risk of preexisting conditions. They are three times as likely to contract covid19 and twice as likely to die as others. I know we all know that we had election whered health care was very much
Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the ayes are 51. The nays are 46. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, Supreme Court of the United States, Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States signed by 18 senators as follows. Mcconnell, thune, ernst, hide smith, blackburn, blunt, capito, wicker, graham, perdue, grassley, inhofe, cotton, hoeven, crapo,