Problem with multiemployer pensions, which needs to be addressed. However, this bill, i believe, will actually set us back. It does nothing to address the underlying structural issues of these plans. It actually does nothing to protect younger workers who will be asked to keep paying into a system which remains troubled. And it saddles taxpayers with liabilities which are unlikely to be paid back at a massive cost to taxpayers. Let me provide just one alarming example of how flawed this proposal is, which i also highlighted in our committee markup. Under this legislation, if a pension plan applies for a loan and the newly administration cannot make a determination on that plans ability to repay in order to approve or deny the loan within 90 days, the loan would be automatically deemed approved. Taxpayers deserve timely responses from treasury, but no Reputable Institution would rubber stamp loans like this. Pensioners and taxpayers both deserve better. Lets Work Together to deliver a r
These cops. At the end of the day. We be locked up more than anybody in this own community. Know what im saying apc . [indiscernible] everybody on this police force needs to get fired. From the courthouse to the streets, all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A grand jury here in st. Louis, missouri has chosen not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the Fatal Shooting of unarmed africanamerican teenager Michael Brown. The decision follows three months of deliberation by the jury of nine whites, and three blacks, including fouhours of testimony from wilson himself. The decision set off outrage. The grand jury decision set off outrage in ferguson and communities across the country who see browns killing as part of a widescale pattern of Police Mistreatment of people of color. Shortly after the verdict, police fired tear gas on protesters in ferguson. At least a dozen buildings in ferguson or broken into
Michael brown, an unarmed black teenager. Ferguson erupts. Lives dont matter to these cops. At the end of the day. We be locked up more than anybody in this own community. Know what im saying apc . [indiscernible] everybody on this police force needs to get fired. From the courthouse to the streets, all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A grand jury here in st. Louis, missouri has chosen not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the Fatal Shooting of unarmed africanamerican teenager Michael Brown. The decision follows three months of deliberation by the jury of nine whites, and three blacks, including four hours of testimony from wilson himself. The decision set off outrage. The grand jury decision set off outrage in ferguson and communities across the country who see browns killing as part of a widescale pattern of Police Mistreatment of people of color. Shortly after the verdict, police fired tear gas
Mr. Reid 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, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of Gerald Austin mchugh jr. Of pennsylvania to be United States district judge for the Eastern District of pennsylvania, signed by 17 senators as follows mr. Reid i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the quorum under rule 22 be waived. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor aye. Opposed no. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 584. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. All
Behind the president , in the curated camera angle crowd were Wearing Masks for the most part. Here is some of what the president had to say about the pandemic. We built the greatest economy in the history of the world. We were forced to close it because of the china plague that came in, and now weve opened it. And by the way, your state should be open. Your state should be open. [ cheers and applause ] my administration is following the science, protecting those at highest risk while allowing those at lower risk to safely return to work and to school. Go back to school. Go back to school. You ever see the statistics on young people . I dont know. They just they have a great immune system. Lets get some of that immune system. Trump again cast doubt on mailin voting, again urged his supporters to vote by mail if they wish but then go to the polls to make sure their vote was recorded. He attacked Kamala Harris, saying she could never be the first woman president. Had this to say about jo