Feel as little as possible. Lets see how this works out. At the time when we have unemployment figures breaking all records, when we have 10 times theunemployment claims in illinois that we did a year ago , 10 times the unemployment claims in the commonwealth of kentucky that they did a year ago, we leinstead are hearing from the republican side of the aisle the problem with our economy is not unemployment. Its the fact that people who are unemployed are being given too much money. Right now we have a federal benefit package worth 600 a week. That was enacted in the cares act on march 26 that expires in three days. 600 a week federal supplement over the state payment. What republicans have suggested is to cut that 600 federal supplement to 200 and then they turn and say well, but we want to do is to compensate the worker with 70 percent of what they were hurting when they were laid off. Theres a real serious problem here that they are not disclosing to the american people. Back in marc
On the coronavirus aid package. Senators are likely to talk about that upon the floor. Now to live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our rock of safety, hear our prayers. Help us to live that the generations to come will know of your mighty acts. Today, give our lawmakers the hearts to seek, find, and follow your will. Lord, guide them in the path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. May they trust you in adversity and prosperity knowing that they will reap a productive harvest if they persevere. Lord, we trust you to lead us with your loving providence. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation u
Capitol rotunda with remains of Capitol Police officer, officer sicknick has arrived to light and honor through noon tomorrow, through noon on wednesday. Therell will be a congressional ceremony tomorrow, 10 15 eastern. Our coverage will start at 10 30. We also expect coverage tomorrow morning as well, they Capitol Rotunda at 7 45 over on cspan two and officer sicknick died of the injuries he sustained at the u. S. On january 6. His remains will lie in the rotunda until noon tomorrow. We will take you inside the rotunda, shortly. Wanted to show you the arrival of the party earlier this evening on the east front of the capitol. Here on cspan, we are looking to take you back inside the rotunda, for officer sicknick, the Capitol Police officer who will lie in the rotunda until noon tomorrow and a letter to the democratic caucus. Lost his life, and as the u. S. Capitol rotunda. You will see his tribute and internment at the national cemetery. Bringing honor to our constitution and democrac
Landmark cases. Cspans special history series produced in cooperation with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dram as behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. As behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 759, earnest miranda Petitioner Versus arizona. We hear arguments from number 18, roe against wade. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 Million People who helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans history series landmark cases. Tonight is number 10 in our 12part series and you will hear about the 1962 tennessee reapportionment case and it was one that earl warren called the most important of his tenure and remember this is the court that wrote brown versus the board of education and well learn
Is july 15. Norquist joining us to talk about tax day this year. Delay. Ual what do you think the pandemic has done to the anticipated revenue of taxes . Down, ites have come down a lot of actiq a lot of activity. 20 million jobs lost. It is starting to come back strong. June,e, we just finished 4. 8 million net new jobs. Both of those are historic records. We have not had that much job creation before. The economy is very strong. It was shut down in many parts. As it opens up, it is returning to the more robust economy we had in january, february of this year and the last couple of years. Nothing has changed. The lower taxes they gave us growth are still there. The deregulation, which as of a year ago was saving 220 billion costs in terms of excess because of changes in regulations. That is an old number. It is a higher number now. What they are struggling with his governors, mayors, and the federal government at points have shut down. Tough to travel. People arent allowed to go to ba