Democratic representative Suzanne Bonamici, who has coronavirus cases in her state discusses the outbreak. Discusses response to the outbreak. Host good morning. This is the washington journal for march 4. Joe biden enjoyed victory in nine states yesterday. Bernie sanders emerged with victories in 4 states, including the delegate rich state in california. Congress. Tinuing in Vice President pence will speak on capitol hill today about the response and the Coronavirus Task force holds a briefing this afternoon. You can give your impressions on the conclusion of super tuesday or the federal response to u. S. Coronavirus. You can do so at 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. And independents, 2027488002. Ou can text us at 2027488003. Weet us at cspanwj and our Facebook Page, you can post in at facebook. Com cspan. There is a lot of information coming in after the results of super tuesday and here to help us throughout the three hours this morning is john mcardle. Start in
Vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by fiveminute votes on adoption of the conference report if ordered, and suspending the rules and passing h. R. 4323. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 191. The nays are 236. The motion is not adopted. The question is on adoption of the conference report. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The gentleman from massachusetts. Mr. Neal i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electron
Shopping around and ended the day with a little bit of strength. The nasdaq in particular is bouncing back. It had fallen for eight straight sessions, the longest losing streak for the index since 2008. Now it is rising the most of the three major averages. See most of the sectors are in the green with the exception of utilities. Utilities were up yesterday. We have health care leading. Energy is also trading higher. Strength and some of the groups that have been beaten up over the past several days. Technology has been one of those. Big cap tech is coming back. Apple is rising. Analysts saying its recent weakness was not perhaps warranted or at the least it is a good longterm buy. Facebook and microsoft are also coming back in the session. Betty biotech got hammered. Coming back a little bit. Julie biotech and health care. The nasdaq biotech index is up 2. 5 today. Health Insurance Company anthem coming out with earnings that leave it room to meet analyst estimates. There has been con
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Fed chair Jerome Powell insist the inflation crippling the US economy is actually too much of a good thing, saying it?s
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Fed chair Jerome Powell insist the inflation crippling the US economy is actually too much of a good thing, saying it?s