Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 71, the nays are 21. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell on monday, republicans introduced a 1 trillion proposal to give American Families more Coronavirus Relief. Most urgently, the republicans want to continue a federal supplement to state Unemployment Insurance which is set to expire, as we all know, tomorrow. If our democratic dleetions had acted colleagues had acted with the urgency struggling people deserve we could right now be finishing up a major bipartisan package for kids, jobs, and health care. If our democratic colleagues had acted with urgency, unemployed
Many situations people find themselves. The recession has laid bare the economic struggles of millions of American Families with almost no warning to the shutdown that claimed tens of millions of jobs and American Workers and families felt the ground fall from under them. The. The country was on the verge and so many have lost their livelihoods and exhausted their financial reserves. They are facing financial catastrophe. That growth hasnt been broadly shared starting in 2009 with 128 months of growth so many neighbors are facing financial catastrophe they do not fal falr r. E irreversible financial disaster. As businesses gradually reopen, many workers are coping with drastically reduced hours and lower paychecks that will not cover their bills. Even people fortunate enough to be returning to work will likely be struggling for some time to come the Child Tax Credit and earned income tax credit and it also supports workers with a more generous employer retention tax credit to maintain
The decision. And millions more people in the u. S. Lose their jobs but some stores are surviving without laying off staff. Chinas premier is about to outline the countrys plans for the next year after some of its most challenging months the corona Virus Outbreak that began in woohoo and forced it into a National Shutdown which was badly hit the economy and its still locked in a trade dispute with the United States well its just gone 9 am in the Chinese Capital beijing and this is the great hall of the people where the National Peoples congress is getting underway with more than 3000 delegates in his opening address premier league chang is expected to announce plans to tackle the economic fallout will katrina you joins us live now from beijing katrina this National Peoples congress was originally proposed because of the corona virus and how important is this years event given that beijing would want to show that its back to business as usual and claim victory over the pandemic. Well th
My colleagues the status of where we are in regards to the professions in the cares act that relate to Small Businesses. First i want to make it clear that our top priority for americas businesses, whether they be Small Businesses or large businesses, is to get this covid19 behind us, to stop the spread of this deadly disease, to give confidence back to the American People that its safe to pursue their economic desires and, therefore, to have businesses be able to go back to a situation where they have customers and they can be open for business. We have appropriated significant resources in order to make sure we do whats right financially to deal with this deadly disease. And we have provided the tools to to protect our economy. So let me talk a little bit about the attention to Small Business. Im pleased and proud to be the ranking democrat in the Small Business and entrepreneurship committee. I serve with senator rubio, who is the chairman of the committee. And we have worked togeth
Texas green lights more businesses to get back to work but some Health Care Workers worried about a spike in infections as hospitals in houston use virtual icus to monitor covid places. And across much of the country cases still rising. Newly released cell phone video showing this 25yearold unarmed black man out on a jog being chased by two white men in georgia, shot to death in the middle of the afternoon. The men not arrested. The d. A. Now sending the case to a grand jury. All action on hold while the courts are still in coronavirus lockdown. Race for a vaccine. The new hope this morning as one trial begins human testing. How promising are they . One of the lead investigators joins us live only on gma. Reopening disney. The first park set to unlock its gates since the pandemic began. The plans revealed to help protect visitors and what it means for resorts in the u. S. Malia and sasha obama, the former first daughters get candid. Im excited for her to be proud of what shes done. Ope