Democratic attempt to pass legislation related to coronavirus, Senate Republicans finally revealed their longoverdue proposal for the next phase of covid relief. In my many years inserting this chamber, serving in this chamber i have never seen republican majority, a Senate Majority of any type respond to a National Emergency and that such a disorganized and disoriented fashion. Weeks of infighting among Senate Republicans in the white house caused unnecessary and harmful delays. Instead of presenting a single unified bill, republicans released several separate drafts last night and there might be more today we had they cant agree on one bill. They cant get 81 votes for any. Thats comprehensive that deals with the problems, the very real problems the American People face and even before republicans announced their bills, senior republican senators admitted they lacked full support of republicans. 2 republican chairman have said that probably half of the Republican Senate will vote agai
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
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And Commerce Committees on the Coronavirus Relief bill. At a 30, more with representative a member of the Small Business committee. Host this is a wash we will get your reaction to the house voting to remove several statues of confederate historical figures from the u. S. Capitol around. Some republicans joining the democrats in passing this legislation. Heres how you can let us know your thoughts on yesterdays action. If you support removing the statues, call us at 2027488000 , if you oppose it, 2027488001 is the number to call. If you want to text us, you can do so at 2027488003. You can post on twitter or facebook. A breakdown of what occurred yesterday saying a bipartisan vote gave the buildings architect 2 million in four months to complete the job of removing the statues in question braden it past the house by a 305113 vote. Inmainly targets 12 statues century hall the memorialized confederate leaders. While the removal while the chief justices bust does not remove the historical
On this thursday, jobless are front and center jon jon . A News Conference center. Jon a News Conference over the weekend, lisa, i love this about the great depression. That after delivering record fees worldwide for the firm. Just try to reconcile those things for us. Lisa its a boom of fees in a time of incredible uncertainty coming on the heels of fiscal stimulus and the question is how do they pair these realities . We will have more on that decision at 7 45 a. M. , i am watching it even though guy johnson calls it a snooze. Hopefully the press conference will be less of a snooze. Tom, to your point, jobless claims and retail sales are already anxious history, but we can get a sense of how much momentum there was going into this resurgence of cases in the virus. We are also getting netflix earnings after the bell. Interesting to see if some of these high flyers improve. Me you would never catch characterizing and ecb News Conference that way, would you, tom . [laughter] tom never.