Now on president obama desk. What made it dramatic . What made it dramatic, we knew it would probably pass but in the senate there are procedural hurdles requiring a 60vote threshold to move to final passage. Sometimes they can work out a deal where it just requires a majority vote but ted cruz, a republican in the senate, voiced against using that threshold, moving for 60 votes to move on the bill. That would require at least five republican senators to put their necks out on the line on a bill thats politically hurtful to them. So it was dramatic in a way that we didnt know how many and which senators on the republican side would vote to move forward with this bill. And what was most surprising to us was that minority leader Mitch Mcconnel who is in a reelection fight, facing a primary challenge, was one of those who voted to proceed with this bill. He, of course, is the leader of the republicans in the senate and john boehner, the House Speaker, earlier this week, did the same thing
We stole him from san jose at the tender age of i think 29 or 30 to come all the way to the National Association of environmental control. If i had half the energy of this guy, i would be president and Vice President. Hes an amazing guy. Very proud of the work that you do. Thank you for joining us today. Our second witness is from a bigger state than ours New Hampshire, and kelly ayotte cant with be us. Dr. Paul is it kirshen . Dr. Kirshen, Research Professor at the university of New Hampshire. What is your mascot there . Wildcats. Wildcats, yes. Weve had some rough football saturdays against the wildcats and the blue hens. Were all the happy to welcome you here. I understand your research focuses on engineering and management as well as Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment adaptation, planning. Its a mouth full but were happy you could join us. Thanks so much for coming. Lindene patton, my mother was a patton, chief climate product officer for Zurich International group. In this ro
Challenge to the new Source Performance Standards since the passage of the 1977 amendments. Therefore, the court was rprised that Neither Party raised during the discussion below the appropriate standard of law in that discussion. They did not even mention the fact of a new major legislative effort. So even with the best kind of counsel it can happen. Issues spotting is a challenging business. Yes. Even with counsel and without it reliance on a judge is often hazardous. Ive never been a judge but ive litigated for a number of years and ive always been astonished at how cases that ive tried may raise issues on appeal that i thought were nsignificant and sometimes decided by a ruling without an opinion but i think that the reason i propose a constitutional advocate be involved in every decision that she or he thought was significant was to give the court the benefit of that kind of additional insight and guidance and perspective. Im going to turn to my colleague, senator grassley, and th
At stake for republicans voting in favor of it. The bill is essentially a clean suspension of the debt ceiling for about 13 months. What they are basically voting is if you are someone who in a republican primary contest, there are already arguments being made that republicans essentially voted in favor of giving a blank check for more government borrowing for a little more than the next year. It is the kind of thing that wont play well in republican primaries. Something thes republicans generally didnt want to have to vote for. They ultimately voted against it on the final passage. Observers of the senate know very well that this is not the where the final vote is the one that is really important. The vote that matters is the one with the 60 vote threshold. Which was, in this case,emanded by senator ted cruz the relative newcomer from texas that really wanted that threshold. Among the pieces you are writing, the worlds greatest blog, back toody that vote, you said the Democratic Leade
Also noted for the second day in a row, this state now logged its highest single day death toll. On tuesday, that number 779. A blunt assessment. Its going to be a bad week for deaths. Reporter with overloaded hard hit communities bringing in refrigerated trailers and more help. In new york city, hundreds of National Guard members and more than 50 active duty mortuary military specialists are now assisting the medical examiners office. States and cities report a rising death toll, there is some hope. Projected deaths nationwide now expected to be close to 60,000 by august, down significantly thanks to social distancing. The message from officials, this is no time to let up. Were all looking to finally get out from under this, but its not that time yet. The progress confirms the strategys working. Reporter washington, dc, one of three cities now on the radar as potential hot spots according to the White House Task force coordinator, who also singled out baltimore and philadelphia. New c