Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote the yeas are 79. The nays are 18. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked under the previous order amendment number 809 is withdrawn and the motion to concur on the house amendment to the Senate Amendment to h. R. 601 with a further amendment. Is there a sufficient second . The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 80, the nays are 17. The motion to concur in the house to the senate, the amendment is agreed to. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to calendar number 175. The presiding officer the
Eight different people. Well speak to someone who received an organ transplant from Jemima Layzell, whose parents say they are proud of her special legacy. And, on track to do the double can chris froome add the vuelta a espana title to his Tour De France victory earlier this year . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. At least 1a people have been killed and more than a Million People have been affected by the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma as it barrels through the caribbean. Millions of people are still under threat. The storm one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded was over haiti yesterday and caused widespread damage in the British Virgin islands overnight. Cuba is the next country in its path. Its due to hit the island later today. Irma is then expected to make landfall in the United States over the weekend. Jon donnison has the latest on the destruction across the region. Hurricane irma is proving to be relentless. The british territory of the turks C
Them to return home. Im live in bangladesh near the border with myanmar, where hundreds of thousands of refugees have come. Sir peter hall, one of the most influentialfigures in british theatre, has died at the age of 86. Tunnelling under the stones. A plan to ease Traffic Congestion around stonehenge is given the go ahead. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, well look ahead to tonights Champions League matches, including celtics task against the worlds most expensive player. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. For the first time, the government has lifted its pay cap for some for the first time in seven years, the government is partially lifting its pay cap for some Public Sector workers. Prison officers and police in england and wales will see increases over and above the 1 freeze which has been in force since 2013. Police will get a bonus on top of their salary award. Unions argue that a lifting of the cap for all Public Sector workers is long overdu
Have made their way here to escape the violence at home. Also this hour, tributes to a giant of british theatre. Sir peter hall, founder of the Royal Shakespeare company,has died at the age of 86. Give me actors, and a text, and i instinctively know what to do. And a stones throw away; a plan to ease Traffic Congestion around stonehenge is given the go ahead. For the first time in seven years, the government is partially lifting its pay crap. Prison officers in england and wales will receive a pay rise of 1. 7 this year, above the 1 freeze which has been in place for yea rs. Freeze which has been in place for years. Police will receive a 1 pay rise plus a 1 bonus for the years. But unions are demanding far more for all public second for workers given current levels of inpolice station which today hit 2. 9 . Well ta ke station which today hit 2. 9 . Well take about inflation later this hour but first this report from ian watson at the tuc conference in brighton. Police and prison office
Work, tuc researchers found that shamefully, those parents and carers, often women, requesting Flexible Working all too often found themselves punished instead with fewer hours, fewer opportunities to progress and some even losing their jobs. So, the next Labour Government will take action right across the board to will take action right across the boa rd to help will take action right across the board to help protect people in the work place. Although wed like to see another general election as soon as possible that delivers more labour gains than this timea labour delivers more labour gains than this time a Labour Government, in the meantime, well challenge the government in parliament and outside every step of the way to defend working people, stand by you, the trade unions battling for peoples rights day in and day out. Applause. Rights are won by all of us together. But they have to be co nsta ntly together. But they have to be constantly defended and enforced and thats why we are