Reaction to the Government Shutdown. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. Democrats 202 7488000. Worker we a federal want to hear from you as well at 202 7488003. Worker we want to hear from you as wellses on facebook. Thank you for being with us on what is likely to be a busy day determining whether or not the house and senate resolve differences or the Government Shutdown moves into the work week. Of the the front page Washington Post. Besides cast bitter blame over the shutdown impact impasse. The country is sick of shutdown games. From one budget crisis to another is getting tiresome. Americans barely flinch anymore at the dire warnings of what might happen to them should the federal behemoth run out of cash. It was not supposed to work this way writes the detroit news. Decisions about how to spend taxpayer dollars should not be made in a panic as the clock ticks down to a to Government Shutdown. The process of debating and putting in place of f
Would reopen the government through february the eighth. Host why 1 00 in the morning . Guest because it is the senate. In the senate, under the the way the rules are set up, if there is a filibuster, and you have to move to limit debate, the earliest the vote can occur is one hour after the senate , two days after the majority leader has called for the vote. You were watching the senate floor at about 2 00 a. M. On saturday morning, that is when Mitch Mcconnell filed the motion to set up the vote, normally you would have a situation where it would be one hour after the senate comes in, a normal time. It would be at 9 00 or 10 00 in the morning. Because of this Government Shutdown situation they are trying to make sure they have the vote to before federal workers are supposed to report to work and that is 1 00 a. M. At the white house, the president was supposed to be in florida. He is here for the weekend. He is scheduled to leave for switzerland on wednesday. That trip is now very mu
The presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 53, the nays are 45. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, randolph d. Moss of maryland to be United States district judge for the district of columbia. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the may nomination. A senator mr. President . Mr. Leahy i ask consent all time be yielded back. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection all time is yielded back. Mr. Leahy i withhold that request. I yield back my time on this side. The presiding officer the senator from georgia is recognized. Mr. Isakson on behalf of myself and is senator chambliss from georgia the presiding officer the chamber will come to order. Mr. Isakson we would like the senate to look favorably. We could appreciate y
It was for a moment. Ital ital italys Coalition Looks Like it will survive and the ecb standing pat with Interest Rates. Adp, because of the shutdown, the the only number were expected to get this week comes in under expectations. And george soros making a claim that the euro crisis is over but the European Union may not survive. And what is microsoft without bill gates . Some investors are pushing for gates to be removed from the board. And the three major ipos, brands that you know, well bring you the first trades as soon as they open. First up, futures moving lower on day two of the Government Shutdown, this on which data from adp shows private sector added 166,000 jobs last month, below expectations. The numbers taking on more significance as fridays release of the jobs numbers has been hindered by the showdown. The president hosts 19 ceos at the without today, center stage is jamie dimon and, jim, heres how the papers are playing the shutdown. Heres the journal, capitol digs in fo
Against all of the political changes were seeing today, first i want to show you the Market Action. Stoxx 600 is sitting roughly flat, but weve seen interesting trading session where the nikkei really surging to the up side again today. More on that in a bit. Take a look at whats happening across europe because after a couple of uglier days in the market, were seeing something of a comeback now led by technology, Retail Stocks are also in the green, food and beverages, autos among the sectors dragging on the indek. We can take a closer look at the bourses. Ibex is down. Ftse 100 sam thing, so well keep an eye on all these levels as the show progresses this morning. The bond space is where weve been focusing our attention with spain and greece on. Spain today seeing prices rise, yields coming down to 5. 78 . Italy seeing a bit of a rally, too. Selloff for britain and bund oigs boig benefitting. Quick look at information rek. 81. 02 is the left. Down another tenth of a percent. Eurodolla