Deaths in illinois. We then proceeded to hit or surpassed that marker twice on the days since. Sorry, todayday, is not a record. More illinoisans lost their lives since yesterdays update. To the loved ones of those individuals and all who we have lost in the fight against this virus, the entire state of illinois grieves with you. Covid19, to defeat at some point, we will have fewer cases to report and fewer lives lost. That will be good news. But, it does not change the fact that each and every life that we lose to this virus is an immense tragedy. May each and every one of their memories be a blessing. With that said, i want to start our conversation today with one of the numbers we watch closely and that is our doubling rate. That is the number of days it takes to double case counts, hospitalizations, or deaths. Why is that important . Well, because the higher that number is, the slower your growth. Which means the flatter your curve. At the beginning of this pandemic, our doubling r
Clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. Madam clerk, lets go to item 26. Clerk item 26, motion to concur and actions taken by the mayor in the 9th and 10th supplement to the proclamation on april 10, 2020 and april 14, 2020, to meet the ongoing local emergency related to the Novel Coronavirus covid19 pandemic. President yee thank you. Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin thank you, colleagues. First, i wanted to start with a House Keeping issue. It is my belief that in at least one, if not two, of the mayors declarations, it was accompanied by legal advice. We all received president yee supervisor peskin . I dont know if your video is on or not. I dont see you anywhere. Supervisor peskin hold on one second. Wait one second. Yeah, my video is on. President yee okay. My bad. Supervisor peskin okay. So as i was saying, my understanding is that in at least one, if not two instances, the mayor has received privileged legal adv
First actions of the committee is we are going to take over the roles and Means Committee to make this a rules committee but first let me say that i appreciate, wanted to say this from the beginning i appreciate the flexibility of our Ranking Member mr. Cole. Im incredibly proud of how we have worked together here in this congress. We have examined a lot of things in the committee and no matter how politically alike we are doing things in the constructive when and i look forward to working with you mr. Cole in a bipartisan effort that was announced today and we will examine how congress can better adapt to the emergencies of the coronavirus pandemic pandemic. I know we both care deeply about this institution in one way or another congress is going to have to adapt to whatever the future may bring. The cdc said this fall could be worse than what we are going to right now. And we need to be prepared and that may mean working remotely. Changes when we operate should be done whenever possi
First let me say that i appreciate, wanted to say this from the beginning i appreciate the flexibility of our Ranking Member mr. Cole. Im incredibly proud of how we have worked together here in this congress. We have examined a lot of things in the committee and no matter how politically alike we are doing things in the constructive when and i look forward to working with you mr. Cole in a bipartisan effort that was announced today and we will examine how congress can better adapt to the emergencies of the coronavirus pandemic pandemic. I know we both care deeply about this institution in one way or another congress is going to have to adapt to whatever the future may bring. The cdc said this fall could be worse than what we are going to right now. And we need to be prepared and that may mean working remotely. Changes when we operate should be done whenever possible in a bipartisan collaborative way and i know we can get there together but i really believe that maintaining the status q
Politico playbook. Im here with my colleague jake sherman who writes playbook with me. We are with dnc chairman tom perez. Thank you so much for joining us we will be talking about the response to the coronavirus, the shift to thank you so much for joining us. We are going to be talking about the response to coronavirus. And how democrats are facing the challenges related to voting in the primaries. Mr. Sherman these briefings are among events politico is hosting in the coming weeks with journalism across the newsroom. Ross the newsroom. We would love to answer your questions, so please tweet us questions using the askedpolitico, and we will try to get to them throughout the cover station. Anna lets get started. Chairman, thanks for joining us. We are all super focus on the coronavirus pandemic. We are coming, each of us, from our own respective homes. How do you grady federal response so far . Mr. Perez well, the response of this administration has been one of gross incompetence. It i