We were sent here to govern. We ought to govern. Put politics in the closet. We got nine hours to do a job. We need to do it. If the majority leadership and the white house are going to continue to sit back and twitle their thumbs, lets bringpass them. Lets bypass them. Lets get a deal. We need to sit down and get a deal that works for the rest of this year. Thats til the end of september, not the 19th of january. That supports rural hospitals, that fixes daca. Now, i know that there are scores and scores of folks on the other side of the aisle that want to do this. Nobody should leave our desks in this body until this job is done. We are nearly four months into this fiscal year. At some point in time, the Appropriations Committee should be starting to work on the 1 19th fiscal year budget but were not because we cant get through 18. Nobody want as shutdown. Thats why we need to stay here and do our jobs. Mr. President , i yield the floor. Mr. Gardner madam president . The presiding of
Employees who did not wish to be a member. That is followed by the lead plaintiff in the case and his attorney offering their perspective. And the week ahead in washington with politico reporter heather cagle. People lined up outside the Supreme Court, hoping to hear a case that could affect labor unions. At issue, should a member be forced to pay costs if they do not want to . Cases two of landmark series kicks off tonight. The series take a takes a closer look at decisions in Supreme Court history. You can find out more about the series and tonights program when you visit our website. Case at the supreme rt deals with joining us to talk about the case is josh idol son. Is a labor reporter josh can you set up both sides of this case and what they represent . Guest the Supreme Court is considering whether to deal what could be a devastating blow to unions by making the Public Sector right to work, meaning it would be illegal to require people who are represented by a union to pay for c
A number of other issues that are related to the communitys Overall Health and the ability for the community to be resilient around this kind of disease is important to take into consideration. In part, there is a, i think a general lack of understanding around drug abuse in particular. I think one of the things that was asked earlier was related to, what would you do to address the Community Awareness . Part of that is helping people to understand the scientific basis of this disease. It is indeed a chronic disease and we need to begin to treat it in that manner and approach it from a scientific perspective. There are still number of people unfortunately believe people ought to just quit that, ought to stop this and they dont recognize the fact this is a disease that needs to be treated. We also have to make sure people have access to treatment which in our state as well as others over my time. I appreciate that. Im over my time. Chairman wants to move on. I appreciate your answer. I
Good morning, everyone, its wednesday, october 16th. At least there is some good news for boston. For boston. With us on set, not washington. National Affairs Analyst john heilman is with us. Hello, george. Hi. Add to that, we have donny deutsche, incorporated. Donny deutsche. And in washington, White House Correspondent for the associated press, julie pace and kelly odonnell. So now we raise the bar. Willie, in either circumstance, we would be talking about the historic effectiveness of the Detroit Tigers pitching because their pitching has been extraordinary, verlander, again we seen this three games strikeout after strikeout, that man the best pitcher in baseball without a doubt, unbelievable. Of course. One strike after another strikeout after another strikeout. Yet the tigers couldnt hit and the red sox carrying about a. 132 game average. I thought the red sox had one run on napolis home run. Thats all they needed. You can see it on verlanders face what do i have to do, exactly .
The Affordable Care act is here to stay, and so today i want to speak plainly, clearly, honestly about what it means for you and for the people you care about. Now lets start with the fact that even before the Affordable Care act fully takes effect, about 85 of americans already have Health Insurance either through their job or through medicare or through the individual market. So if youre one of these folks, its reasonable that you might worry whether Health Care Reform is going to create changes that are a problem for you especially when youre bombarded with all sort of fearmongering. So the first thing you need to know is this, if you already have health care you dont have to do anything. In fact, from the past few years since i signed the Affordable Care act, a lot of you have been enjoying new benefits and protections that you didnt have before even if you didnt know they were coming from obama care. Let me just give you a few examples, because of the Affordable Care act more than