No deal has been reached on the next cove in 19 relief bill despite talks on capitol hill last week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says lawmakers will get 24 hours notice to return to vote if a deal is reached. You are watching coverage of the senate on cspan2. Dr. Barry bla, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who rules the raging of the sea, we seek your face in these turbulent times. Lord, help us to so live that the generations to come will know of your mighty acts. Today, give our lawmakers the hearts to seek, find, and follow your will so that their legacy will be exemplary. Guide them in the path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. May they trust your laws of sowing and reaping, knowing that they will receive a bountiful harvest if they persevere. Keep them from underestimating the power of your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
Weve lost american businesses, american wealth, and an unbearable number of american lives. A number that will inevitably increase as the number of infections continues to rise. The brutal economic effect of the pandemic has spared no corner of our country. Were living through the greatest economic crisis since the depression, and the greatest Health Crisis since the spanish flu in 1918. So it should not be hard to convince republicans in the white house to provide urgent and necessary relief to the American People. The 3. 4 million in the heroes act was based on the countrys needs which are so large and so diverse. Its not a political position. Its what our country needs, its schools, its businesses, its renters, its homeowners, its post offices, its elections, state and local governments, our health care system. Leader mcconnell doesnt seem to understand this. He sees everything through a political lens, but we democrats are looking at the real needs of people, and they are large. Th
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