Win streak. Data coming out as well. Ibm kicking off its investor day. Ceo ginny rometty. An exclusive interview. Net neutrality, the fcc taking up what has become a contentious issue. But waiting on important details for Internet Companies like google and netflix still to be determined. First up wall street digesting Economic Data ahead of the opening bell. Consumer prices down. 7. Strip out food and Energy Prices up. 2. Durables nice, above expectations, above 2. 8. Weekly jobless claims jumped to 313,000. Dow closed at record high. Nasdaq ended the tensession winning streak. Within a stones throw of 5,000. A level at which its closed only two times in history. Take it out today because theres a lot of good chatter in individual tech names. I would tell you we had a gauntlet this morning with the runthrough. When you get through a gauntlet nothing that is earth shaking, whether claims durables, inflation. Ive got nothing earth shaking. I dont feel its going to do anything other than
Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 58. The nays are 40. Threefifth of the senators duly chosen and sworn have not voted in the affirmative, and the motion is not agreed to. The majority leader. Mr. Reid i enter a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the reed of rhode island amendment. The presiding officer the motion is entered. Mr. Reid madam president , for the benefit of all members, were going to have another vote right now on the other cloture vote thats been scheduled. Then the republican leader has said that we can move forward on the baucus nomination at that time. The next two votes, i ask consent they be ten minutes in duration. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection, so ordered. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate move to bring to a close debate on s. 1845.
During that time also be equally divided. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reed thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , in a few hours, this chamber will have the opportunity to restore benefits for 1. 7 million american job seekers and help reduce the National Deficit by 1. 2 billion. I believe my colleagues understand that this is a fiscally responsible way to help job seekers who are still struggling in the aftermath of the great recession. Health both shrinking consumer demand and supporting the economy, which is why the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimate thad renewing Unemployment Insurance for one year will save 200,000 jobs. This is an imperative. We must do this. On behalf of the families who are struggling, on behalf of our economy that needs the support. This is something that must be done. Now the question is whether we can move this critical bill forward and send help to those who are struggling through no fault of their own. Everyone underst
Congress. The president saying that wasnt something i made up. I did not pluck it out of thin air. There is a reason for it. He went on to say was far more than his credibility at stake in responding to the chemical weapons attack. A lot going on on capitol hill today. Members getting a closeddoor reefing. Briefing. Members spoke to reporters before they went in. We have the Ranking Member and the chairman for starting with senator bob corker. We will see. Of the things we want to be sure of is that every member has the opportunity to feel like they can affect this outcome in a meaningful way, so i think we have a very good starting point. I have been on the phone until late last night and beginning early this morning. Again, hopefully, we will have a good day today. I do think there is a push for people to have enough time to digest a couple things. Number one, the nuance of the legislation. To hear i think today, a full accounting from the administration as to what they really will a
You can post your comments on usebook. Com cspan or email at journal cspan. Org. Path for obama to spend. This in the Washington Times. They say the legislation must be approved by the end of the month when the Treasury Department says it will run out of our wing room. It also says in the Washington Times this morning that business groups worried about the effects of bumping up against the bill urge congress to act. The New York Times this Morning House approves higher debt limit without conditions. A sharp setback for conservatives. We want to hear from conservatives only this morning. What do you think about the decision to bring a clean debt bill to the house floor . It also says that harry reid of nevada commended to the speaker and promised to pass the bill as soon as possible. We are happy to see the house legislating the way they shouldve legislated for a long time. Ted cruz said tuesday in a statement that he planned to object to any attempt to raise the debt ceiling with a min