hours. what s the latest? democrats are now on pace to pass this bill, probably within the hour. this after a marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night, has gone all through the night into the afternoon, and after some last-minute drama, within their own caucus, democrats have resolved those issues, and now are pushing ahead to final passage. that drama caused by concerns initially raised by kyrsten sinema of arizona. the 15% corporate minimum tax. she was concerned it could impact some smaller companies. it s supposed to hit companies that have a billion dollars or more in income. but she had concerns about companies that were subsidiaries of those that were owned by private equity firms. she wanted to exempt those subsidiaries. she agreed to a republican amendment that targeted this, that narrowed this corporate minimum tax, exempted those subsidiaries. but democrats were revolting over this because of the way that republican amendment wou
inflation reduction act after a republican amendment in the vote-a-rama past with democrats like kristen sinema, voting in favor of it. this is making the legislative marathon even longer as republicans continue to try to make this process as painful as possible. democrats are painting the eventual expected passage of the bill as a major victory, hailing what is in it for the american people. vote after vote after vote we have done this with no sleep 11 hours straight. why? because we know this bill is finally going to do something about climate change. lift the ban on negotiating less expensive drugs under medicare. and then as the name of the bill says, bring inflation down by 305 billion dollars a deficit reduction. oil need 50 votes. we don t need 60 we don t need any republican votes to do something significant for working families in this country. unfortunately, for fairly well known reasons we have conservative democrats. we couldn t get the 50 votes that we need r
here s the big fat check joe biden got from china. elon musk spills his guts about the feds. they got the halloween scandal. everyone s talking about. plus, take a treat. o wh think back to when you were a kid. your parents catch you withhe your hands stuck in the cookie jar. your first instinct , blame your sister or play dumb. what cookie? mb despite the cookie crumbs littered across your lips, childrens will lie to survive, but deflection doesn t always go awationy with age. look at our president. a walking, talking cookie crumb. for each crumb there s a laptop, an email, a photo whistleblower, an llc. joe biden s been shoveling chines .e fortune cookies down his throat his whole career like a kidhis whol. he thinks the cookies are in his tummy and we won t find ummy andthem. where where s the money? i m joe smit sam jh, representig a bunch of malarkey. . biden so used to being protected that he thinks you need to find gold barse t in in his closet to
here is the big fat check joe biden got from china. elon musk spills his guts about the feds. the hollowing scandal everyone is talking about. plus, trick or treat! think back to when you were a kid. your parents catch you with their hands stuck in the cookie jar. your first instinct is to blame your sister or play dumb. what cookie? despite the cookie crumbs littered across your lips, children will live to survive. but deflection doesn t always go away with age. look at our president. a walking, talking cookie crumb. for each problem there is a laptop, and e-mail, whistleblower, llc. joe biden has been shoveling chinese cookie down his throat his whole career. like a kid, he thinks the cookies are in his tummy and we won t find them. where s the money? i am joking. it s a bunch of malarkey. biden is so used to being protected that he thinks you need to find gold bars in his closet to get in trouble. as long as they don t find cash in my windbreaker, i am fine. well
As our senators provide the currency of perseverance to protect and defend this land we love, strengthen them for the challenges and empower them for the vicissitudes. Remind them, as they strive to pay libertys recurring bill, that you will never leave or forsake them. Rouse yourself, o lord, and help them. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. Mrs. Blackburn mrs. The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mrs. Blackburn thank you, mr. President. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The senator from tennessee. Mrs. Blackburn thank you, mr. President. I have a motion at the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk the senator from tennessee, mrs. Blackburn mrs. Blackburn mr. President. , i ask that we waive the reading. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Blackburn thank you, mr. President. Right now, chinese owners control more than 194,000 acres of farm and forestry land valued at 1. 9 billion as of the last accounting, right here i