For 45 years, 45 years that every Supreme Court vacancy under a republican president was going to bring about the apocalypse. John paul stevens, they said was antiwomen. David souter, they said, wanted to hurt vulnerable people. John roberts was out to get health insurance. And wouldnt you know, the president had barely finished saying judge Amy Coney Barrett before the same old attacks begin rolling in. Our 77yearold male for Vice President and our 69yearold male senatede democratic leader have tried to inform american women that this 48yearold working mama wants to roll back her own rights as as a woman, l back her own rights as a woman. Democrats have tried to fearmonger around a fouryearold academic paper tthat reinforced one unfair penalty in obamacare which congress by the way has already eliminated three years ago. As an aside, madam president , if the American People are interested in which senators are serious about protecting americans with existing conditions, they can s sim
The people in that audience youre probably looking at very, very closely. Theyre all wearing masks. What youre not seeing is the people who are going to be up on the stage, the moderator and the two candidates. They will not be. Now, its required here that they all make sure that they keep those masks on in the audience or they will be kicked out. I think jerry baker is back with us gerry baker is back with us. I i a apologize for my confusion. Erasing the memories and all the other stuff that happened entertaining that might have been that these guys are going to keep it to a minimum. Do you think they can, they will . Well, i think we certainly wont see anything like last week, i think we can probably guarantee that. But Kamala Harris is sharp, aggressive, i dont think she can help herself. Shell want to prosecute the case as shes done in the past, shell want to prosecute aggressively, and Vice President pence is not going to take it lying down. I think itll be a sharp, lively debate
The Supreme Court, and health care. With me throughout the night are bloomberg contributors rick davis, partner at Stone Court Capital and jeanie, professor of Political Science at iona college. The economy, both candidates have been in debates before. Vice president pence against tim kaine four years ago. And senator harris against all the other Democratic Candidates for president earlier this year. And this is what they have had to say about the economy in prior debates. In the wake of a season where American Families are struggling in this economy, under the weight of higher taxes and obamacare and the war on coal and the stifling avalanche of regulation coming out of this administration, Hillary Clinton and tim kaine want more of the same. And youre measuring this greatness of this economy of yours, and he talks about the stock market. Well, thats fine if you own stocks. So many families in america do not. David ric davis, what we just heard from Vice President pence in that last f
Congressional coverage here to you can watch that online at cspan. Org. We will take you live now to the senate for where lawmakers will see about extending federal spending past october 30. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, sovereign, source of wisdom, hear our prayers. Listen as we lift our hearts to you in our times of distress, answer us quickly. Strengthen our lawmakers. Keep them restless until they find rest in you. Keep them dissatisfied until they find their satisfaction in you. Lord, give them the wisdom to make wise choices that will glorify your name. Help them to keep their hearts and minds responsive to you, enabling them to help make a better nation and world. Remind them that you keep a protective eye on the godly so that they may be surrounded with the shield of your divine favor. May our senators, with faith, expect you to provide them with strength for each task. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of
Audience and we have taken extra precautions during the pandemic. Everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask and the candidates will be 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the debate and now when i introduced the candidates. Please welcome Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as the president and first lady undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid19. We send our thoughts to them for the rapid and complete recovery, and for the recovery of everyone afflicted by the virus. Commissionpaigns and have agreed to the ground rules for tonight. I am here to enforce them on behalf of the millions of americans who are watching. No one in either campaign or at the commission or anywhere else has been told in advance of the topics or the questions i will ask. Thi