statutory and constitutional interpretation. he seemed to suggest that north carolina supreme court still had some role to play in reviewing the actions of the state legislature, which was the surprise. moreover, the swing vote for this was always going to be amy coney barrett. the liberals do not agree with independence day legislative theory. obviously, and not justice roberts. he wants to give more power to judges, not take the power away. so amy coney barrett was always set out to be that fifth swing vote because she has no priors, like she has, unlike kevin, of she hasn t worked on this in the past. there is no cnn clip of her talking about this. she, as far as we, know isn t married to an insurrectionist. you know, plus one. and, again i m not a theologian here, but it s a jesus has a firm position on independence day legislative theory. t is sort of in play.
have a vote. let s get everybody on record. if i m mark kelly, a democrat who s potentially on the bubble, close race facing me in the future, i don t know that i m eager to get out there and expose my position and cast a ballot on something we all know isn t going to pass and for which i ll then be held accountable nonetheless. what do we know about whether there will be a vote in the senate on build back better? it sounds like they will. chuck schumer reiterated to his caucus tonight, i am told, that they do plan to have a vote on this larger bill sometime in the new year. now, the challenge here, michael, is that the bill has not even been finished being drafted yet. they are still finalizing the legislative language. they are still going through the senate parliamentarians vetting process. and all that could take up until sometime in the middle of january, maybe even longer. we ll see if it even happens quicker than that. but it s not going to happen right away. so, they need to
and those are decisions that would be made in future congresses, presumably with the senator joe manchin having the ability to vote yes or no. but these are some of the issues that they discussed. there s been a lot of talk, i m told, about the importance and the democrats view about extending the expanded child tax credit. that is a huge sticking point too. joe manchin does not want to continue that in its current form, this current proposal. wants to do it separately. and that is set to expire year s end. a lot is on the line policy-wise and politically and how it winds up from here to joe biden desk, if that s even possible, remains the big unanswered question, michael. chuck schumer has said let s have a vote. let s get everybody on record. if i m mark kelly, a democrat who s potentially on the bubble, close race facing me in the future, i don t know that i m eager to get out there and expose my position and cast a ballot on something we all know isn t going to pass and for whic
in state prison. on the record in the state of kansas versus vegas walker. we are here this morning for sentencing following a plea of guilty to one count of aggravated battery. both the prosecution and defense will make sentencing recommendations. walker s attorney, public defender eli o brien, argues for probation. mr. o brien? thank you, judge. ms. walker, as i ve detailed in the motion, is a young woman who unfortunately has had a lot go wrong for her. she s been bounced around in foster care, and at the time of this incident she was homeless. she was living on the streets and the broadway neighborhood will all know isn t very good. she was on the streets out of necessity. she didn t have a stable home life to go to. she got caught up with the wrong crowd and this confrontation resulted in her taking steps that she understands now were
anything from probation to up to 75 months or more than six years in state prison. on the record in the state of kansas versus vegas walker. we are here this morning for sentencing following a plea of guilty to one count of aggravated battery. both the prosecution and defense will make sentencing recommendations. walker s attorney, public defender eli o brien, argues for probation. mr. o brien? thank you, judge. ms. walker, as i ve detailed in the motion, is a young woman who unfortunately has had a lot go wrong for her. she s been bounced around in foster care, and at the time of this incident she was homeless. she was living on the streets and the broadway neighborhood will all know isn t very good. she was on the streets out of necessity. she didn t have a stable home life to go to. she got caught up with the wrong crowd and this confrontation resulted in her taking steps that she understands now were