Secretary of the United States Steve Mnuchin planning a meeting with nancy pelosi to discuss it which means maybe republicans can go along with this, cobble together something acceptable to both sides but just the talk of that, and some of the stimulus that would give the economy a boost, markets a boost has stocks raising ahead. Hillary vaughn following that, but the postdebate excitement. Both candidates are out on the stump. President trump will be in michigan. Former Vice President in ohio. Busy in a lot of states. Hillary in ohio with more. Reporter hi, neil. Biden has his busiest schedule on the campaign trail weve seen since really the primaries, way before the pandemic. He has seven stops today as he kicks off his train tour. Biden hopped aboard an amtrak train. He will hit seven different cities on one of his favorite modes of transportation the amtrak. It is a nostalgic moment for a man spent decades taking that very train from wilmington to washington. The familiar sound of
Bader ginsburg who died friday night. She died on the eve of the jewish new year, the first jewish woman on the Supreme Court and a very interesting thing about individuals who die right before the new year. They say they suggest very righteous people die at the very end of the year because they were needed until the very end. Under jewish tradition those who die on the new year holiday, a title given to the righteous and saintly. Certainly Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg was entitled to this honor, being righteous and saintly. At her confirmation hearing she talked about her immigrant experience was her father was a jewish immigrant, her mother was a secondgeneration american, she talked about American Values and then she said what has happened over me could only happen in america and then she spent her entire career protecting those values that make america a great nation it is in the reason people come here in order to reach their full potential. It guided her well in her public service
Husband irvings are here i was by her personal journey and undying faith in humanity. I also learned she and Justice Ginsburg when we moved to washington, it seems natural to organize the conversation between these two extraordinary women. Iat opportunity arose when had the privilege of attending a small private dinner. She had Justice Ginsburg with and i asked her if this if this group would be interested in a conversation. It became this threesome. It would not have been possible had Justice Ginsburg not reached out to doris. This evening is the result of the support of many extraordinary women who pull their resources together. , the three justices, of course, misses wilhelmina holiday. She has the only Museum Dedicated to a woman in the arts in the world. Judy woodruff, icon in journalism. Misses bennett, a force of nature in washington. My friend connie milstein. And many, many others. This evening, this conversation is truly historic and we have gathered three women from three s
I think after history at columbia university, and im coming to you from the study and my apartment officer at the university in new york city. It is where i write this is where i work. I do want to point out that the case behind me when i retire from columbia couple of year ago i had about 3,000 books in my office there. I gave the floor away to get back into my apartment here. Except for the books on that bookcase which are most of which are books written by my former about 200 of them. By graduate students undergraduates those are most valuable books to me things of my students have written in front of american history. So anyway, im here to talk about the second founding. My book about the 13, 14th, 15th amendments of the u. S. Constitution which were ratified during the period of reconstruction and immediately after the american civil war. The title of the book actually spleens the argument. The second founding. My argument is that these three amendments created a new constitution
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 93, the nays are 2. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the bill. The clerk calendar 552, h. R. 8337, making continuing openings pros for fiscal year 2021 and for other purposes. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i call up amendment 2663. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk the senator from kentucky, mr. Mcconnell, proposes an amendment numbered 2663. At the end, added following this act shall take effect one day after the date of enactment. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that the reading be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There appears to be. The yeas and nays are ordered. Mr. Mcconnell i have a seconddegree amendment at the desk.