An hundred 70 primary schools have experienced a shooting on 1999. Since columbine in our question is, should there be compromise on it Gun Legislation. Owner, 202 gun 7488000. Ll others, 202 7488001 send us a tweet or join us on facebook. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. In a moment we will hear from Vice President pence weighing in on the debate over Gun Legislation. We want to begin with a piece from usa today florida students want to be a Tipping Point in the gun debate. Reads as host Vice President pence yesterday said this. We will get to the bottom of what happened here. , the justiceak department is working with agencies across the government to study the intersection of Mental Health and criminality. When trump meets with the nations governors in a few weeks, he will make the safety will makeety he the safety of our schools the top priority. [applause] mike pence as the president said, no child or teacher should be in danger in an american school. No. Should e
Please vote by a show of hands. All in favor of the secondary amendment substituted with the amendment. Votes. Ority, no we will record the notebooks. No votes. The amendment passes. [applause] will the clerk read the next amendment. 136 sponsored by Mary Kay Henry on page four, line 30. The proposed amendment is after the worst home Care Workforce words home Care Workforce. Raising wages, improving access to training and giving workers the opportunity to come together to make voices heard in response to a stronger system. You have the language before you, it has been read by the clerk, to we have seconds . Seconds. Ufficient are there any additional discussion required . Im trying to streamline this. We have seconds. Are we ready to vote . By division, all those in favor of this amendment, please raise your white card. I find a majority. Any wishing to vote against, i find none. Next, will you read the one. . Amendment 102 has been withdrawn. Amendment 64 sponsored by Chuck Paschal on
But when we see a 12yearold boy in cleveland get killed, standing still with a toy gun, offices are choosing this time and time again. To ignore the racist element and this is to live in a wonderland. The severald about dozen laws that are out there these days, to address police violence. Is there one piece of legislation you can point to out there that you think might make a significant difference moving forward . Guest president obama could signing executive order, or congress could put legislation forward. The national level, that could have a demonstrative impact, if we had a standard that highlighted the preservation of life. You think about places like baltimore, it was until recently, like the last few choke hold people. It was not against the rules. That is true in cities across the country, and that is ok. That is not ok. There is negative discipline, and that does not make sense. It is not a system designed to make officers accountable. It would be around a use of force stand
Max richmond. This amendment deals with the cost of living adjustment. One of the most anticipated events for seniors is the announcement by Social Security of the cost of living adjustment. For the last few years, they have been disappointed with the announcement. The purpose of a costofliving adjustment is for social ensure that Social Security benefits are not eroded by inflation. This is not happening. In 2010, it was zero. 2011, it was zero. This year, 2015, it is zero. Based on that Social Security trustees report, announced a couple years ago weeks ago, it will be between zero and 2 10 of a percent for 2016. The reason Social Security beneficiaries are sincere or little cola is because the formula for determining colas is flawed. It is based on the Consumer Price index for wage earners. It looks that inflation as it impacts the weight under. It does not put the proper weight on goods and services that seniors rely on. Therefore, you get a zero cola. Your minute has concluded. I
facebook. up with of the most successful startup in the country. spent time with mark zuckerberg on multiple occasions. they are successful to make $1 billion in the u.s. last year. instead of paying corporate taxes on, that it will get a refund of $429 million. it s interesting. facebook paid out a huge amount of bonuses to the corporate executives and that greatly reduced the tax liability. facebook because of the stock options tax break getting refund from the federal government. of more than $400 million this year. more to come in # future. facebook has more tax deductions to go. the group citizens for tax justice reported details. employees cashed in stock options. at that point, did a tax deduction for the company. even though it didn t cost them a nickel, the government treats it as wages. they get a deduction for it. the company couldn t use them at all once and it will use more in coming years. $3 billion in tax break altogether, just the thing the presiden