To covering congress. Today in the Senate Lawmakers will debate the nomination of eileen cannon to be u. S. District court judge for the Southern District of florida. Votes are expected at noon eastern. Now live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master, we honor you for your glory and strength. Your glory fills us with reverence and your strength inspires us with courage. Bless our lawmakers. Inspire them to find fulfillment in the splendor of holiness. Lord, remind them that you expect people of faith to illuminate the darkness of this world with exemplary actions that prompt people to glorify you. May our senators remember that their conduct, particularly during times of adversity, has longterm consequences. Lord, we praise you that you continue to rule our universe. We pray in your awesome name. Amen. The president pro tempore p
And Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, Hari Sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. The first round of frances president ial election is over. Exit poll projections and early returns indicate controversial nationalist Marine Le Pen will be one of the two candidates advancing to a runoff two weeks from today. The other will be centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron. It appears macron and le pen will each win about a quarter of the vote in a crowded 11candidate field. Incumbent Francois Hollande did not seek a second fiveyear term. Sreenivasan turnout was high by american standards. By early evening around 70 of eligible french voters had participated. Making his first run for office, macron is a former investment ban
Nays are 42. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk George Jarrod hayesle of maryland to be United States district judge. The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy i ask unanimous consent to yield back the time before the vote. The presiding officer without objection, all time is yielded back. The senate will tom company order. Come to order. The senate will come to order. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion works we hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of nancy l. Moritz of kansas to be United States circuit judge for the tenth circuit signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of nancy l. Moritz of kansas to be the United States circuit judge for the tenth circuit shall be brought to a close. On this vote the yeas and nays are man
As you mentioned, the loss last night in pennsylvania. Today theyre trying to get the message back on to the economy as the president is touring that boeing plant in st. Louis, missouri. The white house feels that the tax cuts is a winning message and that is why they will continue events like this throughout the year heading into the midterms as well. So this is one phase of it. The other, the huge Economic News as it relates to larry kudlow. Kudlow will be the next nec head, replacing gary cohn that resigned just last week. Kudlow is doing an interview that is ongoing in which he said he was first approached by President Trump on sunday and officially offered the position last night. Kudlow is no stranger to the president at all. These two have been friends as the president said yesterday for quite some time. In fact, kudlow was one of the earliest supporters of this president as he helped shape his economic message during the campaign and one of the handful that helped write his tax
By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostThe Missouri Chamber of Commerce is harsh in its assessment of this year's legislative session, calling it dysfunctional.State Chamber President Dan Mehan says the General Assembly did little this year, passing only 28 non-budget bills. And Mehan claims that when lawmakers did try to pass legislation, they too often attempted to hamper businesses with regulations."This may seem like it's odd, but this is the truth. There was a bill that would have mandated that employers must accept gold and/or silver as forms of payment for products or services rendered," Mehan tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post in a phone interview. "That won't work for God only knows how many reasons."Mehan says the legislature also attempted to revoke the long-held business right to make workplace decisions such as vaccination policies, employee benefits, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.Mehan charges that instead of tackling the tough is