And hours long session on the critical measure that could pave the way for President Bidens 1. 9 trillion relief package. Jillian Griff Jenkins has a breakdown, you always win. Reporter more exciting than watching the super bowl you can watch your senate hard at work on votearama. Theyve been at this since 2 30 p. M. Yesterday. It is a timehonored tradition where the Minority Party forces the Majority Party to endure endless amendments putting senators on the record. Any senator can offer an amendment to the Budget Measure and so far 850 have been filed and as we have seen overnight more than 30 reached a roll call voice vote on the floor. Unclear when the ends. We are told maybe in an hour or so. We will keep you posted. Some amendments pass, others fail. When it did pass, senators todd young, proposal to block Illegal Immigrants from getting stimulus checks. It was adopted but 42 lawmakers voted against it and some of the issues which range from tax increases on Small Businesses to t
Twitter and Facebook Ceos after social media moved to hide the biden story from the American Public and will they testify in the next two weeks and how will the gop insure a fail Fair Election and devon nunes where they see election interference and what they plan to do about it plus donald trump jr. Calling out the hypocrisy why hes recruiting an Election Army to guarantee a fair and safe election as more claims of fraud emerge also reports google is helping to flip the senate to democrat majority, senator Kelly Loeffler joining us on the race to defend her senate seat in georgia where trump and biden are running neck and neck. This all happening ahead of the final election faceoff thursday night with the final president ial debate, now 16 days away from election day. All that and a lot more as we look ahead right here right now on sunday morning futures. But first, Judge Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearings have concluded moving her one step closer to the high bench,
Discussion on this day two of hello and welcome. Thank you for joining us on day two of the 2020 national convention. You can find this event and the latest Convention News on our ehill. Com. Hub at th the presidency is not the only race up for grabs. Today, we look for the battle for control of congress. We have terrific guests joining us, but before we dive in i would like to thank the American Petroleum for their support of the event. The races have also been affected by the pandemic. What that could mean for republicans as they seek to control retain control of the senate and take back the house. Before we get underway, you can tweet us at the hill events thehill2020. Now, to kick things off, i am floriday a former congressman. Is a principal of communications and has been retained as an advisor by the miami mayor. A partner at rock strategy was the first person to serve in both the house and senate. In joining us is janel king, a rising star in the Republican Party and is currentl
Fromwould prevent it taking place on the scale. You believe the money ought to be in the budget for mailin voting. Maybe you can help us establish some clarity about the president was trying to say. Let me be clear. We have already passed the cares bill, which provides money for the post office. I have watched all the commissioners. There is plenty of money. The difference between mail ballots and absentees. This is a legitimate argument. What happens if you are changing because of covid in california, we have half the people voting absentee. You can sign up to be a permanent absentee. They have had problems because when you apply by absentee it means you are already registered. You are filling out an application. They know what they know it is going to you. L. A. County got sued when they had a million more people on the roles and they actually had. They had to clean up the records. If you change that to an all you sentot, everybody a ballot on the record. That is when you get a probl
By mail, theyoted sold handle 450 million, there is no question if everybody voted by mail, they would be fine with that. The real question isnt the Postal Service, it will go to the Elections Office or the people voting, are the ballots accurate. Of them getne third thrown out so i think the post office is getting caught up in the political debate and that is the last place the post office should be because there are no problems there. Dan i think one of the reasons that so many of our members are concerned is because just as this debate was beginning to get more visibility, the president said last week he thought additional money for the post office in the covid relief package should be withheld, because it would prevent mailin voting from taking place on the scale that many have called for. Now, you and a senator Mitch Mcconnell have made it clear that you both believe it should be in the budget, so help us some or establish clarity on what the president was trying to say. Rep. Mcca