Live gaveltogavel of the house. Theyll gavel in next. Up the resolution on the appointment of managers of impeachment. Live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You helped promise god, you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, give strength and make us whole. On this day, the house and the senate draw our nations attention as the process of impeachment moves forward. Bless all members of congress with wisdom. Give them the courage to honor the constitution as they have promised to do so that all americans can proudly observe their government in action. Opinion and feelings will be on edge, may all members be filled by your holy spirit and engage each other with goodwill and respect. May all that is done this day and in the days to come, be for your gritter honor and glory. Amen.
Quorum call a senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from north carolina. Mr. Burr i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call and to initiate the presiding officer without objection. Mr. Burr and to initiate consideration of the 12 00 vote. Unanimous consent to start the 12 00 vote. Mr. Burr madam president , i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . Seeing none, the yeas are 68. The nays are 21. And the nomination is confirmed. A senator madam president. The presiding officer the senator from texas. Order in the chamber, please. The senate will be in order. The senate will be in order. Please take your conversations out of the chamber. The senator from texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the lydon nomination, calend
Be conducted as a 15minute vote. Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from michigan, mr. Bishop, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 4318 as amended on which the yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 4318. Bill to amend the harmonized tariff schedule of the United States, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yea
Weak ahead of the jobs number tomorrow. A handful of ugly misses, store cuts and outlooks, macys, kohls, l brands all moving low sgl er. And market slipping away from 20k. A day of record auto sales. And trio of news to get to on apple, the app store and a new 1 billion investment from that company. Were going to fill you in. But first up in about a half hour from now the Senate Armed Services committee will hold a hearing on Cyber Threats against the u. S. Sparked by allegations that russia engaged in hacking to influence the u. S. Election. Committee chairman john mccain favors creating a special committee to investigate russia while president elect trump has expressed obvious skepticism about the russia hacking probe. Journal today reports the president elect is working with top advisors to revamp the office of the director of National Intelligence which is this nations Top Spy Agency created after 9 11, guys, to sort of coordinate intelligence from various officials. Question is wh
Interchange in virginia. Its where route 15 meets i66 in haymarket. Derrick, what do drivers need to know at this point . Reporter well, take a look. Behold the diverging diamond interchange. This is an innovation is traffic patterns and traffic moving around. And what it does, it shifts vehicles from one side of the road to the other. The opposite side of the road without having a left turn or sharp turn like you would normally have. Now, there are two lights at either end of this infrastructure, this structure and that actually helps to move traffic through. Despite it being a light, they say youll spend less time than at a normal type of intersection. Now, v. D. O. T. Said this is going to be finished in the summer of 2017. They opened it this morning a few minutes ago. One lane will remain closed so they can put some signs up. Infrastructure on the side. A multiuse path on either side and some drainage issues. All should be done by 2017. The easier commute and getaround here with 1