The way the senate was designed was to give a lot of power to a little group of people. All that and what biden can do on his own to ensure we never have a year like 2020 again. All in starts right now. Joe biden won the presidency decisively, and he did it in a country that is nearly as polarized as it has ever been. Now basically the final vote. Bidens margin of victory over 7 million votes. 4. 5 points in the popular vote. A larger margin of victory than Barack Obamas win over mitt romney in 2012. Obama was the incumbent and its larger than george w. Bushs win over john kerry. An incumbent beating a challenger. Get that, that 51. 3 , its the highest vote share of any candidate challenging the incumbent since 1932. It is hard to beat incumbent. So hard that only four elected president s have lost. The country rejected donald trump. In the weeks since Election Night weve been on this roller coaster ride. The polls are off again. And then of course there was the long, drawn out countin
Years under this rule, under that philosophy. Unbelievable. It worked through wars, it worked through the 1918 flu pandemic. It worked through a tax on our nation, 9 11 and pearl harbor. Somehow, some way, great men and women came into this chamber and figured out a way to make this body work. Until two weeks ago when by sheer political force, the majority pulled out a pandoras box, the nuclear option. Now, i would ask, madam president , for my colleague from nebraska to offer her thoughts on this, and as a new member, i look forward to watching you as the senior senator from nebraska. Im not running again. What impact is this going to have . How do you implement the desires and wishes and dreams of nebraskans who elected you and sent you here under circumstances like this . And do you worry that whats going to happen is it wont just stop here, it will be Supreme Court appointments at some point, it will be legislative activity . Id love to hear those thoughts. Mrs. Fischer madam presi
Patch which would require socalled Dark Money Group to disclose donors who give 10,000 or more during an election cycle and live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. Senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our heavenly father, you are our mighty fortress. Continue to be for us, a bulwark that never fails. Lord, inspire our lawmakers to do your will. Direct them in their work, empower them to meet each challenge and shield them from discouragement. May they not depart from your purposes for their lives, in their thoughts, words, or deeds. Lord, give our senators the discipline to relinquish the sprifort of self the spirit of selfimportance for the spirit of selfsacrifice. Give them also the certainty that you are guiding their lives. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the Unit
Im dara brown. It was a violent Holiday Weekend in chicago with more than 60 people shot, seven of them now dead. At least one of the People Killed was a 16yearold. Police say he was armed, pointing his gun at officers, and wouldnt put his weapon down. Witnesses disagree saying the police went after the wrong person. They were running and no one stopped to pursue him. They just went in on this one kid. 16 years old. Birthday next week. More than one officer. More than one officer shot this boy. This kid. Of the seven deadly shootings over the weekend at least two of them were police involved. The Chicago Tribune has an updated map which shows where all the shootings have taken place in the city so far this year. Since january 1st, there have been more than 1,100 shooting victims. A line of severe storms passed through central iowa sunday night. The National Weather Service Received reports of tornadoes in at least three counties. This one was captured on tape by storm chaser near the t
Fight. To burn down what we should be building up. Senate republicans should stand united. I call them legislative arsonists. Burning down the house good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. This is a followup to friday nights program, when i talked about the moral compass of america. And this is right at the heart of what the Republican Party is doing. When it comes to threatening to shutown the government, when it comes to defunding obamacare, when it comes to going after poor people on food stamps. They have spent more time telling americans what they are against instead of purporting what they are actually for. And i think america is starting to wake up and realize how this republican plan to defund obamacare is morally bankrupt. The republicans are willing to shut down the government to deny 30 million Americans Health care . Obviously, the democrats are outraged and most americans are. They wasted no time, calling out republicans on their reckless behavior ove