In recess with votes on judicial nominations expected at 5 30 p. M. Eastern and starting on g. O. P. Tax reform bill tomorrow. Watching live coverage of the senate floor here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, god, thank you that we see you in the world around us be holding your works in the earth and sea and sky. Your everlasting mercies sustain us, enabling us to borrow our heartbeats from you each day. Today, be for our lawmakers and abiding and sustaining presence. May they live to serve and honor you bringing glory to your name. Make them patient in debate, charitable in judgment, and slow to anger. Lord, empower them to defend and maintain the right as they seek justice and freedom for all. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of ameri
30 minutes. Thank you. Madam president , i welcome you, senator from texas, after thanksgiving break, i have my parents, 94 and 89, with all children and grandchildren, and this and that. I would like to be thankful, blessed to have my mom and dad, happy about it. Now we are back. Precious little time to do it. Funding for the government expires this friday. 800,000 dreamers wait to hear they can live and work in the only country they have ever known. 9 million children reauthorizing the Health Insurance program and millions more waiting to restore funding for Community Health centers, the most costeffective and only healthcare lots of people can get. We need to funds costsharing programs that have pocket costs for low income americans because the administration refuses to do so. Texas, louisiana, puerto rico, the Us Virgin Islands are desperately in need of additional aid to recover from the natural disasters god brought on them and the debt ceiling must be raised again and in short o
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Profits rally. Wait until you see how much Money Companies are making. Check your 401 k , youre making money, too the dow closed way above 20,000. Whats our president up to today . Reportedly to cut the funding of United Nations and stop the flow of refugees. Later, planning strategy for obamacare and tax cuts with top republicans. Hes preparing for a meeting with britains Prime Minister theresa may, she says they could lead the world together, like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan . Oh, yes, to some of us, those were the days. Please, ladies and gentlemen, ignore the media, theyre eager to undermine this presidency, instead, look is the what is actually happening. America is getting richer and trump is doing what he said he would do, that would be President Trump. Varney company about to beg begin. Looks like we made it here is a little fact. A little known fact. Okay . Everybody in the world likes at least one Barry Manilow song, but nobody will admit it. [laughter] i set it up. L