Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 52, the nays are 42. , and the nomination is confirmed. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of sharon y. Bowen of new york to be a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 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 sharon y. Bowen of new york to be commissioner of the futures commodity Trading Commission shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to c
Diners in around the world. Security officials across china are on high alert ahead of a key communist Party Meeting in beijing after a series of explosions in chung see province. Starting thursday theyre ordering bus drivers to check identification of passengers when they sell tickets for beijing. The officers will also have to examine carryon pag gaj more carefully. Translator starting today youre required to show your i. D. To go to beijing. Ruling communist party is holding a meeting in the city on saturday to discuss economic policies and other issues. People from all over china are expected to come to the capital during the meeting to complain to the Central Government about corrupt local Government Officials. The security clampdown comes after explosions on wednesday near a communist Party Building in taiyuan shanxi province. The explosives were packed with nails and ball bear rings. Reports say this indicates the explosions were a premeditated crime by someone with a grudge aga
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Changed the subject to talk about younger workers or home prices. What will you do to address our concerns and will you commit today to attend a town hall meeting of retired seniors later this year to hear from folks i can ask it any better. Well, that was very well expressed. And, of course, they are very valid concerns, and i would like to see retirees that are more on their safe investments. I believe that if we get the economy back on track after all, interest comes from returns on investments, even in the bank, the bank tends to pay more for deposits and pay higher interest when its investments are faring better. And and a stronger economy that will be more possible. So i would very much like to see Interest Rates go up. He did note however that he has a daughter who lost her job, and i think its also important to remember that an individual who is retiring also has children and grandchildren, lost a job. Were trying to make it possible for his daughter to reach eight employment t
A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. As part of his plea deal he agreed to cooperate with muellers investigation, and then theres dutch lawyer Alex Van Der Zwaan Who pled guilty to lying to investigators about his discussions with gates. He served 30 days in prison and was deported to the netherlands in june. Richard pinedo pled guilty to Election Fraud running a business selling dummy Bank Accounts to shadowy buyers including russians to sew discord in american politics. His lawyer said he didnt know the identity of his customers. He cooperated with muellers investigation as well. Fired Trump National security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations with former Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and hes been cooperating with the special counsel investigation. His Sentencing Hearing was delayed for the fourth time today. Former Trump Campaign adviser George Papadopoulos pled guilty to making a false statemen