Get broader sanctions. And thenians seernational community crimea as lost, at least for the short term. I do not think we could afford to see effective occupation twoee de facto operation in inces inive provoin Eastern Ukraine. Whatever can be done to find moscow accountable would be very important. My second question. In much broader question about the future of nato and the future of article five protections. I agree europe will certainly react if there is a movement of troops across the border. The idea is that they are protected under the mutual defense covenant in nato, but russia is perfecting a new form of warfare in which they dont march troops across the border, in which they very slowly but methodically contest areas, gain control of areas with a range of tactics from intimidation to bribery to provocations to little green men with no russian uniforms. So this is a longerterm challenge for us. But is article v still a sufficient protection for countries along russias border .
Mr. Thune under the previous order, the question is on the sorokin nomination. Mr. Thune ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 91, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the question is on the boulware nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . The yeas are 58, the nays are 35, and the nomination is confirmed. The presiding officer under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid on the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. U
And residents are running for cover. The u. S. Secretary of state is joining talks over Irans Nuclear program. John kerry is trying to assist negotiators from iran and six major countries reach a breakthrough deal. Kerry changed his schedule and flew to geneva after a visit to the middle east. Iranian negotiators are meeting with their counterparts from the u. S. , russia, china, britain, france, and germany. The negotiators from the six countries want iran to scale back its Uranium Enrichment Program to alleviate concerns over the countrys suspected development of nuclear weapons. In return, the u. S. And other countries say they might consider relaxing sanctions that crippled irans economy. U. S. President Barack Obama Says there is a possibility that relaxation of sanctions could be phased in. We can provide them some very modest relief, but keeping the sanctions keeping the core sanctions in place. The Iranian Foreign minister has also expressed hopes of clinching an agreement. I b
Also, with the subsidies, Union Workers are required to pay the taxes on the subsidies however, they are not eligible to receive them. It depends upon their income. We would like for you to try to tweak the language in the aca so that the workers in new jersey dont get hurt or it. That is a legitimate request. Believe me, i have tried to tweak a lot of things. Thank you so much. Good evening, congressman pascrell. I would be remiss not to say the comparison between slavery and gun access is offensive and should never be made. The degradation of human beings, one of the constituents in this audience said it, is offensive. I understand your point. My statement and question is, but i want do a lecture. I am a supporter of Marriage Equality, and we do not have that in new jersey. I want to know what can you do to make Marriage Equality a reality nationwide, because i think it is a marriage issue that should be considered on the federal level. Let me be straight with you from the very begin
Very fortunate that i got in position to collaborate with others in trying to realize some of those things. In is a question from twitter that i was also interested in. The question is, how does the fed evaluate costs and benefits of Equity Capital requirements . How do you get to that number compared to where basel was . We did an awful lot of work on capital ratios, both the levels that seemed prescribed or needed in order to reduce e chances of financial instability but also the cost of the economy. We did a lot of that in collaboration with other Basel Committee members in a quite substantial exercise but we actually did a bunch of that on our own. So we actually formulated, i think, quite a good an lytic framework on both sides of that question and that informed our positions on baseliii and on the surcharges. In both cases we were in favor of somewhat higher numbers and eventually came out and that was based in part on the analysis we have done. With respect to the leverage ratio