President of the United States use them as a political bargaining chip to force congress to comply with his domestic agenda. The bottom line for me is that our troops deserve than that and thats the reason i support this bipartisan budget act of 2014. It increases it stops the cuts in defense. It increases the money going to our troops, and it prevents them from being used as a bargaining chip in the future because it sets the military budget for fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 so that that is decided they cant be used as leverage for some other agenda. I think that is the sort of stability and predictability they need and they deserve. And i think the great question, madam speaker, is if not this, then what . We know that this budget agreement at least comes close to meeting what the president has asked for on defense and comes close to the congressional budget within 5 billion. Thats not enough money to repair the damage that has been done over the past five years, but its in t
United states and sets a path to a responsible appropriations process this year and next. Since the beginning of this years appropriations process, democrats have called for relief fl damaging austerity budget level caps so congress can invest in our nations future. Unfortunately the majoritys budget resolution and appropriation bills would have strangled Economic Growth and not met our nations need with cuts to pell grants that help families Pay College Tuition and Law Enforcement grants, for example. The list goes on and on, from the start of the appropriations process, i urged my majority colleagues to negotiate reasonable spending caps that protect our economy and national priorities. Im pleased these talks finally happened and resulted in this bipartisan package that provides an additional 40 billion for defense, 40 billion for nondefense over two years. These investments are critical. Upon its passage, i look forward to working together in a similarly responsible manner to reach
Covering the corridor in iowa city, dora miller, cbs 2 news live at 5. Iowa State University police are right now investigating a student death near campus. Campus. According to the des moines register, the male students body was found late last night on Union Pacific railroad property. Investigators say no foul play is suspected. They are not releasing the students name until they notify his family. More people are using a dangerous drug right here in the corridor. Local experts say from 2000 to 2013, deaths from heroin overdose have increased twentyfold. Twentyfold. As cbs 2 News Reporter Mellaney Moore explains explainsmore than 200 people are gathering thursday at the university of iowa to discuss how to address it. Today we talked with two recovering addicts. They say its not hard to find heroin in eastern iowa if youre looking. Looking. Both of them say the path to addiction started at a young age. The drug separated them from their children and their education. Local experts say
We check in with kyla more on the fall forecast, cooling down, but nice crisp, fall weekend. I think it is a great week toned get the fall decorations out if you havent already. You feel it when you walk out today. Really the passage after cold front. Thats what happens behind t we get cooler temperatures, clear skies, and thats a nice, yes. Getting to the sunshine, too, it will be beautiful. Little rough ride last night, right . I live in a highrise. I watched all of the storms move n i am glad that they are moving out. So lets talk about your weekend weather, much nicer, cooler, fall feeling, yes, feel that. But sunny, lovely, little overnight fog tonight. It will be warmer on your sunday, live look at the neighborhood network, shows we are in the low 50s, if youre in media, oaks, and notice, there is a little wind there, little creek, about 11mile per hour, live look at center city shows you were at 56 in philadelphia, wind starting to ramp down out of the north, still 12 Miles Per
Reporter repair work is already beginning, but lets set the scene, this is old city and this is chestnut and front street, and as we pan back over here, this is the elevated extension built in the 1980s and takes you to penns landing and Market Street and columbus boulevard and you can see its closed. This is why the elevated road is closed. One of the massive support beams is deteriorating. It caused imbedded steel to expanding damage the concrete, it had been flagged last spring by penndot for repair and work was to begin next month. But a civilal spotted the crack and called police and they decided to close the road and moved up the repair work, they made a temporary support system to allow the road to reopen for traffic possibly as early as this weekend. They hope to have the road open for vehicles by the end of the sunday night here, the permanent fix they are beginning to work on now and will continue to work on for the next several weeks hopefully that will be completed in the n