Decision to extend federal funding past the december 11 deadline to avoid a Government Shutdown. Your watching live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Bay black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, who in your wisdom has so ordered our earthly lives that we must walk by faith and not by sight, increase our trust in your sovereign care. Remind our lawmakers that no problem is too difficult for you to solve. Lord, give our senators a faith th triumphs over despair, love that triumphs over hate, and courage that triumphs over faintheartedness. Empower them to be bold participants rather than timid spectators in meeting the daunting challenges of these times. We we pray in our powerful name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I edge allegiance to the fla of the United States of erica, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under
Have the ability to make appointments for. Or if you decide to run for Public Office. You know, when i decided to run for supervisor, i wanted to be a good supervisor for the people of the district i represent, where i grew up in. And so that entailed making sure i knew how to do policy and legislation and i understand how the process worked and the city worked. And the good news id been on commissions and other places. So i understood it. But i actually went back to school late in life, before i ran, to get my masters in public administration. And i ended up graduating from u. S. F. With honors, because i was committed to making sure that i was the best policymaker for the people that i represented. And im not suggesting that you do that. Its just that whatever role you want to play, you set your sights on that role and you make sure that youre prepared to take it on and all that it entails. And unfortunately in the world of politics, and in the world of public service, it also comes
Companies listed in new york. Tiktok remains a major stumbling block. Uber delivers, but not where we might have expected. Food shipments top ridehailing for the first time as the decade of unchecked growth hits the brakes. Haidi lets kick it off with a check of the markets. U. S. Stocks are surging, pushing higher as hopes of a stimulus to deal in congress will be imminent as President Trump says if nodeal is forthcoming, he could take action himself. The are seeing s p futures looking flat at the moment after the s p 500 pushed its fifth straight positive session overnight. Chicago nikkei futures also pretty flat at the moment ahead of the holidays kicking off next week so as you expect, we are seeing traders shifting their holdings and also assessing a flood of earnings. The aussie dollar holding that threeday again before the rba Quarterly Monetary Policy forecast. That report due out this hour. 72. 33. We heard from phil evans in the previous hour saying he sees putting clear road
Markets with the best three months in decades. The dow saw the best quarterly performance since 1987 the nasdaq had its best gain since 1999 and ended the quarter up 30 take a look at the small cap up 25 since april 1 the best gain since the First Quarter of 1991. Because the First Quarter really stunk up the place the dow coming off the worst first haflt year since the financial kri sis. The s p still down 4 on the year yesterday was something to watch. We had all three major averages which did close for the month of june in positive territory you are looking at s p 500 closing above 3,100 and watching the nasdaq close above 10,000. Seeing a slight pull back. S p futures down about 10 points and nasdaq off by 25 weve been keeping track of the treasury market. The 10year has been below 0. 7 . Now sitting at 0. 684 . Crude oil prices were a huge point of concern earlier in the year up 40. Well see what could help the senate has voted to extend the ppp Bailout Program to august 8 giving
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