Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 71, the nays are 21. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell on monday, republicans introduced a 1 trillion proposal to give American Families more Coronavirus Relief. Most urgently, the republicans want to continue a federal supplement to state Unemployment Insurance which is set to expire, as we all know, tomorrow. If our democratic dleetions had acted colleagues had acted with the urgency struggling people deserve we could right now be finishing up a major bipartisan package for kids, jobs, and health care. If our democratic colleagues had acted with urgency, unemployed
About her life and time in the white house. And now the person you all came to see. [ cheering ] Michelle Levan robinson obama. [ cheers and applause ] she is a lawyer, she is an author and she is the wife of the 44th president of the United States barack obama. [ applause ] throughout her initiatives as first lady, she has become a role model for women and for girls and an advocate for healthy families, Service Members and their families, Higher Education and international adolescent girls education. Her muchanticipated memoir, becoming, will be published in the u. S. And canada on november 13, 2018 by crown, a division of Penguin Randomhouse and it will be released simultaneously in 24 languages. Considered one of the most popular first ladies [ cheers and applause ] mrs. Obama invites readers into her world chronicling the experiences that have shaped her from her childhood on the south side of chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her
Concerns. And President Trump confirms washington will be slashing us from in germany he says hes acting because berlin has not been paying its fair share of naders budget. Im brian Thomas Critelli with us today north korea has blown up a joint lives own office near the border between the 2 countries the office seen here when it was 1st opened in 20 teen handles inter korean relations situated in the town of case song thats just north of the border the explosion comes as tensions between the 2 sides escalate escalate over a leaflet in campaign pyongyang has sharply condemned souls failure to stop activists from air dropping propaganda over the border into the north. Lets get up to date on this breaking news story with correspondent frank smyth in the souls in seoul south south Koreas Capital good day to you frank can you phils on on the latest on what sparked this incident. Well this was sparked by north korea again harshly criticizing the south korean government for its failure failur
The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , before congress adjourned for the holidays, our colleagues in the house of representatives carried out their sole priority for 2019, which was to impeach President Trump. That was their numberone objective in 2019. While its no secret this is something theyve been dreaming of since the day that President Trump was inaugurated on january 20 of 2017, it certainly took our colleagues in the house on a roller coaster ride and the country as well. Ive likened it really to not a roller coaster ride but to a threering circus. It does not reflect particularly well i think on their on their body or on the seriousness of the process. In marv last year, here in march of last year heres an important quote to remember speak pelosi cast a lot of doubt that an Impeachment Vote would even happen. This is march 2019. She said, impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless theres something so compelling and overwhelming and bi
Microphone. Ill speak louder, your honor. After the supplemental briefing it is clear that all parties this has jurisdiction and thats because the federal government is continuing enforcing the Affordable Care act until a Court Finally orders it not to do so. He legal harm from the courts below order and the participation of the states and house of representatives ensures that there will be an adversarial issues in this case. Turning to the other issues in this case, the central feature your standing interveneors states, are you conceding the plaintiff states . No were not. You are in new orleans in the fifth telling us that the state of texas doesnt have standing to legitimate here, explain that. What is the distinction that licenses you to have a standing here. The judgment below would cost the defendant states hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds. The state plaintiffs rely on a series of standing that they have not proved up. They argue that the individual mandate, even