The vote 11 40 eastern, a final vote around 1 30 this afternoon. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The chaplain lord god, in these difficult and challenging times, remind us that the earth belongs to you, and you have not abandoned it unite us with the understanding that you are our father, and we are all members of the human family. We pray for all who have been impacted by the pain of this us to crisis season. Use our senators to make the weak strong, the sick healthy, and the broken whole. Lord, surround those who have been shaken by anguish with your divine presence and peace. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , jun
Archives. Visit booktv. Org for a complete schedule. And we now kick off with Professor William darity and Kirsten Mullin with their thoughts on reparations for africanamericans. Good afternoon, im director of the hutchens center on fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. We gather here this afternoon virtually because of the covid plague to talk about reparations for africanamericans for the descendants of slaves. We planned this event before covid19 and, of course, william darity and Kirstin Mullen wrote the book long before covid19. Its worth noting that the coronavirus seems to be afflicting blacks much more than whites. Theres a piece in the journal of the American Medical Association which points out that more than half the covid19 cases in chicago and nearly 70 of the deaths involve black individuals although blacks make up only 30 of the population. Theres a story on the front page of the Washington Post today about contrasting the intensive care unit in afflue
On march 5, i held a press conference informing marylanders that we had confirmed the first three positive cases of coronavirus in maryland. All stateo mobilize resources, i immediately declared a state of emergency. Since then, we have taken a series of bold, aggressive actions to successfully flatten the curve and avoid the nightmare scenario projected by Public Health experts. 34,000oday, we have had 34,008 hundred 12 confirmed cases of covid19 in maryland. 6404 have been hospitalized in the state. Tragically, 1694 marylanders have died from this disease. But together, our actions and sacrifices prevented hundreds of thousands of marylanders from being infected and saved the lives of thousands of our friends, neighbors, and family members. Causedobal pandemic has and is continuing to cause great , nothip for so many people just here in the state, but all across america and around the globe. For the victims and the families thehose who contracted deadly virus, for the Frontline Healt
This bill extends that period to 24 weeks to allow. People to get their businesses back up and running indiana representative larry bush on supports the bill. Which also lets borrowers spend only 60 of the money on payroll down from the original 75 so i think its very important. We do this its based on feedback ever since the Paycheck Protection Program was created back in march is part of the cares act most lawmakers agree changes were needed there have been some shortcomings some unintended consequences ohio representative steve shadid was among those in favor of the changes passed today, this promotes greater flexibility for small businesses. To decide when its best to start spending their ppp loan but before Business Owners get that flexibility, the bill has to pass the senate which is working on its own version of similar legislation and its not clear when either measure will move forward, reporting in washington, im trevor shirley. Another 2. 1 million americans filed for unemplo
Indefinitely, but we do have a road map laid out to reopening the city thanks for being with us tonight at 8 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis it could be another month and a half before Indoor Dining and hair salons can reopen. Mayor breed says the city hopes to allow certain businesses and activities. To resume over the coming weeks with modifications said tonight there are new stricter requirements about when you have to wear a Face Covering when youre outside your home kron fours dan kerman reports every single day im fighting to give you more at a News Conference thursday, San Francisco mayor london breed laid out San Franciscos roadmap to reopening we want to continue to make sure. Were getting you for what we know is to come. The mayor announced by june first the city could expand the first part of phase 2 allowing additional childcare Botanical Gardens outdoor museums and historical sites by june 15th schieffer see shoppers being allowed inside Retail Stores