That debate on the amendment to the montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer adopted at kigali on october 15, 2016, shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 64, the nays are 30. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the treaty. The clerk calendar number 2, treaty doc number 1171, amendment to the montreal protocol. Mr. Schumer mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Schumer i call up amendment 5503. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk senator from new york, mr. Schumer, proposes an amendment numbered 5503 to the resolution of ratification at the end add the following, section mr. Schumer i ask to dispense with the further reading of the amendment. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schume
In 1976. Jerry brown was actually the first governor elected in california after Ronald Reagan was the governor of california. But not long after he was elected back then, that young jerry brown all of 37 years old, when he was just over a year into what would be the first of his four terms as california governor, 40 years ago today on this date, may 18th, 1976, jerry brown won his first state in the Democratic Partys president ial primary, 40 years ago. In 1976 the democratic president ial primary was wild. You know how 17 republicans ran for the republican nomination for praesident this year . In 1976 it was 17 democrats who ran for the democratic nomination that year. 17 people in the democratic primary. Georgia governor jimmy carter ran the best campaign that year and he ended up winning the nomination, but it was not clear until the very end of that primary process that carter was going to end up being the nominee and the party was very unsettled about the prospect of him being th
Gladstone usurps Brisbane as much cheaper Inland Rail destination
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Australia’s $15 billion Inland Rail project from Melbourne would be more than $4 billion cheaper if it used Toowoomba as a hub for local freight rather than extending to Brisbane, a study shows.
International freight, however, would be transported by rail from Toowoomba, through the Surat Basin, then exported from Gladstone, not Brisbane, the study released in February by AEC Group consultants shows.
Gladstone is asserting its case to be considered the destination of Australia’s now $15 billion Inland Rail project.