Quorum call quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedgs under the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 864. The presidin officer question is on the motion. All those in for, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nonation the clerk nomination, the judiciary. J. Philip calabrese of ohio to be United States district judge for the Northern District of ohio. The presiding officer i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk clore motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordce with the provisions of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debat on the nomination of j. Philip calabrese ofhio to be United States district judge f the Northern Distr
Another wave of covert 19 cases. Nigerias president sent out a warning to protesters after another night of widespread unrest and violence during the push for his resignation. So that in just an hours time u. S. President donald trump will meet democratic nominee joe biden for the final debate ahead of the elections on november the 3rd organizers in nashville in tennessee have made changes to the format same did avoiding a repeat of trumps interruptions during the 1st debate lets cross to our White House Correspondent can we how can his outside weather debate will be taking place in nashville in tennessee and say kimberly there will be an audience of tens of millions it promises to be quite a show so we have trouble maybe a breakthrough and biden i guess just needs to keep it steady. Yeah thats exactly it trying to avoid any major mistakes is really the goal for joe biden in all of this and for Donald Trumps part what hes trying to do is provoke that so what we expect throughout the 90
The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. The presiding officer madam president , last week the Judiciary Committee held its hearing on judge Amy Coney Barretts nomination and it was easy to see why judge barrett is held in such high regard by her colleagues, students, and peers and why the American Bar Association gave her its highest rating of well qualified. We knew well before the hearing that judge barrett possesses an extraordinary intelligence and comprehensive command of the law. After three days of testimony americans got to see her qualifications for themselves. They saw why she has been described as a jurist, a formidable intellect, a brilliant and conscientious lawyer and staggering academic mind. Even the democratRanking Member on the committee couldnt hide the fact that she was impressed. Judge barrett understands the proper role of a judge in our system of government. As judge barrett made clear, she understands the job of a judge is to interpret the law, not
Brokered cease fire into going to care about a lasting peace continues to remain alsa reach. And find out what nasa has discovered on the sunlit surface of the men. And a welcome to the program the World Health Organization has warned that european governments need to accelerate their response to the coronavirus cases are rising sharply across the continent with dozens of countries reporting a record rise and infections among them spain which added more than 52000 new cases over the weekend but hopes of a vaccine are also growing in the u. K. With the British Government anticipating a mass rollout in the 1st half of next year leave baccarat small. Hospitals across europe are under mounting strain in spain emergency wards are overrun with coated 19 sufferers many of them elderly the countrys followed france and belgium sladen imposing nighttime curfews a response said Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to an extreme situation. Countries are tightening restrictions from says been reporting rec
The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conserv