Of the majority, before we do something that cannot easily be undone and we have now done it before we discard the uniqueness of this great institution, let us use the current rules and precedents of the senate to end the abuse of the filibuster. Surely we owe that much to this great and unique institution. There was a conversation, which was a formal conversation, between the majority and the Republican Leaders just last january, and heres what the majority leader said. In addition to the standing order, which is what we had adopted, i will enforce existing rules to make the senate operate more efficiently. After reasonable notice, i will insist, he said, that any senator who objects to consent requests or threatens to filibuster come to the floor and exercise his or her rights himself or herself. This will apply to all objectionobjections and unanimot requests. Senators should be required to come to the floor and participate in the legislative process, to voice objections, engage in
Plus whats nations two biggest home financiers are doing now to make it easier for you to get a mortgage . First, though, lets check in with sue on the recordsetting day. It sure is. Its kind of a slow and steady march higher. The rally is moving on. As you mentioned, hitting 1900 for the first time ever. Here are the numbers you need to now. Dow jones industrial average up about 21 points. S p 500 is just below that 1900 mark, up about a tenth of a percent. Nasdaq composite is negative by almost a quarter of a , a look at the yield on the tenyear note. We will see that the yield last time i checked was. Theres the comparison. Well get you the yield in a couple minutes, 2. 614 . Thank goods in for the ticker. As you can see. Dominic chu is here with me. Kind of quiet lirks a slow and steady move. I just got done with a conversation, speaking with art cashin. He says its interesting to watch the action today, specifically in two parts of the market. One is the nasdaq composite. One is t
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Examine child nutrition programs and then a hearing on Nuclear Waste and then a trade between the United States and mexico. At a Senate Hearing on child nutrition witnesses talked about how school meals effect the health of children. Debby stabenow chairs the agriculture committee. This is an hour and a half. Well, good morning. The Committee Meeting will come to order. We are pleased you are here. I want to welcome everyone to the committees first hearing as we begin to reauthorize Childhood Nutrition Programs. These conversations couldnt come at a more critical time. 16 million children dont have enough to eat in this country. At the same time, Childhood Obesity rates have tripled over the past 30 years. Something is wrong with this picture. These are not just a threat to the health of americas young people they are a threat to the future of the National Security. For generations the u. S. Military has depended on the strength and courage of Young Americans to form the worlds most el
Have a chance in a fragile economy to create good paying, innovationoriented jobs. My take is that if a foreign enemy was doing the damage to the American Economy that some of these overly broad nsa practices are doing, our citizens would be up in arms. I mean people would be up in arms literally from coast to coast. You have highlighted page three of your testimony, the forrester study, i believe or the technology foundation, 35 billion lost to the Cloud Computing industry is just one part of the Technology Sector over three years. I talk about the balkanization of the internet. I think it would be very helpful if you would flesh that out. I would assume that what youre touching on is that when countries like europe and brazil and others are applying various restrictions and opportunities for access to our Digital Goods and services that this makes it hard for us to have that kind of seamless internet, but flesh out that concept, if you would of the balkanization of the internet becau