To fight on for his temporary travel ban, and he now says we can expect more actions on Border Security to come. At what might be coming from the white house next week, the legal road ahead. And education secretary betsy devos blocked by protesters as she made her way or tried to. Why is the left unwilling to give up this fight . Melissa closing just shy of 100 points. Another record high. Stocks jump again when President Trump announced a big announcement on taxes is on the way. This is what we care about. This is what the market is focused on. You can see the spike after he made these remarks after about 1 30 eastern this afternoon. Weve had a tremendous number of announcements. Weve had ford and General Motors and many, many others. Intel yesterday made a major announcement, and they did that because of what is happening with our tax structure, which is going along very well, and well be having some very big news over the next short period of time. Melissa see . There you go. Blah,
Now. We have had three of them in iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina and one going on on in nevada. The election is well under way. So i believe the overwhelming view of the republican conference of the senate is that this nomination should not be filled, this vacancy should not be failed by this lame duck president. That was the view of joe biden when he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee in 1992. Chuck schumer who will be my counterpart next year had the view that you shouldnt fill a vacancy in the last 18 months going into a president ial Election Year and that was senator reids view as well in a different era. So i think this is where this will end up. I expect the president will make a nomination. Senator cornyn is on the Judiciary Committee and i would like him to address another aspect of this. Senator cornyn he was talking about his experience with Justice Scalia. He administered the oath of office to me on the texas Supreme Court. We have our own personal memories of
Forgive us when we boast about tomorrow, forgetting that our times are in your hands. Today, bless our lawmakers and their staff. Remind them that they belong to you and that you will order their steps. As they wrestle with complex issues, help them seek your wisdom and guidance. Empower them as stewards of your bounty to serve you and humanity, striving to be faithful in the vocation to which you have called them. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell the junior t junior senator from New Hampshire delivered a powerful address to our nation this weekend. She spoke about the need to tackle a heroin and prescription Opioid Epidemic thats majori
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