Talk about the swamp. All the folks out there that voted in this election do not have a swamp in washington, d. C. , are watching this happen right in front of their eyes tonight. We have a bunch of amendments that were dropped in by lobbyists here last night. We havent seen except we got a list from them, and we have got ill legible amendments now at the desk that the american even if we could read them, we wouldnt be able to. It just doesnt make any sense. I tell you Something Else that doesnt make any sense. It doesnt make any sense that in our economy, 90 of our folks, the bottom 90 earn the same amount of income as the top 10 . The top 10 earn 50 of the income in this country. The bottom 90 earn the other 50 . And you can see the directions that these lines have headed over a number of years. Thats the issue that we confront in our economy. Thats what we all should be working on in a bipartisan way to try to address. Unfortunately, instead of improving the circumstances for people
Friday night and you hand out the work product for all the members of the senate to take a look at before they vote on changes in the tax code that will affect the people they represent. This is what happens. 479 pages were handed to us. They tell us some of this has been around for a while. Some of its new. They dont tell us which part is new and which part is old. But, lucky for us, on k street, and there is nothing wrong with lobbyists, but on k street where the federal lobbyists live, they are following this really closely and they have given us basically a cheat sheet. A score card. So we can figure out at least generally speaking how many changes have been made in the 479 pages since the last time we aw this proposed bill. Now, i defy any member of the senate to stand here and take an oath that they have read this and understand what in the world it means to businesses and families and individuals. If they want to take that oath, and maybe some will, then i refer them to, ladies
Tonight and get you home in time to watch the last word of the evening. [applause] its very important that we end on time to talk about the new book playing with fire theyve had several interesting careers back in the late 1970s and the wrongful death and Police Brutality and the plaintiffs lawyer made into a movie and they told me its actually going to be reissued soon. So if you dont have a copy. Then they got into politics for a time working for senator Daniel Patrick moynihan and as the staff director of the Environmental Public Works Committee and later the finance committee. After that he found his way into tv. Along the way they did some acting on some shows. I mentioned that they won an emmy for his work on the west wing. That is the last thing that he won until this week when he made it into the hall of fame. [applause] luther king and the Democratic Convention in chicago and the nomination fights in both party all against the vietnam war and civil rights movement. Its a water
That artic air is blasting much of the country. So far the severe cold is being blamed for nine deaths in the us. Even the south hasnt been spared with some states dealing with freez ing conditions. Lets get right to sue palka with how its affecting our region. Were going to be dealing with this a little bit longer and the next batch of artic air that a comes in it looks like its going to be colder. Look at all these purples and dark blues. Its 17 in apple ril oh, it is 39 in new orleans, even tampa. As we get in closer to our area were also not he scaimg it. The lack of wind has meant that temperatures locally have gotten really cold, d. C. Is down to 20. Did he striet is one, cincinnati 14 and boston 17. A closer look at our temperatures and weve dropped to four degrees in manassas, seven in culpeper and 14 for qu prepare for a very cold start our wednesday morning and then maybe an interesting finish. I have to tell you that while we expect a sunny and very cold start tomorrow morni
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