Good afternoon. Thank you for being here. Im very honored to be here with two leaders in the house, our Ranking Member on the ways and Means Committee, richard neil of massachusetts, who will discuss what we know of the republican tax proposal. And then well hear from congressman John Yarmouth of kentucky our Ranking Member on the budget committee. The relationship to these tax cuts and the opportunity costs in the budget is something that the American People should be aware of because they pay the price for tax cuts for the wealthy. This week, as you know, the House Republicans hope to run through a devastating, and in my view im moral budget to hand trillions to the wealthy and raising taxes on the middle class. Taxes will be raised on middle class families across america, especially by eliminating the state and local Tax Deduction claimed by almost 40 million familiar husband. In california alone, there are six million households that use the deduction with an average of more than 1
Issue of political points. This issue with iran is one of the most significant, if not the most significant Foreign Policy issue that we likely will deal with while were here in the senate. And so i think it is important while this is before us to spend as much time as possible talking about this issue, focusing on this issue, debating this issue, making sure that everyone understands what the consents of this iranian deal are. But let me just walk through, if i could, for a few moments and and and lay out why we are where we are today. First of all, four times i know the presiding officer is new here, brings a wealth of National Security experience in previous posts that he had with the state Department Prior to serving here. But what brought us here really was us acting almost in unanimous ways to put sanctions in place four times. This body four times since 2010, working with the house of representatives, put sanctions in place because we knew that iran was was doing things in the a
Justice holmes said the constitution is made for people with fundamentally different points of view. The constitution is a debate all citizens can participate in and cspan believes that with its great nonpartisan motto. My justice was the greatest justice of the 20th century. He reminds us public discussion is a political duty. Its not just a right we have of free speech. We have an obligation to educate ourselves about the best arguments on all sides of the constitutions. Thanks so much to susan for her vision in creating this series and to her phenomenal team. Tune in on october 5th. Thanks so much. [ applause ] number 759. Petitioner versus council. C. Madison is probably the most famous piece in court. It existed as laypeople here. Dead and harriet as laypeople here on land for slavery wasnt legally recognized. Odinga brown dissented to affect would take president ial orders. And the presence of federal troops and marshals and the courage of children. We wanted to pick cases that c
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You see right there. And as for the tenyear note yield, which has been below 2 barely, but there it is still maintaining those levels. Lets get to our road map this morning. Begins with dow chemical which is splitting off and selling one of its units. Jim is speaking to chairman and ceo Andrew Liveris in a first on cnbc interview. Very excited. Yes. Yahoo approves 2 billion Share Buyback program. Well you details on that. And guess how much googles new cfo, ruth porats, making in her first seven months on the job . Its a big number. Well give you details exactly how much in a minute. Lets get to the Broader Market here. The government reporting Fourth Quarter gdp expanded at a 2. 2 pace unchanged from last months estimate. Corporate profits fell in the period while Consumer Spending up 4. 4 . Date coming as Oil Prices Lower and stocks look to avoid a fifth consecutive day of losses jim. As we come to the end of the quarter, of course weve got, what, two more trading days next week the