There was also the Lilly Pulitzer collection during this quarter. Brian cornell, the ceo, has been focused on areas of the store where they see more demand they are raising the lower end of the earnings forecast for the year two for 50 to 465, that is the range they are looking for. They have presumed buybacks. A target ive hundred 62 million their own stock in the First Quarter in that their first back since 2013. Erik it looks like this is a margin story because target samestore sales came in line of 2. 3 and revenue is in line with estimates. The bottom line is much better than analysts thought it would be. Julie some of that might have to do with the trajectory of target, if you will. Remember they had the big data breach that lost a lot of customers. Not just because of that but because of the target actor was waiting to some extent. The company is trying to get that back and they are looking at the data breach and they may not have to be discounting as much to get shoppers throug
Year in the omnibus appropriations bill. So this is a phantom problem and theyre choosing a phantom problem over real victims. And it just is beyond belief. And i think deeply depressing. But there is an opportunity for our colleagues to rise above this this partisanship that they have displayed and to do the right people. The ten people who have been cosponsors of the legislation you would think they would be for advancing this legislation. All the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans and democrats alike, you would think since they already voted for this provision that they would do so again and leapt us consider it along with an open amendment process because in the end this isnt hurting us or other senators. This isnt just poisoning the well here in washington d. C. Making it harder and harder for us to get things done. This isnt just poisoning our reputation in the eyes of the people we represent around the country who look to washington and they see nothing but dy
Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be a sufficient second. And the clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer have all senators voted . Any senator wish to change their vote . If not the yeas are 89. The nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action and the senate will resume legislative session. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south carolina. Mr. Graham the senators amendment 323 is pending and senators should expect a vote in relation to that amendment at noon tomorrow with at least one additional roll call vote in which, to be stacked before lunch. I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate Resumes consideration of s. Con. Res. 11 tomorrow morning there be 38 hours of debate time remaining. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Graham
Agreed to. The question occurs on the sullivan amendment number 279. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say nay. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. The question occurs on the wicker amendment number 1126. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed nay. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. The question occurs on the flake amendment number 294. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed nay. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. The question occurs on the cassidy amendment number 308. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed nay. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. The question occurs on the portman amendment number 1128. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed nay. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. The question occurs on the brown amendment number 310. All those in favor say aye. Those oppose
Todays secretary, to the president , too i says congress and our lives less than 490,000 men and women in uniform. Absolutely appeared to plan with god now takes an active army of 450000. When they make sure you understand the question. In the absence of sequestration with sequestration requires, which you otherwise see a circumstance in which you recommend the 450,000 450,000 personnel to the secretary . Is there a scenario in which theyll look good for the safety and security of our country . Teaching staff of the army and the secretary have a plan that they have put forward where they can meet the National Security interest in the numbers bear. I have supported them in now. General odierno himself would tell you that greater risk than a 490 army. The question really becomes back to my testimony about the security environment. Where do we want to maintain the forward presence that we have . If the answer to that as we want to be less worried and more at home, we just incurred risk. A