N our panel. [applaus [applause]. A reminder if you missed any of this conference you can watch it online in the video library. Tonight on cspan2, we have been featuring booktv beginning at 8. Tonight, authors featured on after word will be with us. Tonight, beginning at 8 p. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Yesterday, marked 30 years of gavel to gavel senate floor coverage on cspan2. Our special program featured video from the senate floor going back to the first televised session. Here is a look the senate is trying to make the best use of the technology in the 21st century to remain true. It is difficult to forge compromise. Everybody has to give and that is not photogenic. This indeed is a humbling moment for me. I am honored to serve as majority leader. But i recognize the majority is slim. We have witnessed something that never happened before in senate history. The change of power during a session of congress. Watch that entire program looking back at Televised Senate saturday at 8 p.
Thats 300,000 babies that could be adopted into loving homes. Babies i can go on to become some of the greatest contributions to our society. These babies have given their shot at life could have gone on to lead our nation to a diseases enjoyed a long life, for too long the left has mass these practices and dismissed them as reproductive rights. However, there are more fundamental rights. Life, liberty, pursued happiness. It is not by accident the Founding Fathers prioritized life as the first right. Week, the nation experienced a historic moment when the pope addressed the joint session of congress. The pope said the golden rule also reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of development. Words and strengthen our resolve to continue the fight for the protection of human life. We will have more coverage of pope francis in philadelphia this evening. At 7 30 p. M. Eastern, he will attend the festival of families. Can see that event live here on cs
Its leader. Once again, oil holding near a 5 1 2year low. Theyre recovering today after yesterdays sliding. Theyre still trading for less than 62 a barrel. Meantime, the drop in oil prices killing bonds. Bonds issued by the staterun industry have now fallen to 55 cents on the dollar. The yield is up to almost 50 , brendan. In washington, the house is set to pass a spending bill today that would avert a Government Shutdown. Yes. Lawmakers also plan to approve a twoday stop gap bill that would give them until saturday to vote on the bill. Heres house speaker, john boehner. This a marv just job. I wish it was done last week, but it wasnt, and so here we are. Im proud of the work that theyve done, look forward to it passing with bipartisan majority in the house and in the coming days. John boehner tanned, rested and ready. Many democrats are not happy with one provision of the bill that would roll back rules aimed at protecting taxpayers against bank losses caused by derivative trades. Dem
Evoke on the larger spending bill. Here is john boehner. The appropriators did a marvelous job and i wish it had been done last week but it wasnt. Here we are and im proud of the work theyve done and look forward to passing a bipartisan majority in the house and senate. Democratic leaders agreed to rollback rules preventing banks from making risky derivative trades. Senator Elizabeth Warren and others call that a giveaway to wall street. According to a person with knowledge of the matter regulators have found that Deutsche Bank and barclays may have used our rhythms on the Trading Platform to manipulate the rates last month. Algorithms on the Trading Platform to manipulate the rates last month. According to the wall street journal, ebay may hire fire as much as 10 of its workforce. The job cuts may be part of a plan to make ebay and attractive takeover target. The nfl has implemented a tougher personal conduct policy. Owners are voting to take away some disciplinary power from commissi
Front door. Happy friday. This is Market Makers. Schatzker. I am i am scarlet fu. It is up to the senate in the Upper Chamber beginning debate on a 1. 1 trillion spending bill just hours after the house barely managed to pass it. It faced strong opposition from the left and right. Elizabeth warren and ted cruz have both threatened to block it. She is worried about a provision that rolls back part of the wall street reform bill and he was to block president obamas immigration plan. The senate has until saturday to avoid a Government Shutdown. Wholesale prices are falling. In november, Producer Price index was down 0. 2 , the strauch sharper than forecast. Economythe overall picks up steam. Oil cost is playing a big part. A data point the fed will be looking into when it meets next week. Pressure yet again this morning after the International Energy agency predicted demand will be weak and supply will be strong. The iaea is protecting what is a vicious circle or virtuous one, depending o