Coney barrett. I rise in the midst of a pandemic, in the midst of an election process in which over 50 million americans have already voted, to speak with a simple call that we should wait, we should not be doing this as a body. Now, thats not a radical statement. Its a statement thats been said by pretty much every member on the democratic side. But its also a as i said statement thats made by many people in the Republican Party before we got to this juncture. It was said around the time that Merrick Garland was up for nomination by president barack obama, 269 days before an election, and people said that we were in an election season, that we should wait. But this is not a typical election season. This is an election that is going on where the people are coming out to speak on an array of issues. There is a profound urgency in the air, not a partisan urgency. America has seen record turnout because they know whats at stake in this election. There are issues that are driving people to
The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conserv
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A trillion Dollar Company again. There is your round number. Romaine real estate and consumer staples. Youre going to bet on that or on apple . Littleht, lets dive a deeper with our markets reporters. Abigail, what are you watching . Wacky you called it earlier. I would agree. This is slightly risk off. This is a quarterly chart. Yellow is gold, white treasury futures, and those are bonds, and then in purple, we are looking at emini futures, and the main diversions point when the fed lowered rates back on july 31, old shot higher, treasuries took off. That is pretty much in play. Old is higher. Treasuries higher, outperforming the nasdaq 100 gold is higher, treasuries higher, outperforming the nasdaq 100. The First Quarter of the year when you have divergence like that among risk assets, you really want to think about it, especially considering last september, saira, with the nasdaq with its first monthly down quarter ahead of all of that volatility. The went to continue with quarter,
Took this step to help keep the u. S. Economy strong in the face of some notable developments and to provide insurance against ongoing risks. The u. S. Economy has continued to perform well. We are into the 11th year of the economic expansion, and the baseline outlook remains favorable. The economy grew at a 2. 5 pace in the first half of the year. Household spending supported by a strong job market, rising incomes and solid Consumer Confidence has been the key driver of growth. In contrast, Business Investment and exports have weakened amid falling manufacturing output. The main reasons appear to be Slower Growth abroad and trade policy developments. Two sources of uncertainty we have been monitoring all year. Since the middle of last year, Global Growth outlook has weakened. Notably in europe and china. Additionally a number of geopolitical risks including brexit remain unresolved. Trade policy tensions have waxed and waned and elevated uncertainty is weighing on u. S. Investment and