I move the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Blunt mr. President , were looking at an outline for tax reform that helps working families in ways that those families havent seen for almost a decade now, a decade of buying power that didnt go up, and obligations that did, a decade with more government requirements and less takehome pay. Were going to be here for the next few weeks talking about what to do to reverse that situation so that the opportunities for those families is reversed and that eventually weve also reversed our competitiveness so that were creating better jobs. There are two ways to get more takehome pay, and one is the government to take less out of it. Im for that. The other one is to do things in the tax code to make us more competitive so there are better jobs with better pay to start with. If you combine those two things better jobs and better pay and the government taking less out of that higher e in a way that drives toward a
Stocks and a retreat from record highs in the premarket. Amex, nike, and apple are all leading the dow lower. Plus, a big change at the top of American Express. Ken shenalt is stepping down after 17 years at the helm and 30 years later, lessons for black monday for todays stock market as stocks continue to break new ground we are set to open lower after wednesdays rally, in which the dow closed above 23k for the first time in the meantime, two dow components out with Quarterly Results this morning verizon posted revenues above consensus, helped by some Strong Performance in smartphones travelers, better than expected results, although it did suffer 700 million in catastrophic losses related to the hurricanes, harvey and irma. This nike downgrade, guys, is going to take some wind out of the sails, too you know, its funny. I question the value add of the downgrade. Which is, by the way, goldman. And the reason i question the value added, theyve got a big Analyst Meeting come up. Its all
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change his or her vote . If not, the yeas are 51. The nays are 49. The concurrent resolution as amended is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell tonight we completed the first step toward replacing our broken tax code by passing a comprehensive fiscally responsible budget that will help put the federal government on a path to balance. The budget also gives us the tools we need to strengthen our economy after years of stagnation under the previous administration. We have a onceinalifetime opportunity to replace a failing tax code that holds americans back with one that actually works for them. To middleclass families across america, we have a very simple message we want to take more money out of washingtons pockets and put more in yours. Now with this budget, were on a path to delivering muchneeded relief to american individuals and fa
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After devastating floods. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by collette. Celebrating 100 years of travel, together. Babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. More information on babbel. Com. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a president at war with members of his own party. Washington watched today as the republican rift became ever more public. One u. S. Senator announced he will retire, in a blistering broadside aimed at President Trump. Another traded insults with the chief executive. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Reporter the focus was supposed to be President Trumps trip to the