Decision to extend federal funding past the december 11 deadline to avoid a Government Shutdown. Your watching live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Bay black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, who in your wisdom has so ordered our earthly lives that we must walk by faith and not by sight, increase our trust in your sovereign care. Remind our lawmakers that no problem is too difficult for you to solve. Lord, give our senators a faith th triumphs over despair, love that triumphs over hate, and courage that triumphs over faintheartedness. Empower them to be bold participants rather than timid spectators in meeting the daunting challenges of these times. We we pray in our powerful name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I edge allegiance to the fla of the United States of erica, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under
Quorum call quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedgs under the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 864. The presidin officer question is on the motion. All those in for, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nonation the clerk nomination, the judiciary. J. Philip calabrese of ohio to be United States district judge for the Northern District of ohio. The presiding officer i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk clore motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordce with the provisions of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debat on the nomination of j. Philip calabrese ofhio to be United States district judge f the Northern Distr
Veterans day as we thank those who served us in the past and continue to serve us today im becky quick along with joe kernen along with Andrew Ross Sorkin things are in the green once again. Looks like the dow is indicated up by about 181 points and if we were to open at these levels and hold it through the session, you would be looking at the dow closing at a record high it has been up six out of the last seven sessions. Up another 626 points yesterday. Dow futures are up, s p futures up by about 26 and then the nasdaq, which has been the weaker part over the last several sessions, down more 1 , actually indicated higher today as well. Up by about 130. The bond market today the is closed in ob sservance of veters day. Well talk with David Petraeus later this morning andrew thanks. And an important day in the United States of course. But there is also a holiday going on in china, very different kind of holiday, made up of a shopping a made up shopping holiday i should say called single
Appear remotely. Senator Kamala Harris, you see there, the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, who has been in close contact with the president while he has been sick and he is Walking Around talking to a number of the senators and guests gathered there. A quick timeline of how we expect this to go today. We will hear Opening Statements from members of the committee and judge barrett. The questioning begins tomorrow. We expect that to be quite heated. A Committee Vote is expected ten days from now. Lets bring in chief legal so goe re all right going to object to her qualifications, but they will be objecting to her judicial philosophy . And the process. I think you are going to see you could almost say the three as. You are going to hear about abortion, the Affordable Care act, and appoint. Kind of chicanery. Democrats will try to suggest she would overturn roe v. Wade, which of course said a woman had a constitutional right to an abortion. The Affordable Care act. The Supreme Co
For the country i think most would agree the question is how well the nation respond at this moment they feel that sad this and they feel that anger is that terrible moment that we all witness and so many mom and they feel that shame and express anger and frustration and as they protest and proclaim as they march and mobilize and as they use their voice and cast their votes in washington these days frankly over the course oft American History buti think we might be in one of those moments now they demand of transformative change. They demand for systemic change to a criminal Justice System that is infused with racism. The righteous demand for changes impact the petition for justice in the 1950s and 60s, Martin Luther king said it well among many things he said about where we were then, we are now. He said in justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Still true today in the context of this debate. You can go backve even further hundreds of years. Saint augustin said it well ab