The presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, the motion is agreed to. The yeas are 62. The nays are 31. The senator from pennsylvania. A senator mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the remaining votes in this series be ten minutes in length. The presiding officer without objection. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Thomas Peter Feddo of virginia to be assistant secretary of the treasury for investment security signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of Thomas Peter Feddo of virginia to be assistant secretary of the treasury for investment security shall be brought to be a
Automatic sequester cuts. Kentucky senator rand paul will offer an amendment to lower spending caps over the next decade. We expect final votes later this morning and we may also see more work on President Trumps judicial nominations. Now live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who has created humanity in your image, look upon us and hear our prayers. Today, give our lawmakers the desire to do your will and the energy to complete the tasks that will glorify your name. That which they dont know, reveal it. That which they lack, supply it and that which they doubt, confirm it. Keep them blameless in your service, so that their lives will be living letters causing people to exalt your name. Lord, strengthen their minds for your service, so that your wisdom will permeate their endeavors. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in re
is cnn breaking news. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight. we do have breaking news, the supreme court making a major ruling tonight one that many across the united states were waiting anxiously to hear the court ruling just hours before a midnight deadline. right? so we re on a friday night here. seven o clock eastern, just this ruling coming out their ruling that are widely used abortion drug. kristen will remain available for now. okay so here s the crucial context here. it was just two weeks ago that a trump appointed federal judge suspended the medications approval by the fda. so an appeals court then decided to impose restrictions on the drug that included blocking mail delivery requiring a doctor visit to get it determining what point during a pregnancy. the drug could be used all of this. so it goes to the supreme court, which is now weighed in which is stopping those lower court rulings from taking place. now here s the key, at least until the appeals pr
A walk and fell down a dish used mine shaft. More than 50 people were involved in the rescue to bring the seriously injured man back to the surface. And footballs governing bodyis surface. And footballs governing body is set to lift the ban preventing players from displaying poppies. Good morning. Its monday 25th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Delegates at the Labour Party Conference in brighton have been debating the withdrawal from the European Union from britain amid angerfrom some European Union from britain amid anger from some mps that there will be no vote on issues surrounding the Single Market. John mcdonnell has denied the Party Leadership is trying to restrict the expression of views on brexit. Meanwhile, labour is promising to limit the amount of interest that can be charged on Credit Card Debt. The party wants to ensure that there are curbs so that no one is charged more than twice of their original debt. Norman smith is at the conference. Is t
Neri journey the extraordinary journey. Would you first meet madame president . Aboutknown her of her all my life. She was minister of finance in the 70s when the coup happened. Parents. My she was somebody that as a child growing up i had heard of. Power. Speaking truth to in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail, i heard all about that and she became at this time sort of a political icon. Afterwords on cspan2 book tv. Sunday on the presidency, historian Annette Gordon reed talks about Thomas Jefferson and his relationship with the enslaved hemmings family who lived and worked in his monticello plantation. Heres a preview. One of the reasons it was easy to dismiss the story of the hemmings family was cut people did know anything about the hemmings family other than that there was a scandal and they knew the name Sally Hemmings and manage new the name james hemmings. Also did notpeople know much about the family. That if i could tell the story in a way that made people feel a