Chairman grassley had put his epic streak of consecutive votes temporarily on hold for the sake of other people. Of course leadership and example setting are nothing newpl for te senior senator from iowa. Im confident our colleague will pick up exactly where he left off, resuming both his perfect attendance record and the tireless work for iowans that he represents. We all benefit so very much from his leadership. So the senate is back in session to finishe up 2020. 2020. The American People are counting on us to finish strong. We need to reach on federal government funding to avoid a lapse in basic programs and services. We need to finish the annual Defense Authorization to shore up the u. S. Militaries competitive advantage over our adversaries. Andd we need to continue processing wellqualified nominees for vacancies throughout the government especially, especially on the federal bench. These are important assignments but they are not the only assignments congress should not depend f
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
Possible covid19 treatment all in the name of politics. Biden and his very liberal running mate should immediately apologize for the reckless antivaccine rhetoric that they are talking right now, talking about endangering lives and it unmines science. Charles well get reaction from the rnc and along with Fox News Contributor liz peek. All that and so much more on making money. Charles well the markets opened under considerable pressure today, extending the selloff that began late last week. For the most part everyone agrees stocks were over their skis especially growth names that went parabolic in august. What is not agreed how much pull back we should expect. On that note i would like to there are different variety of pullbacks. There could be a shallow downturn. There is pull back to the former breakout roy is old resistance points. There is breakout to the 50 Day Moving Average. Worst one is 50 retracement. You see a pullback of at least 50 of gains that were established from the ma
Remains the worst affected country in the world its all more than 1100 new deaths on thursday alone and florida is one of the worst hit states reporting a record increase in the number of daily deaths on thursday and the gallagher is in miami with more on the strain the States Health system is facing. The intensive care units across the state are getting very very full indeed in fact i had a long conversation with a doctor the other day who just done a stint in i. C. U. And he said that it was it was terrible it was really bad theyre running short on medicine theyre running short on beds the mental strain on the. Line staff is really incredible and yet we have a governor here Rhonda Santas whos at the white house meeting with President Trump saying that he will not talk about rolling back closures airlines have been told they should urgently inspect the type of boeing jets its over fears planes park during the pandemic could suffer engine failure the u. S. Civil aviation watchdog says
Closer to the public but over the past few years specially this year it has been increasingly overshadowed and mired by protests comes at a very precarious time this is one of the last state of the nation address of the president is supposed to step down in 2022 it comes as the biggest Media Network in the country has been shut down forcibly shut down by congress that did not renew its franchise calling in and according to activists anti terror law has taken into effect and just a few days ago when for example local journalists in the southern philippines received Death Threats and another independent online use site north of manila has been raided by police so you know here at this point what theyre saying basically it remains to be seen what the president is saying but they are not very confident that the things that these going to be saying that she needs are real achievements that effect change on the ordinary people the philippines is still struggling to deal with the pandemic sau