Following the break, day one of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett continued. Sworn and and delivered her statement outlining her judicial philosophy and thought writing opinions and dissents. The remaining senators, including Vice President money also delivered remarks. This is just under two hours. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris also issued remarks. These are not normal times. 215,000 people and counting have died of this disease. Many businesses have closed their doors forever, shattering dreams and livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot, driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. In even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic, but these are not normal times. Senate republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the decidingourt to
And to take control of the u. S. Senate millions of dollars have been called into the campaign special Interest Groups are spending millions more to spray your vote for the pay raise for himself. Before you cast your ballot by the how the candidates help to plan to help struggling families and where the links that will go to keep our streets safe and to fight over who gets to nominate a new Supreme Court justice life from your local election headquarters, the u. S. Senate debate North Carolina. I am your host and moderator tonight republican incumbent senator tillis and democratic challenger Cal Cunningham welcome. It is a aired statewide and we are Live Streaming you can join the conversation from anywhere on social media using and see Senate Debate on with myself political reporter and Angela Taylor and candidates have 30 seconds opening and Closing Remarks 30 seconds for rebuttal and followup questions we will be using the spell to indicate your time is up we set time limits because
Minutes. Its the most consistent use senate race in the country, thom tillis seeking his second term. What im going to do is listen to you. His democratic challenger Cal Cunningham former North Carolina state senator. In North Carolina the truth still matters. Control of the u. S. Senate, millions of dollars afforded to the campaigns, outside special Interest Groups are spending millions to sway your vote. And it ismo turned ugly. While he voted for pay raise for himself,. Sound corrupt . Thats Cal Cunningham. Before you cash about find that of the candidates pledge up struggling families, how far the feds should go to keep our streets safe and breaking right now, the fight over who gets to nominate a new Supreme Court justice. Live from your local election headquarters, this is the u. S. Senatear debate North Carolina. Welcome to use Senate Debate from a stiletto. Im host a moderator Marius Payton picture to my republican income senator thom tillis andin democratic challenger Cal Cunn
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Mr. Neal good afternoon. Its been two months, i believe, and 10 days since we passed the heroes act on the democratic side. That was our position. It had been carefully vetted in the Democratic Caucus and moved through the ways and means committee. Caucus and moved through the waysandmeans the ttee and we took position that it was a challenge that we needed to get out immediately. Cares act helped to mitigate circumstances for people in acrossf wage replacement the country. T is clear that the 600 that as added to the weekly unemployment benefit has offered some conflict, but heres the of it. The reality is, you cant quit get an extra 600 a week. Secondly, knowing that the andemic with 30 million americans having filed for Unemployment Insurance, that the of the Healthcare System would make its way into the contagion of the economic ystem and people would have trouble paying their rents and mortgages, thats what this was about and the wage replacement along with the extra 600 as gone a