Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . Is. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell could we have order. The presiding officer there will be order in the senate. Mr. Mcconnell for the information of all senators, the next vote the presiding officer the senate is in a quorum call. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell for the information of all senators, the next vote will be monday at 5 30 p. M. The democratic leader and i have agreed to announce no more votes tonight. Mr. Wicker i suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the senator from mississippi. Mr. Wicker mr. President , i suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr.
Seriously as any other crime . My honorable friend makes an important point. We are a nation of dog lovers. People are very attached to their pets, and it is appalling when they get stolen particularly for the sorts of purposes he talked about. Obviously, the changes we have made on compulsory chipping should help, but my heart goes out to anyone who sees a muchloved pet taken from them. Last but not least, i call mr. Nigel dodds. As the Prime Minister looks back over his achievements in the past five years and considers what he might or might not be doing in the first few months of the next parliament, and further to the question from the honorable member for aldershot, will he commit to maintaining defense spending at 2 of gdp to ensure that our commitments to our nato allies are met and that our country is secure . We are one of the few nato countries that do achieve 2 of spending on defense, and because of that, we will see, in the coming months and years, a Defense Equipment Progr
That assurance that these ideas are not on the table. I would like to start with unemployment. I have to add that is not the case in my constituency. Unemployment has lessened slightly. The value of wages has dropped over the last year by one and a half percent. If we will continue to rise above, what i am saying to the lady is, if you look at scotland as a whole, unemployment is down by 20,000, and the rate of unemployment in scotland is also down. And as the rate of unemployment in scotland is lower than the rate of unemployment in london. So the idea that this recovery is only being felt in the south of our country is simply nonsense. She mentions the issue of wages. One of the most powerful things we can do to help people with the cost of living is to take them out of income tax. And in scotland weve taken 23,000 people out of income tax altogether, and over 2 Million People are benefiting from the personal allowance changes that have already helped people to the tune of over 700 p
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. A potential cheating scandal involving one of the great teams and great quarterbacks in the history of the game continues to consume a colossal amount of time and attention surrounding the industry of football that is the nfl. Late today tom brady took questions from the press saying several times he had no knowledge of it or role in it. If baseball is our national pastime, football is something closer to an obsession. Last years super bowl was the mostwatched Television Broadcast of any kind in television history. The game between the seahawks and the patriots will be played ten days from now. And today was consumed by allegations that the patriots had an edge in getting there. We begin with nbcs ron mott at the home of the patriots in Fox Foxborough mass. Reporter good eching. Tom brady and Bill Belichick answering dozens of questions about this socalled deflategate controversy. And they both said they dont have a clear explanati
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. A potential cheating scandal involving one of the great teams and great quarterbacks in the history of the game continues to consume a colossal amount of time and attention surrounding the industry of football that is the nfl. Late today tom brady took questions from the press saying several times he had no knowledge of it or role in it. If baseball is our national pastime, football is something closer to an obsession. Last years super bowl was the mostwatched Television Broadcast of any kind in television history. The game between the seahawks and the patriots will be played ten days from now. And today was consumed by allegations that the patriots had an edge in getting there. We begin with nbcs ron mott at the home of the patriots in foxborough, mass. Hey, ron, good evening. Reporter good evening. An extraordinary day here at the stadium. Tom brady and Bill Belichick answering dozens of questions about this socalled deflategate