The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 89, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. All opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session and consider calendar number 533. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, patrick j. Bumatay of california to be United S
The face of very tight and unusually tight fiscal policy for this period. It has been effect it, but the it has been effective but the precisesize of the impact is something that we can very reasonably disagree about and we can and work will continue. The uncertainty of the impact and the effects of ending programs and so on, one of the reasons we have treated this as a supplementary rather than as a primary tool. Don lee l. A. Times. Unemployment benefits are expiring shortly for millions of people. How much of an Economic Impact do you see that having . What effect would you expect that would have on the Unemployment Rate . If those people drop out of the labor force, will that not the Unemployment Rate down quite a bit . Yes, obviously it has a big economic effect on those directly affected who are receiving benefits. We do have an unusually large number of longterm, Unemployed People in the u. S. It is a major concern and one that i cited in my opening remarks. The effects of exten
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Gentlemen, thank you for going through the numbers with us. Thank you for being with us here on cspan. It is friday. Beginning tomorrow morning at 8 00 a. M. On cspan 2, book tv, 48 hours of nonfiction books all weekend on book tv. Over the holidays, you will see a lot of prime time in 24hour periods of book tv. American history tv begins tomorrow morning at 8 00 a. M. On cspan 3. Those are a couple of options for you over the weekend. Happy holidays. Taking a look at some of our cspan 3,g today, on getting underway, from the hudson institute, a discussion on u. S. Saudi arabia relations. Theot abrams is among participants. Look for that live shortly on cspan 3. Here on cspan, we will be live with the White House Briefing. Jay carney has scheduled that for 2 00 p. M. It is possible to hear from the president. No official word yet. The ap is reporting that the president is ordering a review of the militarys response to Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Set to sign the Defense Authoriz