Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote or wishing to vote . If not, the yeas are 57, the nays are 37. The nomination is agreed to. Is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider can considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The senator from missouri. Mr. Blunt i ask unanimous consent that the remaining votes in this series i ask unanimous consent that the remaining votes in this series be ten minutes in length. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Blunt madam president. The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Blunt i have two requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions
Says it will conduct daily repo operations to stabilize the lending market joining us for the hour, jim le camp happy friday investors dont like it when trade delegations cut their trip short. They dont, but god we can buy chinese dog leashes now. Theyve allowed a lot of things to happen and theyre not accelerating things so we need to get beyond what theyre ta talking about, beyond the saber rattling and looking at the actions. We havent ramped up tear i haves in a while then you look at the Federal Reserve board and while a lot of people were disappointed on wednesday when they didnt do too much more than say were going to cut it a quarter of a point, didnt give us a lot to go on in the future, it was more dovish than people look like he set the table for Balance Sheet expansion and Balance Sheet expansion may not be qe, but they could be mistaken as twins at a party its about the same thing. So yeah. I think some of these things are comeing off the boil whether its trade, Federal Re
Second thoughts when asked about the escalating trade war the white house, though, now saying he didnt mean that President Trump also was asked if he would invite russia to the g20 gathering next year when the u. S. Is the host country we are live in france. Plus, chuck todd is here to take us through a chaotic week in washington. On the ground in brazil has massive fires ravage the amazon, posing a dangerous threat to the world climate. A big scare at the pga tour golf championship. A Lightning Strike injuring a group of fans huddled under a tree well have the latest. Later, a sunday sitdown with one of the biggest stars in the world, Orlando Bloom, on leaping straight from drama school to lord of the rings, then to pirates of the caribbean, and adjust to go life in the seering celebrity spotlight. I liken it to get into a burning car. How you can get in and do what you do you have to make sure that you have a support team to get you out. A sunday sitdown with Orlando Bloom and his en
Works committee. Its about two hours. I call this hearing to order. Todays hearing is about the need for this committee to draft and to pass a bipartisan Highway Infrastructure bill. Both Ranking Member carpers staff and my staff have been working on drafting this legislation along with all of the members of this committee. We appreciate all the input we received from our home states, from our fellow members and from transportation stakeholders. Its our shared goal to advance a bill out of the committee this summer. That means the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will be first out of the gate to pass a Highway Infrastructure bill. This is appropriate given the history of bipartisan efforts to pass previous surface as far as surface transportation bills. Chef crumbling roads and bridges and they need to replaced. Projected population growth and existing congestion require states to build new capacity to meet future needs. Our economy is built upon a well functioning road sy
Interview with ceo of six flags chairman Jim Reid Anderson big show ahead in the brand new studio dagen, congratulations to us. J one of my paiflt views well one of you but radio city so a brand new desk and im wearing sweat pants. No youre not. I even have proper shoes on. Again it is like old bugs bunny cartoon with elmer fudd you have to have proper outfit or personality changes. Theres a camera over there so check out hot shoes all of the time. I didnt know that or make that mistake. This was amazing and i was out with friends last night in new york city on the Upper East Side five finance type people all say hello all big fans of you and you deserve this. Awesome congratulations. No it feels good. Just for those bigger guys i kind of like having the counter last tile i was here youre expose all the cay down you have to make sure your sues p suits fit just right. Were glad youre here focus on mummer this morning and get your take on what to expect former special counsel going befor