Director of intelligence and and votes throughout the day. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate now here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord of our lives, make these moments of prayer more than mere words, but may this reverent pause fill our hearts with gratitude and love for you. May our lawmakers appreciate the fact that through prayer, they have the privilege of talking to you, the superintendent of the universe. Lord, inspire them to use this intercessory opportunity to seek your wisdom and guidance, knowing that you are eager to help them. Give us all the wisdom to remember that you continue to be our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. And lord, as we approach memoriamemorial day, thank you e men and women who gave their lives for this nation while serving in the United States military. Were grateful also for the great sacrifices made by
Lauren hey, guys a twoday sell i dont have was reversed. Major averages closing near the highs of the session. Nasdaq leading the major averages gaining almost 3 today. The nasdaq was led by big cap tech which was down for this week. Three reasons for rally. First more rescue funding from the government is likely on the way after the Senate Approved yet another relief package. Second oil prices recovering. Take a look where crude closed the session today, above 13 a barrel. That is much better than it had been. A gain of almost 18 . With that reis big gains for halliburton, chevron, exxon and the Energy Sector in general leading the overall market higher today. And third, investors look to Earnings Report that continue to pour in from guidance on the coronavirus effects on the economy. Here is the trends were seeing and were seeing it for chipotle after Earnings Report showed 81 increase of people ordering online getting food delivered. That is with were doing. That stock is up 14 . Sn
If amended be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and the senate vote on the passage of the bill as amended with a 60affirmative vote threshold for passage. Finally, if passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and that all roll call votes in this series be 30 minutes in length. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The clerk will report the bill. The clerk calendar 157, h. R. 748, an act to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 and so forth. Mr. Mcconnell madam president , i ask consent that i proceed under my leader time. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell so here we are, colleagues, for the information of all of our senators, we will first vote on the adoption of the sasse amendment at a 60vote threshold and then our second and final vote will be on passage of the cares act also at a 60vote threshold. Were going to pass this bipartisan relief package, send it over to the house so they can
Coronavirus briefing with vermont governor phil scott to keep longterm commitment to coverage of the us senate. You can watch the remainder of this briefing on cspan. Org. Senate lawmakers are completing work on the third coronavirus economics to me was plan, final vote on the bill is expected today. Now live coverage of the u. S. Senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our father, we lift up our hearts in prayer because we trust in you. Lord, we know well the weakness and the insecurity of our hold upon this life. Comfort those who have lost loved ones during this Global Health crisis. When we wrestle with sad memories of mortal loss, give us all the glorious hope of life eternal. Lord, provide our lawmakers with the confidence that your allsufficient grace and power will enable them to become more than conquerors during this time of trouble. Remind them t
The committee will come to order. I want to thank some of our witnesses for coming back. Were deeply appreciative for your time and your service. I have an update on your scheduling. Before i do that, i want to point out two critical developments just since we recessed this morning. First, the World Health Organization has now officially declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic. Second, the number of confirmed cases has skyrocketed to 938. Just four days ago, it was 164. That is more than fivefold increase just this week. In terms of resuming our hearing today, we have been informed that the dr. Fauci and dr. Redfield have been unavoidably detained at the white house. We dont know what is going on but they cannot come back. As a result, we will resume this hearing tomorrow, thursday, at 11 00 a. M. We have been informed by the agencies they will all be here and we hope to have enough time to finish all of our members questioning. Therefore, the committee will stand in recess