the u.s. senate is about to gavel in as congress faces a midnight deadline to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown. the house, senate and white house continue negotiations behind the scenes on a spending bill and a covid-19 relief package. a weekend session is expected. now live coverage here on c-span2. the chaplain: let us pray. o god, our shield and fortress, we thank you for your unfailing love. look with favor upon our senators to guide them around the obstacles that hinder their progress, uniting them for the common good of this great land. lord, enable them to go from strength to strength as they fulfill your purposes for their lives in this generation. striving to please you. help them to stand for right and lead the consequences to you. lord, give them a sense of partnership with you in seeking your best for all phases of our national life. we pray in your mighty name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance.
will open the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, ruler of heaven, you alone are unutterable. teach our lawmakers to obey you, to embrace the truth, to treat others fairly, and to avoid speaking harshly. give them such respect for one another that they will assume the best motives for the actions of their colleagues. help our senators to remember that you are the judge of the universe, who sees everything, whether good or bad. lord, you can even see the motivations of our hearts. inspire us all to permit our thoughts, words, and actions to be acceptable to you. and, lord, we respect the conclusions of the electoral college and ask you to bless president-elect joseph biden and vice president-elect harris. we pray in your great name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible,
cult? it s all on tape. you see, his confession is all on tape. everything. how deadly the disease was. how it wasn t the flu. i know some of you said, hey, it s no different than no. your hero said it was five times worse than the flu, said that it impacted everybody. said it was really, really bad and that it was airborne. then he lied for the next six, seven, eight months. he was lying during the presidential debate. how many times did he tell you, starting in march that it was this is about to go away? how many times? so he lied to you dozens of times about this disease going away. and then finally, in the end, he just it s called the freudian slip in the business. he started to talk about herd immunity which of course he dismissed in march because it would kill 2, 3, 4, 5 million americans. so mika, the lies they continued throughout the campaign and there s the president again saying it s going to go away and here we are at this stage, after all the times he sai
the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. the presiding officer: madam president, last week the judiciary committee held its hearing on judge amy coney barrett s nomination and it was easy to see why judge barrett is held in such high regard by her colleagues, students, and peers and why the american bar association gave her its highest rating of well qualified. we knew well before the hearing that judge barrett possesses an extraordinary intelligence and comprehensive command of the law. after three days of testimony americans got to see her qualifications for themselves. they saw why she has been described as a jurist, a formidable intellect, a brilliant and conscientious lawyer and staggering academic mind. even the democrat-ranking member on the committee couldn t hide the fact that she was impressed. judge barrett understands the proper role of a judge in our system of government. as judge barrett made clear, she understands the job of a judge is to inte
the s & p down 11.5%. the nasdaq declined.5% as all declined 11.5% as well. on his way to south carolina president trump weighed in on the markets saying he does not believe the drop is solely due to coronavirus fears. president trump: it s the unknown. they look at it and say how long will this last? i think they are not happy with the democrat candidates. i think that has an impact. and we think we are going to win. we think we ll win easily. but you never know. but i think basically it s the unknown a little bit. but i feel confident. gregg: we have more from the new york stock exchange. reporter: the coronavirus rattling the markets that left all three indices in correction. it was the worst week on wall street since the financial crisis. the dow closed down 373. investors rushed out of equities and found safety in u.s. treasury notes. the yield on the one-year note 1.13%. back and forth before clawing its way to a less painful close. the federal reserve weighed in. wit