street, in the face of mixed company earnings. now, all eyes are on the fed s two-day policy meeting which begins today. we ll go live to cnbc on this just ahead. president biden meanwhile joined the white house competition council for the second meeting yesterday, to discuss efforts to lower prices and combat supply chain shortages for american consumers. this, as the white house singles ongoing efforts to ease prices. something the president says is a top priority as he enters the second year in office. the council was established by a july 2021 executive order, and held its inaugural meeting last september. on the heels of voting rights legislation being blocked in the senate, a bipartisan group of senators is meeting to instead discuss the electoral count act. the group met for just an over an hour yesterday to discuss the proposals to update the law. no concrete decisions were made according to a democrat ig aide with knowledge of meeting. it is not clear when they will meet a