former us president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and has called on his supporters to protest. in our post on social media he claimed to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorney s offers which is yet to comment. mr drum is accused of paying hush money to an alleged mistress. here is our correspondent stop in order to make america great and glorious again i am announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. applause. four months after announcing his room he could make history for a rather different reason. responding to speculation in the american to level a chorus of accusation against the manhattan district attorney whose office mr trump believes has been licking use of his imminent arrest. central to a long running investigation undertaken by the da s office is the porn star known as tommy daniels. prosecutors have been looking into whether he made illegal payments in order to buy her silence before the 2017 presidential elec
Quorum call mr. Cornyn madam president . The presiding officer the sphror texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i understand there is a bill at the desk due for its second reading. The presiding officer the clerk will read the bill for the second time. The clerk s. 3011, a bill to improve the accountability, efficiency, transparency, and overall effectiveness of the federal government. Mr. Cornyn madam president , in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to further proceedings. The presiding officer objection being heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. Mr. Cornyn madam president , anybody whos been watching the national news, and particularly the weather, knows that weve been having some serious flooding back home in texas and, tragically, we lost nine soldiers at fort hood in a very unfortunate drownin
Immigration is a disheartening spectacle, mr. Byron york says, and i think thats true. Another Associated Press article rarecently said this, backlash stirs in the United States against more Foreign Worker visas. But amid cause for expanding the nations socalled h1b visa program, there is a growing pushback from americans who argue that the program has been hijacked by Staffing Companies that import cheaper, lowerlevel workers to replace more expensive u. S. Workers, or keep them from e getting hired in the firpin the first place. It is getting pretty bad when you cant compete for jobs said a veteran Computer Programmer in boston. You hear references all the time that these Big Companies cant find skilled workers. Im a skilled worker. How about this paper. The stem crisis thats science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There are not enough stem graduates to fill the job needs. This article says this the stem crisis is a myth. Oche ed by robert sharet, contributor he hadder ifer
The presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 53, the nays are 45. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, randolph d. Moss of maryland to be United States district judge for the district of columbia. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the may nomination. A senator mr. President . Mr. Leahy i ask consent all time be yielded back. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection all time is yielded back. Mr. Leahy i withhold that request. I yield back my time on this side. The presiding officer the senator from georgia is recognized. Mr. Isakson on behalf of myself and is senator chambliss from georgia the presiding officer the chamber will come to order. Mr. Isakson we would like the senate to look favorably. We could appreciate y
Three Incident Management Team came to town. This team worked with locals on the ground to execute the best Recovery Plan to get people back on their feet. Are we willing to tell workers like that who lend a hand at moments notice to take a furlough and will we tell the community when they call for help no ones there . 14 of the departments work force is facing furloughs. This isnt an invisible work force. These are staffers that administrator grants to local governments, Fire Departments, Emergency Responders after devastating storms. These are the people who are helping the management teams that ron the ground in places like hoquiam, washington. That staff wont be able to process emergency request, wont be able to do their jobs because congress isnt doing its job. Then we should also consider the over 80 of Homeland Security employees who will stay on without pay. What kind of message are we sending members of our coast guard or Border Patrol when we tell them to work without pay . M