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Floor on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, from the rising of the sun until its setting, you remain the same. We find solace in your changeless faithfulness; your mercies sustain us each hour. Lord, do not keep silent as our lawmakers grapple with the great issues of our time. Reveal your purposes to them, guiding them on the paths of courage and obedience. Lord, remind them that you appointed them to their work, and they are accountable to you. May they not forget that you are the supreme judge of the universe in whose presence humanity must one day stand. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, in ....
Republicancontrolled congress failed to reach an agreement this week meaning any agreement will likely come in the new year when the democrats take back control of the house. In the meantime, the president escalated the shutdown saying hell close the border with mexico. President trump has repeatedly tried to downplay the impact of the shutdown saying federal employees are happy with the shutdown or theyre all democrats. Were looking at how this impacts employees finding themselves without pay. Reporter with President Trump unable to secure funding for his border wall. Its not going to be open until we have a wall or fence, whatever theyd like to call it. If they dont have it, were not opening. Reporter the Government Shutdown will likely continue into the new year affecting 25 of the federal workforce. 280,000 employees are furloughed and another 420,000 are working wi ....
Lets bring in cnn White House CorrespondentBoris Sanchez. What was the president tweeting about . Hes certainly not in a festive mood. The christmas wreaths installed here were removed this morning. He is inside alone and angry, taking aim on twitter. The president not joining the first lady melania and the rest of his family for new years eve. Officials confirming hes planning to spend the holiday here until the shutdown is resolved. Now, the present, as you noted, was on twitter earlier, aiming at democrats. He writes, im in the white house waiting for the democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security. From what i hear, theyre spending so much time on president ial harassment they have little time left for stopping crime and our military. Two notes on that. First, mick mulvaney, the incoming ....
Information from cities coast to coast before announcing quite predictably that it would land in new york city and Northern Virginia just outside of d. C. The announcement fuelled protests and a fierce debate between locals and city and state leaders. In a statement today, amazon said, quote, after much thought and deliberation we have decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for amazon in long island city, queens. While polls show that 70 of new yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and wont work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project. The planned hq 2 was to bring 25,000 jobs to long island city. Long island city is in queens just across the east river from manhattan. Folks in that area were already concerned about rising rents and a failing subway system b ....
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