Find out where the candidates stand on the major issues and the next problem the governor will address first tonight on governors debate 2015; the runoff. Good evening, i am beth courtney. Thank you for joining us. We have a 40 year tradition of contributing to the democratic process and we continue that through the debate and other public forums. We welcome the entire audience this evening. Thank you. I am berry erwin, president of the council for better louisiana and thank you for joining us. Our debate features candidates in the runoff for louisiana governor. First state representative John Bel Edwards and state senator david vitter. Thank you for joining us. Kelly spires is one of the questioners and jeremy is here from editor and publish of lawpolitics. Com. Tonight we will dive into issues and topics of great importance to the citizens of louisiana. A drawing was held earlier to determine the order of questions and closing statements. The format is to encourage a dialogue between
Bill. Thats the bill that pays the salaries of the men and women in the armed forces and funds the Nations National security apparatus. The annual defense bill is typically passed with bipartisan support and a vetoproof majority. But trump vetoed the bill last week anyway in part because it called for renaming military bases named after the confederacy. Tonight the house overrode that veto by a vote of 32287. Mitch mcconnell says he expects the senate will vote to override the veto as well, which would officially pass the defense spending bill into law. The override process in the senate is set to begin tomorrow. More on that in a second. The house also passed a bill tonight introduced by democrats to expand direct payments to eligible americans as part of the sweeping covid relief bill that Congress Passed last week. Now, the bill would expand those payments from 600 for every adult to 2,000 per adult. More than twothirds of the house voted for it, but its chances in the Republicanled
Confederacy. Tonight, the house overrode that veto by a vote of 32287. Mitch mcconnell says he expects the senate will vote to override the veto as well, which would officially pass the defense spending bill into law. The override process in the senate is set to begin tomorrow. More on that in a second. The house also passed a bill tonight introduced by democrats to expand direct payments to eligible americans as part of the sweeping covid relief bill that Congress Passed last week. Now, the bill would expand those payments from 600 for every adult to 2,000 per adult. More than twothirds of the house voted for it, but its chances in the Republicanled Senate remain an open question. Now, that vote tonight is, of course, not a democratic stunt, its a direct response to trumps own temper tantrum. After Congress Passed the bill and sent it its a 900 billion relief bill to the president last week for his signature, instead of doing what he should have done, putting pen to paper, he publicly
Majority. But trump vetoed the bill last week anyway in part because it called for renaming military bases named after the confederacy. Tonight the house overrode that veto by a vote of 32287. Mitch mcconnell says he expects the senate will vote to override the veto as well, which would officially pass the defense spending bill into law. The override process in the senate is set to begin tomorrow. More on that in a second. The house also passed a bill tonight introduced by democrats to expand direct payments to eligible americans as part of the sweeping covid relief bill that Congress Passed last week. Now, the bill would expand those payments from 600 for every adult to 2,000 per adult. More than twothirds of the house voted for it, but its chances in the Republicanled Senate remain an open question. Now, that vote tonight is, of course, not a democratic stunt. Its a direct response to trumps own temper tantrum. After Congress Passed the bill and sent it its a 900 billion relief bill
During the "Pentagon, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Crashed UFOs" session at the Salt iConnections conference on May 22 in New York City, a Stanford University professor of pathology at the college's medical school named Garry Nolan said.