The biden American Rescue plan. The next will be recovery. We call it reconciliation. Theres nothing in reconciliation that precludes republicans from voting for it. Good morn, everybody. Im tiffany cross, and we have a lot of news to get to this morning on Cross Connection, so strap in. President bidens 1. 9 trillion rescue plan is on a fast track to approval after the house and Senate Passed a Budge Bill Yesterday and democrats pretty much tossed the deuces to the republicans warning they maybepass them altogether. Its good news for struggling americans who cant even afford to put gas in the car or go to a job they no longer have. Meanwhile capitol hill is preparing for Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial to kick off on tuesday. And at least as of this morning, it looks unlikely that a minimum of 17 republicans will vote with the dems to convict trump. Now, the irony doesnt even seem lost on them that as they make these bow was calls for unity, theyre increasingly unwilling to hol
News source present debate for the state the u. S. Senate candidate perjury or moderators glory fountain and mike ross. Semacodes near point thank you for joining us for debate for the state. Recovering to you live from Alaska Public Media. Im gonsolin. And im Laurie Townsend and we will pose a series of questions to the two major candidates for u. S. Senate. Republican senator dan sullivan and democratic nominee independent doctors al gross who is in the studio and senator sullivan is joining us from away from washington d. C. Welcome to both of r you. As you might have noticed we are having some technical complications with this setup so if you hear a screech every once in a while gross has an earpiece so he can hear what mr. Sullivan has to say. You will notice we are all distanceez in the studio because of the pandemic. We are taking precautions and we feature video questions from rural alaska and one young alaskan. Tune in to Facebook Live immediately after this program for debate
These spiritual attributes that your name will be glorified throughout our nation and world. As our senators dedicate their lives to obey your precepts, direct them to your desired destination. Lord, give them a faith that will not shrink when at times they cannot see clearly the road ahead. Help them to place their total trust in you. We pray in your holy 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, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley imagine the people of the United States have been able to follow the demonstrations in bella rouse in opposition to the president declaring victory, since alexer chankov has con sol dated con
And Public Comment is available on each item on this agenda and both channel 26 and fof fof. Org and our streams the number across the screen. You can call 1 415 6550001 and 926891085 code. Again, 1 415 6550001, and then press pound and pound again. And you will hear the discussions that you will hear music and be in listening mode only. And when the item of interest comes up star star, 9 to be added to the speaker line. And you can email comment to myself at linda. Wong sfgov. Org. And if you submit Public Comment via email it will be forwarded to the board of supervisors and it will be included as part of this file. Madam chair this concludes my announcement. Supervisor fewer thank you very much madam clerk. Call item number 1. Clerk the status of nonprofit sustainability in the impact of covid19 on nonprofit staffing and funding and programs and services and the role of the city in supporting the Nonprofit Sector and requesting the office of the controller and mayors Budget Office t
Model of providing services and that is now figuring out which of those services that need to be returned in person and its been a very challenging time for our agency. And being in this shelter mostly telehealth model now has so altered our Service Delivery clerk your time is ended. Thank you for your comments. Thank you for your call. Next speaker. Caller good afternoon, supervisors. Thank you for your leadership on the city budget and for looking out for communities and all of San Francisco during these very challenging times. My name is christian ascalante and i lead the workers right program and we have seen the impacts of the Health Pandemic and the challenging to our most Vulnerable Community members. We serve mostly low income immigrant filipino families who are struggling to city in the city due to the high cost of housing and the ongoing displacement of our community from manila town to soma, mission, Bernal Heights and the excelsior. And we have Domestic Workers in care home