Justice, and righteousness. May they cultivate such ethical consist tency, that their words will be undergirded by right actions. Lord, keep them aware of your continued presence, as they find in you fullness of joy. Show them the path to life, as you guide them to your desired destination. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore amen. Please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, 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 to speak as if in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the United States of america has the mightiest military in the world to protect our freedoms and to guarantee peace around the world. Thats why its so important to keep check on the pentagons financial ledgers. Taxpayers expect their m
Wont vote on the measure claiming it would be disastrous for businesses. These restaurant employees demanding their 15. 00 an hour after the democrat controlled house approved the minimum wage increase the raise the wage at gives up to 33000000. 00 americans a long overdue rate 33. 00. Congressional analysis suggests boosting the minimum wage to 15. 00 an hour by 2025 would lift 1300000. 00 people out of poverty for the same analysis says it would cost around the same number of people that jobs with employers unable to pay them 7. 00 states have taken matters into their own hands promising to achieve a 15. 00 an hour minimum by the middle of the next decade but democrats insist the federal level change will come this is a promise made and today a promise will be kept. Keeping that promise when b. S. E. With republicans dead set against the idea democrats will need to win a majority in the senate in next years elections. In skordas our financial correspondent in new york yes the debate
Planning to summon south koreas ambassador on friday as the conflict over world war 2 era compensation deep woods japans foreign minister taro kono wants to urge seoul to rectify a Court Ruling Forcing 2 Japanese Companies to compensate wartime workers. A Moroccan Court has sentenced 3 men to the death of the murder of 2 scandinavian women in december last year louise of esther agha jesperson and mocking you learned were killed in their tent at a popular hiking destination the court also jailed around 20 other defendants with links to the killers. Police in western germany say they have thwarted a possible terrorist attack after raiding buildings connected to suspected islam missed extremists the raids began early this morning in cologne and a nearby town Police Reportedly detained 6 men for questioning. Should the u. S. Doubled its minimum Wage Business groups say doing so would lead to massive job losses but democrats in congress believe a wage hike is the needed to lift workers out
Wont vote on the measure claiming it would be disastrous for businesses. These restaurant employees demanding their 15. 00 an hour after the democrat controlled house approved the minimum wage increase the raise the wage act gives up to 33000000. 00 americans a long overdue rate 33. 00. Congressional analysis suggests boosting the minimum wage to 15. 00 an hour by 2025 would lift 1300000. 00 people out of poverty but the same analysis says it would cost around the same number of people that jobs with employers unable to pay them 7. 00 states have taken matters into their own hands promising to achieve a 15. 00 an hour minimum by the middle of the next decade but democrats insist the federal level change will come this is a promise made and today a promise will be kept. Keeping that promise wont be easy with republicans dead set against the idea democrats will need to win a majority in the senate in next years elections. In skordas our financial correspondent in new york yes the debate
A surprise today experts thought that this would most likely happen later this year we are learning that Interest Rates will be lowered from 1. 75 to the level of only 1. 5 percent this is the 1st time this is happening after since 3 years that the south Korean Central Bank is making a decision like that and it said that they have to decide to do so in order to help the economy to recover a little bit of growth expectations have been declining there and also the inflation rate is lower than expected it is believed that you g. D. P. Growth of south korea will be only a fall off a level of 2. 2 percent this will be the slowest growth in the country since more than a decade and south korea is just like germany a very export oriented country while this is happening the Monetary Fund the i. M. F. Has warned that global trade is slowing and it is urging countries to avoid further conflicts and weve got a very interesting statement from the i. M. F. Chief economist lets listen in. This years