Increase you dont have to sell your stocks to beat some kind of Capital Gains rate that is quo going to be punitive for rich people im not saying it is solely business as usual. But i am saying that if you own tech stocks, which a lot of people do, there is nothing to keep the stocks from going higher remarkable night, pollsters seem to think there would be this blue wave that got avoided if anything, there is, i think, a recognition that whatever the heck we had before election day seems to be the same after so, david, you know, i feel kind of business as usual for us. Well, it is, carl, not business as usual this morning as you say as the votes continue to be counted in important battleground states. Three you mentioned. Want to add georgia in there, potentially North Carolina, still those early votes, carl, being counted and tabulated and were paying close attention we are, guys. In fact, front and center this hour, the president ial election remains unsettled as voting continues as
Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. It would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. Thats something we have just recently read more and more about. Why arent we doing more on that . In fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the an act u. C. Of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. I hope theyre not following Donald Trumps obeisance to russia and his view that putins just okay. It would also dismantle systemat
Much of the voting was done before election day is held and the Global Pandemic forced states to adjust balloting and procedures. The counting of the votes to expected ormany hoped. Some of the final tabulations are not yet complete. To be determined which party will hold the majority in this chamber. We do know a few things. First, most important, former Vice President joseph biden will president of the United States. Our dear colleague, the distinguished senator from california, harris will be the next Vice President of the United States and on july 20 on gender 20th, the country will finally, finally turn the page on one of the most divisive and chaotic chapters in our history. President elect biden the country it is time to come together and heal, and there is no person better suited to the vicethan the former president. He will be a great president for all americans. Vice president elect harris has made history four times over. Firstll be the asianamerican woman, the first to serv
Vice president elect biden good afternoon, everyone. As i said on saturday, i am humbled by the trust and confidence the American People have placed in me and we are ready to get to work addressing the people of the addressing the needs of the American People. Today we start that process to get covid19 under control so we can reopen our businesses safely and sustainably, resume our lives, and put the pandemic behind us. We just received positive news that there has been progress made toward successful vaccine. The process must also be science so the American People can have full confidence that any vaccine is safe and effective. At the same time, its clear this vaccine, even if approved will not be widely available for many months. The challenge before us right now is still growing and although we are not in office yet, i am laying out what we expect to do and hope can be done. The purpose of this is to let you know what were going to do once we are sworn in. There is a need for bold a
You see, i talk relatively quickly, so i will do my best. We continued to work through the weekend. Im going to go over the numbers right now. As we close in on counties beginning to the certification process, i know there were questions concerning military ballots which were the last to come in on friday. With that, at the end of the day, we are at 18,400 military and outstanding, which means they cannot come in now, but these were out there available. They could have come in but did not, 7786. Separate from that was the regular absentee ballots. With that, the ballots cast were 1,303,749 absentee ballots. There are 126,400 that were not cast. You will see that as a lower number than the original full request because we had hundreds of thousands of people show up to vote in person who had their which is ats process that is legal in georgia. We have seen 700,000 provisional to have come from the counties. We know 7300 provisionals have been excepted already and we are continuing to wor