Quorum call quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that all debate time on h. R. 5430 expire at 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Further, prior to the expiration of debate time, it be in order for senator toomey or his designee to raise a budget point of order, and if a point of order is raised, it be in order for senator grassley or his designee to make a motion to waive the point of order. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell for the information of all senators, this means that well have two roll call votes tomorrow morning at 11 00 a. M. I ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate
Im on the edge of glory. And im hanging on a moment of truth. Im on the edge of glory. And im hanging on a moment with you. Ill on the edge. The edge. Lauren happy friday. Welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Tracee im tracee carrasco, in for cheryl casone. Lauren it feels like a tri. Tracee . Tracee a friday. Tracee . Lauren we have all three major averages up significantly, a quarter percent a across the board, ill all three major averages did close at record highs yesterday and are up at least one andahalf percent on the week. Tracee lets take a look at how things are moving in asia right now. Asian shares rising as data did come out showing that chinas economy grew as expected, that was 6. 1 . Lauren and investors in europe responding to two major trade deals with china and mexico and canada yesterday, so green on the board here. The big outperformer is the cac in france, up 1 today. We start with a fox business alert and that is just moments ago irans Supreme Leader praising
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Almighty god, we give you you s for giving us thanks for giving us another day. You have plom missed, o god, you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, to give strength and make us whole. We pray that the members of this assembly, especially, and us all, will be receptive to your promises and receive them with confidence and conviction that armed by your spirit they will be able to forge good legislation which promotes justice, equity, and truth. May we be mindful of all that that all are created in your image. Help us to see your spirit and those who are different from us it in age, color, religion, and all other ways, including in politics. And engage each other with good will and respect. May all that is done today be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the compare compare and announces to the ouse her app
Trump is just the third president in history to be impeached. 30 House Democrats voted yes. Two democrats joined 195 republicans and voted no. 229 democrats voted yes, three democrats voted no. Nancy pelosi set the tone. Members their voices. As you saw in the first clip, she stopped members of her own party from making any sounds. It is tragic that the president s reckless actions make impeachment necessary. He gave us no choice. Reporter for more than six hours, democrats and republicans in the house of representatives laid bare the partisan divide. Democrats supporting the two articles of impeachment, saying President Trump abused his power and obstructed congress in calling for the ukrainian president to investigate joe biden. No branch of government can dominate another. That is what it means to uphold the constitution. Our National Security is at stake. Stand up for. That our Election Integrity is at stake. Stand up for that. There is no question that President Trump delayed mili
I am back with my work family. Did you enjoy the break . Did. I did. I was dancing in the living room a couple of times. There may be video out there. Who knew . It is nice to be back. I know a lot of people are coming back on january 6. School is still out right now until next week. I do have an interesting story i want to share. I want to run it by you guys. A ski resort in lake tahoe is facing a lawsuit about harken piece. They are claiming fraud and breach of contract. The resort said they would charge 20 a day at a parking lot that used to be free to park in. Skiers said they bought their passes before the new policy was announced so they should not have to pay the fees. North star said they do not comment on pending litigation. We were at northstar this weekend everybody was about that. The closed lots, you have to pay for. This was a bigger lot farther away, and you took a shuttle over. All of a sudden, they are charging for. People were really surprised. A lot of the other reso