Yes House Speaker paul ryan says the republican tax overall plan includes a fourth bracket for the wealthy. It has not been decided whether the top bracket will remain at the 39. 6 rate. He says it will be finalized in a number of days. It has been one month since Hurricane Maria devastated puerto rico. Only about 20 of people on the island have power. The governor is pledging to get that to 95 by the end of the year. The hurricane struck at a bad time. Electric Power Authority their file for bankruptcy. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am Alisa Parenti and this is bloomberg. Emily i am emily chang and this is bloomberg technology. Coming up, s p 500 on a sixweek winning streak. Tech helping to ignite the boom. Is it sustainable . We will identify potential eadwinds on the horizon. Tech ipos are back on the menu southeast asias most valuable startup leading the charge in ew york. Tech earnings on tap with Major
Disposed of by voice vote. And that was the amendment that was originally styled the jackson lee amendment number 2, which i was asked to present by designation. The chair without objection. Without objection amendment number 2 is not adopted. Mr. Johnson i rise as the designee of the the gentleman rhode island,. Presentative cicilline the clerk amendment number 5 offered by mr. Johnson of georgia. The chair under the House Resolution 796, the gentleman from georgia, mr. Johnson and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia. Mr. Johnson this amendment would exempt from the bill any rule issued by the food and Drug Administration that pertains to consumer safety. This amendment is necessary to safeguard the Public Health and safety of American Consumers from the bills burdensome Regulatory Framework, which would significantly delay or prevent critical rules that protect Public Health and safety from being issued by the f. D. A.
Effect in cedar rapids an hour ago and will run until five oclock saturday afternoon. What it means is no parking on the marked snow routes so plows can clear the way. At the publii works builddg, ccews earlier today were in the final stages of getting the 90 pieces of equipment that plow snow ready for whats coming g ver night. The basic plan for plow drivers is to have some available after regular shifts end to begin the work of clearing street. The vast majority are set to come in at four in the morning on saturday. Thats when public works supervisors xpect the reaa push to clear streets to b bin. , cr streets superintenden t once you get over that four inch mark, it doesnt really matter if its six or nine. Especially with an early event like this well have the staff here to o andle it. Beiig like its tracking on an overnight hour we can really get our equipment out and handle it when theres not as much traffic and that helps us quite a bit if the snow comes in amounts predicted, th
Parallel to the southeast coast of the u. S. Today and will approach land tomorrow night. Both the romney and Obama Campaigns have canceled scheduled events already due to sandy. So if youre in an affected area, stay inside, stay off the roads and stay tuned into msnbc. All right. Now, lets turn to the final countdown. I wanted to sing that but i dont have a very good singing voice. But were in the final days and we can all agree that the way a political candidate runs a race is important, but how a candidate closes the deal is crucial. And with just one more week left until election day, this is when the candidates closing strategies kick in. While weve harped on battleground states, a new analysis by the Associated Press shows in the case to 270, may come down to 106 counties. These are counties with names like hamilton county, ohio, loudoun county, virginia, and hills bborough county, florida. Theyre the same ones that george w. Bush won in 2004 and that then senator obama wan in 20