quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 892. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. ththe motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of state. noahbryson mammot to be ambassador to the argentine republic. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on
would generally be funding for the rest of the fiscal year, but in a way not yet defined carveout funding for homeland to avoidor immigration funding effectively the implementation of the resident will executive action. doing that in an appropriation bill is difficult to do, because and there was a memo from the congressional research office just circulated to the office of jeff sessions, alabama it is difficult to do through the normal course, but causeare ways you could restrictions on funding or restrictions on the program itself. you just cannot do it through the normal run of the mill appropriations process, and i think that is what would need to be worked out if anyone on the house side wanted to take that approach. let s look at the appropriations chair, hal rogers, and what he is talking about, what he is tweeting about. congress must fight this executive order to then nail through legislative means that one act real change. is he saying there should not be an app
barely staying positive. gives you a sense of how much people are trying to figure out what s driving these gains here and just as brian and man dimensioned, some questions again about the chip sector. for weeks this one, whether microchip supports moving to sector, philly stocks down 10 points now, comments about inventories, speaks to the level of nervousness abound. russell 2000 a lag guard today as well. see how quick our guys are in the booth. transportation rally, another point of view, down 1 06 points at this hour. i like rich peterson calling the october surprise, not the selloff but 9% snapback off the lows but two-year point, watch the transport the tell for the first part of the rally. even when oil is lower, moving in inverse relationship. into today. let s talk about it all in our closing bell exchange, jim lowell from adviser investments with us, eric from russell investment, melt from came write investment management, heather hughes from sun america fu
possible collusion when it comes to companies and funds going long. herbal life, herbal life stock moving higher by 2% right now, but there s a lot of bad blood now between the soros fund and akman fund. watch it closely. more on this in a moment. hedge fund heavy weight bill akman turning up here on jcpenney frustrated with the retailer s performance, and he wants a new ceo installed in 30-45 days. now, former ceo has been receiverring the interim ceo after the company fired ron johnson for providing over dismal store sales and a reset of the stores that did not work. now we have another former jcpenney ceo, allen, who says he might consider returning as penny s chairman. he apparently has been asked, according to the wall street journal, by akman, and the stake has been a mess. there s an intra-day high today, but at 1371, it s a far cry, certainly, from hitting the 12-year low of yesterday, which was $121.50. he has to do something. there s a couple positions going the w
order to scapegoat the opposition. the blast was caused by a car bomb and that casualties would rise. violence is getting worse in damascus. they launched mortar attacks against the palace. japan s prime minister is on his way to one of his most important meetings of the year. shinzo abe is flying to washington for his first talks with u.s. president barack obama since he took office in december. their agenda is packed and their discussions are expected to touch on everything from a wide-ranging free trade deal to punishing north korea. translator: i want the summit talks to show the international community that japan and the united states have restored the strong bond of their alliance. abe says that alliance became unstable during the former democratic party-led administration. he says he s going to talk to obama about the u.s.-led negotiations for the transpacific partnership. nations that joined the discussions for the free trade agreement are supposed to in principle