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The speaker the house will be in order. Pursuant to the order of the house of january 4, 2021, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes...

Nice recovery and some near normal temperatures with some sunshine expected in the forecast. As you head out on the roads, i want to give you a view of the xhat bridge san mateo bridge. Well see a smooth flow of traffic, hopefully that continues looking at the traffic maps, as we see this live view at the san mateo bridge flowing smoothly there. There have been a couple of issues, ill check on those and see if it will slow you down for your drive, coming up in a few minutes. Breaking news this m...

Monday in parliament. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament. We have a new Commons Speaker the question is that sir lindsay takes the chair of this house is speaker. Sir Lindsay Hoyle will succeed john bercow. This house will change but it will change for the better. And he gets a warm welcome. Youll also bring gore signature to our proceedings. We have a problem if they can hold the executive to account and i know that you will stand up for that principle. So after several hours of voting s...

Cspans q a. This week on newsmakers, neil bradley, the chief policy officer and executive Vice President of the u. S. Chamber of commerce. Thank you very much for being here. Neil thanks for having me. Greta we still we also have with us Jeanna Smialek with the New York Times and chris with rugaber with associated press. Chris. Chris lets talk about trade. 40 of the fortune 500 has complained on earning calls and so forth about the impact of President Trumps tariffs on chinese imports and other ...

Point where there almost offsetting the benefits of the tax cut . Neil they are certainly dampening the benefit of the tax cut. There are two aspects of the tariffs on business that are impacting business. The first is the tariffs already in place and are at cost. The second is uncertainty of additional tariffs. That is playing out over the next several months with respect to china and even automobiles, with respect to tariffs on automobiles. And if you are running a company by the way, not just...

Impact of president trumps tariffs on imports and other chinese items. How big and impact is this hurting companies and compare it to the benefits of the tax cut in 2017, which reduced rates on business. Are these tariffs offsetting the benefits of the tax cut . Neil there are two impacts, the first is the tariffs in place and already at cost, the second is uncertainty of additional tariffs. That is playing out over the next several months with respect to china and even automobiles, with the res...

Will now rise, please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance, the national anthem. Governor, grace is your name and all the world. Grace is your presence in this land. You were here when native people first lived, loved, and governed themselves. You were here when the first englishmen emigrated and when they held their First Legislative Assembly 400 years ago. You were here when the first english women chose to come and join the men and dabblers communities and when the first African Peopl...

New york times and Chris Rugaber with associated press. Chris, go ahead with the first question. Chris lets talk about trade. 40 of the fortune 500 has complained on earning calls and so forth about the impact of President Trumps tariffs on chinese imports and other items. How big and impact is this hurting companies and compare it to the benefits of the tax cut in 2017, which reduced rates on business. Have these tariffs gotten to the point where they are almost offsetting the benefits of the t...

And well bring you that vote live. And you can send your questions for christian and for me using the hashtag bchs. We will bejoined we will be joined by Robert Watson as well. We think we are less than one hour away from a vote that is pivotal to the future of the united kingdom. The opposition, along with rebel mps from the Ruling Conservative Party, are seeking to prevent a no deal brexit in any circumstances. To prevent a no deal brexit if they succeed, the consequences are myriad. If and ho...

Only accelerate when a business may deduct certain deductions and not whether the costs are deductible in the first place. However, the most costly of what i term general business incentives is also likely the most popular. Im going to show you in just a minute. The most popular because it has such an overwhelming number of cosponsors in both bodies. That is the shortline tax credit. This provision offers a tax ched to shortline railroads for qualified maintenance expenditures. This credit isnt ...