Page 722 - Pensions News Today

Position on jerusalem. rick? rick: david lee miller reporting from our mideast bureau. the taliban taking responsibility for a deadly hotel attack in afghanistan. video from the scene shows people using bedsheets to escape the kabul hotel, where the deadly siege taking place inside. the terror lasting more than half a day. were now hearing dozens of people were killed. witnesses say the attackers were targeting foreigners. there are no reports that any americans were harmed. the senate back ...

The budget. and health care and disaster aid and things like opioids and veterans and pensions. and on immigration. my recent offer to the president was a generous one. i put his signature campaign issue on the table in exchange for daca. and still he turned away. president trumps unwillingness to compromise because of the trump shutdown and brought us to this moment. the facts are well known. now i wish to update the senate on where things stand after this weekend. since our meeting in the oval...

We on our side of the aisle will continue to fight as strongly as we can for the dreamers in the weeks ahead. i say to all americans, urge your senators to vote yes on the bipartisan compromise when it comes forward. right, tweet, email, phone, vis. so we can finally pass this bil bill. in a few hours the government will reopen. we have a lot to do. the issue of the dreamers demands resolution. a budget must be written. health care has to be addressed. relief provided to disaster stricken parts ...

>> at this point we feel very, very strongly about the issues, not just dreamers but opioids pensions, not funding the military, on a cr basis, and we feel the american people are on our side. aggravated after the they passed the extension rejected a dustup on house floor taking aim at schumer. >> majority of the house the majority of the senate have voted to prevent shutdown keep the government open. . >> bring the -- the -- poster to the chair for his observation. >> soon shutdown down will ge...

In return for a path citizenship for the dreamers. but perhaps most importantly, the president is awol. he has to leave or get out of the way. that absence of leadership is really one of the key barriers we have to compromise which were all seeking because there is bipartisan consensus behind many elements of this deal, adequate support for our defense, our troops as well as non-military needs, the c.h.i.p. program, childrens health insurance and community health centers, pensions, veterans, dis...

Also, also before he made promises to senator collins and flake about voting theyll have. hes not bargaining in good faith. >> senator schumer held the line here. hes under a lot of pressure with the anti-trump sentiment. he said im going listen to you and fight. im not going to back down and sign on to the bill. do you think that ultimately that was the right decision? >> i think so. i kind of wish we would have framed it in the broader sense of the budget. why are we here right now? were here ...

Coal miners and pensions for teamsters. if they dont get fixed, youll have people that work 35 or 40 years of their life driving truck away from home or climbing in the coal mines and have their pensions cut in half. thats a people agenda. >> all of this youre talking about, its much harder to explain. its more complicated than republic the trump campaign put out an ad saying democrats are for illegal immigration. illegal immigration being their phrase. >> if trump was worried about illegal immi...

Disorganized and well meaning but not effective. >> were on the heels of big losses electorally. were getting our act together. i think were focussed on being against the president in a lot of what hes putting forward. because we dont think his ra racist sexist agenda is good for the country. were fighting that. i would like us to be a little bolder. i wish the whole debate with immigration that started from our side as a path way to citizens and negotiate down to daca as opposed to start at dac...

The budget. and health care and disaster aid and things like opioids and veterans and pensions and on immigration. my recent offer to the president was a generous one. i put his signature campaign issue on the table in exchange for daca, and still he turned away. president trumps unwillingness to compromise caused the trump shutdown and brought us to this moment. the facts are well known. now i wish to update the senate on where things stand after this weekend. since our meeting in the oval offi...

And we, on our side of the aisle, will continue to fight as strongly as we can for the dreamers in the weeks ahead. i say to all americans, urge your senators to vote yes on the bipartisan compromise when it comes forward. write, tweet, e-mail, phone, visit, do everything you can so we can finally pass this bill. in a few hours, the government will reopen. we have a lot to do. the issue of the dreamers demands resolution. a budget must be written. health care has to be addressed. relief provided...