Deciding on whether to extend it. What is your opinion on the program. Should lawmakers and the program or extended . If you think they should end it, 202 7488001 is what you should dial. If you think they should renew the program, 202 7488000. We are also on twitter at cspanwj. We are also on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Or you can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. We will cover all the action live tomorrow beginning at 4 00 p. M. For now, we are joined by stephen of u. S. News world report ago why does the senate have to be in session on sunday . What will they be debating . Guest the senate will be in session because section 215 of the patriot act expires on monday. If they decide to extend it, it would most likely be under the u. S. Freedom act. The other option would afford to be to let it expire altogether which seems to be the less likely of the two options. Host this has already passed the house and it seems a good is bipartisan support in the senate. What is the hold
Session because section 215 of the patriot act expires on monday. If they decide to extend it, it would most likely be under the u. S. Freedom act. The other option would afford to be to let it expire altogether which seems to be the less likely of the two options. Host this has already passed the house and it seems a good is bipartisan support in the senate. What is the holdup . Guest there are various series. What has been floated by congressman in mosh that Mitch Mcconnell pass the surveillance act to get more leverage. After the freedom act failed by three votes, last weekend he brought up a cleaner renault which also failed. Currently, it is unclear. It seems plausible to think there will be three more votes. Other people have covered this. National journal broke down 10 possible vote switchers. It is also possible that more hawkish members will also now vote to continue provisions. Host what happens if the authorization for the Program Actually expires sunday at midnight . Guest
More. Look back at how american tuts attitudes shifted in 2013. Time and money are running out for more than a million jobless americans. The emergency Unemployment Benefits that they have been getting from the federal government are expiring tomorrow. About 1. 3 Million People who have been out of work for months will stop receiving payments. The average recipient will lose out on more than 1,000 each month. The benefits program was introduced in 2008 at the height of the recession. Since then the payouts have caused the federal government 225 billion. Extending them for another year would tack on another 19 billion but congress hasnt done that yet. Months ago they lost their jobs, now theyre losing the money they get from the government to get by. Since 2008, congress has extended the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program almost a dozen times. But this time lawmakers have let it lapse. That means that people who have lost their jobs will no longer have a cushion once their stat
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the chaplain, chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Almighty and powerful god. Our creator and defender, we call upon you this day to speak into the whirlwind of the life threatening storm surge and catastrophic winds that now bombard the florida peninsula and have left behind unfathomable destruction in cuba. As Hurricane Ian rages, those who are caught in its ravages are filled with dread. Their personal calamity is its own whirlwind around them. In their distress and anguish, they and we on their behalf pray to you for their safety and refuge. For you, alone, have the power with but a word to cause the tempest to still and the wind and waves to be hushed. So speak your word. Shine your light into the darkness of these days. And listen to these fervent prayers. Deliver the thousands of evacuees from their plight. Leave them to find shelter in you from all that threatens them this day.
Lord, teach them to be obedient to your commands, doing your good will as your presence fills them with joy. Manifest your power through their labors so that this nation will be exalted by righteousness. Help our senators to put their trust in you and to recapture their trust in one another as your angels guard them in all their ways. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , january 29, 2014. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable edward markey, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed patrick j. Leahy, preside