The short term we have concerns about what happens with the virus. New york shutting down when it comes to the schools. Nevertheless, how can you sustain the entering opening of restaurants and bars on the back of concerns when schools have to close . The dilemma is front and center for the people operating government right now, and investors. Can they look through it . Joe exactly right. Still nothing to help out from d. C. , no stimulus seeming to be imminent. And the economy is not rolling over yet, but i think it is surprising less to the upside. Several times the data kept coming in soundly solidly better than exultations. The big green area were all those data points that kept surprising to the upside. That is rolling over. What that means is not that the economy is sputtering, per se, but people are catching up to reality. Of course we had retail sales yesterday well below estimates. It is dawning on people, i guess everyone is getting more realistic, starting to mangy maybe vir
What is clear, is that the Senate Republican proposal on not rise to the moment. The democratic bill has been on in federal law cases where the republican built only requires data a no knock warrants. Democratic bill has a publicly available nationwide database on this conduct. So that Abusive Police officers who were fired cannot simply go to another department some rest in the country and get hired. The republican been moved bill we keep it almost entirely shielded from public view. The democratic bill benson took hold and tactics that have killed black americans. The republican bills only those that restrict the airflow in a blood flow pretty provide exceptions when deadly force is needed. Who determines when deadly force is needed to pretty usually the police themselves. In the course different in their judgment for the republican bill is silent on racial profiling military local Police Department sprinted and perhaps the greatest flaw in the republican proposal is that it is missi
Bill with a final vote scheduled for this morning. Theyll also work on the nomination of Justin Walker to serve on the u. S. Court of appeals. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord, god of heaven and earth, today teach our lawmakers to do things your way, embracing your precepts and walking in your path. Lord, make them powerful instruments for goodness in our nation and world. Remind them at the narrow and difficult road leads to life and few find it. You honor those who honor you. As our senators receive guidance from you and following your leading, replace anxiety with calm and confusion with clarity. Give them attentive hearts and open minds as they seek to find in the diversity of ideas what is best for our nation and world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to o
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 36. Twothirds of the senators voting, a quorum being present, not having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution on reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of the United States. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask consent before the roll call to be recognized to make a unanimous consent request. Id like to take that opportunity now, unless theres some other item of business before the senate. The presiding officer there is not. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin thank you t lets start with madge, basic madge, andrew yank math. Heres what it boils down to. Each year we have 140,000 employmentbased visas issued in the United States, 140,000. A decision was made several years ago that politicians were playing favorites, picking countries that would get more of one and more of another
Special Senate Election the first democrat to win in the staunchly red state for twenty five years but his battle republican opponent boy moore is refusing to concede defeat also coming up turkeys president says his country will never recognize president recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel and calls for the u. S. Calls the u. S. A partner to bloodshed. And how will brag to defect Northern Ireland we report from the emerald isle on the day the European Parliament debates its future and ask if Prime Minister theresa may can keep her promise of no hard border. Plus in the bundesliga dont receive a lifeline in a must win game under their new coach the team defeated mines to get their first win in nine games which means crisis is still far from over though there might be a light at the. And at the top. Oh im Terry Marchant good to have you with us democrat candidate doug jones has won a u. S. Senate seat in the deeply conservative state of alabama but his republican opponent r