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Are rich and can hire fancy accountants and lawyers and lobbyists to help create special tax statuses. Im talking about americans dependent on Government Programs many im not talking about disability or Social Security or medicare, programs they made into. Im talking about programs that assist antipoverty programs. Something else we should talk about again. Some are not working in terms of helping people escape poverty. Im talking about people who work and make just enough not to qualify for any of that stuff but not enough to afford the cost of living. Not just them. You add to that the cost of raising children. Its more expensive to raise children more than ever. There is nothing we can do in tax reform by itself that solves all of those problems, but there is no way we can do tax reform without addressing the millions of americans who feel every time there is a debat ....
Vote vote vote the presiding officer have all senators voted . Any senator wishing to change their vote . On this nomination the yeas are 60. The nays are 38. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We the undersigned senators in accordance provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of allison eid. The presiding officer the question is is it the sense of the debate than the nomination of allison eid of colorado to be United States circuit judge for the tenth circuit shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in t ....
Are conside tee exceptionally talented women for the federal bench. Federal Circuit Court nominations are extremely important. Circuit courts sit directly below the Supreme Court in our judicial system. And because the Supreme Court reviews relatively few or a smaller number of cases, many times the Circuit Courts have the last word in the majority of our of those cases. So it is essential that we have judges on the Circuit Court who will treat all litigants fairly. When i think about what do i want in a judge, i think fairness is the first thing that comes to mind. We want someone who treats litigants fairly, who show respect for our constitution, our statutes, and the controlling precedents. So we need somebody kn ....
Lawmakers, our nation, and our planet could not survive. Lord, let the nations you have made acknowledge your sovereignty. Continue to meet the needs of our senators, providing solutions to their most challenging problems. Lord, teach them your precepts so that they may walk in your truth, experiencing the reverential awe that comes from your presence. Make them wise and knowledgeable leaders. At their work, may they be diligent, every striving through their faithfulness to please you. In their dealing with each other, may they be honest, courteous, and kind, never forgetting that you are the unseen guest in all of their deliberations. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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. ....
Ms. Collins mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from maine. Ms. Collins mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that proceedings under the call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Collins thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , today i rise with my colleague from new mexico, senator heinrich, in discussing the securing americas voting equipment act of 2017 or the save act which we introduced earlier this week. Mr. President , i know that youre well aware that the Senate Intelligence committee has been conducting an indepth investigation into attempts by the russians to interfere with our election last fall. What we have found is the russians active measures preceded last fall and they continue to this very day. We have election coming up in november of this year and a major election next year and both senator heinrich and i believe that it is so important that we act to assist state ....