Good morning. You are saying the goalposts have moved on the stimulus talks . Who has moved the goalposts and where are they moving them to . Look. Im not an attack dog. All im saying is, speaking to , that themnuchin assistance package, the differences between the two teams on the assistance package have narrowed. But it seems like the more it narrows, the more conditions come up on the other side. And that is what we mean by the goalposts. Im not here to be optimistic or pessimistic. I have not taken of you. Factually,ying that the talks continue. They will continue today. The Committee Chairs in both houses our meeting. Small business, appropriations, and so forth. What they call the four corners. Thats ok. Speaker pelosi seemed to strike a note of optimism over the weekend. We have heard that before. Hopefully, she will follow through. I dont know. I dont want to predict. There are still a number of plan that the president cannot accept. There are a number of targeted areas we thin
Following the break, day one of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett continued. Sworn and and delivered her statement outlining her judicial philosophy and thought writing opinions and dissents. The remaining senators, including Vice President money also delivered remarks. This is just under two hours. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris also issued remarks. These are not normal times. 215,000 people and counting have died of this disease. Many businesses have closed their doors forever, shattering dreams and livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot, driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. In even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic, but these are not normal times. Senate republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the decidingourt to
Or that it violates the clear president of the senate is simply false. The effect of the attacks on the members of this committee, on the republican side, and frankly against the president , it says that we are trying to engage in Court Packing. That is a novel one because it is actually the Senate Following standard procedure with regard to a vacancy that is now being accused of being Court Packing when my colleagues on the others are actually proposing Court Packing. That is statutorily, and with the signature of the president , changing the law to add more members of the court. Fdr tried this, and his effort was rejected. Threatening to pass a law and change the courts Court Packing. What were the arguments that were actually leveled against judge merrick . Well, the standard arguments. She is going to overturn all protections for women, she is going to change all of the laws in the country that protect Peoples Health care, and everyone in this country who has a preexisting conditio
Kamala harris also delivered remarks. This is under two hours. Tens of thousands of children are living in poverty and going hungry because their parents lost their jobs and cannot afford to buy food. Hundreds of thousands of Small Businesses have closed their doors forever, shattering dreams and livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. Not even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focused on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during the pandemic. But these are not normal times. Senate republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the Supreme Court to be the deciding vote to take Health Care Away from millions of people. President trump has been clear about what he is doing, he has repeatedly promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who will , and byown the aca nominating judge ba
And livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. Not even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing our attention on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic. But these are not normal times. Instead, Senate Republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the Supreme Court to be the deciding vote to take Health Care Away from millions of people. President trump has been very clear about what he is doing. He has repeatedly promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who will strike down the aca. By nominating judge barrett the president is keeping his promise. In her speech at the white house , judge barrett aligned herself with her mentor, the late Justice Anthony scalia, who twice voted to strike down the aca. To help the president keep his promise a republican colleague