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In a positive way. Given life to this democracy and hope coming to our future. I will be the first to admit a do not come with strong personal feelings like millions of s americans like a son of an immigrant. In 1911107 years ago my grandmother came to this country with three little kids. One of those was my mother. She was two years old when they landed in baltimore. My grandmother didnt speak one word of english but somehow she managed to take those three kids and make it her way to join my grandfather in illinois. On the credenza behind my desk is my mothers naturalization certificate. I ke...

This you have a 700 page bill and nobody looks at it how are you find this . If we did an appropriation bill that included it would still be 500 pages long and you have to hunt long and hard. We dont look at the conditions. Nobody reads them. We dont to individual bills. People come in and say out for legal aid and i think people should have a lawyer and poor people should get help. The senate has been in resource for over an hour at approximately 1 00 a. M. Senators will hold a vote on moving forward with new government funding the to your budget agreement. A final vote could come read 2 00 a...

Passage of the plan as the end of the world, armageddon, the economy is responding incredibly well to the changes that we made in the tax code. I phropbg believed our economy struggled under the weight of an outdated tax system. Now businesses are beginning to do the math and are realizing that the tax cuts and jobs act will mean more savings. As a result, many have announced that they are passing some of these savings on to their employees who will now be seeking to grow and expand operations. As of today more than 350 companies have announced pay raises, bonuses, and or 401 k increases benef...

We have a cspan audience, Live Streaming soap wonderful to have everybody joining us for what they think wilwethink will be at conversation. Im excited about the people weve gathered and the ideas we are going to be discussing. Welcome to the committee for responsible budget for thostherf you who do not know if they Nonpartisan Organization the board of directors or people many of whom are with us today who have run all the bigbudget institutions in washington so the federal reserve, the treasury department, omb, the Budget Committees comes of a. To try to have a realistic understanding of the...

And members will recess today from 12 30 to 2 15 eastern and we do hope to bring you leadership briefings and hear more about the plans for the senate. Live coverage. U. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, we fix our minds on you, the author and perfecter of our faith. Remind our lawmakers that a heavenly focus brings joy. Give them the wisdom to see that those who have done the most good in this present world often have thought most about the wor...