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Thankorgie about you for joining us. Worryingld we start about the amount of debt we are generating and the impact it will have on the economy longerterm . First, thank you for having me. The worries about debt levels going up are not for now. For now, the biggest worry is we do not do enough to support the economy until we have a durable exit from the health crisis. With Interest Rates being record and government can borrow inject hopefully not only a recovery, but a more potent, higher productivity based growth so they can repay the debt they are acquiring now. Case for lowhe Income Countrie...

Lawmakers will be working on a bill to temporarily extend government funding through december 11th. Current funding runs out tonight at midnight eastern. We accept the final passage later today. Senators also starting to consider Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, amy barrett. We expect lots of debate on the nomination as well. Now live to the senate floor on cspan2. Almighty god, we praise you with our whole hearts. We refuse to forget how you have led our nation in the past and trust you to guard our future. Lord, encourage our lawmakers to be a part of your solutions and not a part of the...

Voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice. President trump hopes this will upend a race he is losing but is there any evidence it will ill talk to nominhillary clintn the third ranking republican in the senate john. Plus, an administration at war with itself. Covi deaths hit 200,000 and President Trump finding his own experts on vaccines and on face masks. This face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid than when i take the covid vaccine. It is not more effective than any vaccine and i called him about that ill talk to health and Human Services se...

Besides campaigning and political pressure, is there a mechanical way, something in the senate rules, that democrats could somehow prevent the nomination from Going Forward . I am not even getting to the senate rules for an important reason. I do not concede that when you already have several my colleagues saying that the way this happens, so close to the election, that the next president should be able to make the decision. The people picked the president and the president picks the justice. It is how this works. A look at what Abraham Lincoln did the last time someone died this close to the ...

Make a nomination. I called for the president to make the nomination this week and he announced he is going to, and i believe the right thing to do is for the senate to take up this nomination and confirm it before election day. On the question of precedent, we had this fight during the barack obama term and all the democrats were saying confirm the nominee and the republicans were saying we should not. So we can play that game all day long. I dont disagree with that. Im trying to get you to concede. Its really about who has the votes and the power at any given time. Actually, it isnt. If you ...