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When we will finally, god willing, returned to normal. I feel the floor and notice the absence of a quorum. The assistant democratic leaders. Mr. President , first i ask unanimous consent of the quorum call be suspended. Without objection. Without the etiquette of a mask we are trying to make sure we set an example for the country t that is attentive to Public Health care crisis that we face. Mr. President , i listened carefully to the remarks of the republican majority leader and he spoke about the reconvening of the senate this day and talked about the work we achieved a few weeks ago passin...

Are you laid off . Are you on furlough or parttime . Are you an essential worker . We will get to your calls momentarily. The jobs numbers for april this morning, we will certainly report that when it is available. This from the Associated Press this morning. A devastating jobs report for april show virus impact, writing the u. S. Government on friday is poised to report the worst jobs report since a big Record Keeping began in 1948. The Unemployment Rate for april could reach 16 or more, according to economists surveyed. 21 million jobs may have been lost. If so, it would mean that nearly all...

Assistant democratic leader. Mr. Durbin i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin i learned the et quit of the etiquette of the mask. Mr. President , i listened carefully to the remarks of the republican majority leader. He spoke about the reconvening of the senate this day and he talked about the work we achieved a few weeks ago passing the cares act. 2. 2 trillion in rescue funds for america 960, and by a voice vote we passed 48 million more. Almost 2. 7 trillion. That is an amount far in excess of the annual federal budget ...

Business lending facilities to keep credit flowing as u. S. Job losses surge past 30 million. Shery lets get started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing pressure on u. S. Futures, falling more than a percent at the moment, after the s p 500 fell from the sevenweek high. But yes, it was the best month since 1987. We saw the s p 500 climbing 13 this month. We have more pessimism about the economy today. We had dismal jobless claims data. Slowing down but elevated. We have positive sentiment being filtered through with the fed expanding the scope of the main Street Lending program. A...

Concerning Economic Data out of europe the eurozone economy contracted by 3. 8 percent for the 1st quarter of 2020 this marks the biggest drop in g. D. P. For the 19 countries block since 1905 according to the European Statistics Office euro stat the e. U. Economy had expanded by point one percent in the 4th quarter of 2019 and of course contraction is expected as the crow virus pandemic continues to wreak economic havoc but it should be noted that lock downs in the e. U. Did not actually start until early march so you still have 2 months before those lockdowns took place weighing heavily on t...