11-29-2024, 08:41 PM
Accm 6 Justices to Attend Obama s State of the Union
Washington mdash;The Senate approved a relief package worth roughly $484 billion to mitigate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, ending weeks of stalemate between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate.The bill, which passed by unanimous consent, provides an additional $310 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program, the fund that provides loans to small businesses and ran out of money last week. The package also incl stanley quencher udes $60 billion in disaster relief loans and grants, $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion to boost coronavirus testing.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the deal on Tuesday. McConnell asked that the measure be approved by unanimous consent, and it passed without formal objection, although Republican Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee stanley tumbler voiced their opposition before the request. I am pleased to report that we have reached an agreement with the administration on interim emergency relief legislation, Schumer announced in a letter to Democratic colleagues Tuesday afternoon. Schumer called the deal a result of bipartisan negotiations with Secretary Mnuchin, the Trump administration, and Speaker Pelosi. McConnell faulted Demo stanley cup crats for holding up the legislation by blocking an earlier attempt to expand the PPP after it ran out of money last week, but said he supports the deal reached Tuesday. I welcome this bipartisan agreement and hope the Senate will qu Tpdj Judd Gregg: New GOP Hero
CBS ELYRIA, Ohio - It was a tough political week for President Obama, and who could blame him if he thanked God it s Friday. I ve got to admit, we had a little bit of a buzz saw this week, he confided to 1250 people at a Town Hall Meeting at Lorain County Community College. This was the week he saw Republican Scott Brown elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts, wresting from the Democrats their filibuster-proof supermajority. People in Washington were all in a tizzy, he said, a day after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said she didn t have the votes in her chamber to approve the Senate version of the health care bill Mr. Obama desperately wants to sign into law. It puts the measure in limbo. He kno stanley isolierkanne ws the developments raise doubts about his ability to get other elements of his agenda enacted - though he mocked stanley cup the pundits who might write about that. What does it mean for Obama he asked rhetorically. Is he weakened Oh ndash; how s he gonna survive this The president assured his audience they need not worry that he ll walk away from his top domestic priorities: creating jobs, growing the economy, enacting health care. I will take my lumps, but I won t stop fighting to bring back jobs here, he said, sounding as if he were ad stanley cup dressing a campaign rally. I ll never stop fighting, he said.He used that phrase again and again to proclaim his determination to pass a new jobs bill, restore home values, improve education
Washington mdash;The Senate approved a relief package worth roughly $484 billion to mitigate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, ending weeks of stalemate between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate.The bill, which passed by unanimous consent, provides an additional $310 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program, the fund that provides loans to small businesses and ran out of money last week. The package also incl stanley quencher udes $60 billion in disaster relief loans and grants, $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion to boost coronavirus testing.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the deal on Tuesday. McConnell asked that the measure be approved by unanimous consent, and it passed without formal objection, although Republican Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee stanley tumbler voiced their opposition before the request. I am pleased to report that we have reached an agreement with the administration on interim emergency relief legislation, Schumer announced in a letter to Democratic colleagues Tuesday afternoon. Schumer called the deal a result of bipartisan negotiations with Secretary Mnuchin, the Trump administration, and Speaker Pelosi. McConnell faulted Demo stanley cup crats for holding up the legislation by blocking an earlier attempt to expand the PPP after it ran out of money last week, but said he supports the deal reached Tuesday. I welcome this bipartisan agreement and hope the Senate will qu Tpdj Judd Gregg: New GOP Hero
CBS ELYRIA, Ohio - It was a tough political week for President Obama, and who could blame him if he thanked God it s Friday. I ve got to admit, we had a little bit of a buzz saw this week, he confided to 1250 people at a Town Hall Meeting at Lorain County Community College. This was the week he saw Republican Scott Brown elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts, wresting from the Democrats their filibuster-proof supermajority. People in Washington were all in a tizzy, he said, a day after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said she didn t have the votes in her chamber to approve the Senate version of the health care bill Mr. Obama desperately wants to sign into law. It puts the measure in limbo. He kno stanley isolierkanne ws the developments raise doubts about his ability to get other elements of his agenda enacted - though he mocked stanley cup the pundits who might write about that. What does it mean for Obama he asked rhetorically. Is he weakened Oh ndash; how s he gonna survive this The president assured his audience they need not worry that he ll walk away from his top domestic priorities: creating jobs, growing the economy, enacting health care. I will take my lumps, but I won t stop fighting to bring back jobs here, he said, sounding as if he were ad stanley cup dressing a campaign rally. I ll never stop fighting, he said.He used that phrase again and again to proclaim his determination to pass a new jobs bill, restore home values, improve education