in reality, that house passed bill $3.4 trillion bill, mr. president was a lengthy liberal wish list which even members of the democrat own party dismissed as deadri on arrival, in fact democrats had work to do to persuade members of their own caucus in the house to vote for the bill. political put it at the time, i quote as of late thursday evening, the house democratic leadership was engaged in lawmakers describe as a difficult arm-twisting of the entire congress, convincing the rank-and-file to vote for $3 trillion stimulus bill that will never become law. , that is from politico. the house bill includes coronavirus priorities like funding for diversity and inclusion studies and their marijuana industry, tax cuts, blue state millionaires, federal lysing elections, just a few of the items house passed bill. that is very hard to argue that had anything to do with feeding the coronavirus, the hospital mentioned the word cannabis, more often than it mentioned the word job which tells you all you need to know. about the whole proposal. despite

wild bill cortez. in four months' time he'd snapped up the homes of two people who had mysteriously vanished, bo and cher. now cher's husband, keith, was telling anyone who would listen that the disappearances and property transfers were no coincidence. >> i right away thought bill has done something to these people. i was telling people in bocas about the suspicions. we're all saying the same thing. bill is in the area. and he told people he was going to come shut me up. he told three or four people that. i moved into a hotel with security. >> keith wasn't the only one who was nervous. >> i got to the point where i became convinced this guy, cortez, had killed these people in order to steal their property. that's when i said i'm going to the authorities. >> he urged keith to do the same. >> he said you need to come to panama city, get to the prosecutor, get to the dij and really turn up the heat. >> keith went to panama city and laid out the case against wild bill to the dij, the panama fbi. >> from t

bill: no. i mean it is a sign that i have not given the money away fast enough to drop out of the top 10. and, you know, the market has been strong. [applause] david: actually, the market has been strong. microsoft is up 35% this year. so to what do you attribute that? bill: the company is doing super well. satya nadella is a great ceo. you know, the whole dream of the importance of software has really come true. the five most valuable companies in the world are these technology companies. microsoft, you know, has a good share of that. i get to spend about a sixth of my time, now, over at microsoft. david: so, recently, you said the biggest mistake you made professionally was that microsoft should have had the android technology. why was that the biggest mistake? bill: when you are in a field -- you know, we were in the field of doing operating systems for personal computers. we knew the mobile phone would be very popular. and so we were doing what was called windows mobile. we missed being the

. >> bill: indeed, nice to see you. so good friday afternoon. i am bill hemmer. stacked our in new jersey a little bit later this hour, visiting his younger brother robert who is getting care in a new york hospital native will meet with members of a police union, also spoke at a news conference before leaving the white house. meanwhile, joe biden, kamala harris appearing together for a third straight day. in moments, i will speak to senator tim kaine and then reaction with stephen miller. we also have jacqui heinrich in delaware with the biden team, the fallout from the russian matter that happened just hours ago but first, chief white house correspondent john roberts kicks off our coverage from the north lawn. good afternoon on this friday. >> good afternoon to you. and just the last couple of hours upping the pressure on democrats to come back to the table and sign a coronavirus relief bill in a series of tweets outlining what he is prepared to do immediately said that democrats are holding him up but the president said he is prepared to do more direct payments

bill. >> bill: thank you, mike. we will bring our viewers there. >> and we are going to make it clear that this president, this vice president, and this party will always stand with the men and women who have served on the thin blue line mc law enforcement. >> bill: republican national convention today, putting focus on law enforcement. more so the democrats did last week. former state department spokeswoman for president obama and former speechwriter for president bush. hello to both of you. we might have to see what happens with the president store in north carolina. i thought it was interesting, how he chose to answer the question about suburban voters who seem to drift away from the trump administration about the concerns that they have when it comes to a law and order. marie. >> bill, we have actually seen suburban voters move away from president trump in part because he refuses to acknowledge the black lives matter movement, and this push across the country for racial justice. this morning, we woke up to yet a

. >> bill: good afternoon. the virtual stage, senator kamala harris only hours away from officially becoming the first woman of color on a major party presidential ticket. tonight she will take place alongside joe biden as the democrats vice president candidate. senator harris is one of the headline speakers for night three of that convention along with former president barack obama. analysis from chris stirewalt and donna brazile reporting from mike tobin live in wisconsin. reporting from peter doocy who kicks off this hour. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. we just watched joe biden's motorcade roll out of here. he was inside the chase center for less than three hours. we saw kamala harris inside the chase center, pretty late until last night, more than two hours. this is the spot where she is going to speak tonight. he's going to speak tomorrow night. the campaign is keeping quiet about what these two were doing inside on these separate trips. there is now some new attention on one up tomorrow night speaker

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bill: absolutely. you can go to burger king and buy the impossible burger. david: alright. is it healthier for you or just healthier for the atmosphere? bill: it's slightly healthier for you in terms of less cholesterol. it is, of course, a dramatic reduction in methane emissions, animal cruelty, manure management, and the pressure that meat consumption puts on land-use. david: what about electric cars? do you think that's a solution? bill: absolutely. if you look at the transport sector -- david: that's another 14% of -- bill: passenger cars, with about another factor of about two to three in battery improvement, which is possible, the mainstream for passenger cars can become electric. so, you have to make that transition. you've got to scale it up. you've got to make sure electricity is zero emission. but for trucks and planes, there 's almost no chance the batteries will be good enough. and so there, you'll still need to create liquid fuels, either with electricity or biofuels. some way. fuels are a

i am behind on numerous bills including mortgage, utility and other bills. from dominique in fairfax, my rent is now three months behind, as well as my other bills, and i'm receiving letters threatening evictions and services being turned off. unfortunately, these examples are now not aberrations but they are common. we all know people. we all know people who are at risk of losing their home or being hungry or losing health care. or their savings being depleted because of the absence of work. so we have to make sure that people are not removed from their homes in the middle of a health crisis. we need to make sure they can continue to pay bills until the health crisis is sufficiently addressed and the economy gets back to where it was. schools and colleges across the country are trying to reopen right now. it doesn't matter if it's in person, online, or a hybrid model, we want them to reopen safely right now, and this is the time to provide schools with the resources they need to deliver quality instruction, not punish them for following public health guidan

that bill was reintroduced in the 80th congress as the taft-ellender-wagner bill. the name was slightly changed, but it is practically the same bill. and it passed the senate, but it was allowed to die in the house of representatives. the banking and currency committee sat on the bill, it was finally forced it out of the committee, and the rules committee took charge, and it still is in the rules committee. but desperate pleas from philadelphia in that convention that met here three weeks ago couldn't get that housing bill passed. they passed a bill they called a housing bill, which isn't worth the paper it's written on. [applause] president truman: in the field of labor we needed moderate legislation to promote labor-management harmony, but congress instead passed that so-called taft-hartley act, which has disrupted labor-management relations and will cause strife and bitterness for years to come if it is not repealed, and the democratic platform says it ought to be repealed. [cheers and applause] president truman: i tried to strengthen the labor department. the r

i'm bill hemmer. a big hour as president trump is heading to arizona as we speak after he made a quick stop in the state of iowa, expected to visit the border and talk about immigration and security. the president zeroing in on key battleground states as democrats get ready for the second night of their first ever virtual convention. how did it go? all talk with one of last night's speakers, minnesota senator amy klobuchar as my guest and a moment. karl rove has analysis, peter doocy on the trail in delaware but first the white house and chief correspondent john roberts. good day to you. >> good afternoon to you. the president as you mentioned on his way to arizona, a state that was last won by the democrats way back in 1996. the previous time before that was harry truman in 1948, so this has been for the most part a pretty reliably red state. the president won by three and a half points but the democrats smelling some blood in the water in the grand canyon state. biden is up by 2 in the real clear po

a power outage in des moines, but good afternoon, governor. >> good afternoon, bill. >> bill: i looked at the polling. donald trump has a point and a half lead over joe biden. he won your state by 10 points in 2016. why would this be closer in iowa? >> i am cutting out. hopefully you can hear me. i don't think it will be close. as i indicated last night, [audio breaking up]. he's been a great partner to the state of iowa through times of disaster and the trade issues we have dealt with. i think that he is in a good position. i believe we will carry the state of iowa for president trump. >> bill: you mentioned the chinese trade battle. the effect on the farmers is profound? >> it's been a tough year and there was another tough year. china had the largest purchase of corn the week that the storm hit. we were grateful for the trade deal between mexico and canada ha has an important impact on our state. they are our number 1 and 2 trading partners. trade for farms er [inaudible]. covid-19. [muffled audio].ers [inaudible]. covid-19. [muffled audio]. they will be on the ground september thir

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to friday. the election is 74 days away on the stage is now set for the republicans, democrats pulled off their virtual convention in these covid times, so will the biden-harris tickets he abounds? biden is up more than seven points. the spokeswoman joins me in for a moment on that. they kick off their convention on monday with hundreds of delegates actually in charlotte, north carolina, north carolina. president trump says he is hoping to have more life speakers in the dnc and kristin fisher runs that down for us live from the north lawn where we begin this hour. >> president trump to spend about an hour giving us a preview of what we can expect when he formally accepts his party's nomination here at the white house from the south lawn next thursday. he also spent quite a bit of time going after his opponent joe biden after his big speech last night and the president said it's not so much what joe biden said last night, it's what he did not say. >> he didn't talk about law enforcement, he didn'

now here's bill hemmer. >> bill: you have a great weekend. >> ♪ >> bill: the election is 66 days from today. in the closing stretch of the most unusual presidential campaign. joe biden said he will travel soon. president trump is on the move today to battleground new hampshire. he lost that state by 2700 votes. the campaign manager said the near misses are a path to victory in 2020. thousands marching in washington after a week of riots and protests. 57 years ago martin luther king, jr. gave his most famous speech right there and said it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. dr. ben carson spoke last night at the rnc. at the white house is where we begin. >> president trump is heading straight from the convention to the campaign trail. he campaigns tonight in new hampshire and later this weekend will go to the gulf coast to see all of the hurricane advantage. this is it. this if the final sprint before election day. we are almost one month away from the first debate. despite what nancy pelosi said yesterday, both president trump and former vice-president

from what happened since i got to the hospital so i got a different bill from the e.r. a different bill from. the radiologist a different bill for their cardiologist just the same hospital. and different department within the hospital to turn them dependent and the plan they yet up to now i haven't seen ambulance bill either because i'm assuming says they're charging everything individually they're going to be also on the ambulance bill because the ambulance took me and brought me back home. to new york times article. saying all we're going to review how much you really old and were later on going to send you a bill final bill how much you really all the hospital work all collating me. from 621-6000 i'm i have left over that i have to pay from my pocket and goes on offense and you have to make sure and by the time you went to the right i had insurance the whole time you turned $98.00 anywhere. because out of pocket. 6000 in that poured out of pocket that i have to pay that's the insurance i just talked yesterday about the yes but anyway why are you every so often the air just to leave t

vote for this bill. partisan bill. it's a bill that says republicans ought to be safe in voting. ought to be safe in voting. independents ought to be safe in voting. to hat's what they choose do. this is a good bill. america's for democracy. it's a bill for making sure our people are connected through the mail. i thank the chair for bringing it to the floor. vote yes. urge a yes vote for all members and yield back the time.e of my the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain in in personalities toward the president and to direct their remarks to the chair. reserves.woman the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: may inquire about left?ch time we have the peaker pro tempore: gentleman from kentucky has 25 minutes. the gentlewoman from new york has 24 minutes. mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. latta. latta: i thank my friend, the ranking member, for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in this bill, which has not gone through regular order. t was put together in response to misinformation and conspiracies online. closure of

they passed the bill that -- they called the housing bill. [cheers and applause] harry truman: we needed moderate legislation to promote aber management harmony. congress passed the act that was disrupting labor-management relations and will cause strife and bitterness for years to come . the democratic task force is it ought to be repealed. platform saystic it ought to be repealed. i tried to strengthen the labor department. the republican platform of 1944 songthey would build up a titled labeled department -- titled labor department. they cut the appropriation on that so it cap hardly function. i recommend an increase in the minimum wage. what did they get? nothing. absolutely nothing. i suggested that the schools in this country are crowded. there's a shortage of teachers. we need more and better schools. irish the congress to provide $300 million to aid the state in meeting the educational crisis. congress did nothing about it. time and again i recommended improvement in social security laws, including those not now covered. increase the

plans for both bill's condominium and the subaru is there he only works the bill. 2009 i learned that i had melanoma and that the melanoma had spread to my loved ones. and. you know you certainly begin to think that life is short in the day or 2 after that i called peter and i said that i was going to go forward with this apartment or with the boat. and at the end of that week i said to myself i can't live like that i can't however long i have i can't live without a plan and a a a reason to do something special and so i called him back and i said forget it we're going forward the boat with all 4 with the apartment. building has started out as a business lawyer but was found guilty of fraud in 1997 he started over and has since made a fortune in computer software. enjoyed more. entertainment. in every respect. i am. bringing you back. though doesn't go sailing every day but the crew is always on cool and on a yearly salary for example the captain earns between 16022000 euros per month there. is a total of nearly $1000.00 square metres of living space on board the sybaris including fitn

we are -- our bill, heroes bill is at three, four. theirs is at one. the speaker made an offer, let's narrow them each. they said no. i said you mean we'll go down a trillion if you go up a trillion. it's mainly in terms of dates and you should have seen their faces. i said you mean you want it to go almost all in your direction? you won't negotiate? and they said yeah. so we are trying to compromise. the spin they're putting it on that we haven't moved off is belied by what happened. they're the ones stuck. they say basically what's happening is, mr. meadows is from the tea party. you have 20 republicans in the senate greatly influenced by them. and they want to spend the necessary dollars to help get america out of this mess. ideology blinds them. so we need a bill. there are only really two choices. for our republican negotiating friends. , with n do a strong bill democrats, and they have to realize they're going to need a majority -- they're going to need all the democrats to vote for it in the house and majority of democrats to vote for it in the

then the next bill -- big bill was the cares act. the cares act came out as a corporate trickle-down bill. we said, that's not what we need. and so we put -- we had our take responsibility bill, which was bubble up for working families and we came to an agreement. some bad things were still in the cares act. like $150 billion to the richest people in america. retroactively. having nothing to do with the coronavirus. but nonetheless, four bills we did in a bipartisan way. the next bill was the p.p.p., the additional p.p.p. bill. what did they say? never, no way, it won't pass in the senate. we're having this and this is what it is. then they ended up doing what we had, a $60 billion set aside for small, women and minority-owned businesses, they ended up having the money for the hospitals, more money for testing because we made the case and we got to that place. it didn't mean we swallowed their first offer. or they swallowed our first offer. it's the legislative process. we put forth what we think is urgently needed by the american eo

and these bills deal with those issues. so the health challenges as it relates to the health disparities needs to be part of the legislation i hope we will be considering in the very, very near future. the legislation needs to include an extension of unemployment insurance benefits, which is a lifeline for individuals and our economy. individuals desperately need these funds in order to take care of basic needs for their families, but our economy needs the influx of these resources in order to keep our economy afloat during covid-19. the heroes act, which again was passed almost three months ago, extends the $600-a-week payment through the end of january whereas the commonly bill, the heals act -- the mcconnell bill, the heals act, cuts it back to $200 and only through october, and sets up a test for local, on the percentage of your previous salary that our u.i., unemployment insurance administrators in the states tell us is not administratable making a roadblock for those getting the money provided in the heals act, the bi

they want to steal the election so in the bill, they have a bill that requires all states to do universal mail in balloting regardless of whether or not they have the infrastructure. in nevada, such a disaster, their infrastructure is a total disaster. a don't want to have signature verification. they don't want to have any of the safeguards you need and they don't want to have safeguards that are so common and so basic in even other states we disagree with. we will see what the courts determine, but they certainly don't have the infrastructure in nevada so we will see how it is. we brought suit last weekend we see how that all works out. i think we are going to win it, but what they are trying to do with all of these requirements, including no signature verification, they are trying to steal an election and i was in ohio, i was in texas, i was in florida the last four or five days and if you would see the crowds along the highways and the roadways, people have said they've never seen anything like it. they haven't seen anything like it. the press doesn't report it because they are fake n

we are going to monitor former president bill clinton. bill clinton is interesting. i'm going to lay out in a special "hannity" monologue how he wouldn't even be a nominee if that party ever based on his positions and by the way, he's embroiled in a huge new scandal today. "daily mail" just published a newly pictures, bill clinton getting a little back massage from one of jeffrey epstein's victims. this isn't funny, what i saw should scare everybody. we've you have to hear back. whatever happened to the eye believers in the democratic party that are outraged that bill clinton is about to speak in prime time at their party's convention. do they have any real values at all? kamala harris, any comment at all? we will have more straight ahead but first we are going to bring you everything you need to know about last night's big dnc kick off because if you're like most

which in the t house bill were $1 trillion. how do compromise with the house when you agree with them on a number so they change the number. back-to-school, critical part of what would be happening rightgh now. back-to-school money that the schools get in december will not be nearly as helpful as back-to-school money the schools get in august. they need the money now, we need to see back-to-school whether it's d distance-learning which takes some assets and planning that districts need to do more on or in person learning where sothat is possible or where you have to more expenses for more bus routes so you don't put as many people on the same bus, more expenses for delayed starting times,e more expenses for social distancing in classrooms, but they need that money now. so the house and there bill for elementary and secondary and higher education, the heroes act put l $100 billion we looked at that carefully, and we think we know as much as our committee and as anybody in the senate, about some of the needs that are out there, w

now, how does the bill define that? well, the bill defines that as follows. the treatment of patients, quote, for any purpose. quote, for any purpose, unquote. not merely the treatment of covid-19 patients during this public health emergency. so that is about as broad as it gets, and it would be in place, that liability -- impenetrable liability shield would be in place for several years. now, it gets worse when it comes to people of disability. to add insult to injury, just consider what we did just last week. our nation celebrated the 30th anniversary of the americans with disabilities act, a law that extended civil rights protections to people with disabilities in every state. president george h.w. bush signed the bill into law and republicans and democrats and independents all over the country celebrated the 30th anniversary. literally the next day the majority proposed this corporate liability shield, which would blow a hole in the protections provided by the so-called a.d.a. after the celebration of 30 years. that makes it possible -- that bill, the ame

defazio put forth a bill to limit what that is. when they say it doesn't pay -- we had to do these cuts and those cuts -- we are cutting service. not weak, but the new postmaster general. so we have called our members back for legislation that allocates the resources, $25 billion, that were recommended by the board of governors at the postal service. a board thatrd -- is bipartisan and 100% appointed by president donald trump, and they recommended the $25 billion. actually, they recommended more, which we will have and other bills. that is part of this legislation. it is also necessary for us to have this legislation because in my conversations with the postmaster general, which were most unsatisfactory, he said he had no intention of restoring the post office boxes removed, no intention of restoring the sorting machines and other infrastructure very essential to keep bringing the mail on time. when i suggested we have the aslots and election treated first class mail, he said he had no intention of doing that, but if it was in the

>> bill: americans were her reference. americans were angry and exhausted. >> all americans have a seat at president trump's table. this is a president that doesn't take a pay check, didn't need to this job, and he's fighting for america to keep this country the america we've always known, the greatest in the history of the world. just a talking point, a line they would throw out. people know this president is fighting every single day to keep americans safe, prosperous in the great america we've always known. >> bill: lara trump from the trump campaign. thank you for your time today. i want to bring on the main team right now, bret baier along with martha maccallum. you guys have been on some kind of road trip. why is joe biden now delivering that speech today? we didn't do a couple of interviews with cnn, we've asked him to come on fox, any one of these programs. there is a seat right here. we'd love to have him. we did ask a question today, a few. kamala harris did not take questions at the end of this speech, but they

i i believe this bill is even me important now. students have been away from school and friends during a difficult time and some may be getting with the loss of loved ones or being home with family, a difficult family situation. i hope we will advance this bill toward markup. other bills cover a wide range of important issues issue from approving the national suicide prevention hotline to extending the authorization for two movie services block. this bill will ensure stable high quality resources for those in need. one issue not addressed it is a mental health of the frontline healthcare worker. this is especially important now, and i believe this has long been a serious issue our healthcare system but has taken on added importance with the additional stress that caring for the serious ill coronavirus patient entails. i unfortunately the to devote some time to process. there is a strong bipartisan commitment to improve our nation's mental health so i'm frustrated by majorities willingness to make even small changes some of the bill

here are just a few of the policies in their extreme left bill, and again, this is a bill supported by biden and biden is totally controlled now by the bernie sanders left wing of the party and in fact, he's gone further left than bernie sanders ever dreamt of going, so obviously, other than bernie, have brought him left. if you look at the manifesto that they've agreed to, it's far further left than i've ever heard anything about bernie sanders. the massive taxpayer bailout of badly-run blue states, we talked about. that's one of the things they are looking to do. measures designed to increase voter fraud, banning voter i.d. they want to ban voter i.d. we should have voter i.d. in every state. every state should have voter i.d. you have i.d. on everything you do, practically. everybody has voter i.d. everybody has i.d. except for voters. when you vote, you don't want i.d. they don't want it. we have some states where it works out great, and if you want to stop fraud in elections, have voter i.d. they want measures designed to increase voter fraud, which is banning voter i.d. in all st

the postal bill does not support the bill and the senate will likely not take up the bill. this is a political stunt. during saturday's debate chairwoman maloneyin veiled a 60-page powerpoint deck she received overnight from an apparent whistle-blower. madam chair, i don't need to remind you that your and adam schiff's record with whistle-blowers is less than stellar. the deck is dated august 12th proving it played no role in the creation of your bill which was unveiled the day before. the deck contains delivery performance data updated since the u.s. post al service's third quarter report. it shows some delays in july and august. i'm very interested to hear from mr. dejoy today about what he has learned about the causes of these delays, how much of an effect is the ongoing pandemic and increasing employee sick leave having on the u.s. postal service delivery of performance and how does this compare to other temporary growing pains to make the postal service more efficient and self-sufficient. i'm interested to hear mr. dejoy's responses because i do not know the answer to

its bill of fare. the place is called kungsholm. >> kungsholm was a swedish smorgasbord and a puppet theater all in one. >> steve golden was six when he saw his first show at the kungsholm. that led to a lifelong career as a professional puppeteer, who also handles purchases and acquisitions for the northwest puppet center in seattle. so, steve's childhood experience at the kungsholm left an impression. >> you came to the restaurant and you were given a complementary ticket to the puppet miniature grand opera. >> was it an institution in chicago? >> oh, was it ever? to go there was a highlight of a day. >> how fabulous. opera stars and socialites flocked to see kungsholm puppets perform arias from operas such as "madame butterfly" or "the barber of seville." so, 14-year-old bill fosser takes his best handmade puppet and talks his way into a summer job at the theater. soon, he, too, is hooked for life. he becomes an expert puppetmaker and patents a design for a puppet with more natural body movements th

postal service bill. of january 3, 2019, of the following individual on the house- on the part of the to the health, information, committee.advisory malek of oakland, california. the speaker pro tempore: the lays before the house the following communication. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant 300-jj-12, . section i am pleased to appoint the ollowing individual to the health, information, technology committee. ms. cynthia a. fisher of newton, massachusetts. thank you for your attention to matter. signed, kevin mccarthy, republican leader. for peaker pro tempore: what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. maloney, seek recognition? speaker, ey: mr. pursuant to house resolution h.r. 8015, and sk for its immediate consideration in the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. 8015, a bill to mainta prompt and reliable postal services during the ovid-19 health emergency and for other purposes. the speaker pro tem

that is what the bill says. fourth, the bill would enable corporations to be shielded from liability even if they made no effort to comply with guidelines and centers for disease control. due to the way the bill treats nonmandatory guidelines why would congress federally preempt state laws and then allow businesses to a ignore the federal cdc safety guidelines? fifth, instead of establishing a strong clear enforceable federal safety standards by osha and cdc, the public and bill would go the other direction and shield businesses from enforcement proceedings under federal healthgs safety laws. in other words, specifically protecting businesses from being held accountable under existing health and safety laws. laws like the fair labor standards act, americans disability act, osha and many, many more. my republican colleague say this bill is only frivolous coronavirus lawsuits but the bill would wipe out legitimate claims by workers and victims. by forcing all covid lawsuits to meet a higher standard of care height

with good advice when bill seeks it. kelly and is still their perches never left. really beside jared and stephen miller she's only other original white house person of significance left other than the president and the vice president. i think kelly and has shown her staying power and her value to the president and she will continue to show that both privately and inner consultation with the campaign and the president and publicly because you see her more as more public presence on tv as the campaign gets to the point where the public is really paying attention. >> speaking of vice president pence has a present or anyone close to him ever discuss disch you in recent weeks the idea of leaving him off the republican ticket? >> no. this goes along with campaign lower where the vice president canticles long with a brokered convention. every four years we talk about it, immediate talks about with bated breath in anticipation and it hasn't happened since 1960. it's not happening now in terms of a brokered convention. replacing

because of you with republicans to pass a bill it got wrapped u up. the distance between our two votes is you had a chance to stand with the immigrant community and the delegation and present obama and hispanic and you chose not to chant and transcends republicans. when it came back to both the government or not, because they pass the bill you voted for, you had to swallow it to fund government. >> one final go around. >>> thank you john, thank you john. again congressman kennedy, cast the same vote. it was a large package again as it was a time before. it's a legislative process. i think we both opposed increasing those bedspread we both did. to say that he did not vote on a bill to increase those beds is absently wrong. thank you. >> i voted against that he voted for. >>> let's move on. gentlemen thank you. you'll start here, first mr. kennedy. president trump was criticized recently for warning voters that joe biden's pledge to expand and enforce the fair housing act would mean an influx of crime and a loss of property values for suburban homeowner

congressional -- the joint tax committee that scores bills, tax bills, has said that a bill that we've now introduced that would allow that deductibility, make that very clear, has a zero score because they understood that congress intended to allow those deductions in the first place. we have two choices to help small businesses. we can write them another check or we can allow them to deduct their ordinary business expenses. this would provide some more liquidity and provide additional assistance and cost nothing in terms of the score on the bill. and it has bipartisan support that i believe merits our consideration. madam president, in conclusion we need to do everything we can to support the workers and families struggling to make it through this economic downturn while same towniously secure -- simultaneously securing the foundation for a strong economic recovery. the stakes are high, and i believe the senate must stay in session until we're able to deliver the relief that our country needs. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. barrasso: madam president? the presiding officer: t

was it a perfect bill? well, no, of course not. no bill is. did everyone get everything that he or she wanted? no. but it was a strong bipartisan bill that was praised by democrats and republicans alike. in fact, reflected by the unanimous vote. mr. president, i'd like to say that what we are -- that we are engaging in those same types of negotiations right now, but unfortunately i can't say that. i can't say, in fact, what is happening right now is even negotiations. negotiations involve both sides being willing to give something up to compromise and to try and move toward a solution. and while republicans are willing to make compromises to ensure that we can deliver another coronavirus relief bill to the american people, democrats apparently aren't willing to make any. back in may, house democrats proposed and passed a massive $3.4 trillion piece of legislation that they called a coronavirus relief bill. subsequently, it's been endorsed by senate democrats who have gone so far as to offer up unanimous consent requests here on the senate floo

. >> hopefully republicans will support this bill. i hope so. >> thank you, mister chairman, can you hear me? a sad moment. this president has dragged some good and decent people into positions that are completely indefensible and i have enormous respect, i served with mister cole for many years and have enormous respect for him and the work he has done. i take exception with some of the comments he made in his opening statement. he said this was based on wild allegations with no basis in fact regarding delivery of the mail. i want to offer for the record and ask unanimous consent to submit a letter from the united states postal service that was sent to 36 states saying they do not believe that they can deliver the ballot for the upcoming election in time to be counted in that election. the letter is from the united states postal service. the post office has been operating for 230 years. they used to deliver by horse. we never had a letter like this sent out, not during the first world war or the pandemic of 1918 during the first worl