the senate confirmed judicial nominee john cronan to be a u.s. district court judge for the southern district of new york. that was the last of allegedly to work on the senate floor this week. off the floor negotiations continue on a coronavirus aid package. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he is standing by for an agreement to bring to the senates. both the house and senate have yet to set a schedule for next week due to negotiations. >> it has been one week since senate democrats forced the additional federal benefit for jobless americans to expire. senate robbing and start having to prevent the lapse. at monday we rolled out a comprehensive proposal for another rescue package that would have kept extra federal benefits going but democrats refused to act so we tried to force the issue in one of our senators requested unanimous consent to continue these benefits through the end of the evar at a historically generous

eastern to debate and vote on the nomination of john cronan to be a judge for the southern district ofew york. and on c-span3, the senate armed services committee holds the confirmation hearing for several defense department nominees, including inspector general. that that's underway at 9:00 a.m. eastern. announcer: house speaker nancy pelosi incint

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, john peter cronan of new york to be united states district judge for the southern district of new york. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, over the past week and a half, speaker pelosi and i have been engaged in serious discussions and negotiation -- in negotiation with the white house over another round of emergency relief for the american people. our motivation is simple. americans are crying out for relief. cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to climb. the snowball of economic impact continues to roll downhill. this morning we learned that another 1.2 million americans filed for unemployment, far more than at any time during the great recession that began in 2008. our two parties don't agree on many thi

eastern to debate and vote on the nomination of john cronan to be a judge for the southern district of new york. and on c-span3, the senate armed services committee holds the confirmation hearing for several defense department nominees, including inspector general. that that's underway at 9:00 a.m. eastern. announcer: house speaker nancy pelosi incident minority leader chuck schumer talked about their meeting with the postmaster general to discuss mail-in voting in the coming election. speaker pelosi: as we come together in the capital, among the american people are many millions of children who are food insecure. concerned about tens of millions of people who are on unemployment insurance. we have to come to an agreement that meets the needs of the american people. that is the standard. asis an unusual negotiation, i said before, because people are dying. so there is an urgency and a value we have to address in the here and now. so time is of the essence. the leader and i are determined we will come to an agreement, but it has to meet the needs of the american people. that is our purp

the senate confirmed judicial nominee john cronan to be a u.s. district court judge for the southern district of new york. that was the last of allegedly to work on the senate floor this week. off the floor negotiations continue on a coronavirus aid package. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he is standing by for an agreement to bring to the senates. both the house and senate have yet to set a schedule for next week due to negotiations. >> it has been one week since senate democrats forced the additional federal benefit for jobless americans to expire. senate robbing and start having to prevent the lapse. at monday we rolled out a comprehensive proposal for another rescue package that would have kept extra federal benefits going but democrats refused to act so we tried to force the issue in one of our senators requested unanimous consent to continue these benefits through the end of the evar at a historically generous level and this plan would also corrected the bizarre choice facing american workers whom the system was actually paying