. >> the pledge reads this -- i, the undersigned, pledge to the taxpayers of the state f undersigned and all the people of this state that i will oppose and vote against all efforts to increase taxes. that's accurate, grover? >> pretty simple. no net tax increase. >> and you continue -- no net tax increase. you continue to counsel those who sign this pledge not to negotiate at all with anything that will increase the debt limit if it involves increasing taxes? >> and take a look at what's happened across the country and the states this year, governors who signed the pledge have won that fight. they're not raising taxes. they are reducing spending. the healthy states are not raising taxes. they've elected people who have taken the pledge. the unhealthy states like illinois and connecticut are raising taxes and damaging their economies. the pledge has saved the americans hundreds of billions of dollars. >> are you okay that the pledge may cost americans when this debt ceiling is not increased? it will cost americans a lot of money when it's not increased? >> i hope that president obama

the second of which, we, the undersigned are members is the energy independence advisory pafpblet as advocacy organizations and businesses connected to the property, buildings and energy industries, we have focused on energy use, particularly natural gas use in buildings, and energy efficiency in green buildings. our main discussion was the need for discussion among stakeholders in the economy, academics, building scientists, tenants, policymakers, and property owners and managers. inceased access to the latest research and information about energy efficiency and green building and the financial benefits would boost the energy efficiency sector through more effective green and social marketing and the creation of a critical mass of awareness. we are committed to working with the city to foster this type of communications. our recommendation is that the city establish a quarterly information exchange to be managed by the department of the environment. by collating requests from parties across the building sectors for relevant scientific data to support the marketing and implementation

the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the reid motion to concur in the house amendment to s. 627, with amendment number 589, signed by 18 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to concur in the house amendment to s. 627, with amendment number 589 offered by the senator from nevada, mr. reid, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: does any senator still wish to cast a vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 49. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i enter a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked. the presiding offi

the clerk: we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on s. 1323, a bill to express the sense of the senate on shared sacrifice, resolving the budget deficit. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on s. 1323, a bill to express the sense of the senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: any supports wishing to vote or change your vote? on this vote the yeas are 51, the nays are 49. 3/5 of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close de

reid measure but on a petition which 18 senators signed which reads as follows -- "that we, the undersigned senators in accordance with rule 22 hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the reid motion." is that not true? mr. durbin: that's what the vote will be at 1:00 in the morning. mr. levin: so what we will be voting on is not as the republican leader characterized it, which he says he's willing to vote on right away. it's not a vote on the reid motion, but a vote on whether we will end debate on the reid motion. and is it not further true that people who vote tonight know are voting to filibuster the reid motion. mr. durbin: the senator from michigan is correct. and those who say they want to bring this to a vote will have an opportunity to join us in doing so by producing at least 60 votes when we vote at 1:00 in the morning. mr. levin: and finally would the senator from illinois agree that if tonight republicans refuse to bring this debate to a halt and to allow a vote on the reid motion, would you not agree that there will be a strong negative public reaction to a filibuster on

we the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on s. 1323 a bill to express the sense of the senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit. signed by 17 senators as follows follows: reid of nevada durbin, murray inouye, coons whitehouse boxer casey sanders lautenberg brown of ohio, reed of rhode island, feinstein merkley cardin, levin, schumer. mr. reid: mr. president i now move to proceed to calendar number 91, h.r. 2055. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to proceed. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 91, h.r. 2055 an act making appropriations for military construction, the department of veterans affairs and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the under undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a

. >> cloture motion we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close a debate on the reid motion to concur in the house amendment to s 627 with an amendment numbered 589. >> bret: what is happening here on the senate floor, we just had a vote on the boehner bill, it passed with a vote of 59-41. they only needed a simple majority of 51. it's interesting that the number was 59 because it is short of what is the normal number needed for vote like this. which is 60. this was a special motion made by senate majority leader harry reid. it passes now. the boehner bill is tabled. this means that the boehner bill is put aside. but just to explain, they are not killing that bill. they are going to use that bill as the vehicle by which they're going to send back a compromise that we still don't know the details of. we expect that that will be formed over the next day, and be sent back on the boehner bill but they will scrap out all the things that are in boehner, at least some of them and put it back to the hous

her attorney demands she answer her questions before she is released, arguing that the undersigned as a good faith basis to believe that the defendant will leave the jurisdiction of this court, disguise herself, and change her name. to which team casey responded, she is not available as her trial was a grueling experience that has left the defendant emotionally and mentally exhausted. casey anthony has been subpoenaed to gave deposition on tuesday at zenaida gonzalez's attorney's office. but they say they fear as soon as she's released from jail on sunday she will disappear and leave everything in her attorney's hands. they say they are ready to ask for sanctions if this is the case. ann? back to you. >> lilia luciano, thank you so much. >>> now let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. hey, al, how's it going out there? >> it's going okay. everybody is just waiting. all these young ladies and young everybody is just waiting. all these young ladies and young men all waiting to see chris brown who will be on our stage in just about one hour. they've been lining up since wednesda

the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to waive the points of order under section 303 of the congressional budget act of 1974 for h.r. 2055, any amendments thereto and motions thereon. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to waive the points of order under section 303 of the congressional budget act for h.r. 2055 and any amendments or motions thereto shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule, and the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 71, the nays are 26. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: madam president? madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: madam president, could we have order. mr. reid: madam president, could we have

we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the reid motion to condition occur in the house amendment -- concur in the house amendment to s. 627 with an amendment numbered 589. signed by 18 senators as follows. reid of nevada, baucus, boxer, levin, harkin, cardin, schumer, durbin, leahy, warner, murray, coons, blumenthal, brown of ohio, conrad, begich, kerry, stabenow. mr. reid: mr. president, i have a second-degree amendment which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, proposes an amendment numbered 590 to amendment numbered 589. mr. reid: i have a motion to refer the house message to the budget committee with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, moves to refer the house message to the senate budget committee with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment numbered 591. mr. reid: ask

so these undersigned are calling on us to oppose any deal that would make harmful cuts to medicare and social security benefits americans have been working on for all these years. this is just the beginning, mr. speaker, and colleagues, there will be more of these petitions to come. some of the participants that came to my office this morning are aloma peters, elizabeth, nicholas, tmbing heodora moorehead, joan, miguel ramos, ramon, doris brown, paul simmons, denise singleton, jenny dargon, representing the hundreds of people that sent this petition to the congress of the united states. in my district, and they talk about this this morning, we have one of the highest utility bills in our country. they're just trying to figure out what they would do if their social security checks were not coming to them next month. but you know, default is not crust catastrophic for individuals on social security. it would be catastrophic for everyone. it's catastrophic for our nation and economy. the poor would lose their safety net and the ability to pull themselves out of poverty, the help they need

the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 93, s. 1323, a bill to express the sense of the senate on shared sacrifice and resolving budget deficit. signed by 17 senators as follows. reid of nevada, durbin, schumer, lautenberg, franken, rockefeller, reed of rhode island, whitehouse, brown of ohio, sanders, kerry, merkley, stabenow, inouye, leahy and cardin. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i withdraw my motion to proceed to s. 123. the presiding officer: the motion is withdrawn. mr. reid: i move to proceed to s.j. res. 20. the presiding officer: the motion is before the senate. mr. reid: i ask consent that the time until 5:00 p.m. be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, that any time spent in quorum call be equally divided, and there is already an order in effect that republicans will be limited to 10 minutes each. the