susan collins, they abandoned susan collins and they replaced her. >> campbell, what kind of response on our board. how does having republicans on your board help? they just vote against it when it comes up on the hill. it's an important point that they should be talking about. i don't approach this in an ideological way at all. i really view this as a practical matter, sort of rethinking strategy. >> so here's republicans for planned parent statement, did you see this? it came out in an e-mail to politico. planned parenthood has million of republican donors and volunteers because our mission is consistent with republican values such as individual responsibility and personal freedom. we have a long history of republican support and will continue to reach out to republicans who support us and our programs. that doesn't mean we can't do better in recognizing the extraordinary effort it takes in the current political climate for republican office holders to protect us from harm and advocate for our programs, the climate is part of this, maybe. >> yes, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't

. >> and maine senator susan collins cast consecutive vote number 5,000.nd even arranging her wedding to keep her streak alive. and that is your dish of "scrambled politics." now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,573 after fall 3g 1 yesterday. a l k at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei added 4 points while the hang seng was up 67. >> a rorl coaster thursday left stocks down for a sixth day with two big blue chips prevented the dow from falling harder. procter & gamble rose on a report thats ackman -- >> tech sales continued after a warning of sluggish sales, plunging 11%. texas industries broke a ten-quarter streak of losses, posting a quarterly profit and surging 13%. upbeat data didn't dent general's gloom over sluggish earnings. initial state unemployment claims dropped to the lowest level in four years. falling oil costs sent june's import prices falling by the most in more than three years. moody's downgraded italy's bond rating by two notches, just above junk status. further down gr

. ♪ ♪ >> eliot: i may not always agree with senator susan collins but the republican from maine alwaysr job. hence the number of the day 5,000. this week collins will cast her 5,000th consecutive vote in the senate. she has not missed a single vote since taking office in 1997. one time she literally twisted her ankle running in high heels to get to the senate florida on time. but collins does not just cast votes. she gets things done. sometimes by doing the only thing that really works in an evenly divided congress, crossing the party aisle. but therein lies the irony. collins has expended all this work ethic on a congress that doesn't actually accomplish much. it has done even less than the fabled do nothing congress of the late 1940s. the woody allen quote, 80% of life is just showing up. for our current congress, it's like 99% when they show up at all. in the remaining 1%, maybe when they pass a bill. but senator collins is just what politics needs. even when i don't agree wititititititititititititititititititititititititit >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accom

senator susan collins accustomed to enormous attention being paid on the votes that she casts. a lot of attention yesterday because she cast her 5,000th consecutive vote in the u.s. senate. tributes from senator harry reid, a democrat, and senator mitch mcconnell, republican. they're available online at bloomberg.com. ron is on the -- they're available online at cspan.com. caller: i think it's interesting we're asking the question about representatives, and yet candidates go through much more scrutiny over much more tawdry things. and i think it is an important question to know what the status of your current representative is, especially depending on what kind of committees that they're assigned to. there's a whole lot of intelligence that could compromise the security of the united states that a person in the wrong mental state especially might be more subjected to compromising. i think it's important. thank you, guys. host: on the republican line from ohio, michael has this point on our twitter page, does anyone think this would be as big of a story if it wasn't jesse jackso

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. >>> when maine republican susan collins came to serve in the u.s.ate in 19d 97, her first vote was to confirm the nomination of madeleine albright as the first female secretary of state. that's when it all started for collins, who made a hill history of her own this week. >> we all know she's one of the hardest working members of the united states senate. >> 5,000 votes, frankly, a number of us have cast 5,000 votes. but it's ridiculous the example that she has set, never missing a vote. >> you heard that right. 5,000 consecutive votes. it's impressive, but still third in the record books. the late william proxmire, senator from wisconsin, cast more than 10,000 votes in a row through the '60s, '70s, and '80s. and iowa senator chuck grassley has an ongoing streak of more than 6,400 votes. unlike proxmire and grassley, collins has never missed a senate vote, not once since her arrival in the state. a moderate from a largely democratic state, collins is not always lockstep with her party. she was one of five republicans to vote to acquit president clin

it represents the dedication susan collins has the people of maine and for the senate. she is one of the hardest working members of the united states senate. listen to this -- since she was sworn in in january of 1997, she has been present for every single roll call votes. that is over 15 consecutive years, of never missing a vote. senator collins is in the lead company. she recently pass senator byrd and is now third all-time between -- behind senator grassley and the late bill proxmire from wisconsin. she decried -- she took pride in the company up for role model, a n, senator margaret chase smith from maine. i want to congratulate senator collins for this great achievement. >> this remarkable accomplishment, and i hope i did not get her in trouble with her colleagues, but i really like her. i appreciate her ability to work with us, work with everybody. she is somebody who you never have to guess where she stands on an issue, and i admire and appreciate her so much for that. i have worked with her on issues going back for many, many years. i really, again, say i appre

. >> senator susan collins is hitting a big milestone.. abc ran the numbers. she has not missed one vote since taking office in 1997. doing so has resulted -- >> get out of here. >> in a few mishaps. she once had a sprained ankle. she had on leave a plane after boarding when being coloneled called to make it back to the senate floor, and she scheduled her wedding during an august recess with hopes of not having to be in d.c. at the time. senator chuck grassley of iowa cast 6 with 444 votes since 1993. never. >> never missed a vote? >> 5,000 votes. this week. >> i like it. >> in sports, the olympics basketball team is set, in london, players included lebron james, colby bryant carmelo an though e, kevin durant anthony davis did not make the official roster because of a sprained inc. ankle but he may show up as an alternate if he is ready to play. >> i like that term. i like that team. >> i wonder degree weeks. >> july 27th. they have a game here in d.c. next week playing brazil here in d.c. >> whoa. >> i wonder where you get tickets. that

. >> today on the floor, susan collins caster type doesn't though. the occasion was noted by the senate majority and minority leaders on the floor. here are theirom remarks. import milestone. her 5,000th consecutive roll call vote. a tenacious accomplishment indeed and represents the work ethic and dedication senator collins has for the people of maine and for the senate. we all know she's one of the hardest-working members of the united states senate. listen to this. since she was sworn in in january, january 3 of 1997, she's been present for every single roll call vote. that's over 15 consecutive years of never missing a vote. senator collins is actually in quite an elite company. recently she passed senator byrd and is now third all-time behind senator chuck grassley and the late bill proxmire from wisconsin. i know she took great pride also to be in the company of her role model, a woman that played a major role in her decision to run for public office in the first place, fellow maine senator margaret chase smith, currently number five on the lis

there were a couple of crossovers -- a few i should say from republicans to new england, susan collinsd against their party with the democrats. and one lone democrat voted with republicans, senator pryor from arkansas. he's not up for re-election this year, but he will be in a couple of years. and his fellow democrat from arkansas, blanch lincoln, lost big time a couple years ago. so he saw what happened there. wolf. >> so basically what we're seeing in the senate today is both sides posturing thinking what they're doing is doing is going to help them politically come november. congressional and senate races also in the presidential campaign. >> there's no question about it. in fact, there's a delay in this vote because we had some go figure old-fashioned debate on that issue between the democratic leader and the republican leader just minutes ago on why they're taking this vote. and the substance of whether or not it is a good idea to extend tax cuts or to -- some tax cuts or all tax cuts during times of economic problems. so we're going to get a lot more of that later in the hour. ac

. >>> and a milestone this afternoon in the senate republican senator susan collins of maine passed her consecutive role call vote. impressive, historic, but it's actually not a record. she ranks third behind senator chuck grassley of iowa who has cast 6,400 votes. the all-time leader from wisconsin cast 10,252 consecutive votes. and a bomb threat closed a major tunnel between detroit and windsor, ontario, causing traffic backups on both sides of the u.s./canadian border. the anonymous phone call to tunnel employees came around midday. authorities evacuated the tunnel in search for any possible device. officials say the call came from the canadian side of the border. and president obama is acknowledging some criticism against him and admitting there are some things he could do better. listen so what he said in an interview with charlie rose. >> and then my first two years i think the notion was, well, you know, he's been juggling and managing a lot of stuff. but where's the story that tells us where he's going? and i think that was a legitimate criticism. and so getting out of this town

we chipped in to give susan collin qhobs is getting married in august, our colleague, a gift certificate to a spa, and we thought, you know, love the most and we got together and decided to do that for her. hillary clinton gave me a baby shower when i got my little daughter, and so it's those kinds of things. i guess what we do in our dinners and our social context are just talk about the either the obstacles we face or the information we need if we have children here, information about schools, or where to live, how you manage going back and forth to your home state. and we have made different choices. some choose to have their children here and some to keep their at home. a very hard choice. we're getting advice from each other. and it's a great relationship, and it doesn't usually depend on our motive. bevote our states, we vote our philosophies. we don't pressure each other to change something because we all understand that our constituents is our first responsibility. but as far as comrade rei and understanding that is not very many women have about the kinds of obstacles we face, i

republican senator susan collins from maine was honored on the senate floor yesterday by her colleagues for reaching a milestone. this is 5:00 minutes. consecutil call vote. a tenacious accomplishment indeed and represents the work ethic and dedication senator collins has for the people of maine and for the senate. we all know she's one of the hardest-working members of the united states senate. listen to this. since she was sworn in in january, january 3 of 1997, she's been present for every single roll call vote. that's over 15 consecutive years of never missing a vote. senator collins is actually in quite an elite company. recently she passed senator byrd and is now third all-time behind senator chuck grassleynd the late bill proxmire from wisconsin. i know she took great pride also to be in the company of her role model, a wom that pyed a major role in her decision to run for public office in the first place, fellow maine senator margaret chase smith, currently number five on the list. on behalf of the entire senate, i want to congratulate senator collins for this great achievement.

we all chipped in to give susan collins, who is getting married, a gift certificate to a spa. we got together and decided to do that for her. hillary clinton gave me a baby shower when i got my little daughter. it is those kinds of things. i guess what we do in our dinners and our social contacts are just talk about the obstacles we face, or the information we need. if we have children, information about schools. or, where to live, how you managed going back and forth to your home state. we have made different choices. some choose to have their children with them here. some choose to keep their children home in their environment. it is a very hard choice, so we are always getting advice from each other. it is a great relationship. it does not usually impinge on our voting. we vote our states, our philosophy is, and we do not pressure each other to change something, because we understand our constituents is our first priority, but as far as camaraderie and the understanding not many women have about the obstacles we face, it is funny. >> i am sure the men do not get together an

we all chipped in to give susan collins who is getting married in august a gift certificate to a spa.we got together and decided to do that for her. hillary clinton gave me a baby shower when i got my little daughter. and so it's those kinds of things. then i guess what we do in our dinners and our social contacts are just talk about either the obstacles we face are the information we need if we've got children here, information about schools or where to live, how you manage going back and forth to your home state. and we've made different choices. some choose to have their children with them here. some choose to keep them in their environments. very hard choice. so where i was always getting advice from each other. it's a great relationship and it doesn't usually impinge on our voting. we vote our states, we vote our philosophies. we don't assure each other to change something because we all understand that our constituent is our first responsibility. but as far as can moderate and an understanding that not very many women have about the kinds of obstacles we face, it's really fun an

[applause] >> onthursday, susan collins was congratulated on the senate floor for her 5000 consecutive roll call vote. they both spoke to mark the record-setting vote. tor collins, just passed an important milestone. her 5,000th consecutive roll call vote. a tenacious accomplishment indeed and represents the work ethic and dedication senator collins has for the people of maine and for the senate. we all know she's one of the hardest-working members of the united states senate. listen to this. since she was sworn in in january, january 3 of 1997, she's been present for every single roll call vote. that's over 15 consecutive years of never missing a vote. senator collins is actually in quite an elite company. recently she passed senator byrd and now third all-time behind senator chuck grassley and the late bill proxmire from wisconsin. i know she took great pride also to be in the company of her role model, a woman that played a major role in her decision to run for public office in the first place, fellow maine senator margaret chase smith, currently number five on the list. on behalf o

we all chipped in to give susan collins, who is getting married, a gift certificate to a spa.e got together and decided to do that for her. hillary clinton gave me a baby shower when i got my little daughter. it is those kinds of things. i guess what we do in our dinners and our social contacts are just talk about the obstacles we face, or the information we need. if we have children, information about schools. or, where to live, how you managed going back and forth to your home state. we have made different choices. some choose to have their children with them here. some choose to keep their children home in their environment. it is a very hard choice, so we are always getting advice from each other. it is a great relatnship. it does not usually impinge on our voting. we vote our states, our philosophy is, and we do not pressure each other to change something, because we understand our constituents is our first priority, but as far as camaraderie and the understanding not many women have about the obstacles we face, it is funny. >> i am sure the men do not get together and ha