host: beth chappell, thank you for your time this morning.we will talk to the author of an amendment, senator byron dorgan. it has garnered this headline in "the washington post" this morning. a first, an update from c-span radio. >> president obama visits a home depot this morning to talk about making homes more energy efficient. then he returns to the white house to lunch with business leaders. . when it went off near the home of a politician. blasts 3w4r5eu78d on militants have killed more than 500 people since october. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> as senators debate the bill, there's still a number of bills to work out. including abortion, health care as the congressional office puts a price tag on the revised proposal. with late nights and possibly another weekend session live on our network c-span 2 the only norke cover the house gavel-to-gavel. and you can hear it with the new iphone a. ap. "washington journal" continues. host: senator byron dorgan from north dakota it says debates have stalled partly in a