even today, the -- with the resignation of the attorney general, if you read bill cassidy's twitter itunded like mary landrieu appointed him. i think that her aim is to try to win in november without a runoff. >> which would mean over 50%. how much does factor into this race. explain the jungle primary. we have tried to explain it basically they have to get to 50%. otherwise they go to december 6th. how much does manes factor in. key factor drag it out to december. is he is bringing in folksed that the are tea party the far right that may not have come out to vote for bill cassidy. they may have just stayed home with him involved in the race, that will bring it into a runoff. >> do you agree with that. >> yes, i do. palin is coming in. showing a lot of support for him. the tea party does play a big role especially here in louisiana. that could change things and send us into a runoff. >> but a chance that he comes in second instead of cassidy? >> i think that would be tough. you look at texas, there is a senate upset with the tea party candidate in mississippi. there is a close race. we

i'm grateful to representative bill cassidy, my friend and colleague from louisiana, for his leadership in introducing this legislation, and i'm proud to join him in supporting it. mr. speaker, i urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting this important piece of legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from arizona is recognized. mrs. kirkpatrick: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is yielded as much time as she may consume. mrs. kirkpatrick: thank you. traumatic brain injury has become a signature wound of the iraq and afghanistan wars. these conflicts have caused hundreds of thousands of service members to sustain t.b.i.'s. the veterans access, care and accountability act extended the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with t.b.i. until october, 2017. this pilot has helped nearly 200 veterans with moderate to severe brain injuries and this program fills a treatment need which residential v.a. facilities currently cann

know what louisiana mary landrieu is doing close the four point gap between her and the gop's bill cassidy. >> senator mary landrieu joined the party outside of tiger stadium before the lsu game on saturday taking a break from shaking hands and polite conversation to help a coed with a keg stand. >> jon: whoz wants to do lines off my ass! come on, everybody, let's party! (applause) the survival of o billionacare hangs in the balance. if aliens came down to earth and watched our political ads they would think the senate was an adult summer camp competition or some six year pass to dave & busters. >> we got shooting, snow machine, provide night's keg night. come on down to the senate! >> really, jon, would aliens say that? >> jon: what is that-- sam? did you-- who said that? i-- (cheers and applause) how did you do that? >> uh-huh, uh-huh. >> jon: sam where did-- where did you come from, how did? >> from my home planet. i heard you discussing your species's stupid political ads. >> jon: what, are you an alien, sam. >> actually, earthling the name is zorbum 37, pleased to meet you. >> jon: ok

re-election race in a very crowd field, ahead of her leading challenger republican congressman bill cassidy, by 3 points, 43-40. within the poll's margin of error there. but in louisiana, candidates must reach 50% of the vote to win. if matched in a runoff likely voters choose cassidy over landrieu 50-47, again within that margin of error. one to watch. >>> north carolina, democratic senator kay hagan's re-election battle, hagan leads her republican challenger, state representative tom tillis, 4 46-43. within the margin of error. in this race 25% of likely voters said they may change their mind on whom they will vote for. >>> it's a girl. a girl for chelsea clinton and her husband marc mezvinsky. the arrival of charlotte was announced by the former first daughter over the weekend. there we have the first picture. the grandparents tweeted news of the arrival with former secretary of state hillary clinton saying, bill clinton and i are over the moon to be grandparents, one of the happiest moments of our life. the former president tweeting, charlotte, your grandmother hillary clinton and i cou

. >> my friends andry keeping a real close eye on bill cassidy. >> congressman cassidy consistently prioritizes tax cuts for millionaires while cutting social security. >> and the georgia senate race, democratic candidate is running a competitive campaign against republican david purdue, and she is now focusing voters, particularly women, on a sex discrimination lawsuit, while purdue was the e. of dollar general. >> and the company was forced to pay a settlement of over $18 million. if david purdue didn't do right by women at his company, why would he do right by georgia. >> have to love the scary music. in political ads this has been the year of the inadamant objects. we have seen commercials features guns, drones, cannons, cars, and a woodchipper. to name a few. now we have one that makes it's point by featuring an inhaler. watch. >> moms always prepared. but what if she had to prepare for terri lynn land. land ignores climate science, she even opposes a plan that would protect clean air for out gear lakes region. meaning more smog, mercury, industrial carbon pollution. terri lynn land's plan

mary landrieu trails republican bill cassidy in the latest polls by four, if no one gets more than 50% in that race, the top two will have a runoff december 6. and the balance of power could hang on that vote if it goes there. and in north carolina, republican tom tillis is within five points of democratic incumbent kay haygan. democrats and unions badly want to defeat republican governor scott walker this fall. mike tobin reports from milwaukee tonight on their chances of doing it. scott walker boasts unemployment decreased by nearly 40% on his watch. he won all his battles but this next one won't come easily. >> there's 40% who vote for the definitely. they don't care what's on the ballot, they'll vote against scott walker. >> has the governor challenged with challenger mary burke at 46%. undecided is a razor thin 5%. he benefitted from an anti-recall vote that's not necessarily pro walker. >> obviously some of that margin of victory two years ago was reflective of people who just voted against the recall on principal. not necessarily for or against a candidate. >> reporter: the unio

in the louisiana senate race, republican bill cassidy, and democratic mary landrieu is faces trouble over where she lives. the senator and her husband own a $2 million house on capitol hill. but "the washington post" found in order to satisfy louisiana residence requirements, she lists a home her parents have been living in. in arkansas, incumbent senator mark prior prosecutors -- appears to be sleeping against tom cotton. >> he's been accused of being too much like the president. a poll of polls show president obama's approval rating stands at 42%. in north carolina, democratic incumbent senator kay hagan is in the race of her life, even with tom tillot, speak are of the north carolina house. spending, thanks to outside groups, is on track to reach $100 million, a senate record. >> there's nothing moderate about hagan's spending priorities, he's voted from trillion in wasteful debt. >> reporter: parties believe action on immigration could dominate the campaigns. the president threatened to use executive authority to grant work permits to millions of illegal immigrants. >> it's my be

mary landrieu against the republican bill cassidy. she was at an lsu tailgate. helping an lsu fan do a keg stand. >> oh, i see. at first i thought it was her coming down. >> no, she's helping him consume a fairly large amount of beer in one sitting. he offered to her that maybe she could also partake. she declined but she said his father was around so she thought it was okay to give him a hand with his partying before the game. >> what everybody has to do. >> you know, it may be good for her in the long run. she looks like she's just one of the gals. >> thanks so much. for more from the rest of the nbc news political team, check out "first read" on nbcnews.com. >>> a gun shop is getting lots of buzz and some death threats today over a controversial name. take a look. this gun barrel is called the obama's blaster. as you can imagine, the name is generating a lot of mixed reaction. the store owner says calling it what it is named is not the difference. >> it's a joke, we thought it was funny. >> the owner added he didn't expect all the reaction but he says he's gl

in louisiana, republican contender bill cassidy, now mary landrieu is facing trouble over where she lives. in order for landrieu to qualify she lists a home her parents live in. tom cotton and groups have attacked prior to be too much like the president. >> tell prior to stop parroting obama. >>> in north carolina democratic incumbent senator kay hagen is in the fight of her life, against tom tillis. on track to reach $100 million and that would be a senate record. >> there is nothing moderate about hagen's spending priorities. she has voted for trillions of spending and debt. >> both parties believe that any coming action on immigration reform could endowment the fall campaigns. the president has threatened to use his executive authority to grant work permits to millions of illegal immigrants in the united states for more than a decade. >> it continues to be my belief that if i can't see congressional action that i need to do at least what i can in order to make the system work better. >> reporter: republican lawmakers say they may respond by not approving government funding bills which

in louisiana billing cassidy leads 77% toj mary landrieu's 4 and%r9.Ñ landrieu has residency problemsill be a gop state, right? >> yeah. it will take until december 6th. >> we don't want to get involved with that. it looks like andrew can't beat him. >> this weekend she made, in my opinion a mistake, she showed up at a tailgate party and helped -- i can't remember the term for it but helped somebody drink beer upside down. she's sitting there squirting beer into this guy's mouth upside down. >> that could get her votes in norms. come on, you know what's going on there. north carolina -- >> there's a lot of -- >> they like kay hagan, the democrat in north carolina, right? >> not well enough. the average is 45.1 to 45.6. she's been above 46% maybe one time. this race looks sort of similar to the way it did six years ago whens5fx kay hagan at this poins behind senator elizabeth dole by roughly the same percentage points. v late and thom till lis is one of the better ones for the republicans. >> iowa is a1ñ dead heat for democrats, 43% brucei] braley a jon]ie1 ernst, no incumbent the? >>

is in a battle to keep her senate seat, a real clear average of polls shows her slightly below bill cassidy in three instances. cassidy points to the fact the senator is not releasing any flight records from prior to 2002. he writes in part, no matter how senator landrieu spins it, she billed taxpayers for dozens of private jet flights and even more problematic, she did not release flight records from 1997 to 2002. landrieu fully repaid the treasury with campaign funds. back to you. >> elizabeth, we appreciate that, thank you. >> kentucky senator rand paul taking a new stand on the use of executive orders, what he says he would do if he was elected president. >> we'll talk about that and startling new report on the number of americans living the single life and why experts say it's taking a toll on the overall economy and possibly your bottom line. >> plus, one inner city program turning the mean streets into incredible works of art and helping at risk kids to find a life beyond the dream. >> it helped saved my life, yeah. it definitely helped save my life. >> in what way? >> because it gav

. >> my friends and i are keeping a close eye on bill cassidy. >> congressman cassidy consistently prioritizes tax cuts for millionaires. >> meanwhile, michelle nun is now running a campaign against david purdue, and she's focusing voters, particular women, on a sex discrimination lawsuit. >> and purdue's company was forced to pay $18,000. if david purdue didn't right by its women in his company, why would he do right by the women in georgia. >> cars, jeeps, and now we have an ad that makes its point by featuring an inhaler. watch. >> moms always prepared. but what if she had to prepare for terry linn land. she opposes a plan that would protect clean air for our great lakes region, meaning more smog, mercury, terri lynn land slam, let polluters pollute. >> the air is thick in michigan. >> all these poor markets being inundated i inundated. >> reporter: tony, a st. louis grand jury now has until january to decide whether to charge darren wilson with the death of michael brown. wilson is the police officers who fatally shot the unarmed teen last month, starting protests. protests. the parents of

congressman bill cassidy of being soft on border security. >> why he opposed a border fence. >> really? mary landry thinks that is the threat the came of homeland securities she voted to double the patrol, build triple layer fencing and voted nine times to block amnesty. i amove this message, buzz on border security i will put my record up. >> the record include as senate floor speech, just last year, when she called the border fence a dumb idea. and pledges not to support it. >> i voted for the dumb fence once, i won't do it again. because i learned my mistake, when i went down there to look at and it realize we can build two dumb fences. or three dumb fences and it is not working, so i am not going to waste the money to do something that i know will not work. it won't work, there she is advertising she is voted for it, and something that he called dumb. news organizationers are hammers the political double talk on this, and this is all the latest round of tough coverage, and it comes as polls show her neck and neck in a race a lot of odemocrats are counting on for control of the u.s.

and mary landrieu is only democrat but bill cassidy, who is the main republican candidate, there is another republican candidate who will probably get at least some votes. and so it is possible that landrieu could get over 50% on election day but probably not cassidy. i think likeliest outcome louisiana does go to runoff and possible that the control of the senate could be delayed until december. georgia, is another state that has a runoff that. state could also go into overtime and that is a state that republicans currently control. so, we may not know control of the senate on november fourth t may take a month or two later. shannon: really quick, we're almost out of time. i want to ask you, did you envision senate top republican race, mitch mcconnell would be as close as it is at this point? any chance he doesn't pull it out? >> so we actually have been pretty bullish on mitch mcconnell in crystal ball ratings. we always had him rated favorably even though the race is extremely close and mitch mcconnell's popularity is not very good. however it is a republican state in a republican year a

first louisiana where republican congressman bill cassidy leads democratic senator mary landrieu by morethan five points. arkansas where republican congressman tom cotton leads democratic incumbent mark pryor by 2.5%. how solid are those for the gop, particularly arkansas when you're talking 2.5 points, that doesn't sound very solid. >> well, except in i think the last poll -- out of the last ten polls going back to the beginning of may, mark pryor has led in one. and tom cotton has led in nine, i believe the number is. look, we have a candidate in arkansas who is running against an institution. mark pryor and his father, david pryor, both long-time politicos there. cotton is smart enough he needs to run through the tape and i feel good about that one. louisiana is likely to be settled in december because they have an odd $

part of h.r. 2 includes representative bill cassidy's bill, the energy consumers relief act, which ensures congressional oversight of energy-related rules costing more than $1 billion. this commonsense bill will allow congress to have oversight, which some of these -- those billion-dollar regulations that are crushing american -- american consumers across the nation probably won't meet our standards once they're looked at by congress. they're just costing too much with no benefit. other than ideological approach for the administration. we need to get back to science and common sense. h.r. 2 also included legislation that helps speed up the permitting process on federal lands, protects our nation's electrical grid, and protects coal mining jobs. most of these bills already passed the house and are sitting over in the senate, waiting for action. waiting for a vote. in fact, they're waiting for a hearing, waiting for a debate amongst our senators about the energy solutions the house has passed. i understand that the senate at this point, at least one party in the senate, may not agree with th

on the road thursday, where we'll talk to senator landrieu and her opponent, republican senator bill cassidya care could be an issue down there and the enrollment numbers for obama care are going downing. administration officials admit they are lower than the president's claims and insurance experts put them even lower than that. here's chief national correspondent jim engel. >> reporter: president obama's claims about enrollment in obama care are getting a assistant downgrade. >> the number of americans who have signed up for private insurance in the marketplaces has grown to 8 million people. 8 million people. >> as of august 15 this year, we have 7.3 million americans enrolled in the health insurance market place coverage and these are individuals who have paid their premiums. >> reporter: an erosion of 700,000, the key was the reference to those who paid. >> you do not have to sign up, you have to sign up and pay on a regular basis to be enrolled. >> and that's why private ins e insurers are saying they're -- >> it's competed expectations in some cases. >> reporter: for instance state of

in louisiana, bill cassidy is leading democratic senator mary landrieu 47% to 46%.orgia, republican david perdue is leading michelle nunn 46% to 42%. in arkansas, republican congressman tom cotton is ahead of democratic senator marc pryor 45% to 43%. richard, these races are tight with just nine weeks left. how important is voter engagement this year? >> it's huge. let's be clear. some of the races aren't going to stay so close. for starters, there is little polling done. turnout is generally low in mid-term elections. ifan m you cilize voters, what looks like a close race now doesn't end up that way. what's different this time around, it's not like 2010 where you're talking about an economy that's really flat on its back, where democrats didn't see the wave coming. this isn't a gop wave election. this is turnout versus turnout. when you look at the democratic turnout machine as deployed by the obama campaign in 2012, it's a far more formidable base to start from than anything the gop has put together. so without a big motivating factor for the republican side of th

where republican congressman bill cassidy leads democratic senator incumbent mary landrieu by more thanive points, and arkansas, where republican congressman tom cotton leads democratic incumbent mark pryor by 2.5. karl, how solid are those for the gop, and tackly arkansas when you're talking 2.5 points that doesn't sound very solid. >> well, except in i think the last poll, out of the last ten polls going back to the beginning of may, mark pryor has led in one. and tom cotton has led in nine. i believe the number is. look, we have a candidate in arkansas who is running against an institution. mark pryor and his father, david pryor, both long time politicos there. cotton is smart enough to know that he's got to run through the tape and he'll run through the tape and i feel very good about that one. louisiana is likely to be settled in december because they have an odd law in louisiana that requires all the candidates to run in a multiparty primary in november, if no one gets 50% which is highly unlikely, there's at least three or four candidates who could get a significant slice of the

bill cassidy of louisiana. this bill is a necessary tool for america's workers that will allow for health insurance coverage in the small group market during the 2013 calendar year to be continued to be offered through calendar year 201. in other words, if you -- 2018. in other words, if you like your group insurance plan, you can keep it. it has been over four years since the affordable care act was enacted and we are still hearing from constituents, small business owners and employees who are continuing to struggle with the adverse effects of this law. here is what roger from columbia, pennsylvania, wrote to me last year. quote, i am the third generation family owner of a business. we have 32 employees and have been providing health insurance for our employees and their families for over 25 years. this week we received a renewal notice from our current provider which is 40% to 50% higher premium than our current contract with less overall benefit coverage. if we choose to renew early, before the a.c.a. takes e

in that case, our poll shows she would lose to republican congressman bill cassidy.litics coming up in the next hour of "the situation room." but coming up, how deep inside president obama's home did the white house fence jumper actually go? we'll talk about a very troubling new revelation with a congressman who released the information. republican congressman jason chaffetz. more on the breaking news when we come back. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. with one pill a day, farxiga helps lower your a1c. and, although it's not a weight-loss or blood-pressure drug, farxiga may help you lose weight and may even lower blood pressure when used with certain diabetes medicines. do not take if allergic to farxiga or its ingre

. >> in louisiana, bill cassidy is looking to run.or owns a what million dollars house in washington. in order to satisfactory louisiana residency requirements, she lists a home her parents have been living in. >> in arkansas, incumbent democratic senator mark prior appears to be slipping in reelection efforts for mark cotton. >> senator prior, tell him to stop parodying obama. >> poles show mr. obama's approval rating at 42%. in north carolina, democratic incumbent senator is in the race of her life, dead even against republican challenger, speaker of the north carolina house. spending in this race thanks largely to outside groups is on track to reach $100 million and that would be a senate record. >> there's nothing moderate about hagan's spending priorities. she's voted for trillions in wasteful spending and debt. >> both parties believe any coming white house action on immigration reform could dominate the fall campaigns. the president threatened to use executive authority to grant work permits to millions of illegal immigrants in

. >> bill cassidy. >> first, let me just thank you all for your good work.ck, though, i think it's a little ironic because i think congress has created a lot of problems we have here, at least the federal government has. i'm struck the 3% tax you speak of is obviously a part of the affordable care act. you know, an example. now, i guess i have two questions, but along that theme, i'm a fellow that did clinical research. i've gone through those 40-page documents. we wrote ours in sixth grade, not eighth grade. i was always told it was the office of human research protection, which part of hhs that required this. whenever i asked about centralized rib, i was told, we are required to have a local representative. although i know there's a central r.i.b. in denver, for whatever reason my institution did not allow it because they felt like the federal government required, and i'm looking at you dr. hamburg. so i'm told this 40-page document is washington, d.c. said you had to have it. dr. collins, you and i have spoke about this in committee. we spoke about how ni

bill cassidy. >> first let me just thank you all for your good work. i am struck, though, i think it's a little ironic because i think congress has created a lot of problems that we have here or at least the federal government has, mr. camen, i'm struck. the tax you speak of is part of the affordable care act, an example. i have two questions but along that theme, i'm a fellow that formerly did clinical research and gone through those 40-page documents. we wrote those at sixth grade not eighth grade and thought it was the office of protection that required this. whenever i ask about centralized irb i was always told wait a second we're required to have a local representative and although i know there's a central irb in denver for whatever reason my institution did not allow that because they felt like the federal government required and i'm looking at you, dr. hamburg, even though it's not under your office, so first question is i've always been told is because of washington, d.c. saying you had to have it. secondly, dr. collins, you and i have spoken

. >> landrieu currently locked in a tight race with bill cassidy.ilgating at lsu over the weekend. a fellow fan with his keg stand. >> it's a pretty good stand right there. >> i have never heard of a keg stand. >> how do you do that? >> you have somebody else holding your legs. >> you press down. >> we have a big game coming up. i want to be ready. >> the guy in the picture is a 28-year-old lsu alum nis saying i thought i did pretty well by not doing it myself. and just helping. >> get over it. >>> a major nonprofit is taking on the fight to improve education. the organization says it will offer up to $15 million in prize money to contest and to build tablet apps to teach 250 million children to read or write. i love this. it's part of the group's ongoing efforts to encourage product development for the greater good. teams have six months to apply for the contest. >> let's bring in the chairman and ceo of the foundation. >> peter, good morning. welcome to the show. >> talk about the challenge. >> my pleasure. this is amazing stuff. we have technolog

landrieu is ahead of her leading challenger republican congressman bill cassidy by three points. >> helpedithin the poll's margin of errorer. in louisiana, candidates much reach 50% of the vote to win. so if matched in a runoff, likely voters choose cassidy over landrieu, 50 to 47. >> what does that mean, mika? who wins at the end? mary by 6 1/2 votes. now to north carolina and democrat senator kay hagan's re-election battle. hagan leads the republican challenger tham tillis 46 to 43. and likely voters say they could still change their mind on whom to vote for. the northeast, you've got the republican governor in wisconsin, republican governor in michigan, both in a lot of trouble. >> jumped ball. >> there is no trend at the end of september. we've got a month to go and there are no trend lines. >> the two trends you can count on is the fluctuating mood of the electorate and the question mark around the turnout. what will the turnout be? >> anybody that says this is going to be a wave election right now as of today, i think -- >> president obama seemed very confident last night. >> good fo

the headline -- candidates passionate about, and core, talking about the senate race with bill cassidynd mary landrieu. .ther papers with headlines the senate race is the subject of "the des moines register." a fiery finish in the senate debate. it is between bruce bailey and jodi ernst. debate asbit from the it aired on c-span. [video clip] toall of the subsidies going oil and other sectors within the we need to bey, on equal footing. i will continue to support the rff. farm. up on a my father is a proud farmer. -- in six jobs is creating is created by the iowa farmer. thell continue to support rff and do that as your next senator. respond, i am not sure that is what she told the toh brothers when she went their secret meetings. she said she was opposed to the fuel standard. my support of the renewable fuel standard has been clear, strong, and unequivocal goal. -- and unequivocal. >> i would like to respond. you are not running against these other people. you are running against me. i am a soldier, and i am an independent leader. you are being funded by tom snyder, who is a california

, going runoff with -- with mary landrieu and very likely ongress dmarn republican congressman bill cassidy that all of the country's attention one-month time period be focused on one state in one race in a saturday runoff election. it could be a weird circumstance where you can almost envision a spending and tv air time being gobbled up, i'm sure residents of louisiana who and tired of seeing political tv ads would be just if control of the senate came down to this one race. campaigns and elections editor at politico. appreciate you spending time to race bout that key senate in louisiana this cycle. guest: my pleasure. host: we have a few minutes left. on ant to get your thoughts the top campaign issue in the midterm election, 56 days away now. calling in from california on our line for independents. good morning. good morning. host: go ahead, mark. caller: you know, i hope you couple of minutes about o discuss my views what's going on. and the first -- they get cut the time.f but first thing is, i don't know out ou guys don't call party lies that either does. to me our media has gone to c

cassidy: thank you. these jobs are at risk from president obama blocking a bill to construct a pipeline infrastructure or blocks exploreation off the continental shelf or places hurdles in front of liquefied natural gas. when the e.p.p.a. proposes job kill -- e.p.a. proposes job killing regulations, drive jobs to other countries. i urge the senate to pass the dozens of job producing bills this house has passed and that have stalled at the majority leader's desk for months, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: mr. speaker, at this time i yield five minutes to my good colleague from the state of new york, mr. tonko. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. mr. tonko: the bill before us today is another exercise that explains why the public has such a low opinion of congress. we have considered this package of bills before. the senate will not take it up. the president and administration would not approve it. we are wasting valuable time on our last day in session before the lame duck period. this

release, cassidy points to the fact that the senator is not releasing any flight records from prior to the rules change in 2002. reading in part, no matter how senator landrieu spins it, she billed taxpayers for dozens of them this century. she did not release flight records from 1997 to 2002. landrieu fully repaid the treasury with campaign funds. arthel, back to you. >> thanks. >>> secretary of state john kerry is now taking part in high level attacks in egypt today. he met with the president of that country, as he tries to drum up support for the u.s. military strategy against isis. but how many arab allies will step up? what will they do? and what kind of military strategy will work? >>> plus, we're going to get the latest on the effort to contain the wildfire in one state forcing dozens of people from their homes. when fixed income experts work with equity experts who work with regional experts who work with portfolio management experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. i am so noh my gosh...now, it's not even funny. driver 1 you ready? yeah! go! [sfx] roaring altima engine woah! ahhhha! we told people they were riding

this plan, this bill by congressman bill cassidy. even democrats on the house side see the importance of the legislation. and i ask all of us to recognize that this is a crucial element of obamacare that needs to be fixed. it absolutely needs to be fixed. 39 democrats in the house previously had voted for a similar bill. again, to let americans keep their plan and individual market. senate democrats scrambled with the administration last year to find some way to let individuals who face cancellations on the individual market keep their plan, but those cancellations are happening to a lot of folks, hasn't been fixed for all those folks by a long shot. and more of those sorts of cancellations are on the way when the employer mandate finally hits. so i urge all of us to come together to pass this bill in the senate as it has been passed on a bipartisan basis in the house. so with that, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 3522 which was received from the house. i further