i understand there was an effort made on the bingham amendment. i don't know whether it can hold over till next week, as well. i don't want to keep members unnecessarily long. >> senator coburn and senator bingham are working on that. >> we are able to close out title v. >> there is a letter from the insurance commission. i didn't cite that here. >> that will be included, as well. >> as well. thank you. >> let me thank my colleagues. we did somewhere around 2 50shgs 260 amendments over the last eight or nine days. obviously, there is more work to be done. my intention is to get to all my colleagues, language and numbers from cvo and the joint tax on the other areas, the gap areas in the legislation introduced so we work when we get back as well. the coverage title and related matters including the follow-on biologic, we'll get that as quickly as we get numbers so you'll have a chance to look at it review it, respond to those areas. we have to pick up as well as on the long-term care issues as we talked this morning and numbers on the tax. but i wa

macaoski, as well as senator bingham, that we hand language we didn't have unintended disenfranchisingonsequences to other services. we have several things like administrative simplification and comparative effectiveness. if the other side could look at their own amendments or talk with us. i'm willing to do every amendment so i don't mean to be misunderstood. in the interest of comity, and also if we could finish, quality tomorrow, that would be great. if not, i'm fine, i'm here friday, whatever you want to do. if we could just really get to the meat of the matter on some of these amendments. and i like taking a break at repossessions working group and provide advice who is facing court proceedings. >> allen whitehead. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, before listing my engagements this is your last prime ministers question. and the whole house will have a chance to knowledge your great contribution to public life in a few minutes time. this morning i have meetings with mine tearial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further su

bingham. >> no by proxy. >> senator murray. >> no. >> senator reid. >> no. >> senator sanders. >> no. >> senator brown. >> no. >> senator casey. >> no. >> senator hagan. >> no by proxy. >> senator berkeley. >> no. >> senator whitehouse. >> no. >> senator enzi. >> aye. >> senator greggg. >> aye by proxy. >> senator alexander. >> aye by proxy. >> senator burr. >> aye by proxy. >> senator mccain. >> aye by proxy. >> senator hatch. >> aye by proxy. >> senator macao ski. >> aye by proxy. >> senator kennedy. >> no by proxy. >> 10 ayes, 13 >> number 783. coburn number 73. >> this is just another level of trying to keep us accountable. since we don't want the states to do it, and we don't want to give the states flexibilities, how about if we find that a work force program is ineffective, allowing the secretary to say so and redirect the funds to where the program is effective? that's all this amendment does. if the secretary says this isn't accomplishing anything, we're throwing money out of the door, i would like to redirect this money to a program that's working. >> it just gives the secre

bowie,-bingham top. 2-0, bowie in the top half. down to bowie pitching elsewhere tonight, frederick winning over winston- salem 5-4. delmarva down lakewood 4-2. other games in the orioles minor league system, aberdeen lost to brooklyn 8-0 and bluefield a loser 8-2 tonight. major league baseball highlights from the red sox- nationals game. pick it up. jon smoltz american league debut. first inning. anderson hernandez drives in dunn and josh willingham to give the nationals a 4-0 lead on a two-run single by hernandez in the first inning. moving into the sixth inning, bases loaded, nobody out. cristian guzman comes through with a two-run single. willie harris and hanley ramirez will score. nationals take a -- anderson hernandez will score. nationals take a 7-0 lead. big news on alex rodriguez. he comes through with his 10th home run of the season to dead center field. this home run ties him with reggie jackson on the all-time list at 563. congratulations there to alex rodriguez. jon smoltz -- jiewn excuse me, that home run was by alex