bruce adams cleared off his van. but he still has his other car to break free. >> the worst is over, so, now it's time to dig out and get back to normal. >> reporter: leslie lopez a took an our to crush the wall of snow and ice blocking his car. he is not done yet. he needs to keep shoveling to his wife can get to work to. >> tough job, man of the house, have to do it. i wi >> reporter: the sun helping to burn off the ice, but the melting is not happening fast enough. the plow came through last night. i don't know if it came through again this morning. overnight, salt trucks and plows, clear today way for drivers, heading out on the major road ways. the side streets have to wait. road crews need help to clean it all up. >> once the plows came through early yesterday morning, they were out here and got it all uncovered and then it was our tourn come out. >> reporter: there's a lot of resident ares that say, they are in no rush, and they will wait it out and see if the snow and ice starts to melt, if it doesn't by the

with the committee to help develop the farm bill, and likewise the chief of staff bruce evans and legislative director adam tell, legislative aide bennett mines or others from my staff who added valuable input into this process, and i appreciate their good work. madam president, with that, i yield the floor. ms. stabenow: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, madam president. i realize that we will be having the vote at 2:35, so let me just take one more moment to stress how important it is that we recognize that this really was an effort in good faith between the house and the senate and republicans and democrats. i, too, want to join with my ranking member, senator cochran, in thanking the chairman in the house, chairman lucas. we -- he and ranking member collin peterson were true partners with us as we moved through this process. we actually started about two and a half years ago when the super committee on deficit reduction asked each committee to come up with a way to reduce the deficit to cut spending in their area of jurisdiction. we decided to d

president, we're thinking of adam's loved ones today, including his parents, bruce and diana, his brother sean, his sisters sara and angela, his sister-in-law robin and many other beloved family members and friends. the loss of lance corporal adam d. peak is tragic, and indeed it is only appropriate that this united states senate pause to honor his service and recognize his sacrifice. i hope that his family can take some comfort from the fact that both the commonwealth of kentucky and the country as a whole are grateful for and honored by the heroism and courage adam displayed in his entirely too short life, and the example he set for his loved ones and his country will not be forgotten. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany h.r. 2642, which the clerk will report. the clerk: conference report to accompany h.r. 2642, an act to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the department of agricul

amy adams is a 5 time nomineei would love to see her win but it's gonna be cate. >>moving on to best actorchristian bale for american hustle, bruceska, leonardo dicaprio for the wolf of wall street, chiwetel ejiofor for 12 years a slave, and matthew mcconaughey for dallas buyers club. >>few actors have generated the kind of respect that matthew mcconaughey has had over the past few years and so he's going to be awarded sunday night with the oscar for best actor. >>i also think because of his transformation physically. >>absolutely. all the cliches that go into winning an oscartransformation, the fact that he's playing a real life characterthere's so many factors that go into it. but the fact is that he's just been on a roll and he's gonna win. >>on to best pictureamerican hustle, captain phillips, dallas buyers club, gravity, her, nebraska, philomena, 12 years a slave, and wolf of wall street. who wins? >>well it has remained a 2 horse race since back in october and i think that gravity is gonna pull through. i think it's gonna win about 7 oscars sunday night and it's gonna end with it winning best picture. >>this is a tough cate