byrd is against any of it. the house people would like for us to pass the bill on the ground they would foreclose passage of medicare. i have not come to any conclusion about what is best for you. i have a feeling that clint is right. it looks like now they will be able to recess by saturday night. >> good. pres. johnson: ok. i will be in touch with you. >> september 24, 1964, president johnson and george smathers, a member of the conference committee on medicare. lbj would sign the bill into law on july 30, 1965. another conference committee can member, albert gore senior talks lbj on october 2, 1964. >> i made a statement that i hope is not indiscrete. i said that this assures a health care bill next year, and a good one. this will permit you to take the issue to the people and seek a mandate, which i am confident you will receive. i want you to know that i said that. pres. johnson: no agreement? >> no agreement. there was only one change, senator byrd's vote to recede but george was there. russell did not sh

senator byrd.enator byrd, there was some vote coming up and nobody thought he would ever vote for this bill. and somebody said, why would you vote for it? and he said, well when my niece , died, it was cold, ice was around and senator johnson was the only member who came to the funeral. and it was those personal relationship too edit it was interesting. i cannot tell you enough good things about that congress. they also knew that this was a historic year. and they were willing to risk their political lives. last night i had dinner with secretary sebelius. and she said that her father was elected and that 1964 election. he voted for medicare. he came from a town in ohio that had never elected a democrat. at least not in her lifetime. and he voted for medicare and he was noted out the next election. there were a lot of people like that. in virginia there was a democratic, only one member of the virginia delegation had voted for the voting rights act. he was voted out the next year. there were a lot o

byrd.here was some vote coming up, and nobody thought he would ever vote for this bill. and someone said, why did you vote for it? he said when my niece died, it was cold, ice was around. and senator johnson was the only member who came to the funeral. it was those personal relationships. that respect he had for congress. it was interesting, i cannot tell you enough good things about that congress. they also knew that this was a historic year. they were willing to risk their political lives. last night i had dinner with , secretary sebelius. she said her father was elected in that 1964 election. he voted for medicare. he came from a town in ohio that had never elected a democrat. at least not in her lifetime. he voted for medicare and he was voted out the next election. there were a lot of people like that. in virginia there was a democratic, only one member of the virginia delegation had voted for the voting rights act. he was voted out the next year. there are a lot of courageous people i

. >> byrd: order! all rise! case number 513 on the calendar in the matter of fabiani vs. illes. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. >> judge judy: mr. fabiani, this is your daughter... >> correct. >> judge judy: ...and this is your girlfriend. >> correct. >> judge judy: how long has she been your girlfriend? >> three years. >> judge judy: okay. i want you to tell me about this car deal that you had with your daughter back in 2008. >> it wasn't exactly a deal. she wa

. >> byrd: order! all rise!honor, this is case number 438 on the calendar in the matter of gilliam vs. myles. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. have a seat, please. >> judge judy: miss gilliam, mr. myles is an attorney. your claim is that you retained him to represent your fiancé who was incarcerated. for what? >> drugs. >> judge judy: sale or possession? >> sale. >> judge judy: had he been arrested for anything prior to this arrest? >> no. >> judge judy: this was his

." >> byrd: order! all rise!r honor, this is case number 483 on the calendar in the matter of pulido vs. aragon. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. have seats. >> judge judy: miss pulido, it is your claim that the defendants have your dog. >> yes. >> judge judy: and this dog was, according to you, taken from your home during a burglary of your home some year and a half ago. through a series of events according to you, found your dog in the defendants' home when you purc

. >> byrd: order! all rise!honor, this is case number 509 on the calendar in the matter of stock vs. perolio. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. ladies, have a seat, please. >> judge judy: miss stock, when did you meet the defendant? >> i met the defendant online with a dating website in april 2010, and we actually met in person on may 2, 2010. >> judge judy: and when for the first time did you loan him money? >> it didn't happen until the next month, on june 8th or 9th. i actually took out the check june 5th from my account. >> judge judy: why? >> he had been telling me nonstop

she actually wrote it before "to kill a mocking byrd." it's expected to be the fastest selling book ever. >>> at the box office this past weekend, it was all about minions. after supporting roles in two "despicable me" films, they proved they could be the stars of their over movie. they took in $155 million. "jurassic world" was second. and "inside out" from our parent company, disney was third. >>> when we come back, the beach blast mystery. what caused random explosion that sent a woman flying. >>> and line drive. another fan injured at the ballpark. hat the league is doing now. before fibromyalgia, i was the go-to person. i was energetic. then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor and i agreed moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. she also prescribed lyrica. for some patients, lyrica significantly relieves fibromyalgia pain and improves physical function. with less pain, i feel better. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new

there was only one change, senator byrd his vote to recede, but george was there. it did not show up. georgia voted his proxy and so four of us voted to insist upon the senate position. pres. johnson: that's wonderful. >> we adjourned not subject to -- but subject to consultation by senator byrd and wilbur if the congress should return after the election. the sentiment to adjourn a peer is quite high on both sides. i think you can take this issue to the people and that we will get a good health plan next year. what they were trying desperately to do is drive through just social security benefits and leave health care standing bear and alone. we will put it together in a package. pres. johnson: you don't think we ought to try to recess or call them back after the election? we've already posted in the senate. wwe might not pass it in the senate anymore if we lose moss mcgee, new york, we might not have the votes. new york would it make any difference but some of the other places would. mosswood, and mcgee would, and some of those. we got it passed. i can call the con

beer sales are now approved for university of maryland sporting event's, the way for out a hall at byrdum and the xfinity center. h will will start and the -- in the fall,. devon: revenue to be made, the university of maryland joining the big ten, but also tailgating. the air is drying out, the temperatures will go up. we had rain saturday morning. the humidity still around. in some areas with the duplicate up and the air temperature -- where the dew point is up and the temperatures up, we have some fog developing. we made it up to 88, a lot of people 83, 84. really comfortable conditions, a cool 78 chicago saturday. the heat and humidity firmly in place. real-time temps, 78 downtown washington at reagan national. the humidity is still up a little bit, pockets of dry air working in. the dry air nudges in as we go through the forecast. if you are thinking it still uncomfortable, some cases i have heard from kingstown on twitter, still saying it is muggy, but sunday it will change. the warm front moves through the trailing front, the fading front, but this will help the temps rise and hum

we'll hear from the chief who talks about his plan to enforce byrd stadium.ve in college park. chris gordon, news4. >>> people in prince george's county have a new way to get in touch with police and report a crime. it's called next door. a private social network for specific neighborhoods around the county. it's a high-tech version of a community message board with crime reports, classified ads and upcoming events. about half the county's neighborhoods have their own next door counts. it's the first police department in our area to use the service. >>> new right now, the food and drug administration is strengthening the warning labels on common pain relievers you use because of an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. we are talking about medications called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. that includes over the counter medication like ibuprofen as well as prescription-strength arthritis drugs. nsaids are found in cold and cough remedies. >>> tonight, a new treatment for a deadly heart condition that affects millions of americans. >>> the details o

prince george's county board of licensing made the decision paving the way for alcohol at byrd stadium the xfinity center. a trial begins in the fall. still ahead everyone hates robo calls, but how about 150? that happen to one woman. time warner cable has to pay big time. plus -- richard: the washington redskins may be pondering what is in a name. leon: a judge has ordered time warner cable to pay more than $400 million to a texas woman. she received more than 150 robo calls from the cup and, even after she complained. the judge decided to tripoli penalty for each call, calling the actions egregious. time warner has not said if they would appeal. a new decision in the long-standing name battle of the washington redskins. the name can no longer be trademarked. richard reeve has what this does for the team and how it will impact next season. rich, the issue will not go away. richard: that's true, leon. anative american activists are calling this a major victory, the first time a court calling the name disparaging. this could have wide range in, including millions of merchandise. what is

byrd center. let's go to this clip of a member of congress no longer alive, out of congress, third time in prison. here is what he used to sound like on the floor. [video clip] >> of baseball will eliminate tw teams. osome surprise. tickets average 20 bucks. a program is $10. popcorn is five dollars and parking is 20 and a hot dog and a beer cost about $10 and most stadiums. beam me up. the amp test of the umpire said play ball, not monopoly. when a family of four needs a second mortgage to see a baseball game, it does not take dr. ruth to explain to major league baseball what has gone wrong! i yield back what is left of america's great pastime after the greatest world series perhaps in our history. ride explain jim traficant -- brian: explain jim traficant. ray: he was flamboyant and sarcastic and also for the underdog and in this case at this clip and he is saying baseball cost too much and the average family cannot go see it. he made references to "being me up." he said it in pretty much every

i'm mary snow ♪ >>> greece smits a new plan to creditors in a last-bitch at this time byrd to secure bailout but it look very much like the old one. ♪ ♪ >>> also ahead. optimism but also disagreement. another deadline is missed in vienna, talks over iran's nuclear program. all sides in yemen's conflict agree to a truce now. so desperately-needed aid can get in. and healing rifts of a colonial

the shepherd byrd act was enacted to vindicate the unique harms caused by racially motivated violenceof is also charged with nine murders and three attempted murders under a second federal hate crimes statute, that prohibits the use or threat of force to obstruct any persons free exercise of their religious beliefs. finally, roof has been federally charged were multiple counts of using a firearm in the commission of these racially motivated murders and attempted murders. for these crimes roof faces federal penalties of up to life imprisonment or the death penalty. no decision has been made on whether to seek the death penalty in this case. the department will follow our usual rigorous protocol to thoroughly consider all the factual and legal issues relevant to that decision which necessarily involves council for the defendant roof. in addition consultation with the victims families is an important and vital part of this decisionmaking process and no decision will be made prior to conferring with them. the family members of those killed at emanuel ame and the survivors were informed of

suarez there, byrd. feel me? >> i feel you. good. now we'll mix it up.arez i'll go low outside curve enand you're going to swing. frazier frazier, left coast long boards. change-up, fernandez, seven innings, nine ks. marlins, 2-0. >>> deandre jordan still a clipper. >> that may change, though. >> thanks for watching. back to you. >> wow, they finished the week strong didn't they? thanks, fellas. >>> up next in "the pulse," hold the phone. broadway star proving why you should never text during one of her shows. >>> the pope having it his way. why the pit stop was at a burger king. it was a scary sight... how often we were changing the roll. it really started to add up. so we switched to charmin. with more go's in every roll charmin ultra mega roll equals mega value. each sheet is 75% more absorbent so you can use less with every go. which means charmin ultra mega roll lasts longer than even the leading thousand-sheet brand. cha-ching! nothing scary about that. we all go, why not enjoy the go with charmin. i'm feeling lucky. today is the day. i knew it! (r

♪ >>> greece smits a new plan to creditors in a last-bitch at this time byrd to secure a bailout butt look very much like the old one. ♪ ♪ >>> also ahead. optimism but also disagreement. another deadline is missed in vienna, talks over iran's nuclear program. all sides in yemen's conflict agree to a truce now. so desperately-needed aid can get in. and healing rifts of a colonial pass pope francis asks for forgiveness in bolivia. ♪ ♪ >>> first to greece where the government has met a midnight deadline and submitted a new plan to creditors. it's designed to save the country from financial collapse. the 13-page document will be studied by e.u. ministers and on sunday they'll decide if greece has done enough. the greek government is promising to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion. it's going to discourage people from retiring early. and it's also going to seek higher health contributions from pensioners. now, greece is set to sell off its remaining station in telecoms giants o.t. e. and privatize the ports. it's also offering to cut more than $300 million from its military budget

>> senator byrd via wood -- the agency could keep the money they get to pay for the cost of processing it. there would be common forms and contracts by the need for more let's lishan. there's an expectancy of lease were no so when somebody invests their. >> that make it governor lewis to respond. >> federal lands in indian country has been a long issue in regards to our unique situation as the nature of indian land in regards to fracks and land interest that are just so critical and sometimes are one of the major obstacles to build outs with regards to right of ways. if we can somehow streamline that process to the bureau of indian affairs and department of interior that would really help out tribal infrastructure buildout in the future. >> my largest congressional district is 33,000 people. when do you think google would hit that community on your timeline? >> did you want to name that amenity? >> i'm not the chairman of the committee so i don't have as much power. we have published this so we can ask mr. adelstein said get fiber deployment whether it's google or any provider tim pict

never mind it was the flag of a democrat, the democrats say fine with it, hollings, thurman, byrd, lincolngore, the bubbas loved it in '92. never mind that removing a flag will never prevent a massacre. if anything, it adds to the rebel image. removing the flag is indeed the falling and maybe it is necessary but a city run by a liberal that's way more harmful than a piece of cloth. we are one country and unit speaks our pride. if removing the flag from the capitol makes the victims of the charleston people feel at peace i'm with them 100% but you can feel that way and feel ire for an outrage machine bent on dissolving history. it's okay to ask when is this going to end? some are preoccupied in shaming the past because the present is so tedious. identity pirates of today are just bores with bullhorns and as their crusade demonizes the flag many will simply raise it higher than before but not as high as the rainbow flag flies now. >> this morning the supreme court recognized that the constitution guarantees marriage equality in doing so they have reaffirmed to all americans the idle truth of

and he was against integration because his grandmother taught him when he was young that he read byrd and bloomberg should never be together because then you get a bird that is all mixed up. so when we talk about giving young children more examples of accepting things that are different, we are talking about countering that sort of education that they may be getting from some ignorant person telling them that this person should be around this person. it's okay to have friends that have the front sexual orientation. it's okay. i learned that at a young age. [applause] >> by the way thank you for making me feel so old. [laughter] >> i don't want to say that i'm a pessimist. i don't necessarily think that even if we achieve a wonderful goal where there are never any more diverse panels and just books that are good for all i honestly don't know how much -- i see children's books as a piece of the solution. i don't know how -- i think that families were situations like the one that was just described and it seems to me the whole whole church and and society and of especially families are a

. >> byrd: order! all rise!

. >>> you will see a new item starting this fall, beer can be sold at byrd stadium and the xfinity centere-year trial period was approved for alcohol sales at the university sales events. beer -- allowing beer sales would cut down on student binge ilgating events. >>> 6:55 now. the opening of donald trump's new luxury hotel in d.c. is caught up in the fallout of his controversial comments about immigration. it is costing him business before the doors even open. megan mcgrath is outside the hotel now where people will be calling to dump trump. what is this about, megan? >> reporter: well, good morning. all is quiet here along pennsylvania avenue, at least for now. but we are expecting quite a bit of activity in a couple of hours as the controversy, the fallout continues from the controversial comments donald trump made about mexican immigrants. a protest is going to be held here outside of the luxury hotel. trump is building at the old post office pavilion site. now, the dump trump protest gets underway at 1:30 this afternoon. it comes on the heels of jose andres' announcement he is pullin

. >> the decision was celebrate at the byrd's nest stadium the 2008 olympic venue will again host and opening and closing ceremony. >> i'm not surprised that beijing won the bid. we definitely came to win. we should be the host. >> i'm excited just really excited. >> asian cities will be home to the next olympic games. the concern over the movement will%. boston has pulled out of the running for the 2024 summer games, citing spiraling costs and little local support. the i.o.c. may have to jump through more rings to persuade cities of the benefits of hosting an olympic games. >> rob mcbride joins us live from hong kong. we saw the pictures from beijing, the delegates are over the moon at this victory but china was the favorite to win wasn't it? >> it was i think ultimately considered to be the safer pair of hands at the end of the day. it is shown in 2008 with the staging of the summer olympics what a nation and mobilize and motivated can achieve. we saw the evident at those games. chain 2345 has said it will do the same again with the 2022 winter olympics. beijing i guess not a natura

. >> and for byrd, it all starts and ends with the humble kiss. kissing is about x*iptimacy.e about a whole lot of other things. there's lots of ways to be with people. if you really want to be intimate kissing is a pathway for that. i recommend it as a primary engagement. >> according to scientists saying a couple has chemistry isn't a cliche. >> at the moment of a kiss, there's a complicated exchange of information. it's involving postural adjustments and odors and even the exchange of saliva. >> gordon is an evolutionary psychologist at the state university of new york at albany. >> there may be hard wired evolved mechanisms that process the cues and make a determination about whether that's a good genetic match. >> whether wreer aware of t a kiss can be a litmus test. >> kissing is efficient. >> kissing is very efficient. >> so evolutionary -- >> indeed, it is. ♪it's so with a kiss. >> had it right when she said it's in his kiss, that song? >> absolutely it's in the kiss. >> and in her kiss as well. >> thousands of college students and found that a kiss on a first date ca

a few minutes after lady byrd johnson asked to speak with him in the small sitting room on the second floor. i guess you've been told about the shower. anything done here remains to be done and i will be satisfied with what's left. i love that story because it shows the depth of character and she's such a fascinating character and the presidency. i want to skip ahead. everybody was involved in 16 pennsylvania avenue in an effort to fix the crisis. even jumped in the shower in his bathing to test it out. it threw him against the wall of a so strong. the kid not as bad as the lobster. buy replacement showers including one replacement showers including one custom built by the same manufacturer that designed the shower were installed but they would do. imus had a special water saw what that don't saw what the tub pump to up the pressure and added six different nozzles located at different heights. the pump sprayed hundreds of gallons of water per minute and it still wasn't good enough. the funniest part of the story as president nixon came into the white house and took one look at the ela

today charges roof with nine murders and three attempted murders under the matthew shepard and james byrd hate crimes prevention act. is federal hate crimes law prohibits using a dangerous weapon to cause bodily injury or attempting to do so on the basis of race or color. the shepard bird act was enacted specifically to vindicate the unique arms caused by racially motivated violence. with untrained tremors also charged under a second federal hate crimes statute that prohibits the use or threat of force to obstruct any person free exercise of their religious belief. finally, roof has been federally charged with multiple counts of using a firearm in the commission of these racially motivated murders and attempted murders. of these crimes, roof faces federal penalties of up to life imprisonment or the death penalty. i note that no decision has been made on whether to seek the death penalty in this case. the department will follow our usual rigorous protocol to thoroughly consider all the factual and legal issues relevant to that decision which will decision, which was such an involved counse

. >> reporter: couples come to holistic cher business sherry byrd in seattle washington for help puttinge heat back in their relationship. forbidder bird it all starts and end with the humble kiss. >> kissing is about intimacy, sex can be a whole lot of other things. there are lots of different ways of being with people and if you want to be intimate then kissing is a pathway for that. would i highly recommend it as a primary engage. >> reporter: according to scientists, saying a couple has chemistry isn't a klee shay. >> at the moment of the kiss is there a complicated exchange of information involving posture and odors and even the exchange of saliva. >> reporter: gordon gallup junior is a evolutionary psychologist at the state university of new york at albany. >> there may be hard wire evolved mechanisms, operating in an unconscious level that process these cues, and make a determination about whether that is a good genetic match. >> all right. anyone else feel awkward watching that? just asking. interesting stuff though when a kiss is more than just a kiss plus, love lost and found,

today charges roof with nine murders and three attempted murders, under the matthew shepard and james byrd: attorney general loretta >> catherine: a federal grand jury returned a 33- count indictment against him. >> catherine: roof admitted he entered an african- american church last month-- attended a bible study for about an hour-- then shot church members, killing nine of them. >> catherine: roof told police he did it to start a 'race war'. >> catherine: the 21-year- old already faces a number of state charges. his state trial is scheduled to start next july 11th. >> catherine: if convicted of the federal charges - he faces life imprisonment or the death penalty >> catherine: the f-b-i and marines speaking out today about the shooting in chattenooga. in a press confrence officials spoke about what happened last week. >>when a gunman attacked a naval reserve center and tennessee naval reserve center. >>four marines and one sailorit is believed gunman mohammad abdulazeez was radicalized muslim extremist. that acted alone. >>.on that day. >> catherine: information found on abdulazeez' phon

byrd act was enacted specifically to vindicate the unique arms caused by racially motivated -- violent charged with three attempted murders under a second federal hate crimes statute that prohibits the use or threat of force to obstruct any person free exercise of their religious belief. .. >> i would like to thank the attorney for his and his offices work as well as a dedicated terry from the department civil rights division and extend my thanks to the solicitor for being aa partner in this matter. we have a strong working relationship and look forward to continued collaboration at the parallel state and federal prosecutions worked their way through the respective court systems. thank you for your attention. [inaudible question] >> yet to be determined. both cases will proceed through the court system and we will work to reduce unnecessary burden to the families. [inaudible question] >> deciding who goes 1st. >> there are a number of factors. both cases are in the early stages and have yet to have motions. it is difficult to say. >> this seems to fit the definition of domestic terrori

. >> the long awaited see get to "to kill a mocking byrd." but apparently there are some changes to the krirks we love in "to kill a mockingbird." so we'll discuss what much going on here. eric: one of the biggest drug lord kingpins making an escape underneath a prison. how did he do that? you know he had to have help. we'll have the latest on his brazen breakout next. each's taunting the government and he's laughing at them and he dock what he wants. ♪ ♪ ♪ you're only young once. unless you have a subaru. (announcer) the subaru xv crosstrek. symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 34 mpg. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. eric: novak djokovic wins wimbledon for a third time. it's a repeat of last year's final. he defeated his long-time nemesis roger federer. federer did fight hard. but djokovic stepped up eventually winning in four sets. he then celebrated by eating some of the famous cracked on the center court. federer still hold the record with 17 and if you lose you don't have to eat the grass. martha: a notorious drug king penn escapes

byrd especially analyzes conditions in the banking sector and we've asked him today to include his views of the banking systems of greece and puerto rico in his remarks. bert has often testified before congressional committees and has indicated by the media on a regular basis and he often attends conferences at aei and is a prominent questioner of the panel. but today he will have to answer your questions. our final panelist will be whitney debevoise -- it's hard for me not to say that the french away -- is a senior partner at arnold and porter which he rejoined in 2010 having served as u.s. executive director of the world bank from 2007. whitney's experience includes brady plan restructurings at the end of the 1980s global debt crisis and get restructurings at belize, greece and argentina numerous privatizations. wewe should have some of those coming along out of these debt problems. as well as eurobond financings. he has written extensively on securities regulation, debt restructuring from international banking and sovereign immunity to we are delighted to have this truly knowledgeable

by the way, senator byrd's question, could you have gotten an answer to it if you had actually been ableo get the information about these 11 fictitious cases. by the way, my staff asked for the information about these 11 fictitious cases. so, you know, to me the message here, and chairman hatch knows i am interested in working with him in a bipartisan way, i think i'm about as bipartisan on health care as anybody, you know, in the senate, i just think that without these recommendations, which we've been told they are not ready to go, this is premature, at some point i believe g.a.o., i've worked with them often in the past, admire their professionalism, will give us some recommendations, they must work in a bipartisan way. i hope what people following this will recognize is as of this morning, general accounting office not covered any instances of real people committing fraud as part of this inquiry. i think that's an important takeaway this morning. thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. bagdoyan, it is true that your job is to look for fraud, it is to look for misconceptions. your job is to l

byrd has often testified before the committees and is interviewed by the media on a regular basis, andhe often attends conferences at aei and is a prominent questioner of the panel. but today has to answer your questions. the final panelist will be with me. it's hard for me not to say that the french way who's a senior partner he joined in 2010 having served as the u.s. executive director of the world bank in 2007. the experience includes the brady plan to restructure things at the end of the 1980s global debt crisis and restructurings innumerate privatizations. we should have some of these coming along in our debt problems as well as your bond financing. he's written extensively on the security regulation debt restructuring in the international banking and sovereign anybody. we are delighted to have this truly knowledgeable and outstanding panel with us today. now each of our panelists are going to speak from 12 to 15 minutes. after that we will give them a chance to react with each other or to clarify the points that they have made and after that we will open the floor to your questi

under john stennis from mississippi and under robert byrd from west virginia, dan inouye from hawaii, was a wonderful process. i have this job and i got off the committee, which was very hard for me to do because i love that committee. we worked very hard every year to fund every one of those 12 appropriations bills. we did it because we were legislators. we compromised. we worked together to fund this government p. but all that is gone. all that is gone. the republicans don't work with us on appropriations bills. we don't do them anymore. and this, this season of -- this season of republicanism is more than i can hardly understand, and i certainly don't appreciate it. our job -- and no job is more important in the constitution -- is exercising the power of the purse. that's our responsibility. but that's been taken away from us by convoluted methods. now, mr. president i know my republican colleagues will get up here and say we've got to do something about this terrible debt. sure we do. but seated next to me in this august chamber of the senate is a man who is the senior senator fro