not on the c.r. not on the appropriations bill. >> not on funding the government. >> not on funding the government, right. so especially -- even if you were going to do it on funding the government, you don't pick the same day that obama care's rolled out. because one thing that we know about this white house, and we know about harry reid in the senate, is they're going to use everything that we give them, which is they're going to easily say, the reason we're having these problems is because the republicans shut the government down. >> stick around. stay there. nobody go anywhere. we're going to take a very quick break. coming up, if the president made it clear that there will be no negotiating while the government is shut down, where do republicans go from here? we will continue our discussion with congressman nunes coming up next. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves. all the bit

but to pass the c.r., the clean c.r., and keep n.i.h. open, the department of veterans affairs the all the parks open, defense department open. to keep the government open. why hasn't that happened? the speaker of the house refuses to hold a vote in this people's house. what's he afraid of? the democracy? what's he afraid of, we're going to vote to open the government, because that's exactly what would happen fufment want to help n.i.h., vote for the clean c.r., get it done tonight. quit the game playing. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from connecticut reserves. the gentleman from georgia. mr. kingston: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from mississippi, mr. harper. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized for one minute. mr. harper: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. harper: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the research for life-saving cures proposal.

in fact, i think it's of note that with all the various c.r.'s, clean c.r.'s, that we have been passing since this shutdown began, all with no strings attached, all that have nothing to do with obamacare, we actually now have funded a large part, if not more than half, of the entire discretionary federal budget. unfortunately the president and the senate majority leader keep saying that they will not negotiate, they won't consider any of these things. i would urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting this important funding bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from iowa reserves. the gentleman from arizona. mr. pastor: mr. speaker, i yield as much time as he may consume, the ranking member of the aviation subcommittee of the transportation infrastructure subcommittee, the gentleman from washington, mr. larsen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for as much time as he he may consume. mr. larsen: as ranking member of the aviation subcommittee i know how important

granted we all agree c.r. after c.r., the past five years have been ridiculous. look, we all -- i don't know about the politicians, but i think the rest of americans wants a budget and a well thought out budget, and this is ridiculous. however, what is happening is that what you're calling the tea party -- which is a great deal of them, but it's also the majority of republicans in the house, and about 9 % republicans in the senate say our constituents are telling us they're not ready for obama care. this el don't want it implemented. since they are the minority and the republicans control one half of one third of the government, all the leverage they have is the c.r. i gra el it's a tiny thing, but it's all they have. >> it's injures not the way it works. their job right now is to keep the government running. they need to do that with a six-weeks cr. >> and so for the first four years. even the first two there was no budget. i love that you now demand a budget. republicans have been demanding budgets for the past four years. it's nice to finally have one. >> you

>> that is out not the clean c.r.e would be we want to resolve this problem, prior to the time you could consider that particular bill, which would be at the very earliest i believe october 14th probably not until the 28th. >> but what if the government's still shut down october 14th? >> i'm going to insist that the speaker try to bring out a clean continuing resolution to the one i said i would support. also i said that -- you know, i believe that representative ron kind and i of wisconsin have represented a reasonable, a reasonable alternative, for many members. let's do the clean c.r. for six months, at the republican number of $986 billion. let's repeal the medical device act and pay for it. ron kind and i have a whole group of democrats and republicans on board with this. the far left is not going to like that proposal because it does make a change to the health care law. the far right is not going to like it because at the end of the day it does not defund the health care law. i believe there's a lot of space fo

i was for a clean c.r. i think that the level of sequestration -- >> you're willing to -- >> i'm one of those that did not want a shut down in the first place. i thought sequester levels was a win for republicans and we should have taken the fight to the debt ceiling where it belongs where you actually have a valid point to say if we don't have reforms, then we're going to have a debt crisis in the future. let's be responsible. let's do the difficult thing and actually do some reforms and avoid a real debt crisis where we don't have the luxury of just raising our debt ceiling because no one will buy our debt in the first place. >> anna, why not take that off the table? why not put it up to a vote? republicans are saying why shouldn't we? why shouldn't you? >> for the same reason that harry reid won't put up the repeal of the medical device up for a vote. because the votes are there to pass it but they're a majority of the other party. you want to talk truth? that's what it is. are the votes there to pass a

he could pass a clean c.r. today, but if he does that, he loses his speakership. >> are we setting a precedent from now on, when budget comes up for negotiation, are we going to be talking about the debt ceiling from now on, possible default of our payments on our obligations? is this always going to be a part of the budget process down the road? >> i think at least for the foreseeable future it is. you know, but the president was very cognizant of that in this interview. he talked about the need to get a stable government. and i heard two very significant things in this interview. one, he is willing to negotiate. we can talk about the timing of that. but he has not said that recently. and, two, he took income tax rates off the table. those, to me, were very significant developments today. and i think republicans can hold onto that and figure out how do we get from the place where we are today, where we don't give, to a place in a few weeks where we've gotten something. >> i actually disagree with that. he said

i was for a clean c.r. i think that the level of sequestration -- >> you're willing to -- >> i'm one of those that did not want a shut down in the first place. i thought sequester levels was a win for republicans and we should have taken the fight to the debt ceiling where it belongs where you actually have a valid point to say if we don't have reforms, then we're going to have a debt crisis in the future. let's be responsible. let's do the difficult thing and actually do se reforms and avoid a real debt crisis where we don't have the luxury of just raising our debt ceiling because no one will buy our debt in the first place. >> anna, why not take that off the table? why not put it up to a vote? republicans are saying why shouldn't we? why shouldn't you? >> for the same reason that harry reid won't put up the repeal of the medical device up for a vote. because the votes are there to pass it but they're a majority of the other party. you want to talk truth? that's what it is. are the votes there to pass a c.

put a clean c.r. on this floor. republicans continue going after

let's have a c.r. i yield four minutes to the gentleman from maryland who may very well answer that question that i asked about morale. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. as the gentleman pointed out, the morale is low. for approximately 315 million people who call america home. low because they see a dysfunctional board of directors of their country. low because they are anguished about the inability to come to grips with real by -- reality. i want to tell my friend, mr. speaker, the chairman of the rules committee, we said yes. you sent us a bill to the united states senate which we control, and you said, let us open government. and we will open it on the condition that we cap spending at $986 billion. now you also put another piece on that bill which said we ought to defund obamacare. the affordable care act, as we call it. i venture to say that close to 90%, maybe even 100% of those on your side of the aisle, mr. cha

pass the clean c.r. and then a conference that talks about the issues for the whole year, resolves funding, makes sense. but only after they pass our clean c.r. bill. so speaker boehner, no more gains. when the final hours, pass the clean c.r. don't send us another one of these little gizmos that is simply meant to take attention off the fact that you don't have the courage to keep the government funded. pass the clean c.r. and then we can talk about conference. yield the floor. >> madam president. >> the assistant majority leader? >> madam president, the statement made earlier is worthy of note. in less than an hour, the government of the united states of america will close. what it means is that agencies all across -- >> good evening. i'm chris hayes. we are less than one hour away from the government shutdown. as i speak to you right now, the national is in session on the floor. you see dick turbin of illinois speaking. you just saw harry reid and chuck schumer of new york, also part of the senate dem

and the clean c.r. that we're being beseeched to just vote on so everything will be fine, says that's ok. just keep going. don't change a thing. everything's fine. nothing to see here. but everything is not fine. the constituents that elected me had three concerns when i ran. and i hear about them every single day at the grocery store, at the gas station, on my telephones, in email. and in the letters they send to me. do something about this debt. do something about this deficit do something about this spending. do something about obamacare. that's what they send to me. that's what they tell me. maybe the world doesn't understand where this is going to end. but a lot of us do. when our dollar isn't worth anything. when we have to take a wheelbarrow of dollars to the grocery store to buy just what we need to survive. that's where it will end. we don't have to go there. we are choosing to go there. and it doesn't have to be that way. another one of the gentlemen said, well, we need to move on so we can ma

but this c.r. has been about obama care and shutting off the funding to implement or enforce obama care, and i wrote that language back in february of 2011. i am invested in it deeply and i think it's important we hold the line, and yet, if we cannot actually contemplate the idea we would go on forever and not increase the debt ceiling. so let's make sure the conditions are right for each one of them. for me if the entitlement reforms are strong enough, i'll take a good look at it. better yet, if we bring a balanced budget amendment to the constitution through the house and the senate and send it to the states where 38 would have to ratify, that would be something that would cause me to take a real good look at a debt ceiling because that's where the problem is. this congress doesn't have the discipline to balance the budget and start to pay down the national debt. a balanced budget would bring that discipline. that's what the president fears. if he opposes a balanced budget amendment to our consti

vote on a clean c.r. and we will get to the next step which is to work to make sure this government stays open and the american people are our first priority. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. garamendi: ms. sheila jackson lee, thank you very much. there's no doubt that this house has any moment the ability to vote on the continuing resolution the senate has sent back here. if that were to happen, the president would immediately have that law on his desk. he could sign it and government would at that moment reopen. and keep in mind that that c.r. is not one we thought was the best. it actually is significantly below the level of funding that the democrats wanted. and it does continue at least for another month and a half. the sequestration which we do not like. i'd like now to turn to ms. kaptur, ms. marcy kaptur of ohio. who spoke here on the floor a few moments ago. ms. kaptur, share with us your thoughts on the current crisis in america. ms. kaptur: i want to thank congressman gare men tee for br

that let's put a clean c.r. on the floor by the way to open the government and stop talking about the idea -- i just can't understand. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: she doesn't have money to pay for her children to eat. clean c.r. and get this on the floor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlelady had expired. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves her time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'm proud to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from ohio, who is the ranking member on the nutrition subcommittee and the agriculture committee, the subcommittee that should had held a hearing on this snap bill but never did, i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentlelady, ms. fudge. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for two minutes. ms. fudge: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank my colleague, mr. mcgo

the short-term c.r., there are two different things. there are two different things. the short-term c.r. we're willing to agree to because the number is not sufficient as the chairman of the appropriations committee has said that number is not sufficient to conduct government. that's one of steny's favorite hooks, perhaps you'd like to make that one. that's a different story. a short-term debt limit is -- it doesn't restore confidence. it isn't a place to go. let's see what -- when we see them offer one we'll see what path they think that takes us down. >> [inaudible] >> if the alternative is to enege the default then -- as i said, when we see -- now, it may be humorous to you but it's only the global economy. it's only your 401k if you have one, interest rates on car payments. no, there is. i don't think it's a responsible place to go. i hope that our colleagues would not do that, would just -- we're just at the same place as we were. excuse me? >> [inaudible] >> you have to talk to him about that. in a

boehner could pass a clean c.r.omorrow. >> call a vote. >> he doesn't override this particular group of republicans. >> told him going to cliff when they pass the golf course, let me out here. now for those like the birthers and all the whacknuts, i love to say that barack obama is a secret muslim and he's trying to make a world -- if he's a secret muslim, he's the worst secret muslim that's ever been because he is pretty damn good at killing real muslim terrorists. >> he sure was over the weekend. >> what happened? >> we had two fascinating on oh radiations. we can see the special operations forces aren't on shutdown. they were in action friday night at a beach resort in somalia trying to nab a somali leader there the. he was thought to be involved in the planning of the 1988 attack on the embassy in kenya. maybe had links to the attack on the shopping mall. and libya, the u.s. special forces came in and snatched somebody that the u.s. has been seeking for years. a key kind of computer planner, technician for al qa

the short-term c.r., there are two different things. there are two different things. the short-term c.r. we're willing to agree to because the number is not sufficient as the chairman of the appropriations committee has said that number is not sufficient to conduct government. that's one of steny's favorite hooks, perhaps you'd like to make that one. that's a different story. a short-term debt limit is -- it doesn't restore confidence. when we see them offer one, we will see what path they think that takes us down. >> [inaudible] toif the alternative is -- as i said, it might be humorous to you, it is only the global economy. is anot think it responsible place to go. i hope that our colleagues would not do that. >> [inaudible] >> you would have to talk to him about that. we have made every concession. if this makes you feel more comfortable, we will smooth the path for you to go to the table. -- let's see what they are offering. is only connection they have the budget conference table. that is where this

each c.r. kicks the can down the road and forces america to quickly face yet another shutdown risk. each c.r. means federal agencies cannot plan long-term and contracting officers are restricted in their ability to let contracts for services and goods provided by the private sector to the federal government and american citizens. generally speaking continuing resolutions fund at prior year spending levels, which means spending does not change to reflect changing priorities, circumstances, and challenges. in sum, continuing resolutions are inherently inefficient, waste tax dollars, and retard proper federal government operation. hence, i have had historically voted against less than year-end continuing resolutions in hopes of forcing congress to do the compromising necessary to pass authorization and appropriation bills. this work will not be done so long as the continuing resolution crutch protects congress from failure, which brings us to today. the senate, white house, and congress agree on r

we have sent a c.r., a clean c.r. at sequester levels and defunding obamacare. it was shipped back to us. second c.r., clean c.r., sequester levels, one-year delay of the entire obamacare law. third c.r., at sequester levels, one-year delay and removal of certain benefits that we believe is fairness. but the overriding suggestion that we have made tonight goes back over a little bit over an hour ago with the gentleman, mr. rogers, the chairman of the appropriations. he's asking for the opportunity for us to go to conference. to resolve our differences. people working together, people looking at each other as was suggested by the gentleman from, mr. barton, yeah, probably a tv would be in the room. and the american people would get a chance to weigh and balance both sides also. we think that's important. that's what we're asking for. that's why we're on the floor of the house tonight. the floor of the house of representatives tonight. and this is what we stand for. we're after fairness, we're after an opportunity to get these ideas and the issues resolved for the

a c.r. for that. pass the c.r. for the interior so the national parks stay open.it for the smithsonian so the panda cam stays open. every time an issue is raised they say this will be shut down. republicans should pass a c.r. or a budget to stay open to demonstrate to the country that the republicans want to keep the government open and obama and reid are the two individuals who are guilty of extortion. >> i agree whole heartedly. >> hang on, sean. >> i have a question. >> i was going to agree, too. that's the way the government is supposed to work. there are 13 appropriation s bills. when the government works properly, by the way this is true on both sides. when congress is doing its job that's what happens. the reason we have a continuing resolution tonight that can't get passed is because congress hasn't done its job for five years. >> steve, they haven't done it since 1996. >> the government by continuing resolution has gone for five years. >> let me agree with steve on this thing. we have to get back to budgeting department by department. these monstrosities

put a clean c.r. on this floor. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: may i inquire how much time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time from new york has expired. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield the balance of our time, one minute, to the very distinguished majority leader of the house, mr. cantor of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the majority leader is recognized for the balance of the time. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank the gentleman from kentucky and his leadership for bringing the bill to the floor. and it's interesting, my colleague who just spoke, the democratic whip, talked about democracy and insisting that we bring democracy to the house. well, i would respond to my friend and say democracy is founded upon the principle that there is equal treatment under the law. so tonight's debate is not about trying to stifle democracy. tonight's debate is trying to insist that the minority party nd its policies is trying to s

we have sent over c.r.'s, we have sent over amendments, we have sent over bills, we have now -- this is the 11th of the many appropriations bills, c.r.'s at sequester level that we are going to send to the senate, and they just simply refuse to talk. i have never seen such a show of negligence and attendance to public duties. normally the time honored tradition in the congress since the founding of this great country, when the house passes a measure, and the senate passes a measure and they differ, we appoint conferees. the senate picks out some members, the house picks out some members. we send them off to the backroom to work out the differences and bring the bills back. that's the way it's operated for all these years. and yet the senate just simply refuses to talk anything about how to reopen the government. now, this bill will help protect our homeland from terrorist, drug traffickers, smugglers, other criminals and facilitates legal immigration, and ongoing investigations. right now our frontline opera

if that came out and went into one of the c.r. deals, it works.y the way, it's a tax cut and a health care thing. >>> all right. as we told you at the top of the show, the president has just wrapped up a meeting at the white house, but it doesn't look like there was any negotiating. please stay with us. i'm kudlow, and we'll be right back. . you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? ♪ when you think about it, isn't that what retirement should be, paying ourselves to do what we love? ♪ >>> we've got a >>> we've got a divided government. democrats control the white house and the senate. republicans control the house. we sent four different proposals over to our democratic colleagues in the senate. they rejected all of them. we've asked them to conference, to sit down and try to resolve our differences. they will not negotiate. >> they we

a clean c.r. is not the answer. a clean c.r. funds the gold plated health care plan for members of congress. members of congress cannot be treated one way and the american people another way. we need fairness for every american and to stop the chaos of obamacare. it's time for harry reid and president obama to come to the table in good faith to work together with house republicans for the good of all americans. let's pass the bills that we have bipartisan support for today. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. ms. hahn: mr. speaker, here we are on day four of a government shutdown that should never have happened. i'm deeply disappointed that my republican colleagues have decided that their obsession with repealing the affordable care act is more important than the rest of the country. more important than 800,00

they have a chance for the c.r. bill to pass. >> again the house republican approach has been to move forward with these short-term, so-called mini c.r.'s, piecemeal funding bills today, passing the f.a.a. bill tomorrow,tail take up border security. today in the senate, we saw a republican senator making motions to try to get the senate to take up these bills that have passed the house but no deal in the senate. those motions were blocked in the senate by senate democrats. ron is in ava, missouri, on our independent line. go ahead. >> thank you for taking my call. the government is -- i don't understand the government shutdown phrase, the government is not shut down. they're getting paid, they're having meetings. they shouldn't be getting paid. us veterans and the parks are shut down, they're not getting paid. so why is the government getting paid for not doing anything? for not doing their job? i just wonder. >> thanks for your call. keeping our eye on the white house waiting to hear possibly from house democrats w

you passed the c.r. the year it was adopted. you passed a c.r. after it was adopted. you passed a c.r. after that. so what is it? let's stop being so mean and so broken about the ability to keep our government open. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. aderholt: i would like to recognize the chearm for the full committee of appropriations, chairman rogers, for four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for four minutes. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in full support of h.j.res. 75, this bill ensures that the nearly 8. million women, children and enfants who rely on the special supplemental nutrition program for women, enfants and children, will continue to receive critical nutrition assistance without interruption. this bill provides funding for i.c. at the fiscal year 2013 post-sequester rate of 6.-- of $6.5 billion until december 15, or until we can enact a full-year appropr

the c.r. to keep government open. it's not the responsible thing for our committee. the c.r. is given up because we haven't passed appropriation bills that are really the mechanics of how we ought to be spending money. my colleague, mr. aderholt, 94 times voted for a c.r. i cannot support this piecemeal specialty of the day. let's just vote for one segment of the government and ignore all the rest. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from alabama. mr. aderholt: i yield four minutes to the chairman of the full appropriations committee, mr. rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, this duringkes sure that even this shut down, the food and drug administration's critical safeguards remain in place to protect our food and drug supply, the health of our people should not be jeopardized. this legislation provides funding for the f.d.a. at the current post-sequestration annual rate.

hopefully we'll finish the c.r. in the next few days when harry reid is ready to bring the senate to work. >> you're saying there's too much spending. where would -- >> no doubt about it. >> putting om care aside, where else would you like to see spending care? what are your proposals? >> we need serious entitlements reform. the house passed a budget in april to get us to balance in ten years. the president's budget never balanced. same with harry reid, they have a budget that never balances. at the end of the day you have to balance some time. most merndz agree we should balance some time in washington. we should do that in less than ten years. that's our proposal from the house. we're waiting for something from the senate and from the president. >> are you not concerned about the warning from china, our largest debtor -- creditor nation, that we're -- >> well, they are not our largest creditor nation. the largest creditor nation today is japan, china is number two. when you only have one significant debt payment b

vote for a clean c.r. mr. speaker, there are a lot of emotions because this is about life and death. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are here further requests? under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentlewoman from kansas, ms. jenkins, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. ms. jenkins: thank, mr. speaker. i am proud to be -- thank you, mr. speaker. i am proud to be here this evening with my colleagues to host the republican leadership hour. we are going to talk to the american people about the damaging taxes levied against them by the president's health care law. the cost to consumers, the i.r.s.'s role in enforcement of these tax provisions, and the rocky implementation of the law. the president's health care law contained 21 new taxes. many of which will impact low and middle income earners. together these taxes represent a trillion-dollar tax hike. at a time when american families certainly cannot afford it. and although it became law in 2010, the

bush, we passed 56 c.r.'s no negotiation. so you have been voting for c.r.'s continuously for years and years. what's the difference now? you don't like a bill that passed three years ago and you have to come and break the rules here by getting a waiver so you can bring up these issues from the appropriations bill because you don't want to do it in regular order? this is just insane. this is insane. we have never done it like this and the country is wondering, what the heck is going on. what the heck is going on, we have become children at this fight. this is nuts. it's not the way to run a government. my god, let's get government open. we could do it tonight. vote against this bill to nowhere. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from alabama. mr. aderholt: i would hope that all of my colleagues join me tonight in supporting the house joint resolution 77 as has been discussed here. i understand that many of our friends, my friends across the aisle will disagree with the majority's decision to

a clean c.r. will do that. tonow that this is no time be funny, but i think we were to take one bill at a time and maybe in 2025 before we reopen the government. we can do it in one game and talk about the rest -- and -- in one go and talk about the rest. >> i'm delighted that you are here. dear friend and colleague and a good man. i appreciate you both being here. i understand the issue and i appreciate you both. the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. >> thank you. thank you to our colleagues for being here. i have no questions, but i appreciate their work and effort on this. i yelled back. >> the gentlewoman -- i yield back. >> the gentlewoman yields. she has no questions. the gentleman from utah. i yield back. >> the gentleman yield back. the gentleman yield back his time. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. it is short and to the point. i will follow their example and yield back. >> [inaudible] >> the gentleman has no questions. yields back. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. no qu

we need to adopt the c.r. or the continuing resolution that funds the government. >> republicans who stood by didn't see it that way and continue to blame democrats for the mess that has become of capitol hill. >> well i think it is a shame that the democrats are united, it seems like, in opposition to these bills. and these are very straightforward simple bills. >> senate democrats, if they will just sit down with us. that is more important. putting people first rather than protecting their own exemptions. >> we did see on wednesday who republicans who broke in their own ranks and criticized their own party for the shut down. peter king is one of them. >> i have said i won't do anything other than vote for a clean c.r. now i will vote for these bills tonight because there is no harm. but as far as sending any more amendments to the senate or any type of continuing resolution that is not clean, i won't vote for it. >> and interestingly enough king said he does not see any end in sight to the stalemate but kenn

this proposed c.r. does not address, doesn't touch, or do anything for the remaining veteran screagsier accounts which are equally important to our veterans and their families. the information technology account, which includes $155 million for the veterans mng -- management system and vital to speeding up the claims process. not included. the office of the secretary account, which includes the boards of veterans appeals which provides decisions on claims appeals, not included. the national cemetery administration, not included, which means that burials, burials, madam speaker, at the national cemeteries will be conducted on a reduced schedule. office of inspector general account, not included. which means that audits and evaluations, administrative investigations, health care inspections, and inspector general hotline will be suspended. medical research account, not included. construction account. not included. grants to states veterans homes and the state cemeteries. not included. on june 4, we passed

i hope the speaker will bring the clean c.r. to the floor, will let the members of the house vote on that so that we can keep the government operating for this country. thank you. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. sessions: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: madam president, we have a number of serious difficulties in our country. the most serious, i think, is lack of jobs and lack of economic growth, and the affordable care act is devastating to that situation, making it much worse. our colleagues need to understand as we talk about the difficulties that would happen if we have a shutdown, and there will be difficulties, that's for sure, but the idea that this is not an important matter that needs to be addressed when we confront the affordable care act, obamacare, is wrong. we have got to address this question. just one thing i would say to all of us, the numbers are in and it's quite clear. 77% of the jobs that have been created since january of this year are part time. every

that's making the senate c.r. is making it to the house. it may have arrived. is the leadership pounding on calling up all those who feel as deeply about this as you do? >> not only are they not pounding. i haven't had a cross look from eric or kevin. >> has anyone called you? >> i talk to kevin a lot anyway. i talked to him several time this is afternoon. >> kevin -- >> mccarthy, our whip. a wonderful person in a tough spot. anybody in leadership is in a tough t spot. i think they understand. we don't want the government to shut down. that narrative is false. by the same token, if you are convinced something is bad for your constituents and it's costing them jobs, at what point do you fight? we are torn between two things we don't want. we don't want the affordable care act or a shutdown. >> how do you reach your decision? how does anyone -- what are your members who voted like you tonight so far and maybe another vote? how do you decide? >> well, i think i have heard the president with two news conferences so far. the lecturing tone. the condescending tone. i

that's what's going to happen on the c.r. debt ceiling tomorrow or perhaps thursday. >> so can we just talk about your republicans for a moment in the house? >> sure. >> there is going to be a group of people, maybe 40 or so, that are going to vote against this because it doesn't kill obama care. right? >> right. >> and then there's going to be that group that is afraid to vote against it because they think they're going to get killed if they do, right? so they're different. >> well, there could be some overlap. maybe a lot of overlap. >> there could be some. but tell us a little bit about how john boehner, your friend whom you met with today, is dealing with these two different groups and trying to get to yes here. >> well, the speaker's in a tough -- he's really in a tough bind. we all know that. you mentioned -- somebody mentioned the hastert rule here already. it's very clear -- the speaker knows he has 180 to 200 members of his republican conference who believe in affirmative governance, that they believe they have an ob

around your fence and won't let bring up the clean c.r. and we will do it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: i yield 30 seconds now to the distinguished gentleman from new mexico. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lujan: the house republicans aren't fooling anyone. with hunting season in new mexico, the republican bill does nothing to open federal lands on the b.l.m. or forest service. they are turning a blind eye to the small business owners and guides that depend on hunting season. hunters call the house republicans and tell them to vote on the clean senate c.r. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: the gentleman from idaho continue to reserve? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: i leave myself the balance of the time, to share with the house the fact that the national wildlife federation, america's largest conservat

we know we have 200 democrats ready to support a clean c.r. and at least 20 or so republicans, end these political gimmicks, fund the government. end this calamity for american families. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlelady from connecticut reserves. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i yield the gentleman from new jersey one minute, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. andrews: colleagues, i think the best way to resolve this debate is to ask a simple factual question. there are two approaches here, the majority approach wants to pass this piecemeal bill. we want, we, meaning the entire democratic caucus, and enough republicans to pass it, we want to take up the senate clean bill and vote on it now. which of these two a