and what i mean from that is the congressional research service, mr. president, has written a document, a research document, dated january 13, 2010, entitled "nonstrategic nuclear weapons," otherwise called tactical nuclear weapons. and on pages 4, 5, and 6, they go through a distinction, a facl distinction between -- a factual disingtsz between the weapons. and i would ask unanimous consent that those majors be made a part of the record following the end of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: i thank the chair. mr. president, the congressional research service points out that the distinct between strategic nuclear weapons and tactical nuclear weapons not covered by this treaty is frankly a muddled topic. now, we do know by exclusion what is left not included; in other words, intercontinental ballistic missiles, sea-launched ballistic missiles, and heavy bombers are included as strategic weapons and so thereby, everything that is not included, would be a tactical weapon. it's also, they point out on the pages that will be

contractors spend close to thirty five million dollars lobbying congress according to the congressional research service defense contractors also dish out substantial amounts of money for campaign contributions in election years meanwhile a congressional watchdog group found in two thousand and eight over one hundred fifty members of congress had one hundred ninety six million dollars collectively invested in defense contractors and so as lawmakers scream louder too we need to cut spending and federal spending for education health care and social services has been reduced cutting the military budget which makes up over twenty percent of the federal budget is not on washington's agenda jan hottest r. t. washington d.c. . the u.s. government has spent more than eighty billion dollars dollars on intelligence this year that's three times more than the las figure it disclosed twelve years ago john young founder of whistleblowing website cryptome dot org says the u.s. government trains those who leaked the information so they can justify spending billions on intelligence. people how to run the streaming opera

contractors spend close to thirty five million dollars lobbying congress according to the congressional research service defense contractors also dish out substantial amounts of money for campaign contributions in election years meanwhile a congressional watchdog group found in two thousand and eight over one hundred fifty members of congress had one hundred ninety six million dollars collectively invested in defense contractors and so as lawmakers scream louder too we need to cut spending and federal spending for education health care and social services has been reduced cutting the military budget which makes up over twenty percent of the federal budget is not on washington's agenda jan hottest r. t. washington d.c. . he is coming to you live from the heart of moscow where it's not just. minutes past nine in the evening let's get to some other world news in brief that. five suspected islamic militants have been arrested for allegedly planning a. police say the. offices of the danish newspaper the controversial prophet mohammed cartoons five years ago officials describe the process as the most serious

contractor spent close to thirty five million dollars lobbying congress according to the congressional research service defense contractors also dish out substantial amounts of money for campaign contributions in election years meanwhile a congressional watchdog group found in two thousand and eight over one hundred fifty members of congress had one hundred ninety six million dollars collectively invested in defense contractors and so as lawmakers scream louder too we need to cut spending and federal spending for education health care and social services has been reduced cutting the military budget which makes up over twenty percent of the federal budget is not on washington's agenda jan hottest r. t. washington d.c. . before there was wiki leaks there was cryptome on the way in the program we sat down with its founder who gives us a unique insight into where top secret government leaks really come from according to john young state funded intelligence agencies are actually behind some of them. you have to teach young people how to run the street operations by leaking information to build something cal

contractors spend close to thirty five million dollars lobbying congress according to the congressional research service defense contractors also dish out substantial amounts of money for campaign contributions in election years meanwhile a congressional watchdog group found in two thousand and eight over one hundred fifty members of congress had one hundred ninety six million dollars collectively invested in defense contractors and so as lawmakers scream louder too we need to cut spending and federal spending for education health care and social services has been reduced cutting the military budget which makes up over twenty percent of the federal budget is not on washington's agenda jan hottest r. t. washington d.c. . turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe two suicide bombers in iraq the city of mosul have stormed police headquarters killing a high ranking commander three people wearing explosive vests approached the complex one of them was shot four setting off those belt the other two insurgents managed to get inside and blow themselves up mosul is the latest may is the

contractors spend close to thirty five million dollars lobbying congress according to the congressional research service defense contractors also dish out substantial amounts of money for campaign contributions in election years meanwhile a congressional watchdog group found in two thousand eight hundred fifty members of congress had one hundred ninety six million dollars collectively invested in defense contractors and so as lawmakers scream louder too we need to cut spending and federal spending for education health care and social services has been reduced cutting the military budget which makes up over twenty percent of the federal budget is not on washington's agenda jan hospice r. t. washington d.c. here with us here are still ahead with the russia capital all abuzz. the shady deal was so blatant it looked as if the former mayor took the money from the city budgets wrapped up a christmas christmas spirit from his office and presumed it to his wife in full view of the. press to gauge the cash trial oscars for one madam i haven't. but first let's take a look at some other stories that have been maki

the congressional research service published a study on the role of the senate in the treaty process. it's titled "treaties and other international agreements. the role of the united states senate." on page 125 the study takes amendments are proposed changes in the text of the actual treaty. they amount, therefore, to senate counteroffers that alter the original deal agreed to by the united states and the other country. so should the senate agree to strike the missile defense section of the preamble, we are simply asking the russians to accept it. the ball is in the russians' court. the russians can either accept or reject the senate's counter offer. if text to the preamble is just a nonbinding statement of fact, then russia should not have any problem in eliminating that portion of the preamble. but if russia does have a problem with eliminating a so-called nonbinding statement of fact and russia is willing to jeopardize the entire treaty over it, then every member of the united states senate, every member of the united states senate should be concerned about the provision' impact. t

all that as according to a report by the congressional research service about the shutdown back in 1995 1996 and you can see it details a major change in lifestyle for the american public. even if all that stuff goes away, it's important to note essential services and employees, those relating to national security and public health, air traffic control, border control and emergency assistance would still remain available. gretchen? >> peter doocy, thanks very much for that report. >> yeah, here's the thing. if you have to do this, if you pass and you want to prevent a government shutdown, there's got to be an alternative to passing this pork bill because this is all a setup. they've had 11 months to write this budget and decide how to keep the government going. they've went until the very last minute because there might not no other option. you have out of the appropriations committee, the chairman who has been sitting on the sidelines and harry reid springs this on everybody. on top of that, this is a tough decision for republicans. do you pass this bill and put in a billion dollars fo

and congressional research service, of the u.s.ess, just produced 30-something page report that said it thought it was very unlikely, under law, that we had engaged in any illegal activity. and if it was alleged that our activity would be illegal, then, of course, "the new york times" and all other mainstream media organizations would also suffer from that allegation. >> you are also, of course, facing those charges in sweden. i know you've denied those charges, rape charges, in sweden. you've said you're the victim of a smear campaign. my question this morning is, do you feel you were set up by those two women in sweden? >> merely a victim of a smear campaign. there are intercepted sms messages between the women and each other and their friends, that i am told represents a setup. those sms messages, the swedish prosecutor has refused to release. in fact, stated that my lawyer, who was shown the messages by the police, is gagged from speaking about them. in their representations to the courts here, three, separate court dates, the

a recent report, not by my colleague from mississippi and not by me, but by the congressional research service, said that the publications of rules under the health care law could stretch out for decades to come. and that's why i'm going to cosponsor this legislation. i have great concerns about states' rights, individual rights being trampled on by a washington government that is out of control in terms of spending and it is doing it in spite of the cries of the american people. so i want to congratulate and compliment my colleague from mississippi for bringing this piece of legislation to the senate today and help joining me on the floor as part of a doctor's second opinion, because you don't have to be a doctor to know that this health care law is not good for patients, it's not good for providers, it's not good for taxpayers, and as more and more people see the rules and the regulations come, they will once again see the broken promises by this president who said if you like your health care program, you get to keep it, and then they turn two pages, these rules and regulators, rule makers

the congressional research service which is a nonpartisan research body in washington calculated on thebush tax cuts and found that either they had done nothing to boost the economy because if you look at the economic growth the last 10 years, it was minimal compared to other ticket -- decades come or if they boosted the economy and kept things from being much worse but that was almost impossible to tell based on the data. it is like the argument over the economic stimulus pret. the democrats argue that kept things from getting worse. the republicans said it help to the american economy not suffer worse than it did. many democrats and liberal economists would say that what happened is that the bush tax cuts did not spur economic growth and. host: sun city, arizona, republican line. caller: don't cut the of. 15% capital gains tax is only a long-term dairy you have to hold a stock for one year or more. if i do the research and invest and take the chance of a loss, i think i am entitled to that. the poor only produce one thing -- more awards for the state. obama said he will cut the capita

despite the need a congressional research service report that i requested found that funding for specialized services and support for these young girls, these victims of domestic minor sex trafficking are very, very limited or nonexistent. through the the country, organizations helping them collectively have fewer than 100 beds. to address the needs of an estimated 100,000 young children each year. this is simply unacceptable, this bill responds to the problem and gives law enforcement the tools to investigate and prosecute sex traffickers who exploit underage girls and force them into the sex trade. a pimp selling just four children can earn over $600,000 a year. the risks are low and the gain is high. we live in a country where a person is more likely to serve time for selling marijuana than selling a 14-year-old girl. this bill will change that and treat these young women as crime victims, not as criminals. it will create a six-state pilot program to help law enforcement crack down on pimps and traffickers and create shelters and provide treatments, counseling and legal aid for the undera

think just briefly along those same lines there's a controversy going on now where the congressional research service, people who work there who are charged. they are told they cannot access any of these documents which are on every website in the world. to inform them as they write their reports. they cannot refer to any information that's in any of them in their reports to congress. presumably they can go home and turn on their home computer and have full access to it. but then they can't acknowledge in their reports they've had full access to it. it is a pretty confusing and sometimes ridiculous system. >> anybody else have a question? >> aside from the embarrassment, it seems to me there are going to be two very likely consequences. the first has to do with freedom of speech and the first amendment. the second combining what john calls these anarchists cyber people with something like stux net. julian assange hired a top notch british attorney. that will be an interesting cot case. i wonder how you come out with the issues of the first amendment. what has when this is not information leaking but

it does not appear to matter that experts and the congressional research service warn that no individual, not a president, not a vice president, not a federal judge, not a cabinet member, has ever been removed on this basis. in order to open up the federal bench to removals for prefederal conduct, you must first ignore the express language of the constitution itself which refers to conduct during federal service, during service in an office. a judge is guaranteed life tenure under the constitution during good behavior in office. it's not a standard of good behavior in life. it's a standard of good behavior in office. it requires misconduct during federal service that justifies the removal from that federal office. the standard fashioned by james madison and others has stood for centuries, largely because of the work of your predecessors who have rejected articles of prefederal conduct. that includes in 1912 the impeachment of judge robert archibald. the senate in that case explicitly rejected the theory of removing an individual for conduct occurring before he took federal office for whi

as the congressional research service writes and i quote -- "russia has 620 launchers and this may decline to 400 deployed and 440 total launchers. this would likely be true whether the treaty enters into force because russia is eliminating older missles as they age and deploying newer missles at a slower pace than that to retain 700 launchers. end quote. in light of all these facts i will seek to offer an amendment or two regarding the delivery vehicle numbers in this treaty. madam president, i'm also working on several other amendments that i may seem to offer regarding prompt global strike and other issues. ultimately this is a very significant treaty that deserves full and fair consideration. and we should not be jamming the consideration of this treaty up against the christmas break. as i've indicated, madam president, there are substantial issues here that need to be fully vetted and we obviously do not have the time to consider these issues this year. we should wait until next year to fully consider this treaty and have a full, free, and wide open debate on this matter with no -- no

you've got the congressional research service. you've got the general -- the government accountability office up there assisting the congress. but we also have some really fascinating research that demonstrates how targeted appropriations language can be used to both stimulate and shut down rules that powerful interests would prefer -- well, in latter cases not to see the light of day. very specific language in riders attached to any one of of a number of legislative vehicles that tells the environmental protection agency you don't spend another dime on rulemaking associated with c02 emissions from public utilities in the upper midwest. end of story. you know, you start -- you lost the authority to spend public funds. if you can ride it for free, i guess you're on your own but it's very unusual that could happen. then there's an arcane piece of legislation which i hesitate even to spend a lot of time with, something called a congressional research act. excuse me, a congressional review act. that allows the congress to essentially

you've got the congressional research service, you got the government accountability office up there assisting the congress. but we also now have some really fascinating research that demonstrates how targeted appropriations language can be used to both stimulate and shutdown rules that powerful interests would prefer -- well, in the ladder case, not to see the light of day. very specific language in writers attacked to any one of a number of legislative vehicles that tells the environmental protection agency you don't spend another dime on rulemaking associated with co2 emissions from public utilities in the upper midwest. end of story. you know? you've lost the authority to spend public funds. if you can write it for free, i guess you are on your own. it's very unusual that that can happen. then there's the arcane piece of legislation that i hesitate to spend a lot of time with. something called the congressional research act. excuse me. the congressional review act. that allows the congress to essentially veto a rule or regulation after it's written. if it's found to be in contrac

the congressional research service which is a nonpartisan research body in washington calculated on the last 10 years of the bush tax cuts and found that either they had done nothing to boost the economy because if you look at the economic growth the last 10 years, it was minimal compared to other ticket -- decades come or if they boosted the economy and kept things from bei much worse but that was almost impossible to tell based on the data. it is like the argument over the economic stimulus pret. the democrats argue that kept things from getting worse. the republicans said it help to thamerican economy not suffer worse than it did. many democrats and liberal economists would say that what happened is that the bush tax cuts did not spur economic growth and. host: sun city, arizona, republican line. caller: don't cut the of. 15% capital gains tax is only a long-term dairy you have to hold a stock for one year or more. >> senator dick durbin is set to scott -- to talk about the dream act. but it is a chance to make a dream come true for tens of thousands of americans. a setback.e it has

think just briefly along those same lines there's a controversy going on now where the congressional research service, people who work there who are charged. they are told they cannot access any of these documents which are on every website in the world. to inform them as they write their reports. they cannot refer to any information that's in any of them in their reports to congress. presumably they can go home and turn on their home computer and have full access to it. but then they can't acknowledge in their reports they've had full access to it. it is a pretty confusing and sometimes ridiculous system. >> anybody else have a question? >> aside from the embarrassment, it seems to me there are going to be two very likely consequences. the first has to do with freedom of speech and the first amendment. the second combining what john calls these anarchists cyber people with something like stux net. julian assange hired a top notch british attorney. that will be an interesting court case. i wonder how you come out with the issues of the first amendment. what has when this is not information leaking bu

he is a senior middle east analyst for the congressional research service, the federal legislators non-partisan think tank. dr. katz man has served in government and private sector as an analyst in the persian gulf affairs was set -- with special interest on iran and iraq. he also has a book about the iranian revolutionary guard. he holds a doctorate in political science. dr. katz men. >> thank you, congressman, and thank you to neil and executiveaction. i am speaking in a personal capacity today, not from any entity of congress. i was big today about an obvious passion of my life which is the islamic revolutionary guard, or just the guard. it is probably the one entity that is standing between the people and the regime of. it is the one entity keeping the regime in power. it is the one thing standing between the armenian people achieving their desires as expressed last year in the green movement uprising. the revolutionary guard, however, is facing their around challenges. it is not monolithic. it is not unchallengeable. it is facing internal challenges. they are not necessarily an external ch

you've got the congressional research service. you've got the general -- the government accountability office up there assisting the congress. but we also have some really fascinating research that demonstrates how targeted appropriations language can be used to both stimulate and shut down rules that powerful interests would prefer -- well, in latter cases not to see the light of day. very specific language in riders attached to any one of of a number of legislative vehicles that tells the environmental protection agency you don't spend another dime on rulemaking associated with c02 emissions from public utilities in the upper midwest. end of story. you know, you start -- you lost the authority to spend public funds. if you can ride it for free, i guess you're on your own but it's very unusual that could happen. then there's an arcane piece of legislation which i hesitate even to spend a lot of time with, something called a congressional research act. excuse me, a congressional review act. that allows the congress to essentially

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research care and services. i want to thank the sponsor of this legislation, representative markey, for his tireless leadership on this bill. he's also the co-chair of the congressional task force on alzheimer's disease and works hard on all aspects of trying to find a cure and do research with regard to alzheimer's. i urge my colleagues to support the national alzheimer's project act today, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska. mr. terry: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. terry: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of s. 3036, the national alzheimer's project act. alzheimer's afflicts millions of americans and their families and friends. it's a personal tragedy for both patients -- patient and everyone who loves them. i had an opportunity to meet with the families during a support group just recently and heard their stories about their loved ones slips away with this form of dementia and the sadness it places on all of the families. n.i.h. estimates that approximately five million americans have alzheimer's disease, most of whom are over th