conrad has. there's -- there is no person who has put out the hand of bipartisan friendship and cooperation more than senator conrad has. there is no person who has experienced more frustration of having that hand rejected and slapped away than senator conrad has and there is no person who has contained that frustration and continued to work forward and seek resolution in a dig fied way than -- dignified way than senator conrad has. is senate republicans this morning who took to the floor this morning to criticize democrats for failing to pass a budget and deal with the impending sequester and tax cuts expiration failed to note that senate democrats have in fact passed a budget law and a bill to extend the tax cuts for 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses. it's to protect the 2% and the 3% at the top of the income level that republicans have refused to allow that bill protecting 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses from tax increases from going forward. s -- senate democrats also w

>> even though conrad has just been told he will get none of the special privileges the others in his still talks a good game. >> i'm just hoping they let me out to population, like, you know, be able to walk around, play cards, work out with people and stuff. that is a big deal. >> kind of weird, no? coming back to a population after all this time. wasn't expecting this when i woke up this morning, you know? >> how is it going? you know who i am? >> no. i'm esteban. how is it going? you going to be okay over here? >> yeah. >> you know why they sent you here? >> because i completed the level six process, so my next step is level five, right? >> okay. you weren't having any issues with any other staff over there? >> no. >> no? >> i need some kind of reintegration. even if it's tier time for a little while with people, you know what i mean? just to get used to being around people, you know? >> you know what i got to do first, though, right? make sure all your concerns, everything that i've got to go through your file, everything, to make sure -- >> i don't have no enemies. >> but you ar

. >> this seat will fill the retiring chairman of the budget committee kent conrad. what has this race come down to? >> i think it comes down to who north dakotans believe will go to the united states senate and every day fight for them. it's interesting, ed. the farm bill, essential air service, help for devils lake with their infrastructure needs, flood relief in minot, diversion in fargo, i mean i could just go around the state of north dakota the farm bill, essential air service, help for devils lake with their infrastructure needs, flood relief in minot, diversion in fargo, i mean i could just go around the state of north dakota and tell you what people care about. it's not what congressman burg is talking about. >> the ad running against you put out by the rnc in the state says you're for raising taxes. on who? >> i don't know. i was with a group of seniors today and i asked them, i said how many of you believe the 30-second commercials? not one happened was raised. not one hand. people are tuning them out because they know they are dishonest. they know they are not tru

but kent conrad really has been a leader, but he is leaving.ds to part of the problem here. he can do all the good work, but at least he's focused on the lame duck. there are too many members totally in denial about the fiscal cliff. >> who are in total denial. my thing, if you get this passed and i hope you do, i know it takes time to implement it, but in six months, we don't like the cuts you made, we want to do it again. frustrating. at least he's fighting the good fight. that brings me to our third story "outfront." big money, a little transparency. >>> a federal appeals court today overturned a ruling that would have tightened disclosure rules for donations and the campaign commercials. so the decisions could make it harder to follow the money trail. in an election year when we've been telling you it's a record in terms of the amount of money going into campaigns, through groups, including super pacs. john avalon continuing his series on the super pac economy. >> yeah. >> it's not a game, the super pac economy, this is real life. and you'r

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medical center if firefighters are maintained for bill for a fall of the conrad murray her >> he was among the crew on trucks number 1 1 has this batt a fire and stayed patrick's church fear if as he collapsed and suffered cardiac arrest. >> we're getting distant pieces of misinformation here if >> firefighters immediately performed cpr and rushed into the hospital. >> firefighters immediately organize a that something wasn't right. in an hah hall your of house behalf / /zazzle low half of shocks happy birthday! thank you, nana send money to anyone's checking account with chase quickpay. all you need is an email address or mobile number. you're welcome. take a step forward and chase what matters. but a will or will it had been >>catherine: here are some of the photos that tell the story of hurricane eyes experiences >> to take a look and check these signs, almost completely covered a water purifier that of the mississippi river has been reopened after being closed on monday. mitt romney visited louisiana, a facing and villages out of norland. the press and is due there on monday. as is done as much as 16 in. of rain costs

. >>> also senator kent conrad, the "washington post" eugene robinson, chuck todd. up next, sam stein has a look at the stories he's working on today in the "huff post" politics page. >>> good morning, we are talking about rain moving into the east coast and we could end up with severe weather in our region as well in the new york city area, but stretching all the way down into northern florida too. look at the lightning in the panhandle of florida moving into the jacksonville area. we are going to see frequent cloud to ground lightning. wind gusts up to around 40 to maybe 50 miles per hour. and we could end up with isolated tornadoes. basically anywhere from western connecticut, western massachusetts, down through new jersey, down into washington, d.c., the possibility exists for isolated tornadoes all the way into northern florida. so temperatures will be on the warm side, it is going to be a mild day. and humid too as that moisture streams in from the gulf coast states. we are looking at rain and thunderstorms, possibly severe, especially later this morning into this afternoon and then

conrad murray'sability to keep him. stemming from an overdose of an an anesthetic used to help him sleep. >>> apparently michael phelps hasnother talent. poker. the most deck la pulling in 100$100,000 last week. you can see him there on the left side looking like get that camera out of here. he took winnings down the strip spending most of it at night club in the wynn. $100,000 at a night club. >> not enough that he has a gazillion gold medals. >> some people are just lucky. >> apparently. >> how about this, don't be a bully. that is the message from 12-year-old monique who wrote her own song and shot a video. find out what's behind it next. >> and hundreds of vehicles are on display to help raise money for charity. taking us to the car show when we come back. . what can i get you ? cheeseburger. you know what, got any salads ? b-ball, anyone ? and then take your leg wide out to the side. you can do it, dad ! thanks, girls. i'm really proud of you, dad. make the most of your network with verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. prcandidate isis more likely ton return us to full employment. this is a

conrad, dorgan. heidi heitkamp surprised people with how good she has been as a candidate.t will be down to the wire. host: back to phone calls. a republican now. thanks for waiting. caller: thanks for taking my call. why did "politico" put out a statement about -- not put out a statement about romney campaign? he came out this morning as if he knows all the inner workings of the romney campaign. i doubt just about anything he says. guest: i appreciate the vote of confidence. the romney campaign is making an analysis of where to spend their time and money. look at the auto bailout position. his argument they should lead detroit go bankrupt was harmful to him in michigan. the company still emerges and that is lost as the headline, " let detroit go bankrupt." there was a story done by my colleagues and i trust there reporting. they are both fine reporters. that is what happens in campaigns. they start talking to reporters about how bad the other guy is. if you're in the obama campaign, nobody is doing that. host: charlie in new jersey. caller: i saw that a bill was passed in

conrad. north dakota is where the formation has helped us reduce our dependence on foreign oil.home of heidi highchamp, our outstanding candidate for the united states senate and our kendig for the congress of the united states. -- candidate for the congress of the united states, and ryan taylor, our great candidate for governor of north dakota. madam secretary, in north dakota, we remember that george bush brought us to the brink of financial collapse and that barack for that reason, north dakota casts a unanimous balance of 25 votes for president barack obama. >> north dakota casts 25 votes for president barack obama. oklahoma. oklahoma, you have 50 votes. >> madam secretary, chair of the oklahoma democratic party. where we proudly proclaimed that we are the home of the great cherokee philosopher will rogers. we are also proud of the great diversity within our delegation and we are also very proud of the unity of our delegation as opposed to what happened in florida last week. >> we are proud to be the home of the people -- woody g uthrie. >> madam secretary, i and the princip

conrad at oil prices. we told you about some of that this morning. the tenure is yielding 1.793%. dollar has been the big story. euro was down for the second straight day against the dollar, its worst two-day losing streak in a month. this morning, the dollar is higher across the board. still, the euro is above 1.30. gold prices -- right now up by $4. 1,775, 30 cents an ounce. >> okay, now we'll go and get a global market report from kelly evans, standing by in london. you're not going to talk about belize. probably could. >> no. joe, the belize story is actually fascinating because it does show that investors really aren't getting any favorable terms out of these south american countries. it's like why would you then give money to anyone you potentially think has literally no interest in paying it back. if anything, just funnel more capital away from south america towards other parts of the world. but let's talk about asia. over here, japan basically saying anything you can do, we can do as well. a 10 trillion yen asset program. that bottom about 1% on the nikkei. so we did see a broadly po

if anybody has ever been to bill's house, it is filled with political cartoons in every corner of the house. >> i should have brought a gift but he didn't ask for mine. >> bill: paul conradokay. >> bill: here's favorite one of mine. ronald reagan and -- this is more your style, tom toles. i've never worn makeup. >> let me just comment -- it couldn't be simpler. i just have to comment on conrad's drawing style. he had a bold, just powerful line. >> bill: can you see it, cyprian? >> that works -- that's his opening -- his introductory card is his powerful drawing style. and here again he takes -- he takes a spoken part of actual history and turns it on its head with the cartoon which reveals the hidden meaning behind what would have struck somebody else as just a throw away line. >> bill: he did wear makeup. he wore makeup and he wore hair coloring. >> i'm shocked to learn that! [ laughter ] >> bill: in a sense no matter how many essays or magazine articles or books that you would write, this is just powerful as you can make it. that's the power of political cartoon. you can have as much influence with one little -- box or, dan series of boxes right that anybody could have

extends for three years a program that has successfully brought needed doctors to medically underserved areas in the u.s. this program was designed by senator kent conrad. it allows foreign doctors who have been in the u.s. on exchange programs to stay at the conclusion of their residencies if they agree to practice medicine for at least three years in health professional-shortage areas. this is a valuable provision and i support its re-authorization. finally s. 3245 extends the special immigrant non-minister religious worker program. in this program, 5,000 immigrant visas can be issued to non-minister individuals who have been members of the denomination and have worked in the capacity for which they are applying for at least the two years immediately following the visa application. historically the program has been plagued by fraud but the bush administration took steps to help prevent much of the fraud and now many churches and religious organizations in the united states rely on these immigrant non-ministers. i look forward to making statutory changes aimed at even more fraud prevention and support the program's extension. again i'd like to thank s

senator conrad, attack the house for having the gumption to lay out a plan that would change the debt course of america and put us on the path to prosperity. and i'm sorry that senator reid has overreacted and declared that it's not true that we -- that the republicans have asserted that we don't have a budget, because we don't have a budget. it is true. i thank the chair and would yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: madam president, i rise to speak on energy legislation which is important to this country and legislation that i truly believe that we can and in fact need to pass this year. the u.s. house of representatives today is working on key energy legislation. i think it's very likely they will pass it this evening. that legislation includes a bill that's very similar to energy legislation that i have put forward here in the senate. the legislation i'm talking about is the coal ash recycling and oversight act of 2012. simply put, this legislation sets commonsense standards for managing and recycling coal ash with a state-led, states-first approach. now, we have strong bipartisan support for the b

conrad: i've been listening to our colleague, the senator from georgia who is one of the real gentlemen of this body and i listened to his warm words about his friend who has passed and, you know, sometimes what people say about others is a better reflection on them than on who they're describing and in many ways i thought that about what senator isakson was just saying because what he just said about his friend, any one of us here in the senate could say about him. because he is a gentleman. and i very much was moved by the words of my friend, and we thank you for all you do to make this a better place. mr. president, i've come here on different business to talk about the budget circumstance that we're in, to try to answer the question that we have heard asked in recent days, are we better off now than we were four years ago. i believe the answer to that question is very clear. but i think to answer the question we have to take ourselves back four years and remember the conditions that we faced then. i will never forget as long as i live being called to an urgent meeting in the capitol late one evening in september of 2008. i was the last one to arrive, a

conrad has. there's -- there is no person who has put out the hand of bipartisan friendship and cooperation more than senator conrad has. there is no person who has experienced more frustration of having that hand rejected and slapped away than senator conrad has and there is no person who has contained that frustration and continued to work forward and seek resolution in a dig fied way than -- dignified way than senator conrad has. is senate republicans this morning who took to the floor this morning to criticize democrats for failing to pass a budget and deal with the impending sequester and tax cuts expiration failed to note that senate democrats have in fact passed a budget law and a bill to extend the tax cuts for 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses. it's to protect the 2% and the 3% at the top of the income level that republicans have refused to allow that bill protecting 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses from tax increases from going forward. s -- senate democrats also w