that is the reason i have jack reed on this. i want someone who works every day and understands the plight of people who don't have jobs and have not had jobs for a long time. i have not seen anyone who is more in tune with that then jack reed. >> one of the concessions that democrats made was the elimination of the millionaire tax. will you bring that back? >> i have instructed in my telephone calls with my four senators that there is nothing off the table. everything is on the table. i have talked to senate republicans, plural, who thinks there should be a fair tax on rich people. you have seen the stories. i am going to make sure that my conferees understand that that could be part of what we try to do. we will see what happens. >> you are appointing senator baucus and the house has appointed congressman upton and camp, we will see a number of people who have already been through these discussions as part of the super committee. is there any reason to expect that they will -- different conclusion this time? >> of course it is

as i indicated that's the reason i have jack reed on this conference.ho works everyday, understands the plight of people who don't have jobs and haven't had jobs were longtime. i have not seen anyone who is more in tune with that in jack reed. >> senator, one of the sessions the democrats made -- concessions was the millionaire surtax paid for. is that something you guys will bring back? >> i've constructed in my telephone calls with my four senators there is nothing off the table. everything is on the table. and, of course, i have talked to senator reid publicans, poor, who think there should be a fair tax on rich people, and using the stories. so i am going to make sure, as i have for my conferees, understand that could be part of what we try to do, and we will see what happens. >> senator reid, was your appointing senator bachus and the house having appointed congressman upton and congressman camp, we're going to a number of people have already been through these sort of discussions over pay-fors, for the supercommittee. is there any reason you expec

that will be jack reed, bob casey, ben cardin and max baucus., yeah, the clock right now, we're minutes away -- 10 minutes away what will happen in the house of representatives. it could be quite dramatic. if one member the house of representatives rejects the unanimous consent we're back to the drawing board on the tax cut extension for social security payroll. we'll be right back. [ woman ] ♪ what i want this season ♪ if you'd like to try and guess ♪ ♪ it is something very special ♪ i would readily confess [ dogs barking ] ♪ 'cause all i want this season ♪ ♪ is something from your heart ♪ la da da, la da da [ male announcer ] thinking of others this holiday season, travelers. i'm forty eight years-old, i love to swim, and i love to walk outside. osteo bi-fl has really helped my kne. osteo bi-flex has been incredible for me, and i swear by it. [ male announcer ] osteo bi-flex, the glucosamine chondroitin suppment with 5-loxin advanced. shows improvement in joint comfort within 7 days. osteo bi-flex, my knees thank you. [ male announcer ] osteo

and no one in the senate has been more protective of the unemployed than jack reed.sey. bob casey is chairman of the joint economic committee and this is his bill. the payroll tax holiday extension is bob casey's legislation. i've talked to each of them. they're going to work expeditiously to come up with a long-term arrangement on the payroll tax, on unemployment, of course, and on the dock fix. i have great confidence in them. i also want to say that most everything we do around here is based on trust. that's how we get things done. and i want everyone to understand how much i appreciate mitch mcconnell sticking by the arrange. the agreement we made. i told him that personally. i say that to all of you. when we come back next month, we have a lot of important things to do. i've already talked about the payroll tax package. we have to do that. we can pay for it in many different ways. we have to be somewhat invent e inventive, and during the past few days i've had many calls from my caucus members about ideas they have that would protect the people that would need t

and that is why senator jack reed, senator olympia snowe and i and many others are working hard so that, at the very, very least, we can level fund liheap so that nobody in our country goes cold this winter. and with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll of the senate. quorum call: s recognize. mr. durbin: ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: and consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. durbin: mr. president, in the school year 2009 and 2010, the u.s. department of education provided $132 billion in grants and loans to students. that was up from $49 billion in 2001, a dramatic increase in federal aid to education. a large part of this increase can be traced to one particular type of school, enrollment at for-profit colleges. that has grown faster than any other sector. currently about 10% of the students pursuing education after high school attend for-profit schools, for-profit col

that is the reason i have jack reed in this conference. want someone to understand the point of people who do not have jobs and have not had jobs in a long time. i have not seen anyone more in tune then jack reed. >> what are the concessions that democrats made? >> i have instructed my telephone calls with mike four setters. there's nothing off the table -- with mike four senators. senate republicans, plural, who think there should be a fair tax on rich people. you have seen the stories. i'm going to make sure that it could be part of what we try to do and we'll see what happens. >> your reporting senator baucus and with congressman upton, will be a number of people who live been through these discussions over pay-for over the super committee. >> this is different program than the super committee. the reason i went to some land to describe who my conferees are is that i want to make sure everybody understands that this is a new day. i'm disappointed that the conferees that the house have a point -- they have spoken out before being appoint

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jack reedpresiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 12:00 noon on tuesday, january 3, 2012. and reconvene for the second and reconvene for the second that wraps up today's senate pro forma session. no legislative business having taken place. we'll see another such session every three business days to prevent the president from making recess appointments. more live senate coverage when the gavel comes down here on c-span2. and our coverage of road to the white house continues now is former house speaker newt gingrich is speaking in des moines iowa at cafÉ mob. this is getting started and we have coverage live on our companion network c-span. later former pennsylvania senator rick santorum will be in marshalltown, speaking at the legends american grill. we have that live at 6:30 p.m. eastern also on c-span. mike huckabee won the republican iowa caucuses but dropped out of the race just two months later. see what a caucus looks like with videos from previous yea

as a cosponsor of the liheap protection act introduced by senator jack reed of rhode island, i want to commend my colleagues on their leadership on this issue and look forward to working with them to ensure this legislation is passed and that funding for the critical program is maintained. thank you very much, mr. president, and i yield the floor. mrs. boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: mr. president, i'm going to make a unanimous consent request. we've alerted our republican friends to it. but before i do, i want to set the stage for why i'm going to ask eventually that we be allowed to go to h.r. 3630, which is at the desk, and that there be a debate and a vote on the republican-passed payroll tax cut. for the life of me, i don't understand why, as we approach the end of this year, republicans right now don't want to have a vote on their own bi bill. well, maybe it's because they don't have a lot of votes for it because it is a disaster. the president has spoken out very strongly for a payroll tax cut. we need that because it's been

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