joining us now senator james lankford. a member of the appropriations committee.and the select committee on intelligence. senator, great to have you with us. >> thanks, lou. lou: on the defunding, if you will the blocking of the president's amnesty fiat. is this going to be simply a continuous impasse or is there a path toward actually resolving the issue? >> it's pretty remarkable. the democrats actually aren't debating and voting it down. they're voting to try to block us from debating it. the senate has no rules in it. you have to agree to the rules for each debate. the democrats refuses to refuse to debate the issue. the illegal action he took on executive amnesty, to declare millions of people they have legal status. all we want to do is bring it up. let's debate it. set that aside. fund all of it. the funding we have, it's everything in homeland security, but also includes this qualifier to say the president can't just unilaterally declare any group as legal status. lou: the republicans it seems to me, could also help their cause a bit here and arguably the

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at 7:45 a.m., oklahoma senator james lankford will join us to talk about the subject and half an hour later the democratic congressman xavier becerra. our show is live at 7:00 a.m. est. >> keep track of the republican-led congress and follow the new members to the first senate -- session. new members, best access on c-span c-span 2, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> now represented it's considered two education bills on the floor today. one will continue to change the 1965 elementary education act to the year 2021 and will eliminate the no child left behind law giving that authority to the states. here is the floor debate. the gentleman is recognized. mr. kline: this week we have an opportunity to advance bold reforms that will strengthen k-12 education for children across america. a great education can be the great equalizer. it can open doors to unlimited possibilities and provide students the tools they need to succeed in life. every child in every school deserves an excellent education. yet mr. chairman, we are failing to provide every child that opportunity. today, approximately on

senator james lankford republican of oklahoma, a freshman in the senate -- a tweet from senator rand paul from kentucky -- and finally, michael bennet democrat from colorado -- we want to hear from our viewers this morning on what you think the way forward is. let's go to our republican line. tom is waiting in fort lauderdale, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to ask everyone a question. what is congress supposed to do tell president obama just go do whatever you want? is there any standard that democrats in force on any subject on any matter whatsoever you come -- any matter whatsoever? you talk about a clean bill, they are introducing the most obscene, pork filled unrelated items in the bill in the history of the country. when you state clean bill, that is pretty insulting for the democrats to be talking about that. our constitution was set up to produce a "what goes around comes around" government. will democrats be saying executive action when there is a republican president and the republican president is doing things they don't feel he should be acting on? hos