mcconnell's legal abilities and his character, which were both outstanding. john j. mcconnell jr. is an outstanding nominee to serve on the u.s. district court for the district of rhode island, and i enthusiastically support his nomination." these are the words of a federal circuit judge nominated by george w. bush and confirmed unanimously by this senate. again, i implore my colleagues to listen to what people who know jack mcconnell have said and who use these words: integrity, independence, impartiality. those are the words of people who know him. that is the truth. now, i urge not only on the merits, but also in terms of the procedures of this senate that we allow this vote to come to final passage and we vote for mr. mcconnell. let me turn briefly to the claims made by some. frankly, i'm a little bit leery to address these superpowered criticisms, but they have been leveled and there should be some response. the first claim is that mr. mcconnell is antibusiness. outside of the support he received from business leaders in rhode island and the "providence journal" which has an

[unintelligible] may 14 they are having won at john mcconnell high school. >> other announcements?ust a reminder. when we do in anniversary of one of our two quakes here, the personally prepared. it is an opportunity for you to go home, see whether you've of water stored, flashlights and batteries, really simple. just look on 72hours.org. i'm sure that everyone is more prepared than they think they are. just look through. it will make you feel better. is there any public comment? ok. hearing none, say this is adjourned, unless, mr. mayor -- ok. thank you for coming. newlin: welcome. this is the tuesday, may 10, 2011 meeting of the entertainment commission of san francisco. would our executive director please call the roll? >commissioner benetti: here. vice chair joseph: yere. commissioner meko: yere. commissioner perez: here. president newlin: here. >> we have a quorum. commissioner roja as an excuse absence and we are unsure about commissioner cavellini at this point. president newlin: thank you. a wonderful roll call. [laughter] i was reminded by crystal that it will help the fil

[unintelligible] may 14 they are having won at john mcconnell high school. >> other announcements?ust a reminder. when we do in anniversary of one of our two quakes here, the personally prepared. it is an opportunity for you to go home, see whether you've of water stored, flashlights and batteries, really simple. just look on 72hours.org. i'm sure that everyone is more prepared than they think they are. just look through. it will make you feel better. is there any public comment? ok. hearing none, say this is adjourned, unless, mr. mayor -- ok. thank you for coming. >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring toget

president, unanimous consent to proceed to executive session and consider the nomination of john j. mcconnell jr. of rhode island to be united states district judge for the district of columbia. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, john j. mcconnell jr. of rhode island to be united states district judge for the district of rhode island. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask consent that it be in order at this time to waive the mandatory quorums under rule 22 with respect to both cloture motions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: now, mr. president, i got a little ahead of myself. there's a cloture motion. i would ask the clerk to report it at this time dealing with john mcconnell. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of john j. mcconnell jr. of rhode island to be united states district judge for the d

reid: i filed cloture on the nomination of john mcconnell of rhode island to be district judge for the district of rhode island. this vote may also occur tomorrow morning. mr. president, the bill before this body today, small business innovation bill, is the latest in a series of bills we've written to help small businesses grow. it's important for a research and development program. the small business research and development program has helped tens of thousands of small businesses create jobs to shape the future. this bill is an adaptation of the bill that president reagan created 30 years ago. it's a continuation of that program. it's been proven that these investments work. they help get great new ideas off the ground. for example, madam president, the electric toothbrush was invented with a small business grant. the satellite antenna to help our first responders, the technologies that keep our food safe and military tanks from overheating in the desert, these are all the result of what this legislation has done over the years. there are success stories in virtually every state and

thorny most of the problem is congress of most often voted to raise the debt ceiling or john boehner and mitch mcconnell and forget no one is a republican in the senate it's. in and it's what will be president obama ignited a debate on immigration this week here's what he had said tuesday in texas. so one way to strengthen the middle class in america is to reform the immigration system so that there's no longer a massive underground economy that exploits a cheap source of labor while the pressing wages for everybody else i want incomes for middle class families are rise again i want prosperity in this country to be widely shared. i want everybody to be able. to reach that american dream and that's why immigration reform is an economic imperative. so will republicans actually jump on board for reform this time or will they cling to their everyone most be deported now and keep their favorite wedge issue alive for the twenty twelve election and why doesn't anybody mention reagan you know he actually did an amnesty for three million people. by wedge issue you mean that you know obama is now going to give a

postcloture be yielded back and the senate proceed to vote on the confirmation of nomination of john j. mcconnell jr. to be the u.s. district judge for the district of rhode island. that the motion be reconsidered -- the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to the nomination, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, the senate then resume legislative session and proceed to a period of morning business for debate only until 7:30 p.m. with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the question is on the nomination. yeas and nays are called for. is there a sufficient second? there is. there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? if not, the yeas are 50, the nays are 44. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and lai

both speaker of the house john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell have warned that they won't bring republicans on board to raise the debt ceiling and lost trillions of dollars are cut out of entitlement programs like medicare and medicaid if disaster wasn't hanging in the balance this would be really really funny considering the both boehner and mcconnell had no problem whatsoever turning clinton's budget surplus into a massive budget deficit under george w. bush they did it by two wars without a single pay it anyways to pay for them a massive medicare part d. prescription drug program that forces the government to pay retail giving drug companies billions while throwing medicare into a crisis and hundreds of billions of dollars in tax giveaways for millionaires and billionaires courtesy of the bush tax cuts that have people over the doubt from these guys back then and not a peep about the debt when their hero ronald reagan ran up nearly three trillion dollars worth of debt in eight years more than any other president in history from george washington to jimmy jimmy car

mcconnell's statement he made. he said he didn't agree with the paul ryan and john boehner's approach to medicare.e wants us to cut medicare benefits and address eligibility. i want to hear more. i don't want to privatize medicare more than i want to privatize social security. there are ways to reform the systems responsibly. i'm in favor of that. >> chris: senator kyl, you know, i think a lot of people are looking to see is there going to be give from both sides, which i think most outside observers would think there is going to have to be to get a deal. we do have a divided government. question: is there a single tax of any significance you would be willing to raise as part of a deal? >> no. in terms of tax rates, republicans agree with the president that we need tax reform in order to eliminate loopholes loopholes so that we can reduce rates. you don't want to raise tax rates to try to raise revenues. that simply relieves the burden from congress to affect the spending, savings, that we need to do. puts the burden back on the taxpayers again. when i talked about a couple hundred trillion dollar

reed: madam president, i rise today in support of the nomination of john jack mcconnell to serve as judicial court judge in the state of rhode island. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. reed: we have heard and we will hear a number of very strong statements about this nomination. i would argue they -- i would argue that many arguments that have been made are inaccurate and they're not shared by the legal and business community in rhode island. in fact, jack mcconnell is supported publicly and enthusiastically by the two former republican attorney generals of rhode island, arlene violate and jeff vine. he is supported by the greater providence of rhode island and he's supported by our legal community, our business community. he has received the strong endorsement of our leading newspaper, "the providence journal," which has a record of moderation, indeed, if not conservatism in terms of their judgments about judicial candidates and some issues, but certainly moderation. now, later senator whitehouse and i will respond specifically to the assertions and concerns, but i t

secretary died near said is the drop dead -- geithner sen deadline.delsaid is the i think john boehner and mitch mcconnell are serious when they say the last thing they want is the old on u.s. debt. i think there will be a big push to find some kind of accommodation. we have seen this before. the debt ceiling is a great vehicle for pushing your agenda, and both parties have it shamelessly in the past. they are using it again now. host: if they were to default, does that mean a government shutdown happens? guest: it does not mean a government shutdown immediately, but it does mean they have to look to other steps, including selling off assets. i think you mentioned talk about maybe selling off some of the gold reserves. there're other things they can sell, including student loan holdings where they would be generating some money. then you have to start prioritizing your spending. you cannot borrow to continue spending in the third of your expenditures are borrow money. then where do you begin? salsa's security benefits? veterans' benefits? all of these things would be suddenly aly be on the table. host: th

mcconnell. >> speaker john boehner, harry reid, nancy pelosi, governor, officers and trustees of the gerald fordntial foundation, members of the ford family, it is a pleasure to join in this tribute for the man we honor today. this statute that we dedicate will stand as a permanent reminder of the long and distinguished career of a proud son of michigan. it will solidify the judgment that gerald ford help our nation together during the most difficult times. many may begin to young to remember how thoroughly watergate shook america's conference -- confidence in its institutions and its leaders. but over the years, that bitterness has yielded to a sense of pride that america and her resilience bounced back. and to a sense of gratitude to a man that steadied the ship of state when scandal came. when things went terribly wrong, gerald ford stepped into a role he had been preparing for his entire life without even knowing it. today, few would disagree that he was just a man -- just the man we needed for the jobs. like many of his generation, gerald ford was guided by love of country and they committe

secretary died near said is the drop dead -- geithner sen deadline.delsaid is the i think john boehner and mitch mcconnell are serious when they say the last thing they want is the old on u.s. debt. i think there will be a big push to find some kind of accommodation. we have seen this before. the debt ceiling is a great vehicle for pushing your agenda, and both parties have it shamelessly in the past. they are using it again now. host: if they were to default, does that mean a government shutdown happens? guest: it does not mean a government shutdown immediately, but it does mean they have to look to other steps, including selling off assets. i think you mentioned talk about maybe selling off some of the gold reserves. there're other things they can sell, including student loan holdings where they would be generating some money. then you have to start prioritizing your spending. you cannot borrow to continue spending in the third of your expenditures are borrow money. then where do you begin? salsa's security benefits? veterans' benefits? all of these things would be suddenly aly be on the table. host: th

i kept john cline allows less mitch mcconnell priced to where we are, not the details necessarily that we're we are on the process of way through this it in the very first day we sat down together and started visiting on this. >> how was this track different from that track? >> we are not integrated with them at all other than the fact you get democrats and republicans sitting down at the table in the caribbean and obviously we are in our group with the of the focused on as directed by the president i think rightly so is the deficit and what is it going to take to get 60 votes to raise the debt ceiling? we've always been more focused on the longer-term issue because they are not going to solve the 14 trillion-dollar debt. i don't think that there is any way. that's what we have had our sights on from early on. >> how do you see your timetable? how do you see this on folding going forward? >> i feel all four of us would like to sit here today and tell you that come next week we are going to roll out this plea and everybody's going to be totally happy with but number one, we are not ther

i kept john cline allows less mitch mcconnell priced to where we are, not the details necessarily that we're we are on the process of way through this it in the very first day we sat down together and started visiting on this. >> how was this track different from that track? >> we are not integrated with them at all other than the fact you get democrats and republicans sitting down at the table in the caribbean and obviously we are in our group with the of the focused on as directed by the president i think rightly so is the deficit and what is it going to take to get 60 votes to raise the debt ceiling? we've always been more focused on the longer-term issue because they are not going to solve the 14 trillion-dollar debt. i don't think that there is any way. that's what we have had our sights on from early on. >> how do you see your timetable? how do you see this on folding going forward? >> i feel all four of us would like to sit here today and tell you that come next week we are going to roll out this plea and everybody's going to be totally happy with but number one, we are not ther

mean well it's a very good point you know the mcconnell ization of english but that's the trend in the world that everything's getting mcdonnell lies i think john paul's point is that you know if you want to be able to communicate and communicate as best you can and i think if i'm i should we make it clear i should make it clear to my audience here. this is a this is a kind of kweisi language of non-native speakers speaking to each other like danes speaking to japanese japanese speaking to koreans and things like that it's not really actually doesn't have anything to do with native speakers of english i actually agree partly with both robert enjoin point here and i think this is not really so much a question of mcdonald eyes ocean as the struggle to communicate in the real world by people who don't actually have a lot of english but i think it's quite right john paul is actually on to something here and saying that people need some guidance as to how to best ploy the limited resources of the language they have to communicate clearly and this is actually something which perhaps native speakers need to learn about as well so it's not entirely a m

john boehner, nancy pelosi, harry reid, mitch mcconnell.long time. they are true steadfast friends. i think you got that impression, i got that impression in the hall where we have just come from. i was delighted to see these anchors of the israel-american alliance and the new face that is have been added. it's heartwarming. we have a different feeling about the world. about our potential. about our defenses. when we have this solid american support from all parts of the american people. america supports us in our quest for peace. america helps our security. america wants a genuine peace. america joins us in demanding that hamas, this criminal organization, release the leader, imagine they are keeping our captive solder in a dungeon for five years and not letting the red cross visit him even once. american stands with us in our just demands to release our soldiers to stop terrorism to have a real durable and defensible peace. this is a great day for us. and for me, it's the opportunity to -- i can't say close the circle, i can say come back

i kept john cline allows less mitch mcconnell priced to where we are, not the details necessarily that we're we are on the process of way through this it in the very first day we sat down together and started visiting on this. >> how was this track different from that track? >> we are not integrated with them at all other than the fact you get democrats and republicans sitting down at the table in the caribbean and obviously we are in our group with the of the focused on as directed by the president i think rightly so is the deficit and what is it going to take to get 60 votes to raise the debt ceiling? we've always been more focused on the longer-term issue because they are not going to solve the 14 trillion-dollar debt. i don't think that there is any way. that's what we have had our sights on from early on. >> how do you see your timetable? how do you see this on folding going forward? >> i feel all four of us would like to sit here today and tell you that come next week we are going to roll out this plea and everybody's going to be totally happy with but number one, we are not ther

sources, the deal has the backing of the house speaker, john boehner, the senate majority leader, harry reid, the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnelltake this whole issue off the table through the next election, extending it well beyond november 2012. the patriot act under a lot of controversy from the liberal left over the recent years for some of the steps that's been taken. we are going to assess this in a moment, right now with our strategy session, joining us, roland martin, cnn contributor, also cnn.com contributor, form speechwriter david prum, editor of prum forum.com. what do you think about this deal that apparently has been worked out according to ed henry's source? >> the patriot act, review it as a piece of temporary legislation. i don't think anybody want it is to be a permanent ongoing part of american life. with the killing of bin laden, we hope to see a huge reduction in the threat from al qaeda and we can look forward to a time when we normalize some of these emergency regulations. so a time limb submit a good thing. >> a lot of people don't like it. >> we have to do certain things to be sure that americans are pr

monday, house speaker john boehner said republicans would demand $2 trillion in spending cuts, as the price for raising the debt ceiling. and today, like senator mcconnell insisted that tax increases not be part of any deal. >> this is the moment, and this is the opportunity for america to get its fiscal house in order. i believe that raising taxes on the very people that we expect to reinvest in our economy and to hire people is the wrong idea. for those people to give that money to the government, that means it won't get reinvested in our economy at a time when we're trying to create jobs. >> reporter: amid the verbal sparring, vice president biden and a bipartisan group of house and senate lawmakers held a third round of talks on deficit reduction and there was more action at the capitol. the spending fight spilled over into a senate hearing today with top executives from the five largest oil companies. democrats on the finance committee said if republicans are serious about cutting spending, they would support ending tax breaks for the oil industry. democrats argue that doing away with the subsidies would save $21 billion dollars over ten years. but

talks with mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, former director of national intelligence, retired admiral dennis blair and john negroponte. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, hear "face the nation" from cbs. host interviews john boehner and more from the cbs town hall meeting this week with president obama. the five, in -- network t.v. talk shows are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c-span. 2:00 p.m., fox news sunday, at 3, cnn's state of the union and at 4:00, face the nation from cbs. listen to them all on c-span radio, xm satellite channel 119 or listen online at cspanradio.org. >> how do these people become transformed, what series of choices do they make to kill hundreds of thousands of people? >> in his new book, "mastermind," richard minite looks at the architect of the 9/11 attacks. >> now that bin laden is dead, this is what we have to fear, terrorist entrepreneurs like khalid sheikh mohammed. >> "q&a" is one of our many signature series available online at c-span.org/podcasts. >> this weekend, michael dukakis the master politician calvin coolige and how he evolved into a popular political fu

a story about medicare by john harwood -- the top figures today on the sunday shows. minority leader mitch mcconnell. -- it was the topic yesterday on the sunday shows. >> we all know medicare is going to change. it's got to change. david, the trustees of medicare and social security appointed by the president of the united states and includes members of his own cabinet just said a couple of weeks ago that medicare is going broke. one thing we know we can't do is nothing and our democratic friends in the senate have no plan at all. the president, to his credit, is at the table discussing with us the way in which you save medicare. medicare is going down, doing nothing. it is not a plan. and we are going to negotiate the concourse of the plan in these negotiations. i am personally very comfortable with the way paul weiss and wood structure it in the out years, but we have a democratic president. -- i uncomfortable with the way paul ryan would structure it. host: another story from "the washington post." if muammar gaddafi bang ever need a legal defense team at the hague, he may already have his men -

mcconnell, chuck schumer, and harold ford. 1:00 p.m., "this week." former minnesota governor tim pawlenty, mitch daniels. fox -- "fox news sunday "errors again at 2:00 p.m. eastern. johnain, alan west, and don edwards. 3:00 p.m., "state of the union." all right off. patty murray, the chairman of veterans affairs. finally, 4:00 p.m., open quote face the nation." face the nation." on the republican jobs plan, politics of medicare and campaign 2012. the five network talk shows begin at noon with "week to press," "this week," "fox news sunday," "face the nation," "in the washington d.c. area. tuna in on satellite radio, download as an iphone application, or listen anywhere at cspanradio.org. host: we want to introduce you to judd legum, the founder and editor of "think progress." also joining us, guy benson, political editor. thank you both for joining us. let me point you to a poll to start off with. taken by abc news, rankings rudy giuliani and others in the republican field as far as to how others are responding. rudy giuliani, sarah palin, mitt romney, they are the top three. lower on the list, michelle bodman, but pawlenty, ron paul. booking at all of that. booking a

the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of john j. mcconnell jr. to be the united states district judge for the district of rhode island shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or to change a vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 63, the nays are 33. one senator responded present. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. the majority leader is recognized. [inaudible] [inaudible] mr. reid: th reid: problems ari. it comes out in the committee. there is ample time to make it -- make the case if you don't like a person for whatever reason. but this is a good man. he -- the biggest problem he has is he's a trial lawyer, a very fine trial lawyer. but i express my appreciation to those on the other side of the aisle who did the right thing. this is going to make the atmosphere around here so much more pleasant. i'm disappointed