miss landrieu: thank you, -- ms. landrieu: thank you, mr. president. mr. mccain: how long would the senator take? ms. landrieu: ten minutes, five minutes. mr. mccain: perhaps we could have votes shortly thereafter. ms. landrieu: the senators have done such a good job managing this bill, we could vote in maybe a few minutes. that would be terrific. thank you senator mccain and senator levin. i appreciate this opportunity to offer the amendment and to be paired with the amendment that the senator from kentucky and the senator from oregon have offered. i will take five minutes to explain it, because a longer explanation would not be necessary because i think the body is very, very familiar with the reauthorization of the sbir program, and the reason that i believe that the chairman and the ranking member allowed me to offer this amendment with my colleague, senator snowe, is twofold. one, it does have a bearing on the department of defense in that, mr. president, the department of defense is the largest contributor to the sbir and sttr program, which are the

landrieu: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to ask that miles ceety from senator grassley's office have floor privileges for the remainder of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: i ask unanimous consent that the health committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 302 and the senate proceed to its consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 302 expressing support for the goals of national adoption day and national adoption month and so forth. ms. landrieu: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening abc or debate and any related statements be printed in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: thank you. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to consideration of s. res. 324 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 324, commemoratingthe 60th anniversar

here's how senator landrieu put it over the summer. with manufacturing being one of the bright spots in our economic recovery, we cannot atoward to jeopardize the industry's help and high-paying jobs it supplies to this country. this legislation will give the e.p.a. the time extension it needs to craft a balanced approach that not only keeps our environment clean but also our economy strong. this legislation is supported by the american forest and paper association, the national association of manufacturing, the u.s. chamber of commerce, the national federation of independent business, the business round table, the power association, and around 300 other business groups. too many jobs are at stake for the senate not to act on this legislation that's actually already passed the house. i previously mentioned an ohio paper mills where 200 jobs are at stake result of this rule. the american forest and paper association says 70,000 jobs in the paper industry alone are also at risk. the republican house has done its job. now is time for the

. >> senator levin, senator carper, senator pryor, senator landrieu, senator mccaskill, senator tester, senator collins, senator coburn, senator brown, senator mccain, senator johnson, center portman, senator paul, senator moran, senator lieberman, mr. chairman, on the both of those present, the yeas and5 and the nays are 12 the amendment are not -- is not agreed to. >> thank you very much. i want to offer amendments number 1 -- to strike title 3 involving government-wide government worker compensation. pica reform. let me tell you why i am offering this. fica reform should not be done in postal reform. most employees affected by this are not postal employees. the savings expected from these changes would have very little effect on the postal service deficit. fica has not been reformed in close to 40 years. we need to take a closer look at comprehensive reforms to make sure we get it right and we could include adequate measures to reduce waste. there are complex issues related to the abrupt -- appropriate benefit level that deserve more analysis before we cut benefits. at a hearing i h

turned into scrap metal over the levee and sold it off cheap in lived off the money real estate and landrieu also soldiering this time which was a somewhat biggest source of funds during another five year period. lines just before the country join the european union and avalanche of capital and low interest credit came in here when they were not meant to develop production instead they were channeled into land and real estate as a result wind up in this situation. similar process is going on in agriculture under the soviet government latvian collective farm supplied the republic with basic foodstuffs today half are imported. he is the illusions of from spain has emerged from the netherlands again these are from spain the cucumbers from the netherlands to. be hard to find to mystically produced vegetables here true danger in pineapples don't grow here. were already being grown in latvia when the netherlands did not yet exist. after the declaration of independence the land government downsized agriculture and baited on individual farms land belonging to collective farms was given back to forme

we're all familiar with these sausage-like compromises that he had to make with mary landrieu and ben nelson in order to get to the 60th vote because not only do you need 50 votes in the senate, the modern senate uses a filibuster. but let's say i were a political conservative who thought that the affordable care act is terrible and should be repealed as soon as possible. well, it's not unrealistic to imagine that president obama will be reelected in 2012 and that the republican party will continue to control the house and gain the senate. so one would expect them -- h.r. 1 you might very well expect to be a bill to repeal what they call obamacare. but the president will veto it. now, as a political liberal, that's fine with me, but if i were conservative, i would be furious. i would say, look, we've had this national debate, we've won the house and the senate, but it really doesn't matter because this one person can block the legislation. so i really do think that americans spend an insufficient amount of time thinking of issues that if they've ever been taught it might well have bee

president, and at this point i turn to my colleague from louisiana, senator landrieu.residing officer: the senator from louisiana. ms. landrieu: i want to begin my thanking my colleagues from alabama for being such great sports. i never thought they would actually wear purple and gold on the floor but i'm proud of them for living up to their end of the bet and for showing up appropriately dressed this morning. and i want to thank my colleague, senator vitter, for initiating this terrific bet. i'm looking forward to some great gulf coast alabama seafood. as senator louisiana said, and senator sessions alluded to, the seafood is not only plentiful, abundant, affordable, it's also very safe and we are proud to represent the gulf coast and proud, mr. president, of these two extraordinary universities. as a graduate of l.s.u. i'm particularly proud, but our universities, both the university of alabama and the university of louisiana at l.s.u., l.s.u., just tremendous universities that have extraordinary reach across all disciplines and their football teams showed that great

new legislation was proposed this week by senator mary landrieu that would limit how much airlines canidea or bad idea? now, people thought automatically i would be in favor of this. and in fact, i am opposed to it. i don't think government ought to be charge for bags. i for one don't check bags because it's too much of a hassle because they lose them all the time. >> greg: you don't trust them with their bags, but you trust them with your healthcare. >> bob: you are the one that want med to be for this thing. >> andrea: no. okay. this doesn't have anything to do with the fact that my brother is an airline pilot. >> bob: you got to be with this. >> andrea: no, i asked with where you were on this and i'm surprised because it's hypocritical for you are for the government mandating and controlling certain thinkings and putting price controls in place except for your baggage. >> bob: a difference between airline and healthcare. >> andrea: there is a difference. >> greg: there is not much difference. both cases your life is in the hands of others. you trust regulation of the airline. actual

this also impacting dublin and san landrieu across interstate 580 and 880.ac rosshe sierra, the snow is piling up across highway 50 and 80. we'll have more on the winter weather advisory and also more on a second system for our weekend in this tricky storm track and what it means for rainfall in just a few minutes. >>> thank you, jeff. still ahead at 6:00, people sometimes ask, were you born in a barn? well, one newborn here in the bay area will certainly have an interesting answer to that question. the unlikely birth at the horse track. >>> and turning old into new, the economic boost coming to a popular south bay shopping center. >>> and a developing story in reno, a wildfire forces thousands of people to evacuate. dorons of homes have been destroyed or damaged. we're back in two minutes. i've got nothing against these do-it-yourself steam-cleaning enthusiasts. it's good for the customer to get to know their own carpet. and spending the day moving furniture and lugging around a hot water extraction unit can be a rush! i know. that's why i'm carpet for life. but look, if things get

the mayor there, mitch landrieu says today a culture of violence is plaguing new orleans.r wonder if the police car speeding past you is really on its way to an emergency? sometimes it's not. >> he did a stupid mistake. >> shepard: he did 120 miles per hour according to the florida highway patrol. and as one of his neighbors points out, it's not as if he is unaware of the speed limit. >> he knows better. he is the police. >> shepard: is he a miami cop. and that's his patrol car that a trooper is chasing. >> slow down to 78 but he won't stop. >> shepard: refusing to stop, they tell us for five minutes. >> okay. stand by. he is stopping, stand by. >> when he did pull over the trooper arrested him at gunpoint. >> put your hands out that window, right now! >> shepard: in no mood apparently hearing excuse being late for off duty job. >> i apologize but i was on my way to off duty. >> shepard: or any other excuse for that matter. >> i don't. >> but ma'am. >> you are over 120 miles per hour. >> i didn't know you were back there. >> back up. >> the officer isn't answering his door

louisiana senator mary landrieu is 56. >> robin roberts is 51. nicole also known as snooki is 24 from the who cares department. singer actress miley cyrus turns 19 today. if it is your birthday, happy birthday! we'll be right back. >>> good morning! welcome back to 9news now. it is 5:45. it is thanksgiving eve! we're happy about that! >> we're happy that the forecast is going to improve. >> especially after today. we still have some issues today. the heavy rains are pretty much over with. a couple of showers but still this morning. this afternoon another round of showers and some winds. winds could be a big problem west of washington. a wind advisory in effect. let's just get started with the bus stop forecast. there is a lot to talk about. at the bus stop, last day of school for the week. some are already dob. half day for some. breezy and mild. temps from the low 50s to even the mid-60s south and east. we have a touch of fog being reported in hagerstown, leesburg, cumberland and in the mountains of west virginia. our day planner this morning, t

landrieu: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: the president, i rise to speak for a few moments on a very special anniversary that we're celebrating, not just here in washington but around the country, and that is the 40th anniversary of the close-up foundation. familiar to us all, it is a foundation that was started in 1971. close-up has worked for four decades to promote responsible and informed participation in the democratic process through washington-based civic education programs and classroom publications. i had the pleasure myself, madam president, of participating in one of the first-ever close-up programs back in 1972, so i was the second year when the program was in its fledgling stage. little did i believe then or know then that i would be a member of the united states senate, but i can remember the tremendous impact that that program had on me at that age. it was the first time i had ever visited washington, d.c., and i can tell you without the close-up program,

landrieu: thank you, madam president. i'd like to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: thank you, madam president. i rise today to speak just for a moment about the significance of the month of november with -- which just began. about 10 years ago, madam president, members of congress decided to designate november as national adoption month. i think probably because november is sort of the beginning of the holiday season, with thanksgiving and then christmas and to follow in december, and so it is a time when americans from all parts of our country really take stock to slow down to think about how important family is. we saw that a little bit last night with halloween and all their children and their parents trick-or-treating throughout our nation. and then as thanksgiving approaches, it becomes even more significant as families from all different walks of life gather around tables, some tables are very plentiful and others are rather sparse with the treats based on the ec

senator landrieu? >> thank you. i think this is a very important hearing and i just want to highlight to the committee's detention five items that are in the homeland security appropriations bill that will help expedite some of what the testimony is here. we had in the senate bill, mr. chairman, $10 million for tsa to begin to implement the known traveler trusted traveler program in the senate bill not unfortunately in the house bill a requirement for the tsa to improve its responsive to passenger complaints along with the gao review of existing procedures as in the senate bill not in the house bill. report language correcting tsa to improve training to address passengers with physical or mental disabilities occultism, which is not in the house bill but in the senate bill 311 million above the 11 little to add 175 new behavior detection officers. again it is in the senate, not the house, and the requirement that tsa of the fy 13 budget requests documents resource allocation on the basis of risk which is very importa

senator landrieu. begitch.ag senator collins. said mr. cockburn. >> aye, by proxy. >> senator brown. >> no. >> the senator mccain. >> aye, by proxy. >> senator johnson. >> aye, by proxy. >> of senator moran. >> no. >> senator lieberman. >> no. >> is it possible there is a little mischief going on? >> i sense there may be. >> on this vote, the yeas are 11 and the nays are 6 and the amendment is agreed to. the crux of cake, thank you. senator -- >> ok, thank you. senator akaka, congratulations. senator pryor, would you like to bring up one of yours? ok, you are done. retiring undefeated. [laughter] will break for lunch. the >> i want to thank the committee for passing -- senator mccain talks about when he has publicly if people did not talk about the post office. if you are in a small town in montana and you have a public meeting the about the st office, -- i'm sorry, if you have a public meeting, the post office is the first to come up. it is an issue that people have talked to me about in extension because the post of this closure will cl

i'm sure that senator landrieu would agree to a short time agreement on her amendment. mr. levin: she told me that that would be okay. when we prepare our unanimous consent agreement, we'll double check that. so that is where we stand. we hope the next few minutes to be able to bring to the body a unanimous consent agreement. in the meantime, unless there is someone else who seeks recognition, i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. president. mr. president, over here. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: i ask the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: i have cleared with senator levin to be able to speak about a topic but not offer an amendment. i understand we're working on a unanimous consent. i do have an amendment that at the appropriate time hopefully will be brought up, but i want to discuss it now, and i think it's a -- it's a way for us to save $1.1 billion over the next five years in the defense department, give children of on

landrieu: thank you, mr. president. i ask to make pending or to set aside the pending amendments and to call up amendment number 1015 and i ask to make it pending on behalf of myself, senator snowe. and i appreciate the cosponsorship of senators shaheen, brown and kerry, if we could call up the amendment. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from louisiana, for herself and mrs. snowe, proposes an amendment numbered -- 1115. at the end, add the following. mrs. lann do you: i ask consent to dispense with the reading. mr. president, this is an amendment that would authorize two of the most important research programs of the small businesses of this country. i thank you. mr. franken: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mr. frank h franken: mr. presidi ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my amendment numbered 1197. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will re

we have been in contact with senator shelby's office and senator landrieu's office, and they are part of this friendly arrangement as well. so we'll look forward to that, but most of all we'll look forward to a great game saturday night, and we'll both look forward to a win saturday night. one of us will have to be disappointed, we'll see who, but it's going to be a great game. mr. sessions: i thank you, senator vitter, for your friendship and good service here in the senate. we have worked on so many things together. but college football is a special, special thing, and i think the game this weekend will be one of the great games in college history. i'm so excited about it. i know fans in both our states and really throughout the country are excited about it. mr. vitter: amen. mr. president, with that, we yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. m

as you can see, senators david vitter and mary landrieu were thrilled. >> hum. >> go to politico. >>to the politico playbook, the executive editor -- jim, good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> doing all right. reading through this bill daley story you guys pointing out he is officially handing off some of his day-to-day responsibilities to pete rouse. what's going on behind the scenes? >> there's been a lot of frustration with daley internally at the white house and actually externally on capitol hill where a lot of members of congress, democratic leaders have been frustrated with the white house, frustrated with their dealings together on a lot of these big debates. what you have here is the white house responding to this and saying that peter rouse, who's been around for a long time with obama that he is going to do of the day-to-day activity particularly dealing with capitol hill and that daley is going to stick around but is going to be more of an ambassador both dealing with folks around d.c. but also in the business community. and i think that that role probably better

. >> i know you all will join me in thanking ifill and michael landrieu, garrey come steve and david and their organizations have, because you all have done the hard work on behalf of the members of ending spending i want to thank each of you and your organizations and all of you for joining tonight's debate. you can read more about these reports on each of the websites or at endspending.com. thank you. have a good day. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] to get trained as fast as possible to go out and get a full-time job to begin to pull back into the tracks and then you wouldn't worry about how many weeks because they would have to do something every single day in order to get a penny. public-school teachers testified before the senate education committee today on that no child left behind act. the senate is expected to vote on the authorizing the bill by the end of the year. this is two and a half hours. >> [inaudible conversations] >> today's roundtable will focus on moving beyond nclb, no child left behind for the the law and the 21st century. the las

grassley, hagan, harkin, heller, hoeven, inhofe, inouye, johanns, ron johnson, tim johnson, klobuchar, landrieu, lautenberg, lee, lug lugar, manchin, mccaskill, menendez, merkley, mikulski, moran, murray, ben nelson, pryor, risch, sanders, schumer, shaheen, snowe, stabenow, test tester, toomey, mark udall, vitter, warner, whitehouse, and wyden. and it's been called up. i ask consent to have it set aside so we can go on and continue with the pending matter. the presiding officer: without objection. without objection, the foregoing request from the senator from arizona is granted. mr. levin: well, reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: and i don't object because that is the way we should proceed, going back and forth. i just -- usually we do that informally and i don't know whether or not if the senator -- whether there may be implications because i don't know who's -- mr. levin: i have no objection. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: i thank my friend from michigan. i do that for the convenience of my colleagues

that is pertaining to senator landrieu.guest: if you look at the facts of the case, i entered the building using my real driver's license. i was only inside the senator's office when i identified myself as something i was not. i would ask if they think it is ok to prosecute someone for being inside a politician's office and saying i was waiting for someone. that was my false pretense. i told the senator's staff i was waiting for somebody. for that, i was given a class b misdemeanor, community service. do we want to prosecute people in society for being inside a politician's office. i am surprised that my critics on the left are attacking me in that matter when they are about openness and democracy. i was cleared of all of those charges. the federal judge said there was no felony, no tampering. i was there to ask questions and get responses. host: in maryland, go ahead. caller: i have seen you many times on fox news. how come you did not go after the big man there and expose him? guest: who are we talking about? the big man?