the presiding ofcer: t senator from montana. mr. baucus: madam president, first of all, i thank the senator from connecticut for his very thoughtful addressment of this legislation. he's one of the more thoughtful members of this chamber, and i just want to very much compliment him on his process and his conclusion. madam president, i am -- i have a couple -- i don't think i have much time remaining -- two -- three minutes. thank you very much. the senator from maine raised the issue of medicare solve have en sivment i want to -- solvency. i want to remind my colleagues that health care reform extends the solvency of the trust fund, whether it is nine years or ten years. i'm not sure. but the medicare trust fund is extended for at least that time, which i'm sure gives great comfort to seniors. health care reform is exactly what the doctor ordered for comairs long-term health. the senate alsthe senator also r from a health care group. let me add many letters of endorsement that health care reform has seevmentd first is with the ameri

and they're eating up these -- you can go to montana.u can go to idaho, arizona, anywhere and look out and see these huge swaths of rusted trees that are dying because of this beetle infestation. it's enormous. and every forester is worried about it because you have standing dead dry timber. and the next fires in the next 10 years are going to be catastrophic, they say, you know, i'm just telling you what the foresters say. i'm not a forester. because of this beetle infestation. so if you get the right combination of winds, drought, and everything else you could have a big burn and then some. because you have -- i mean, again, next time you fly north to glacier park or canada, look down. i fly all over the west 30,000 miles a year. look down and see these huge swaths of dying standing timber. and so that's a great question. and, you know, any ranger who's work in the woods will tell you they're really afraid of that. they're really afraid of that. yes, sir. >> you spoke of how they had authorized and then bring in people to fight the fir

the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: how much time's remaining on this half-hour block? the presiding officer: no time remains for the democrats. mr. baucus: thank you. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mr. gregg: we're about to hear from senator mccain who has an amendment dealing with a number of these special deals that were in the bill. now it's -- first off, this bill's a real outrage on the body of politic to begin with the way it was handled. it was drafted in a secret room, behind a secret room, behind a hidden door somewhere over on the majority side, brought out on saturday night, put on our desk. told that we had to vote on it on christmas eve. sent to the house, the house didn't get it amended, in order to pass it, they have a trailer bill, and then had the buy it bill where they went around and bought votes. a lot of votes were bought around here using the buy-it bill method. senator mccain has been the conscience of the amendment on this type of issue

the presidgfficerthe senator from montana. mr. baucus: mr. president, i think it's important to recognize this amendment for what it is. it's basically a political stunt at the expense of lots of victimized people. one is the victims of hurricane katrina, the other victims of asbestos in libby, montana, the expense of rural americans, an attempt to derail the bill, force the hots house to have to vote again. therefore, it would force the senate to probably have to go through another vote aa mavment go back and forth. makes no sense whatsoever. let's not forget the underlying legislation which passed recently, signed by the president yesterday, reduces insurance off the costs for the working middle-class americans. this amendment would have the effect of taking that away, if passed. if passed it would take away medicare prescription drug coverage for more than 3 million seniors. if passed it would have the effect of taking away the immediate tax credits for small businesses and i would go offer and on. so i would urge members to support my mot

-- boseman, montana. at 8:11 in the morning one year ago, downtown bozeman was quiet, under a thick blanket of snow. one minute later, a blast ripped through the silence, killing a young woman named tara reistad bowman and devastating most of the 200 block of east main street. windows were shattered as far as four blocks away. a passing cyclist commuting to work was thrown off his bike by the blast. 9/11 calls show that the explosion was felt miles away. the firefighters and rescue crews that responded to the blast later found that a natural gas line behind montana trails gallery was cracked and the gas leak had caused the explosion. ten businesses and several apartment units were leveled by the blast or engulfed in the flames that followed. the rocking r bar, starkey's, the american legion all destroyed. city assistant manager chuck wynn described it as the worst catastrophe he had ever seen in the city. firefighters from bozeman, from big sky, three forks, nearby communities all came to the rescue to pu

the gentleman from montana, for what purpose do you rise? mr. rehberg: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman is recognized. mr. rehberg: today as millions of americans around the country fill out their brackets, march madness is in the air. unfortunately this madness isn't restricted to the basketball court. as congress rushes to pass a health care bill that is so bad

the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: madam president, i ask consent that the following staff be allowed floor privileges during consideration of the pending bill: randy osenburg, aslin baker, mary baker, scott berkowitz, ivy english, andrew fishburn, laura hoffmeister, scott mathews, mena sharma, max updike. mr. president? the presiding officer: would the senators hold for a moment. the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: calendar number 331, h.r. 4872, an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 2 of the current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, s. con res. 13. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: madam president, for the information of all senators -- i might ask the senator from new hampshire if he agrees, it is probably best to alternate time back and forth, each side, say, roughly one half-hour blocks of time, if that meets the approval -- mr. gregg: madam president, i would suggest we do that for the first two hours at least, until we see how this is evolvi

the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: mr. president -- the presiding officer: objection is heard. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee is recognized. mr. alexander: mr. president, i withdraw my motion. the presiding officer: the motion is withdrawn. the senator from new hampshire is recognized. mr. gregg: mr. president, at this time i yield such time as he may take off the bill -- [inaudible] -- a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee is recognized. [inaudible] the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. baucus: reserving the right to object. what is the parliamentary situation at the moment? the presiding officer: there's a grassley amendment pending. mr. baucus: mr. president, who has the floor? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire has yielded time off the bill. the senator from tennessee has been recognized. mr. baucus: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire cannot reserve his right to th

state of montana. it's news that drives home the need to get a handle on america's health care problem. being a senator is a tough job, but it isn't the toughest job i ever had. the toughest job i had was serving on the school board back in big sandy, montana. i also am a former teacher. as a former school board member and a former teacher, i appreciate the long, hard, often thankless hours that teachers put in. to say that they are not the highest paid profession would be an understatement. so, mr. president, i was shocked when i heard about the bad news hitting teachers all across montana. this week, my staff and i spoke to folks like the ones in alpga ypsilanti district in billings, montana. employees there just received word that their health insurance rates were going up, and i mean way up. normally, a big rate hike might be 10% or 20%. sometimes we hear folks getting slammed for 30% or 40%. but the folks at allegian, their rates are skyrocketing this year by 69%. you think that's bad? talk to the

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-- parts of montana, and texas came into his watch. that whole swath of territory was not american when he took over the presidency. it was america's when he left the presidency, and he accomplished that in a single four-year term. >> what are the lessons that he left for today? >> there are a lot. one of the big lessons was if you take the country to war, make sure you do not do it under any pretext. we have seen that in our own time. a lot of people believe that george w. bush was not totally forthcoming with the american people. lyndon johnson was not forthcoming about the gulf of tonkin incident, and james polk was not forthcoming. he maneuvered the country into war without telling america that his underlying aim was territorial expansion. when that became clear, it sapped his political standing significantly. >> was the unpopular when he left office? >> he was a president with a great deal of iron will and a great deal of determination to get what he wanted. he was willing to expend a great deal of political capital. as a result,

after a day of shooting footage he was in the hotel montana when the earthquake hit. his life was an amazing journey filled with fashion and truthfulness and faithfulness and his legacy will -- with faith and truthfulness and his legacy will endure. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr. yarmuth: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from kentucky is recognized to address the house for one minute. mr. yarmuth: just as we're about to reach the mountain top of health care reform, opponents of health care reform say start over. you know, there are people in this country who do have to start over. the 1,800 people or 17 a day, 700,000 a year who go into bankruptcy because of health care costs, they have to start over. they have to start rebuilding their lives all over again. and those 44,000 people -- i'm sorry -- the 14,000 people every day who lose their health insurance, they have to start over as well. they have to start the search to find out how they can protect th

the presiding officer: the senator montana. mr.baucus: i'll yield five minutes to the senator maryland. the presiding officer: the senator maryland. mr. cardin: first, let me thank senator baucus for his incredible leadership in our successful completion of health insurance reform and health care reform. this was a special day. to be with the president of the united states when he signed into law the law that the united states will finally join every other industrial nation in the world in providing universal health insurance coverage, universal access to health care. the best news, mr. president, we can improve it. we can improve that legislation with the bill that is currently before us. with this bill and the bill that the president signed, 32 million americans who currently don't have health insurance will be insured. 95% of americans under the age of 65 will have health insurance. and the good news is that we do this by reducing the federal budget deficit. we all know we need to do that. $1 billion ove$150 billion overn years.

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a ranger in montana is shot and killed and no one is charge.d him said well, i thought he was a dear. this is how they thought. they are not well thought of. they are harassed in the wood. gold-mining goes on, prostitution goes on and certainly saluting. there are solutions rising here and there because there are people this in the woods doing different dings. it is spurious and wide-open. roosevelt is gone. pinchot has been fired by taft. one word about taft. he was our largest president. he follows roosevelt and it is unfortunate, he said i was always looking over my shoulder. when somebody would say mr. president, you are not talking to me. taps was 350 pounds of insecurity. he said later that he hated being president. he later became a supreme court justice in the set i don't remember i ever was president. so he is conflict averse unlike roosevelt. he doesn't like to get in the face of the gilded age power. he doesn't want to confront, which roosevelt love to do. taft is conflict averse so he is letting people have their way with the nation

the presiding officer: the senator from montana is recognized. mr. baucus: mr. president, i ask that further proceedings on the quorum call be dispend -- be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 4213 which the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 4213, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for her purposes. the presiding officer: the senator from montana is recognized. mr. baucus: mr. president, pursuant to the previous order on behalf of the chairman of the rules and budget committees, i call up my amendment numbered 3429. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from montana, mr. baucus, proposes amendment numbered 3429 to 3336. mr. baucus: the first amendment is a simple attempt to improve the availability of what the congress does. this amendment would require the secretary of the senate to create a new website that clearly provides information for the congressional budget office on the legi

the presiding officer: the senator montana. mr. baucus: as yogi berra once said, it's deja vu all over again. here we are. we've had this amendment -- not this precise amendment but many similar to it many times, taking recovery funds out, just to remind my colleagues that c.b.o. says that's 1 million to 3 million jobs that the stimulus bill that is provided. there's more yet in the recovery package -- dwroat continue to create more jobs. now is not the time to cut back on a proven job creator and i, therefore, urge we do not adopt this amendment. mr. president, i raise a point of order that the pending burr amendment violates section 201 of senate concurrent resolution 21, the current resolution under the budget for fiscal year 2508. bur mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: pursuant to section 4-g-3 of the statutory pay-as-you-go act of 2003, i move to waive the applicable sections for the purpose of my amendment and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient

druglord tony montana, the language has been cleaned up. the "f" word you hear them say is actually fudge. here's the famous death scene from the movie in the kids' version. >> say hello to my little friend. >> say hello to my little friend. >> this was made by a hollywood commercial and video director. he loves viral videos and his point was to make about how kids are being overexposed to sex and violence in our culture. so again, this was not an actual play. just to make sure we all know that. it was still, obviously a performance of a hyperviolent film by actors who are 8 or 9 years old. the director, marc klaasfield, says he has children himself and he finds it difficult to protect them from all the images of sex and violence on tv and movies so was this a good way to raise awareness about that? richelle carey, what are people saying? >> they are saying a lot, christi. they are kind of divided on this debate. it's a new twist on an old debate. is it art? is it offensive? is it both? any time someone puts little kid on a stage with fake

una montaña de queso en segundos. mira eso. ahora voy a poner allí un poco de pollo.es que tener tomates, así que voy a ponerle tomates. y finalmente agregamos un poco de jalapeño. eso va allí adentro. ahora amigos, sólo miren eso. en alrededor de 15 segundos nuestra fuente de nachos está lista para el horno. rah, aún te gusta la pizza, ¿no? tengo esta masa de pizza casera que hice en sólo 35egundos. les gustará lo fácil que es esto. sólo añadiré unos tomates frescos. ¿tomates? cuántos tomates le pones? pueden usar cuantos quieran. yo uso cuatro. ahora voy a añadir un poco de muzzarella triturada fresca. iesto va a estar tan bueno! los cubren con bellas rebanadas de pepperoni. mira eso. nuestra pizza de pepperoni casera está lista para el horno en menos tiempo del que toma abrir una pizza congelada. ¿y quién tenía hambre por aquí? prueben estos nachos. san bien. son mejores que los de un restaurant y muchísimo más rápidos. les gustan, ¿no es así? sí, se ve bien. (abuela) qué es eso exactamente? nunca vi una procesadora como ésa. eso es porque no es una procesadora. st

that was the year he was convicted of murder in montana. 14 years later he vanished on parole.ly members hired an investigator who tracked him down in arizona. now he's back in custody in montana where he could go back to prison for the rest of his life. >>> three women are be be corrected with saving the life of another woman who are being credited with saving the life of another woman. she crashed through two fences and plunged into the pool. one witness called 911 while two others pulled the woman out. >> it looked like she stepped on the gas. it moved so fast. through this yard, through the fence. i looked outside and i saw it literally flying through the fence into the pool. >> she got the window rolled down probably about this much and i jumped in and i pulled her out. i got her out just as the car went under. >> no one else was in the car at the time. rescue crews say those three women saved the driver's life. >>> some local teenagers got the surprise of a lifetime and we caught it all on camera. beth? >> reporter: applying to college isn't like it used to be. in fact he

. >>> hannah montana fans may have to hold out for a while for another album from their favorite singerat story is coming up. >>> it turns out those pesky germs that can make us sick may help prosecutors make their cases. >>> and this morning, in the examiner, a vehicle security system leads montgomery county police to a suspected car thief. >>> local jails spend an average of $55 more per inmate each day than schools spend per student. >>> and fairfax county leaders approve plans to build upright school in vienna. these story and more in the examiner. you are watching 9 news now. ñç since arthur's been eating purina one, he has blossomed... into an incredibly strong, healthy cat. his coat is incredibly shiny and soft and very thick. everybody thinks he's the most handsome cat they've ever seen. [ woman announcing ] purina one for indoor cats... unlocks the brilliance of nature... with a natural fiber blend that helps minimize hairballs... and maintain a healthy weight. [ laurie ] he's a character. he brings so much laughter into this household. and he's the best-lookin' cat there is. [

that's all. $300 a month in my state of montana. know doggone well that that's not enough to keep anybody very long. and those -- a lot of folks in my state are looking for jobs. they're just not available. second, failure to pass this

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the average doctor in montana would lose $13,000. unless we act, nearly 40 million medicare beneficiaries and nearly 90 million tricare beneficiaries nationwide would be affected. that includes nearly 144,000 montanans with medicare and nearly 33,000 montanans with tricare. and unless we act 400,000 americans would be ineligible for expanded unemployment insurance benefits. this is urgent legislation. we must extend this legislation and soon. now we had a productive day on the bill yesterday. senator sessions offered his amendment to impose discretionary spending caps. this is essentially the same amendment that the senate rejected on january 28th. a point of order lies against the amendment under section 30 of the congressional budget act. at the appropriate time i plan to raise that point of order against the sessions amendment. as well senator thune added his amendment proposing business tax cuts, offsetting stimulus funds in the recovery act. this is essentially the same argument that the senator from kentucky, senator bunning, h

up to a foot of mountain snow in colorado and montana. early showers in washington and oregon. >>> mostly 50s in the midwest and rockies. phoenix, 82. sacramento, 70. just shy of 70 in kansas city. highs in the 60s in new york and baltimore. 75 in miami, 57 today in new orleans. >>> when we come back on "america this morning" -- salty snacks without the health concerns. a designer salt that can slash sodium on your chips without changing the taste. >>> and tiger woods opens up. he is ready to get back into the swing of things, but does he have his life in order? ♪ the usual? yes, please. anything else? ♪ when you're trying to be good, tempting treats can be wicked. no thanks, i'm good. new special k fruit crisps. with two crispy bars for 100 fruity calories... it's the delicious, new way to stay on track. now, being good's a cinch. with new special k fruit crisps. my muscles just ache... ... all over my body... ...it just doesn't go away. it's so baffling. (announcer) ! does this sound like the pain # you've been experiencing? this is fib

that means in montana, it is a class-c town. in montana, class-c is a way of life. for a lot of montanans the entire year revolves around that basketball season. mr. president, last week coach royal actner led his boys to the class-c basketball tournament. they fought their way to the championship game on saturday night and played kwroer outstanding class-c team in the power pirates. it was one of those games folks will be talking about for years. after a last-second foul with whether he is less than a second on the clock, a senior broke the 49-49 tie by sinking both free throws. i was six years oeltd last time -- old the last time the big sandy boys won a state championship. i rise today in honor of coach lackner and the big sandy boys basketball team, including lake brumwell, taylor ofis, zack hraoerbgsd corbin pearson, trevor lackner, jeff zigger, dallas breeze, cayden, beck, mack gullenson. i'm sharing this good news not just because these men tpr-r my hometown -- from my hometown -- although i'm proud of that. i'm sharing this news because we could all use a re

another one could take out a lot of those special deems for states like louisiana, connecticut and montana. just a few minutes ago, the senate rejected the amendment to take out the special deems so democrats are holding firm. no changes in the senate means there won't have to be another vote in the house. but this will go on at least for another day. >> at least one more day. thank you, jon. >>> as you know, jon, president obama quietly signed an executive order designed to reinforce the law that no federal funds can ever play for elective abortions. members of congress who oppose abortion ghanlded that order before they would vote for health care reform. >>> the government's own watchdog, the special inspector general overseeing the bank bailout issued a blistering report today, on behalf of americans homeowners facing foreclosure. it says that the promise by the administration to help is bas basically not been kept. and tomorrow another report is going to turn up the heat on the big banks, where so many desperate people have told us, and you have written us, that you phone the banks, on

that traffic circle jammed at west virginia montana. it's a mess. let's take a live look inbound on new york avenue, left side of your screen getting past bladensburg road loaded up again because of the accident and all the activity down at the brentwood parkway. expect a very slow ride coming over the anacostia river. 66 eastbound, loaded up from centreville through fair oaks. chopper 4 on the job over the american legion bridge. activity now to the shoulder which is very goodews on the outer loop of the beltway coming off the clara barton parkway, be alert a quick merge getting on to the outer loop crossing to the american legion bridge. back to you. >>> relief from around the world is pouring into chile this morning. the 8.8 magnitude earthquake is believed to have caused 700 deaths. for many survivors it's a fight to find food and water. markets have been ransacked by people who say they are just trying to feed their families. police are starting to make arrests though for looting. the u.s. will start delivering help this morning. secretary of s

the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: mr.endments we voted on. it seeks to exempt a sympathetic group of individuals from the excise taxes on medical device manufacturers. the amendment is misplaced. we already exempt retail purchases of medical devices like band-aids, glasses and all those kinds of things. this is only -- the tax only applies to large manufacturers. and the government negotiates with the large manufacturers, the government's large enough to, frankly, exact a better price out of the manufacturers. it does not pass that on to individuals, not our military, not our vets who already received proscribed health care coverage. second, this amendment is paid for by creation the number of uninsured. i don't think we want to -- paid for by increasing the number of uninsured. i don't think we want to increase the number of uninsured. we want to decrease the number of the uninsured in this bill. i reserve the balance of my 15 seconds so the senator from utah can finish. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr.

cooler than normal with showers in florida and heavy mountain snow in colorado and montana. rain also along the northwest coast. >> 50s in seattle, salt lake city and billings. too did in chicago. 48 in detroit. 60s from new york to baltimore. 75 in miami. and 57 in new orleans. >>> let's go sailing, why don't we. a daring way to get the world to see why they should recycle. >> a one of a kind catamaran set sale from california all the way to australia. the 60-foot boat "the plasticy" is made from more than 12,000 recycled plastic bottles, powered by solar wind and sea turbines. >> the crew of environmentalists hopes to use the 11,000 nautical mile trip to raise awareness about plastic debris polluting the ocean. huge swamps in the middle of the ocean with toothbrushes, umbrellas, plastic bottles clogging up sea life. this is their way -- >> the first time i heard bottles i thought, is it going to store all that water? is it going to be too heavy? we'll be right back with more "world news now." there's so much to learn. but liberty walked me through it all... like when i tes

first interstate has 72 branches in montana, wyoming and south dakota. its initial price was $14.50 per share. the i.p.o. market wasn't without disappointment. a greek shipping company postponed indefinitely its share offering citing market conditions. and that's the market focus. >> tom: the stock market rally has room to run. even as it sits close to 18 month highs. so says tonight's market monitor guest. mark leibovit is the chief market strategist at vrtrader.com and he joins us from phoenix. mark, welcome back to "nightly business report". >> thanks for having me. nice to meet you, tom, on the air. >> tom: nice to meet you as well. so more room to run. how much more room to run after the 18-month highs? >> well, the trend is your friend, as they say, and until we get a clear reversal pattern, and my technique using volume reversal in the volume preceding price, and get indication of important selling in the market, you let the market work for you. we have targets that still say this market could go higher, but you know, the bottom line is is the tre

gregg: i wish i could stand here and agree with the senator from montana.ish that as i looked at these bills that have just passed the house and now that we're getting the trailer bill, the bill that was used to purchase the votes in the house and pass the big bill that i could say that america's children are going to be better off, that the people who have health care issues in this country are going to be better off, but that's impossible to say. why is it impossible to say? because this bill as it passed the house was an atrocity. it was an explosion of government the likes of which we have never seen in this country before. it grows the government by by $2.6 trillion. in the process, it will interfere with almost every american who has private health insurance and how they get their insurance. and it will take americans who have health insurance today and it will push them out of that health insurance as the small employers across this country decide that they can no longer afford it. and it will say to medicare recipients we're going to cut your medica

snow on i-15 and 25 in the northern rockies, mostly in montana and much of wyoming. and flooded roads in the midwest. >> if you are flying today, it should be easy going. there are no weather-related airport delays to report this morning. >>> well, teachers and parents are taking a look at a troubling, new report on how poorly boys are doing in school. while gis e gaining much stronger math skills, boys are falling farther behind in reading. ron claiborne hamore details. >> reporter: this report is very good news for girls. but it describes what amounts to a crisis for the nation's boys. >> there's a consistent pattern here that says boys are not learning how to read as well as girls. >> reporter: the findings by the center for educational policy show a consistent pattern. in every state in the country, at every grade level studied, girls dibetter in reading than boys. in some states, thgender gap was staggering. in virginia, middle school girls did than boys in reading by 15 percentage points. in new hampshire, also 15 points. in new york state, girls were 13 points

they are scattered in fields like this one in montana. nuclear weapons that can reach russia in half an hour. and, across the globe, at a military base on the volga river in russia, nuclear missiles that can reach the u.s. just as fast. today a breakthrough in reducing this stock pile. >> after a year of intense negotiations, the united states and russia have agreed to the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades. >> reporter: both countries will reduce their nuclear arsenals from 2200 deployed warheads to 1550. they'll reduce their long range missiles and launchers, as well. >> it took patience, perseverance, but we never gave up. >> reporter: the president hoped to reach an agreement months ago with his russian counterpart, but administration officials tell abc news the russians insisted that as part of the treaty, the u.s. stop plans for a missile defense system. senior white house officials say that during a february phone call, the president told medvedev, quote, if you're going to continue to persist on this m

snow in wyoming and montana, moving into denver by tonight.in south dakota, nebraska, and utah. up to 20 degrees warmer than normal in the northeast. >> sunny in the upper 60s in new york today. baltimore and boston as well. nearly 70 in dallas, new orleans 60s, also across much of the midwest today. 55 in seattle. 73 in sacramento. and 83 down in phoenix, good golfing weather. >> oh, yeah. almost ready for this time of year. >>> well, a university trying to toot its own horn may be getting an "f" in english. >> looks like the university of arizona forgot to hit grammar check before putting up these new billboards in phoenix. the ads read, one of top 100 universities in the world. you can see they left out the word "the top" 100 universities of the world. the university claims the slogan was intentionally written that way -- yeah, right -- to grab attention, much like a newspaper headline where names are sometimes left out. >> despite the explanation that jeremy's having trouble swallowing the school has since changed another billboard to incl

we fight for health care for people like william and eric in montana. aaron lost her father william when he was only 59 years old because her insurance company denied his bone bone marrow transplant until it was too late william taught school for more than 30 years. he thought he had good insurance through his retirement package. the doctors told william he had leukemia but doctors were able to treated with oral kumar there be for a long time. in 2002 the doctors determine william would need advance chemotherapy. then the doctors determined that he would need a bone marrow transplant. their insurance company pay for all of the preparations, testing and treatment leading to the transplant. at the insurance company denied the procedure itself. mr. president i note that i have run over my half hour here. let me just say that i asked to include here by noting that this is why we fight for people. this is why this health care bill was here before us, because people like carmen, merrily, pat and many people across this country deserve much better. we are at t

oregon, montana, alaska, new hampshire.uest: alaska can get by because they have a low government mindset. their government provide services for a much lower tax rate. states such as oregon, they have a high income tax now to make up for that. montana, alaska, they have natural resources that they are able to get resources -- revenues from. host: joseph henchman is here to talk about state taxes, and the amount to the increase of them. democrats, 202-737-0002. republicans, 202-737-0001. independents, 202-628-0205. we will get to your phone calls momentarily. with sales taxes going up, in this recession we have been going through, people are buying less. is it is self-defeating prophecy? aren't the copper is going to be filled up at a slower rate? -- coffers going to be filled up at a closer rick? guest: states cannot print money, so they have two to is to raise revenues. what you have decided that the role is to raise taxes, you have to decide which one to go for. host: do all states have a balanced budget? guest: except fo

the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: i appreciate the comments from the senator from alabama. he is concerned, as we all are, with the current fiscal situation, our debts and our deficits. i might add this is no excuse. it is clear that we americans have a problem that needs to be addressed. other countries are in the same fix. again, that's no excuse. our deficits are high primarily because the financial crisis and just working our way through all of that. the real test is whether we, as a country, when times get better, when incomes increase, whether we live much more within our means. i certainly hope so. i know every senator in this body hopes so. more precisely, the senator from alabama seeks to place caps on the appropriate accounts. that's pretty much the amendment. the senator objected about a month ago, i think it was january 28. i believe the pending session's amendment addresses the matter in the budget committee and violates 306 of the congressional budget act. i believe the amendment does violate the

and four more games to follow after that, including kansas against lehigh and don't forget montana andsome of the action taking place. right now utep and butler. the miners are up by four. seth: it has been close all the way, greg. utep is doing it inside. butler is doing it outside. look at the big fellow, matt howard finishing on the break. this will be another barn burner, i would think. greg g.: st. mary's and richmond. mcconnell hits a three. greg a.: steindl knocks down a three-pointer. and samhan had a wonderful game. greg g.: 80-71, gaels take it. sam houston state and baylor. seth: this is one of those days the favorites were in trouble. baylor's guards woke up late. they got a bit of a scare but pulled away down the stretch. greg g.: meanwhile in oklahoma city, north texas and kansas state. wildcats were on a roll. greg a.: pulls up for the long-range three. and again, dominique sutton for the finish. kansas state looks like a team trying to get to the finals. greg g.: in san jose, murray state and vanderbilt. jenkins with a midrange jumper. seth: game of the day, greg. thoma

the presiding officer: the senator from montana. . baucus: i ask further proceedings on the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: we are now on our fourth day of consideration of this important legislation to create jobs on the safety net of tax provisions. this legislation would prevent millions of americans from falling through the safety net. it would extend vital programs that were extended on a short-term basis earlier this year. it would put cash in the hands of americans who had spent it quickly, boosting economic demand, and it would extend critical programs and tax incentives to create jobs. s thissed lusts that the holt of ever ever ever of eve--this is t will help half a million americans pay for cobravment this is the legislation that will help nearly 40 million medicare beneficiaries, nearly 9 million tricare beneficiaries to keep access to their doctors. and this is the legislation that will help 400,000 americans get unemployment insurance benefits. this is urgent legislati

the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: i would like to say a few words about the safeiation trust fund authorization. i support the bill, and i strongly urge my colleagues to support it as well. in addition to discussing the bill's specifics, i'd like to give some perspective about our current aviation system. our current system relies on the use of radio detection and ranging. more commonly known as radar. radar was once a tremendous leap forward. that is, it was a tremendous leap forward, right before world war ii. let me take a couple of moments to retrace the history of air traffic control, starting before radar. before radar, pilots followed prominent landmarks such as rivers, railroad lines to navigate their routes and naturally bad weather made travel hazardous. in the 1920's, commercial night flights relied on something called the transcontinental lighted airway. now, that's an impressive sounding name. a, a series of bomb fires. local farmers maintained these bonfires across many parts of america. more are

now "the new york times" says that we have senator from montana also saying this is redistributed change. that's what this relate care is about the other story that came out today is about 2020 every dollar, every tax dollar will be eaten up by social security, medicare, medicaid and the interest on the debt. every tax dollar that we currently bring in that's 10 years from now. is there anybody here that thinks that -- when you say these people were you refering to the republicans and the democrats or just -- both of them. >> has really gotten out of hand late litch the democrats complained loud buy -- loudly about george w. bush deficit and they get in office and quadruple it. again glen how do you feel this week? >> i don't that i this is a republic any more. i just don't see any evidence of that i'm worried about the ramifications of post 2014 when we are grouped into this bureaucratic pool as far as health care is concerned, young, old, sick, healthy, preexisting conditions, whatnot everybody thrown into this pool and given a bureaucratic number seems inhumane almost i wonder can we

he might be better off just moving to montana. by the way, aside from the sex scandal, i guess jesse james has another big problem. look at these shocking allegations caught on tape this afternoon by tmz. >> jesse james killed my father. >> he did? >> shot mihm in the back. >> jimmy: that is -- that's worse than cheating on your wife, i think, killing a very old man's father? the moral of the story, you see what happens when you take an oscar away from meryl streep? she will ruin your life. [ laughter ] it's just -- it's just a joke, she had nothing to do with it. mortgage holder of the octo-mom, nadya suleman's house, here in california, says he's starting foreclosure proceedings because she hasn't kept up on the payments. and there is talk of foreclosing on her uterus, but that has not been started. i hope that isn't true, i mean -- [ applause ] please, if they're watching, shaq, give this woman your shoe to live in. she literally has so many children she doesn't know what to do. thankfully a powerful charity organization has st

florida otherwise near normal for most areas a little bit of above normal -- below normal i should say montana and north dakota. john? >> thanks, mike. i like it. >>> when "u.s. farm report" returns, thinking smarter and smaller fuel success for a mississippi logging company. "spirit of the heartland" is next. when it comes to running a successful logging operation, being the best doesn't when it comes to running a successful orr when it comes to -- >> when it comes to running a successful logging operation, being the best doesn't necessarily mean you have to be the biggest. in this report from mississippi university, they introduce us to family that proves this point. >> reporter: like many loggers, terry owen on the right and jim owen on the left learn their dpraft their dad, walt owen who is standing in the center between them. terry and jim had left their dad and uncle's company and formed their own logging operation in may 1998. from the beginning, the brothers shared a different philosophy than their dad about logging. it was about having a life outside of the woods. the owen brothers st

he survived that confrontation but slade was lynched a couple years later by montana vigilantes' given the comparatively lax standards that must have been a good disturbance. the brother stopped in salt lake city. sam went along for the visit. mr. young had 17 lives himself and advise mark twain to stop that doesn't. take my word for it, ten or 11 is all you need. twain agreed. mormon women were so pathetically homely that the man who marries one of them, christian charity which entitles him to the applause of all mankind. the builders finally arrived in nevada near the epicenter. mark twain deciding he had nothing better to deuce to become a millionaire. he was walking out and the silver would be on the rocks. you just walk over and pick it up and it was a lot of hard work digging and blasting. that is not something he was cut out to do. he decided it would be better to let other people do the hard work and he would just sell the stock. it still didn't work. he estimated later that he had become a millionaire for ten days before he neglected to doing enough work to establish legal own

now when tony montana says, say hello to my little friend, he might be referring to snooki.ric massa is all over the news today. he resigned on monday. nobody seems to know why. first, he said he resigned because he was sick. then, when it came out he had been accused of groping three young male staff members, he changed his story and said he was forced out for not cooperating with the white house on health care. glenn beck had him on his show last night. outcrazying glenn beck is like outsexing tiger woods, so -- somehow -- [ applause ] somehow this guy, massa, managed to do it. and here's his version of the alleged groping. >> now they're saying i groped a male staffer. yeah, i did. not only did i grope him, i tick med him until he couldn't breathe and four guys jumped on top of me. it was kill the old guy. >> jimmy: right. we've all done that. all had tickle fights with our male coworkers. we all played "kill the old guy." dick cheney used to play it with a gun, "kill the old guy." if you're wondering why we don't have health care, it's because there's too much tickling i