mr. manchin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. manchin: mr. president, we're going to enter into a colloquy here, and i have -- i have two of my colleagues with me, and you'll notice that both of us, or three of us were former governors. my good friend, senator king, was the governor of maine. and my good friend, senator mark warner, was the governor of virginia. and i was preeivel -- previously the governor of west virginia, so we think a little differently about how the budgets should work. unfortunately we don't aim for bipartisan success like we had in 1997. in 1997, president clinton, a democrat, under his administration, at that time we even had governor kasich, who was then a congressman, republican working together to get a budget. and i might say it was the last time that a balanced budget was negotiated. the government suffered budget deficits every year from 1970 through 1997 when a balanced budget was finally negotiated. 1998,

mr. manchin: as we finish up, the house is going to vote twice. they're going to vote on the extenders and on this i will about. for the second time we're going to roll them into one. we won't have the opportunity to vote twice. so the omnibus bill is something that i could have supported. the extender bill is absolutely something that i cannot for the future of our country and our chin. it is a shame that we don't have a separate vote. with that, i want to thank the senator from maine and the senator from virginia for this colloquy. with that, we yield the floor. mr. mccain: madam president? officerrethe presiding officer:r the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent to address the senate as if in morning business and take as much time as i may consume. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: 70 years ago a group of american leaders forged the rules-based international order out of the ashes of world war ii. those that were there recall that they were -- quote -- "present at the creation." we may well look back at

manchin, mcconnell, cornyn, inhofe, kirk, and vitter. and before i make the formal unanimous consent request, mr. president, i will yield to the senior senator from pennsylvania, who has joined me in this effort from the beginning, senator casey. mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank senator toomey for his work on this legislation, and our work together, and i especially want to commend, as senator toomey did as well, don and jean williams, the parents of corrections officer eric williams. i won't reiterate the horrific nature of his death. senator toomey outlined that. i can't imagine more of a nightmare for a corrections officer and for his or her family. we can bring some measure of protection to these officers by making sure that every possible circumstance is one in which the officer has pepper spray to be able to prevent an attack or to slow an attack down -- slow it down enough, i should say, until that corrections officer gets help. so i want to say how much we appreciate the fact that this is b

mr. secretary, i think you probably know where i'm coming from on this. you know, i'm a big fan of yours. really appreciate you coming up to alaska. you know, senator manchin talked about going to rural communities. you got a heavy dose of that in my state. you talk about quick wins, okay. i thought we were going to have a quick win in alaska. and you laid out a plan. you know, one thing i emphasized when i came up there to the veterans was i know you are frustrated but please be camp, you didn't create the problem you're here to fix the problem. but i need to tell you that now i'm the one getting frustrated. because it's been 100 days since you guys were up there. you talked about your six points, which i still have here. i appreciated it. where are they? here they are. on the alaska pilot program. and i am getting hit every day in my state. i was on a plane coming down here two weeks ago. three veterans within a circle of two rows on the airplane were complaining to me. i was telling then, hey, don't worry, we're on it, the va's got a pilot program. it's going to have a win, a quick win, in alaska. and then my staff gets told today that a lot of what you

mr. secretary, i think you probably know where i'm coming from on this. you know, i'm a big fan of yours. really appreciate you coming up to alaska. you know, senator manchintalked about going to rural communities. you got a heavy dose of that in my state. you talk about quick wins, okay. i thought we were going to have a quick win in alaska. and you laid out a plan. you know, one thing i emphasized when i came up there to the veterans was i know you are frustrated but please be camp, you didn't create the problem you're here to fix the problem. but i need to tell you that now i'm the one getting frustrated. because it's been 100 days since you guys were up there. you talked about your six points, which i still have here. i appreciated it. where are they? here they are. on the alaska pilot program. and i am getting hit every day in my state. i was on a plane coming down here two weeks ago. three veterans within a circle of two rows on the airplane were complaining to me. i was telling then, hey, don't worry, we're on it, the va's got a pilot program. it's going to have a win, a quick win, in alaska. and then my staff gets told today that a lot of what you

mr. manchin: mr. president? mr. president, pursuant to section 904 of the congressional budget act of 1974, i move to waive all applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and i ask for the yeas and naysmen nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk shall call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? seeing none, on this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 50. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. the point of order is success staininged anstaining -- sustaie amendment fails. the senator colorado. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i would like to call up bennet amendment 2907. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator colorado, mr. bennet, for himself and mr. sanders proposes an amendment in my judgment 2907. mr. bennet: thank you. this amendment will help

mr. manchin: madam president? i raise a point of order that the pending motion to concur violates section 311-a-2-b of the congressional budget act of 1974. mr. wyden: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: pursuant to section 904 of the congressional budget act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, i move to waive all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget resolutions for purposes of the house message to accompany h.r. 2029, and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. there are two minutes debate on the motion. mr. manchin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: all i'm asking for in raising this point of order is because tax extender legislation would reduce revenues below the fiscal year 2016 budget agreement and would violate section 311. all i am asking for is separate the votes. if you're pr

mr. grassley: now, you're going to be voting on the manchin-toomey amendment pretty soon. that amendment won't prevent -- the presiding officer: the senator will suspend. order, please. take your conversations off the floor. mr. grassley: i assume my minute starts over. the manchin-toomey amendment that's going to be up next, i'm told, won't prevent the next shooting or reduce crime or fix our mental health system. we need to also be worried about protecting the second amendment. my amendment addresses the obama administration's reduction in gun prosecutions by providing money to expand project exile and funding for prosecuting felons and fugitives who fail background checks and targeted -- then we target that to the highest crime jurisdictions. it criminalizes straw purchasing and gun trafficking, more resources for secure our school grants. it increases funding for mental health initiatives. it incentivizes states to provide mental health records to the database. it clarifies which records should be submitted to the n.i.c. system. it provides military members -- it provid

mr. president, for information for my colleagues, i expect that the next amendments in order after those will be grassley 4914 followed by manchin number 2908, but that's not locked in yet. the presiding officer: the senate is not in order. the senate is not in order. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: i call up amendment 2892. the presiding officer: op op. the clerk: the senator from new hampshire, mrs. shaheen, for herself and others proposes an amendment numbered 2892 to amendment number 2874. mrs. shaheen: mr. president, i ask that further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. shaheen: mr. president, we are facing a public health emergency. in new hampshire and states across the country heroin and opioid are at epidemic levels. the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mrs. shaheen: this is important because it affects every state that's represented here on the senate floor, because each day 120 americans die of drug overdoses. that is two deaths every hour. in new hampshire we're losing one p