mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i assume we're in a quorum call. the presiding officer: we are. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent to proceed to s. 230. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 230, h.r. 36, an act to amend the united states code to pertain to unborn and so forth. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent we take. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed the calendar number 230, h.r. 36, to amend united states code to protect pain capable unborn children and signed by 17 senators. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senat

mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, in order to expedite consideration of the continuing resolution, i've now offered the c.r. language as an amendment to the house message on h.r. 719, using this bill as a vehicle means that we can get the c.r. over to the house more quickly with fewer steps in the process. members should expect a cloture vote to occur at 5:30 p.m. on monday. now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 195, h.r. 1020. further, that the thune amendment be agreed to and the senate vote on passage of the bill as amended. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the measure. the clerk: h.r. 1020, an act to define stem education to include computer science and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objecti

mr. mcconnell: so, mr.president, if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand in adjournment under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrowr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today we will begin consideration of the resolution toapovehe >> >> china, france, with a federation of united kingdom the islamic public -- people's public of iran and the united states. the revolution seeks to constrain a iran's nuclear weapons program. i will last call centers one dash senators to be present in the chamber tamara afternoon to commence debate on this important issue. let me extend my appreciation for the time rand research many colleagues have given to understanding the details and the strengths and the weaknesses and for many this has been a difficult decision. for some, it was made even more difficult by assertions from the administration that the only choice was between this agreement anwr.

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i'm going to proceed under my leader time. i want to -- the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mcconnell: i want to congratulate the chairman of the foreign relations committee for an incredible job in giving the senate an opportunity to actually express itself on what the president had described as an executive agreement. i think it is important for everybody to ngd the next president of the united states is is going to take a new look at this, bu because it doesn't e the force of law of a treaty. but the president didn't want us to have anything to do with it at all. and the chainders o -- and the f the foreign relations committee, senator corker, skillfully negotiated with the other side to give us an opportunity to actually express our views on his unilateral action with the range government. -- we've proceeded, as the senator from tennessee pointed out, in a manner that respected the process and gave the senate an opportunity to vote on that deal only, even tho

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: ask a family to show you the first picture of their child these days, and you're likely to get a black and white image with delicate fingers and tiny toes. maybe it's their precious christine, maybe it's their little guy brett. but one thing's for sure: that baby is their child. scientific advances like the sonogram are helping pull back the curtain on the mystery of life. they're helping foster a new spirit of compassionate protection for the most defenseless. and they are providing new opportunities to bridge old political divides. we in this chamber are never going to agree completely on the abortion question, but we should at least be able to agree that if an unborn child has reached the point where he or she can feel pain, that child's life deserves protection. science is telling us that a child can reach this stage around 20 weeks. in other words, five months. this is when unborn children can react, even recoi

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the the presiding officer: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 238, s. 2078. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 238, s. 2078, a bill to reauthorize the united states commission on international religious freedom and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i now ask unanimous consent the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 266 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presidin

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, the democrats have chosen to deny the senate a final vote on the president's deal with iran. they made their choice, but that doesn't mean the discussion is over. today we'll have another opportunity to address the lifting of congressionally mandated sanctions as called for in the joint comprehensive plan of action. today we'll have an opportunity to vote on a question of policy policy -- should iran be left with a threshold nuclear program, one now recognized by the p-5 plus 1 and receive billions of dollars in sanctions relief without any linkage whatsoever to other aspects of this foreign policy adventurism. that's the question before us. i'll discuss that vote in greater detail in just a moment, but first a reminder of how we got to this point. here's what we know about the nuclear deal with iran. it's president obama's deal with iran, not america's deal with iran, because the president did everything possible to cut the american people out and to block their elected re

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that on thursday, september 10, at 3:00 p.m. the substitute amendment to h.j. res. 61 be greagd to, the joint resolution as amended be read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the resolution as amended. the presiding officer: is there objection? objection is heard. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motions with respect to the mcconnell substitute amendment on h.j. res. 61 be withdrawn and the pending amendments on the motion to commit with the exception of the mcconnell stiewlt amendment be withdrawn that no motions be in order to the resolution with the mcconnell prior to the vote with the mcconnell substitute, that at 3:45 p.m. today the senate proceed to vote on the mcconnell substitute amendment, that the amendment be subject to a 60 vote af

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: we're not in a quorum call. the leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following house l concurrent resolutions which are at the desk: h. con. res. 70, h. con. res. 73, h. con. res. 74. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? mr. mcconnell: without objection, the senate will proceed to the resolutions en bloc. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the resolutions be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adj

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. connell: as the democratic leader frequently reminded me when he was the majority leader, the majority leader always gets the last word. i enjoyed hearing the democratic leader's history lesson going back, as i recount -- i'm sure i'll leave some out -- the iraq war resolution, which he voted for, as did hillary clinton, the resuscitation of past debates from obamacare to you name it, including complaining about highways, a bill that senator boxer and i worked on and actually passed that he voted against, which hopefully will soon be in conference. but none of that has anything to do with what's before us today. the issue before us today is the iran nuclear agreement. we know how the american people feel about it. they're over whelmingly opposed to it. we know how the realiz israelist it. they're overwhelmingly opposed to it. we know that our sunni-arab allies are now visiting the russians to talk about arms purchases because they don't trust us anymore. we know the president wanted to

mr. mcconnell: mr. mcconnell: mr. president, the issue before us is of immense importance to our nation. the american people are to have this. until recently this was a principle of both parties seemed to endorse rather overwhelmingly. in fact, not a single democrat, not one, mr. president, not a single democrat voted against the iran nuclear agreement review act. we all recall it passed 98-1. they told us this was an issue too important for political games. here's what one democratic colleague said just last week. as a caucus that was opposed to games and filibusters over the last four years, i would think it would be really regrettable if we didn't ultimately go to the floor and cast our votes for or against this deal. that was last week, apparently. democratic senators just voted to filibuster and block the american people from even having a real vote on one of the most consequential foreign policy issues of our time. it's telling, it's telling, that democrats would go to such extreme lengths to prevent president o

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk for a substitute amendment number 2640. 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 rulings of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on senate amendment number 2640, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: and i send a cloture motion to the desk for the underlying resolution, h.j. res. 61. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance of the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on h.j. res. 61, a joint resolution amending the internal revenue code of 1986, and so forth. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask the re

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 3614, which was received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 3614, an act to amend title 49, united states code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the bill appear at this point in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i have ten unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent t

mr. mcconnell: grace under pressure. country and institution before self. these are the things that come to mind when i think of john boehner. he's an ally, he's a friend. and he took over as republican leader at a very difficult time for his party. when some said republicans could never recover, he never gave up. when some gave in to defeatism, he kept up the fight. and because he did, speaker boehner was able to transform a broken and dispirited republican minority into the largest republican majority since the 1920's. that's a legacy few can match. he flew across the country more times than he can count to support members of his conference, to recruit new members to the cause, and as the leader of a new majority, he turned the tide in congress and brought conservative reform in many areas. he worked tirelessly to provide hope to those who dreamed of a better life and to middle-class families who struggled under the weight of this administration. john knows what it's like to struggle and to dream of something better. he's lived it. a young man from reddin

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i know i speak for the entire senate when i say it was a privilege to welcome the pope to the capitol this morning. the thousands who gathered on the capitol lawn, it was an experiencer this a unlikelexpero ever forget. the quiet nod, a soft smile, a simple wave, the gestures that may have been small but their meaning ran deep, captured forever in the hearts of the faithful and the hopeful. as we turn back to the work of governing, many will interpret his words in many ways. the media certainly has. but we can also hear him as simply expressing his faith, and we all appreciate his closing remarks: "god bless america." it's no surprise that members of the senate have differences on issues. that's normal, healthy even. but even if our democratic colleagues may not agree with us on every issue, let us agree that the scandal surrounding planned parenthood is deeply, deeply unsettling. let us agree that it makes sense to at least place a scandal-plagued political organization on

mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: a new senate majority calm to office this year -- came to office this year with a different outlook on government funding from the previous majority. first, we passed a budget. then we worked across the aisle to pass through committee the dozen bills necessary to fund the government. that's the first time either of these things had happened in six long years. our commonsense approach represented real hope that with the necessary cooperation from across the aisle a new and better way of funding the government woos actually possible -- was actually possible. democrats initially gave americans reason to believe they might be ready to offer that bipartisan cooperation. democrats gave bipartisan committee backing to nearly all of the dozen government funding bills and a majority of these bills attracted support from at least 70% of democratic appropriations committee members. democrats even bragged about supporting these funding bills in press releases to their constituents. but

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i'm going to proceed under my leader time. i want to -- the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mcconnell: i want to congratulate the chairman of the foreign relations committee for an incredible job in giving the senate an opportunity to actually express itself on what the president had described as an executive agreement. i think it is important for everybody to ngd the next president of the united states is is going to take a new look at this, bu because it doesn't e the force of law of a treaty. but the president didn't want us to have anything to do with it at all. and the chainders o -- and the f the foreign relations committee, senator corker, skillfully negotiated with the other side to give us an opportunity to actually express our views on his unilateral action with the range government. -- we've proceeded, as the senator from tennessee pointed out, in a manner that respected the process and gave the senate an opportunity to vote on that deal only, even tho

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: as the democratic leader frequently reminded me when he was the majority leader, the majority leader always gets the last word. i enjoyed hearing the democratic leader's history lesson going back, as i recount -- i'm sure i'll leave some out -- the iraq war resolution, which he voted for, as did hillary clinton, the resuscitation of past debates from obamacare to you name it, including complaining about highways, a bill that senator boxer and i worked on and actually passed that he voted against, which hopefully will soon be in conference. but none of that has anything to do with what's before us today. the issue before us today is the iran nuclear agreement. we know how the american people feel about it. they're over whelmingly opposed to it. we know how the realiz israelist it. they're overwhelmingly opposed to it. we know that our sunni-arab allies are now visiting the russians to talk about arms purchases because they don't trust us anymore. we know the president wanted

mr. mcconnell and the democratic leadership read and will be able to come together to avoid a government shutdown. >> reporter: last time around, americans across the economy felt the impact. in 2013, banks were unable to verify social security numbers and the irs cited the backlog of 1.2 million verification requests in the first two weeks. the faa aircraft registry closed and an industry group said 156 aircraft deliveries were delayed and to the dismay of thousands, the national zoo's panda cam went dark. >> that was eamon javers reporting. if the congress and president can't agree on a spending bill, the federal government will shut down this thursday. we go to washington to get two views on what could happen between now and then. se jared bernstein and ramesh panuru, thank you for being here. why do you think we're here again? >> well, last time we were here, it was bec bse a group of conservative republicans did not want to fund the affordable care act or obamacare. and along with the help from ted cruz and the senate, members of the house closed the government for over 2.5 weeks as

mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the president pro tempore: we are in a quorum call. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with, and, mr. president, the senate is not in order. the president pro tempore: the senate will become in order. mr. mcconnell: colleagues, before the senate is a resolution that would disapprove of the joint comprehensive plan of action agreed to by the united states, china, france, germany, the russian federation, the united kingdom, the european union and the islamic republic of iran. i've long said the senate should i've long said the senate should islamic republic of iran. will it further, or will it harm the national security interest of the united states and her allies? by that measure, i believe senators must vote to disapprove of the deal.t th i really wish that were the case. but it is a predictable outcome when it considers the mindset with which the administration appeared to approach these d negotiations. wit the president's overall foreign policy has been guided by policies, with draw conventional military p

mr. mcconnell and the democratic leadership, reid and pelosi, will be able to come together and avoid a government shutdown. >> government employees want to work! >> reporter: last time around americans across the economy effect the impact. in 2013 banks were unable to verify social security numbers and the irs cited a backlog of 1.2 million verification requests in the first two weeks. the faa aircraft registry closed, and an industry group said 156 aircraft deliveries were delayed. and to the dismay of thousands, the national zoos panda cam went dark. >> that was eamon javers reporting. if congress and the president kand agree on a spending bill, the federal government will shut down this thursday. we go to washington to get two views on what could happen between now and then. jared bernstein is senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities. and ramesh ponnuru is the senior editor at the national review. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. jared, let's start with you. why do you think we're here again? >> well, last time we were here it was because a group of conservative rep

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr.ight 77 senators voted to advance legislation that would fund the government through the fall at the bipartisan level agreed to by both parties. it's now the most viable way forward after democrats' extreme actions forced our country into this situation. let's remember how we got here. democrats knew the american people were unlikely to buy their desire for more bureaucracy and more debt but they figured they might in a crisis. so democrats pursued a deliberate strategy of blocking government funding all year in order to force our nation to the brink. democrats said they'd block government funding legislation they even voted for this committee, and some of these bills, mr. president, came out of committee overwhelmingly on a bipartisan basis. democrats said they'd block government funding legislation that they'd actually praised in their press releases when these bills emerged from the appropriations committee with large majorities. democrats even voted repeatedly to block the bill tha

mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the president pro tempore: we are in a quorum call. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with, and, mr. president, the senate is not in order. the president pro tempore: the senate will become in order. mr. mcconnell: colleagues, before the senate is a resolution that would disapprove of the joint comprehensive plan of action agreed to by the united states, china, france, germany, the russian federation, the united kingdom, the european union and the islamic republic of iran. i've long said the senate should assess this deal by employing a simple standard. will it further or will it harm the national security interests of the united states and her allies? by that measure, i believe senators must vote to disapprove of the deal. i really wish that weren't the case, but it's a predictable outcome when you consider the mindset with which the administration appeared to approach these negotiations. the president's overall foreign policy has long been guided by policies and desires to withdraw forward deployed conven

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr.esentative ed whitfield announced that he'll retire at the end of this term. ed has served kentuckys first district for more than 20 years. he'll be missed here in the capitol when he retires. it's clear that his leadership will be missed back in kentucky, too. our troops at fort campbell will miss him. workers at the paducah plant will miss him. kentucky's countless coal families, hardworkin hardworking kentuckians he never failed to stand up for, will certainly miss him as well. ed was rightly considered a kentucky trailblazer when he first -- he became the first republican elected to representative that district back in 1994. our republican party had never held it going back to the civil war. it was an enormous breakthrough. ed has worked hard to deliver for the commonwealth in the two decades since. he will leave behind a record of service and of accomplishment. the senate will complete its work on the continuing resolution today. we remember watching our democratic colleagues swer

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: this afternoon the senate will engage in a debate of immense importance to our country. i again ask every senator to reflect upon its gravity. at its heart, this is about more than just the short-term prospects of one agreement or the long-term legacy of one president or the narrow interests of one political party. wrapped within our larger questions about the prospects for stability in a region, the potential for safety in a nation, and the continued role of our country in a dangerous and uncertain world. we can't escape these questions. their answers carry the potential to touch every american and future generations. the american people deserve our deliberate and considered responses. they deserve a senate that can rise to the moment. tired talking points won't get us there. a filibuster won't do it either. but here's what will. respecting each other will get us there. serious discussion will get us there. a debate worthy of the moment will get us there. and so that's what

mr. mcconnell: we'll have to deal with all of these issues. we have a number of different things that need to be addressed. the deadline is december 11. thanks, everybody. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> we now know that leader mcconnell has set a vote time for tomorrow morning of 10:00 a.m. eastern. news conference from earlier today also during the party lunches, we heard from democratic leaders, harry reid, talking about government funding and attempts to defund planned parenthood. mr. reid: we're one day from a government shutdown. i'm glad we have a path to avoid it on a temporary basis. but this government by crisis s no way to run a country. we've been calling for responsible bipartisan budget negotiations for months. these negotiations could have avoided this necessary crisis altogether. once we fund the government for a short period of time i hope the republicans will fina

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senate majority leader. mr. mcconnell: there's no question the israelis need a lot of reinforcement. no question they need to know for sure that we're on their side. because this administration has just entered into an agreement that by all objective standards could even threaten their very existence. so i think it's -- there's no question the israelis need every reassurance we can p announcer: the senate will hold another vote on tuesday. the disapproval resolution will need 60 votes to move forward in the senate. that is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. eastern, and as always, you can watch that live on c-span2. meanwhile, the house has finished its work on the iran deal. n threeted and -- o separate bills. the first was defeated with one member voting present. the two bills that passed included a measure that found president obama out of compliance with the iran nuclear agreement act when certain so-called's ideals were not turned over to congress -- so-called side deals were not turned over to congress. here is a look

mr. mcconnell: today we will begin consideration of the resolution to disapprove the resolution to disapprove the >> today we will begin consideration of the resolution juror disapproved the plan of action negotiated by china, france, germany the russian federation, the united kingdom and the islamic republic of iran and the united states. this seeks to constrain the iran's nuclear weapons program. os call senators to be present in the chamber to commence debate on this important issue. lusby extend my appreciation for the time and research many colleagues have given to understand the details the strengths and weaknesses of this agreement. for many it has been a very difficult decision and for some it was made even more difficult by assertions from the administration the only choice was between this agreement anwr. of course, that was never true. all that such levels -- political segment say is a launch the wheel -- will and leadership to produce additional sanctions for those untended to end the program if it cannot have agreement on the deal with iran. they are really a nuclear agreement pa

mr. mcconnell, but i think it was a mistake to a point john mcconnell and his views are really quite extremeremy corbyn is interested in economics. i don't recall him ever making great pronouncements on economics. i would be very surprised if he could explain peoples qe to you. i would be very surprised if he could. that is going to be a great problem for him. willpect his tactic generally be to delegate a lot of work in parliament to his colleagues and he will be active outside the house of commons, as well. demonstrations, appearing at rallies, talking about optimism, the future, blah , blah, blah. i don't think that will be enough to convince the british people. francine: the conservatives need an opposition because everybody ,eeds some kind of opposition especially when you are looking at some kind of referendum. we have already heard jeremy corbyn speak openly about his position. is he lukewarm to europe or is he for a brexit? norman: i think he is probably anti-europe and concerned about ,he dilution of workers rights what we would call lessening the impact of the social chapter. inton

mr. mcconnell and mr. reid need to follow. we had a failure of our executive branch, of our government and i think that these people are seeing the light. we're having a lot of problems going on with china right now. i think they're feeling the pressure from nonpoliticians, the nonpoliticians are not beholdened to anybody except the american people. and they're feeling this pressure among other things, and i think mcconnell and reid need to follow. thank you. host: we're waiting here on c-span, as you can see the reporters are gathered. the usual area for briefings from the democratic leader and often from speaker boehner as well. he will -- he's expected to be out shortly. we will continue our calls from you, comments to on twitter @c-span. next up we go to oak hill, virginia, and our democrats' line. martin. caller: yes. i'm a moderate democrat that does lien liberal. -- lean liberal. mr. boehner and the job he's undertaken has been very strenuous on him. i'm also an atheist but i do love this pope. this pope is the man. i w

mr. mcconnell and mr. banal -- mr. boehner telling the president that they will negotiate on a budget, but they won't -- don't want the democrats to be able to participate. the president doesn't have a vote on the budget. if republicans say they have to start off the negotiations by excluding all democrats, those aren't meaningful discussions. host: can't the president negotiate for you? guest: the president can certainly negotiate, but i don't think you should negotiate by himself. unless republicans believe that the president will carry each and every single democrat with him without a democrats in the congress ever having a say, i think that is unrealistic. itemswhat are some of the that democrats would like to see in any sort of budget deal? guest: funding where it must be, not where republicans wanted to be. funding for our veterans, funding for social security, funding for health care, funding for our troops. the evidence -- where the evidence says it should be. not some blind way of doing budgeting what you just

mr. mcconnell: two weeks ago, i asked the obama administration to step back from the iran negotiations, press pause, and re-examine the point of having the talks in the first place. that would have been the most rational and reasonable approach for the white house to take. especially considering that its own allies in the senate were using phrases like, deeply worrying, to describe the direction of the talks. but instead of taking the time to re-examine basic objectives with its partners and agree on the nonnegotiable element of any deal,-- elements of any things like complete disclosure of previous military related nuclear research and relief of sanctions tied to a nanny and -- iranian compliance, the white house acquiesced and sat in artificial deadline after artificial deadline and opportunity after opportunity for iran to press for additional concessions along the way. the result is a comprehensive nuclear agreement announced today. given what we do know so far, it appears that republicans and democrats are right to be deeply worried about the direction of these talks. it seems americans

mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i know many americans are looking ahead to the visit of pope francis this week with a great deal of interest. thousands will gather on the capitol grounds for the chance to hear him speak. i think i can speak for every colleague when i say the senate welcomes him with open arms. we look forward to his visit. so it is obviously going to be a busy week here in the senate. that's true of the legislative issues before us as well. one is government funding. earlier this year, a new majority took office with a different outlook on government funding from the previous majority. we thought it made sense to actually pass a budget and then to fund it. so we passed a budget for the first time in six years. then we passed all 12 appropriations bills through committee for the first time in six years. democratic colleagues voted for and praised the appropriations bills in committee. had we passed the 12 appropriations bills on the floor, it would have promised the government without the d

mr. -- leader mcconnell have stated they want to hold votes this week. technically on july 19 when the legislation was transmitted it complied with what the corker agreement was which was the legislation as well as -- i mean the negotiation plus all of the side deals. members of congress have had all summer to review all of these so-called side deals. you and i can't review them but they have had an opportunity. the republicans don't want to vote on this. they don't have the votes to overcome the president's veto. they know that, this is a fight within the republican party. the agreement will be implemented by the obama administrati administration. >> what do you make of the latest move to scuttle or at least delay the deal. >> i think opponents of this deal -- and not only folks in congress, people lake aipac, are going to be all over the place trying to figure out technical ways to delay or cancel this deal. i can tell you, i have a lot of very powerful jewish friends who are hitting the halls of congress today putting pressure on their congress people

mr. mcconnell: we'll have to deal with all of these issues. we h

mr. mcconnell and mr. banal -- mr.oehner telling the president that they will negotiate on a budget, but they won't -- don't want the democrats to be able to participate. the president doesn't have a vote on the budget. if republicans say they have to start off the negotiations by excluding all democrats, those aren't meaningful discussions. host: can't the president negotiate for you? guest: the president can certainly negotiate, but i don't think you should negotiate by himself. unless republicans believe that the president will carry each and every single democrat with him without a democrats in the congress ever having a say, i think that is unrealistic. itemswhat are some of the that democrats would like to see in any sort of budget deal? guest: funding where it must be, not where republicans wanted to be. funding for our veterans, funding for social security, funding for health care, funding for our troops. the evidence -- where the evidence says it should be. not some blind way of doing budgeting what you just d

mr. speaker, leaders mcconnell, reid and pelosi, my ohio friends, senator portman and representative tiberiished members of the house and senate, reverend mullins, your words have always inspired and comforted our family, and we appreciate you being with us here today. jim nantz, a great friend for many years. enjoyed working with you. you're the best. the osu marching band. it was a little larger the last time i saw it, but thank you all for being here. much appreciate it. to so many family, friends, friends in business who took the time out of their busy schedules to be here today, i am humbled. a special thanks to my son jack, who, i don't know whether i'll get through this, but i don't have the words to say thank you for what you said from your heart, on behalf of you and your family, our family. that was fantastic. two and a half years ago i had the privilege to be here to say words about my good friend arnold palmer, what a privilege it was to be here that day. a.p., you've been a great friend, and will continue to be so, i know. when my son jackie was about 6 years old somebody asked

mr.heir credit, both mcconnell and mr. boehner are on the right program here. but they are going to need some help eventually with their membership because the closer we get to political season, -- [indiscernible] i will tell you this, though. i am confident that if i'm presenting an agreement to congress, that it will meet the commitment that i made that this would be the highest standard, most progressive trade deal in american history. it will be good for american business and american workers. all right. >> hi, mr. president. thank you for being with us. i want to do as good about cyber security. you put an executive order in place earlier this year because of the issues we have with information sharing and with liabilities. and we at to be brt are very supportive of the legislation that have -- has passed to the house. i wanted to get your thoughts on how you are thinking about this and also with the upcoming visit of the president of china about cyber security and our relationship with china. president obama: this is an issue that is not going away. it is

mr. president, i move to table the mcconnell amendment 2690 for the purpose of offering my own amendment number 27701. and i ask for the ayes and nays. >> is there a sufficient second? there does not appear to be. >> cruz railed against republican leaders for what he deemed preemptive surrender. but a new poll shows american people would fault congressional republicans more than president obama and the democrats if a shutdown went into effect. the 39% who would blame republicans and 28% who would blame democrats are both slightly down from where they were before the 2013 shutdown, while more would fault both parties. and the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finds that six in ten americans oppose totally eliminating federal funding for planned parenthood. 35% would support eliminating funding. the organization's president cecil reege ards is set to make her first appearances before congress since the release of those hidden camera videos later today. let's turn now to business and wall street where yesterday, u.s. stocks tumbled to their lowest level since late august. the dow lost

mr. boehner's departure, there are calls that mcconnell should also walk the plank. it seems the number one priority for the next speaker will be to try to stop some of his colleagues from continuing to shoot inside the tent and instead legislative fire at the democrats which, after all, is why the republican voters sent them to capitol hill in the first place. maria? >> great analysis. thanks so much. eric shawn. more with our guest this morning, byron york, chief political correspondent for "the washington examiner". a brand-new fox poll shows political outsiders leading in the gop race for the nomination. donald trump on top with 26%. ben carson not far behind at 18%. carly fiorina, senator marco rubio, tied for third with 9%. you are looking at this and you have to believe that this is one of the reasons that boehner was basically saw the light to step down. people are sick and tired of the establishment. >> yeah. a lot of news in that. trump is still strong, even if he was lower than late august, early september. trump is strong. a huge jump by carly fiorina aft

finally, that notwithstanding provisions of rule 22, the cloture vote on mcconnell amendment 264, occur at 6:00 p.m. -- excuse me, mr. president. finally, that notwithstanding the provisions of rule 22, the cloture motions filed during today's session on the mcconnell substitute amendment number 2640 and h.j. res. 61 ripen at 6:00 p.m. tuesday. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until mrccon:m. tomorrow.majority lea. >> >> the issue before us is an immense consequence to our country. the american people are entitled to a real voice to know where their senator stand on this issue. until recently, it was day principal members of both parties to endorse overwhelmingly and not a single democrat, and not one to have voted against the iran nuclear agreement it was 98 / one but they told us this was an issue to the important for political games. here is what one democratic colleague said last week. >> as the caucus opposed to the filibust

mcconnell have preened and postured. you've seen boehner threaten, but they've done nothing. they could hardly have performed words nor acted more cynically if they bowed down to the imperious mrobama, who apparently mistook the speaker and the majority leader as nothing more than doormats. or was he mistaken? >>> our quotation of the evening. too late for practitioners boehner and mcconnell, but here it is, nonetheless. of course, we all wish we had authored that quotation. we're coming right back. stay with us. >>> a new poll shows how quickly politics changes. good for donald trump, other candidates not so good. next with the washington free beacon's mark lachlan and rebecca berg of real clear politics. >>> and bears always entertaining, they don't always have the best sense of balance, at least not on a hammock. we'll have t . lou: top news at this hour, the white house to start implementing iranian until deal immediately. congress finishing voting on it, and then we move to october 19 as the implementation date presumably. we'll see. >>> the embattled mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings-blake not running for re-election. her decision a day after a judge ruled the trial

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you have any assurances by the speaker or senator mcconnell that they will bring forward a clean c.r.? mr. earnest: i will not get into any assurances that the administration has received in public or in private. publicyou have seen the assurances that have offered by the speaker and the republican leader of the senate that the government of the united states will not shut down. i hope they are right. one way we could guarantee that we would avoid a shutdown like that is that they would actually agree to sit down and engage in constructive negotiations with democrats. that is what they did in 2013 after going through a shutdown. we finally did see reluctant sit down with democrats in congress to negotiate a bipartisan in that, and even situation, that agreement was not perfect. there was nobody who was ready to say they agree with every comma in the legislation. outlineeflect a broad of a bipartisan compromise. that is when the president signed it into law. hopefully congress will be able to do it again, but we do not 1/2 weekait through 2 seven government shutdown to get it. houseer: did

speaker, mitch mcconnell, has said that he is not interested in getting tax reform -- comprehensive tax reforms of that sort done. there's still work being done. we're still in conversation with mrryan. i know that senator schumer and others have still been working on the possibilities of a fairly robust package. ultimately you have to try to get this done. you know, i understand why tax reform is losing because those of us who believe in a simpler, fairer, more competitive tax framework in the abstract sometimes look at our bottom lines and say, oh, no, that deduction is helping us pretty good here, and even if this organization has been supportive, there are other business organizations in town that have some pretty strong influence over the republican party that haven't been as wild on it. partly because their view is that the only kind of tax reform that is acceptable is also one that would lower all rates my suggestion would be that the brt continue to encourage speaker boehner, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell to come up with an ambitious package. i can assure you that the white house will take it seriously. we don't expect that everything in our original package would go forwar

mitch mcconnell, has said that he is not interested in getting tax reform -- comprehensive tax reform of that that sort done. there is still work being done. we are still in conversations with mr. ryan. i know that senator schumer and others have been working on the possibilities of a fairly robust package. ultimately you will have to have the leader of the senate majority party brought in to try to get this done. i understand why tax reform is elusive, because those of us who believe in a simpler, fairer, more competitive tax framework in the abstract sometimes look at our bottom lines and say the deduction sounds pretty good here. even at this organization, has been supportive, there are other organizations in town that have pretty strong influence over the republican party that have not been as wild on it, partly because their view is that the only kind of tax reform acceptable is one that would lower all rates, regardless of the effect on the deficit. that is not something that is viable. we will keep on working on it. my suggestion would be that the brt continue to encourage speaker boehner, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell to come up with an ambitious package. i can assure you

consequences of this agreement, starting with leader mcconnell's amendment to require a show of good faith from tehran before congressional sanctions are lifted. i hope, mr. president, the democrats will join us. they still have that chance. i really do hope that they will. this is that important. it's important to america's national securities interests. it's important to our allies in that region of the world. this agreement is a bad agreement. it needs to be rejected. and at a minimum, it needs to at least be voted on by the people's elected representatives of this country, something that 98 senators agreed to do just four months ago, and now all of a sudden, because the president evidently doesn't want to have to deal with a decision about whether or not to veto this resolution of disapproval, democrats have dug in here in the united states senate and are preventing the very thing that 98 of them, 98 of us as senators voted to allow to happen just four months ago. that is wrong. the american people deserve better. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. toomey: mr. presiden