mr. pryor: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: i yield back all -- i ask consent to yield back all time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. under the previous order, the question occurs on the whittaker nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 99, the nays are 0, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form prior to a vote on the carlin nomination. who yields time? all time for debate -- is there a sufficient second? mr. reid: madam president? madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: we hope this is the last vote of the day. the next vote we hope will be by voice. there could be other votes procedural in nature this afternoon. we hope not, but you never know. i'm not going to agree to anythin

takes a jab at d democrat mark pryor for a controversial comment that he made, and we could not get mr. pryorto come in or get a comment, but we did get republican congressman tom cotton who is trying to replace him, and by the way, thank you for your service, sir, and tell us about the ad and why you made it like that. >> sure. great to be on with you, and i found it curious when senator pryor said that i had a sense of entitlement about my military service, and the thing that made me think of was basic training, and taught us humility and accountability, and putting your buddy ahead of yourself, and frankly, if question had more of those values, congress would be more respected and since they are one of the least respect and the military is the most respected. >> well, i think that when it comes to democrats, they are entitled to have contraceptive free, and stay on the parents' insurance policies until they are 24 and i'm not sure that the sense of sbentitlement should n be pointed at them instead of yourself. >> and you know, when you are walking around in the middle of the night in the m

and targeted mr. pryor who received us warmly and became a co-sponsor.ink that's a smart move and i think it's a dumb move for the republicans to cede this so the democrats. this is just common sense. >> ed, let me -- >> are there any republicans in the house that are on board? >> not at the moment. but this is what i wanted to make reference to. what we passed under leader pelosi several years ago, we passed the paycheck fairness bill in the house twice. both times with bipartisan support. the first time 14 of our republican colleagues supported the effort. the eksecond time, 10. it wound up losing by two votes in the senate on a prior time. and there were five republican women all we needed was two, but they didn't vote for it. but i reached out, sent the material and have not heard -- this has been bipartisan in the past as lisa pointed out. there isn't any reason why -- will is no partisan issue. >> today they claim that they're hearing fromstituents that they don't like being politicized. do you hear that? >> no. what women want more than anything e

mr. black belongs in the same company as those people who influenced him, george carlin, richard pryor, and lenny bruce. one thing is for sure -- he is funnier than i am. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome lewis black to the national press club. [applause] >> if i knew there were going to be these things i could read off of -- seriously. nobody told me there was -- i thought you are doing that by heart. [applause] i would have written the speech and stuff. instead, i've just got notes. to those watching c-span and public whatever you are out there, i may use profanity, so tough. [laughter] because i can't work and really speak without using it and talking about some of the things i'm talking about. if i make it through the whole thing, it will be exciting for both of us. i want to thank all of you who were up here on the dais with me, just so i could say the word dais. it's the only time you use that word and i would like to thank my friends who joined me today and i think our absolute proof that if you look at tori to barry lynn, i have the entire political spectrum of washington. so whe