mr. quagmire. oh, please, my father is mr. quagmi-- oh, no. he's... okay, well, he used to be mr. ida davis. anyway, this is a special day for you, young lady. here's a gift for ya. a scented candle? as a girl, i love this! that was originally $30. thanks, mr. quagmire. well, it's your 18th birthday, meg. that's a very important milestone in a young girl's... i mean, a young woman's life. hey, welcome to the adult club, huh? and you know what? you got another member right next door if you ever want to talk and stuff. happy birthday. hey... hey, where's that pinky going, huh? where's he going? wha, what's he doing? get back here. there you go. look at quagmire hitting on that skank. you know he's gonna close the deal. peter, that skank is your daughter. oh, my god, you're right! you know, meg, i'd love to see you without your hat on. okay. wow. i love jell-o. why? well, imagine waking up every morning with a little less hair... then driving to work in heavy traffic. [ horns blaring ] only to find out that the project you were working on for a year was suddenly canceled. well, the ch

there is still a way for the speaker to get out of this quagmire, to get out of this ditch, this hole that they have dug for themselves, but, mr. president, crime not sure they want out of this hole because common sense dictates if you want to get out of the hole, stop digging deeper. but they do that. they are over there now figuring how glad they are the hole is deeper than it ever was because i believe there is a significant number if not the majority of the house republicans want the government to close. so here's what the speaker should do to get out of this hole that he's dug. let the house vote, all 435 members, on the continuing resolution that we passed. we did it on friday. we affirmed that this afternoon. stop standing in the way, i say to the speaker, john boehner let the house work its will. if speaker boehner prevents the senate bill from coming to the floor before midnight, the responsibility for this government shutdown is clearly a republican government shutdown and will rest squarely on his shoulders, as all america knows. mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durb