mr. reid: mr.ident? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: mr. president, i now ask unanimous consent after senator coburn moves to commit the bill with instructions there be ten minutes of debate between senator kohl and senator coburn and upon the use of that time the motion be set aside and the senate resume sanders amendment 2276. then senator brownback or his designee be recognized to raise a budget point of order against the amendment and then a motion to waive the relevant point of order be considered made. that the senate then proceed to vote in relation to the coburn motion to commit. that upon disposition of that motion, the senate proceed to vote on the motion to waive the relevant budget act point of order. that if a

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: if we could have order so i could address the senate. the presiding officer: order. mr. reid: first of all, i would like to compliment the senators of this bill, senators kohl and brownback. they have done a great job. we have completed this major appropriations bill in just a couple of days. one day was pretty short. they've done very good work. mr. president, we're going to vote on final passage, and then we're going to go to the debate on the supreme court nominee. as senator mcconnell and i said earlier today, we have a lot of senators that wish to speak on this. we don't want anyone to feel that they don't have time to speak. but we're going to go in this order. we'll have a democrat and a republican and cloakrooms have to be notified that you want to come and speak. if people wait until wednesday night or thursday to speak, they may not be an opportunity to speak on this. i think -- we know we have at least 28 democrats -- republicans that want to speak and there are probab

mr. reidr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, we'll resume consideration of the agriculture appropriations bill with the time until 10:30 equally divided and controlled between the two managers or their designees. at 10:30 the senate will proceed to a series of two roll call votes in relation to the pending mccain amendments. following the votes, the senate will recess until 2:15 p.m. to allow the caucus luncheons. the time will be expanded a little bit today because the democrats are going to the white house for their caucus today rather than here in the mansfield room. as a reminder to all senators, the filing deadline for second-degree amendments is 10:15 this morning. we have every belief we can complete the agriculture appropriations bill today. i hope so. because as soon as we finish that, we're going to move to the nomination of sonia sotomayor to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. mr. president, h.r

host: mr. reid, thank you for joining us on election day.e look forward to your continued reporting as the results become known today and later in the week. thanks for your time. let me turn bing west who is joining us from boston. what is your answer to the question i just posed to mr. reid about the stakes for the u.s. and the allies? guest: karzai has had five years and he has done a poor job. he is not a manager or a compromiser. if he wins in october you can expect the administration will try to insist that he have a tough chief of staff to be a manager and get things done in the middle of a war. conversely, if the opposition wins it will be a new slate and set back the time frame for running a country. so, on balance, i suspect many will hope for a villa, but in karzai wins you can expect the administration to insist to bring a good manager in --. host: let me show the two phases here. these dark -- these brown and dk brown areas are the areas thatkarzai won. the man next to it -- these are the number of terrorist attacks, first in 200

mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: mr. majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks if any, there will be a period of morning business until 10:00 a.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. it is my understanding the distinguished senator from iowa wishes to speak on a sad note in his life. if he needs more than ten minutes, i would ask consent that be the case. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: at 10:00 the senate will resume consideration of the nomination of sonia sotomayor to be associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. debate until 2:00 will be controlled in alternating hour blocks of time with republicans controlling the first hour and the managers later controlling the time from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. with each perted -- permitted to speak up to ten minutes each. at 3:00 p.m. the senate will vote. upon disposition the senate will proceed to the emergency appropriations bill with the consumer assistance to recycle and save program known as the cash for clunkers. under a

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. id: following leader remarks there will be a period of morning business until 10:00 this morning with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. following that morning business, the senate will resume nsideration of the nomination of sonia sotomayor to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. debate will be controlled in alternating times with the majority controlling the first hour. that is starting at 11:00. and the time between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. equally divided and controlled with the majority controlling the first 30 minutes and the republicans controlling the final 30 minutes. because of the special caucus that the democrats are having, we'll be in recess from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. when the senate reconvenes, the senate will resume the alternating blocks of time with republicans controlling the first hour. mr. president, in addition to the supreme court nomination we need to deal with, there are two major items that we need to complete before

mr. reid lag by 11 percentage points. he had 49% to mr. reid's 38%.is a real estate professional and former university of nevada at las vegas basketball player, the son of legendary basketball coach. louisville, kentucky, and on our republican line, go ahead. caller: that lady you had on, i think maybe she's a loob byist for the toyota car dealers. host: she's the vice president of a chain of dealerships that includes toyota and a number of dealerships. caller: the foreign fwotes and whatever -- toyotas and whatever they have you. host: i think she was given statistics. our reporter josh mitchell echoed those two. the toyota corolla was the number one model traded in. go ahead. i'm taking your time. you go ahead with your comments. caller: i think she really is a lobbyist also. host: tammy darvish? i don't think so. she's the vice president of an auto chain. next time she's on, you can ask her. caller: i saw her on there twice. she seems to be pushing those toyotas. i appreciate to get somebody on there represent ford, general motors or chrysler. host

but when you get back to washington, i would like you to tell pelosi and mr. reidwe can take all the money in the world and pour it in, but until we put in prevention and wellness that will drive the costs down. i have a friend going to duke for cancer treatment. we are a better country than telling people they have to wait. and in this country we value life, and from the bottom of my heart, i want to thank you for the conservative leadership you v -- you have, and i know you will be the leader of the pack to help us in this health care system. >> thank you. i think a comparative health care reform has to include wellness and a physical. like an exam every year, like the analogy to get your brakes fixed on your car. well, when you get your oil changed, they check the brakes and tires so you don't have a blow-out. and the idea is to do the same in health care. unfortunately in this house they don't address this at all. when you talk about good businesses, they talk about wellness programs for the employees. in businesses they are able to do that and get a lot of ben

mr. reid: mr. president, on may 17, 1954, the supreme court of the united states handed down a ruling that would begin to reroute america toward a more unified union. when the justices unanimously directed in brown v. board of education that our children's schools must no longer be racially segregated their decisions he echoed far beyond e courtrooms in washington, d.c. or a classroom in kansas. the decision paved the way for countless future terms that would make our nation more just and its people more equal. not six weeks later after that opinion, sonia sotomayor was born in the south bronx. in her lifetime, this senate has sent to the supreme court the only two women and the only two americans of color to ever sit on that bench. in the ten weeks since president obama made history by nominating judge sotomayor, many have emphasized the importance of putting the first hispanic on the nation's highest court. this is truly historic for our entire nation, but especially for the young latinos in this

mr. reid: mr. president, on may 17, 1954, the supreme court of the united states handed down a ruling that would begin to reroute america toward a more unified union. when the justices unanimously directed in brown v. board of education that our children's schools must no longer be racially segregated their decisions he echoed far beyond e courtrooms in washington, d.c. or a classroom in kansas. the decision paved the way for countless future terms that would make our nation more just and its people more equal. not six weeks later after that opinion, sonia sotomayor was born in the south bronx. in her lifetime, this senate has sent to the supreme court the only two women and the only two americans of color to ever sit on that bench. in the ten weeks since president obama made history by nominating judge sotomayor, many have emphasized the importance of putting the first hpanic on the nation's highest court. this is truly historic for our entire nation, but especially for the young latinos in this c

my question is for mr. reid. most interested in your view of media, the power of media and our culture is undeniable, but we almost always seemed to talk about and look at media as a negative influence. is there is some suggestion you might have on how-to and filter the media's of that it is positive? or are there people out there doing positive things in the media that maybe we aren't just missing? >> yes, there are people doing positive things. the issue rest and ourselves. most of us not only don't understand the media, but we are afraid of the media. the media is just that. it's not a living, breathing thing. they have not been able to put a diet or transistor in it yet. it is what i consider a negative word in our history books, but a word that i think is needed negative or positive. that is propaganda. when someone revolts and take over a town, what is the first in the takeover? the radio station, the news station. why? to control the propaganda. we have to understand that if we don't control or have some s

declared it their intention, there strategy is to challenge -- and their strategy is to challenge mr. reidyou may have seen some of this video. angry protesters shouting and democrats over the weekend, only and leaving them one hope of getting the message out. in texas, one official was drowned out by a noisy demonstrators has he tried to talk about health care reform. we have our first phone call on the republican line. caller: cash for clunkers, if anyone thinks that the democrat party is for the so-called working man, i think this is proof positive that they are more interested in money than they are their constituents. also, about this trip of bill clinton to north korea, they were going to send a delivery -- hillary along to accompany him, but they were afraid they were going to take on too much sniper fire. you know how that goes. host: good morning. if you want to give us a call, republicans, 202-737-0001. democrats, 202-737-0002. we read this story earlier from the "wall street journal." "without singling out officials, mr. gardner, question the wisdom of giving the federal reserve

declared it their intention, there strategy is to challenge -- and their strategy is to challenge mr. reid. you may have seen some of this video. angry protesters shouting and democrats over the weekend, only and leaving them one hope of getting the message out. in texas, one official was drowned out by a noisy demonstrators has he tried to talk about health care reform. we have our first phone call on the republican line. caller: cash for clunkers, if anyone thinks that the democrat party is for the so-called working man, i think this is proof positive that they are more interested in money than they are their constituents. also, about this trip of bill clinton to north korea, they were going to send a delivery -- hillary along to accompany him, but they were afraid they were going to take on too much sniper fire. you know how that goes. host: good morning. if you want to give us a call, republicans, 202-737-0001. democrats, 202-737-0002. we read this story earlier from the "wall street journal." "without singling out officials, mr. gardner, question the wisdom of giving the federal reser

mr. tim reid. most interested in your view of media, the power of media and culture is undeniable but we almost always seem to talk about and look at the media as a negative influence and is there some suggestions you might have on how to filter the media so that it is positive or are there people out there doing positive things in the media that maybe we are missing? >> yes, there are people doing positive things however i think the issues about the media of rest on ourselves. i think most of us not only don't understand the media, but we are afraid of the media. the media is just that. it is not a living breathing thing. we haven't been able to put a transistor and and yet so it is just a thing. it is what i consider a negative word in history books but a word i think is neither negative four positive and that is propaganda. when someone revolts and takes over town what is the first thing the takeover, radio station, news station to take over the propaganda. we have to understand as communities a

mr. harry reid that we can take all the money and put it into health care and it will not fix the problem until we put investment into prevention and wellness, that will drive costs down. i have a friend at duke university next week for cancer treatment. we are better than that to tell us must wait six months. most americans value life. the value the life at one as it represents all. thank you for your conservative leadership. [applause] >> thank you. a good part of any health care reform must include wellness and prevention. going to get a physical every year to detect problems before they become serious. the healthcare provider earlier made the analogy to get in your brakes replaced in the car. well, when you get your oil change they actually check the brakes, tires. we should do the same for health care. unfortunately, this bill from the house does not address it wellness programs. when you talk to good businesses they talk about on his programs -- the talk about wellness programs for their employes. they get a lot of benefit from it. it would be easier to detect a small problem early

mr. reidllowing leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business for up to one hour. senator begich will give his maiden speech, mr. president. we all look forward to this. he will have the first 30 minutes of the morning business time. i would just note before he starts the speech how we're all so pleased with the work that he's done. he's done an outstanding for the people of the state of alaska and our country, and i look forward to his remarks. the republicans will control the final 30 minutes. following morning business, the senate will resume consideration of the agriculture appropriations act. at 5:30 the senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the substitute amendment to the bill. additional votes in relation to the amendments are possible following the cloture vote. the deadline for filing first-degree amendments is 3:30 today. in speaking to senator brownback, on our side, senator kohl, who is the comanager of the bill, would love to finish it today. senator brownb

mr. harry reid that we can take all the money and put it into health care and it will not fix the problemuntil we put investment into prevention and wellness, that will drive costs down. i have a friend at duke university next week for cancer treatment. treatment. we are as i see it, most americans value life, and we value the life of one as it represents us all. i value the leadership you have and i know you will be leader of the pack to stop the train wreck of our health-care system, and i thank you. [applause] >> thank you. every health care reform has to include wallace and prevention. going to get a physical every year to detect problems before they become serious. the health care provider earlier made the analogy to getting your brakes replaced in the car. when you get your oil changed, they check the brakes, they check the tires, so you cannot have a blowout. the idea is we should do the same for health care. but this does not address wellness programs at all. when you talk to good businesses, they talk about well as programs for their employees. and businesses are able to do that

let's listen to senate majority leader, harry reid. >> mr. i would ask you if we begin the vote now and we will make sure the two or three minutes we are starting early. >> without objection. >> the yeas and nays been ordered? >> they have not been ordered. >> we send a request. >> the clerk will call the role. >> mr. akaka? >>> we're expected to keep a close watch on this as the vote is to take place. it is believed it will be a unanimous decision among the democrats and a handful of republicans voting for the confirmation of sonia sotomayor. the first hispanic supreme court justice to take to the bench. that will take place momentarily. i am going to hand it over to rick sanchez. >>> more health care town halls turning into tea parties with a constant theme. >> you need to open it up to the free markets. >> isn't that who runs health care now. >> this lawyer has made millions buying up health care facilities. is rick scott as accused by the left orchestrating these so-called angry anti-government mobs. we'll ask him. >>> guess who showed up

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i just don't think -- i think his people up on capitol hill, nancy pelosi and reid and others say, please, mr. president, don't do it to us. >> i've actually talked to some republicans who want to support the president on this privately who have said, if you don't get it done in '09, don't touch it in '010. and the people who really want to see something done believe what the president just did there, by the way, is he killed immigration reform, probably until 2013, at the earliest. >> but his own economic advisers, if you put, you know, truth serum on them, they would say that the solution to some of our economic problems is to do something about immigration reform. >> the irony is that this is the time to do it, because actually we're not seeing a flood of immigrants over the border right now, because we have no jobs. >> but it's the higher skilled jobs that is the real problem. a lot of people in the economic community and in wall street are complaining that they cannot find visas for the people that they want -- >> folks from india, folks from asia. >> there's an awful lot of those folks,

mr. president. >> the senator, the majority leader. >> i suggest the absence of corum. >> harry reid rising now. >> so there you have it. what is really history in the making for the first time, the united states of america, it does appear. of course, she still has to be sworn in. has a confirmed supreme court justice, who is not only a woman, which has been a minority in the past, but also a hispanic woman. a proud latina is the term she has used in the past when describing herself. a term that from time to time gave her some problem during her confirmation proceedings. nonetheless, i think, as i saw the vote there and correct me if i'm wrong, i saw 68-31. 68-31 is correct. thank you. we understand as well that the president, president obama is going to make some comments shortly, as a result of this confirmation vote. as soon as that comes up, we will bring it to you as well. st stay with us. rick scott will be joining us in a few minutes. >> rick scott was all but named by robert gibbs as the person that was orchestrating some of these protests. he joins us. we will see this in just a moment. s

reid. >> coming up next book tv presents after words. this week in new york city ben mezrich. the accidental billionaires. mr. mezrich details the web site. its current international status and profiles several of the principal players and the development including the current ceo, mark zuckerberg. he discusses his book with a.j. jacobs, editor-at-large of esquire magazine. >> host: hello. my name is a.j. jacobs. book tv after words. i am here today with ben mezrich who has written about a very interesting book about the founding of this book called "the accidental billionaires". >> guest: thanks very much. >> host: as our viewers may know you have pretty much created your on literary genre of the financial thriller. these books about billionaire man who beat the system somehow. ton of cash. >> i write about young kids and wild things. they are usually geniuses who pulled something of, some sort of scheme. i am interested in people who made fortunes. more fun to hang out with crazy rich kids and follow them in their journeys as they do crazy things. i guess i'd like to think of it as my own genre. sort of, yo