the clerk: mr. reid proposes amendment 4201 to amendment 4200. mr. reid: i have a motion to refer the house message with respect to h.r. 83 with instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada mr. reid moves to refer the house message on h.r. 83 with appropriations with instructions to report back forth with an amendment numbered 4202. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays on that motion. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have an amendment to the instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada mr. reid proposes an amendment numbered 4203 to the instructions of the motion to refer. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i now have a second-degree amendment. i would ask to be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the sen

mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, we know that you help in the senate every day, but today you had a little extra step and a gleam in your eye because of the guest chaplain who is your lovely wife, march -- marcel's brother. following my remarks and those of the republican leader the senate will be in a period of morning business until 10:30 this morning. at 10:30 the senate will proceed to two roll call votes on lodge and walter nominations. if cloture is invoked on either nomination or confirmation votes will occur at 6:00 p.m. this evening. the senate will recess from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. to allow for weekly caucus lunches. mr. president, i'm told there are two bills at the desk due for second reidings. the president pro tempore: -- due for second readings. the president pro tempore: the leader is correct. the clerk will read the title of the bills. mr. reid: h.r. 5759, an act to clarify the rule on executive authority to provide certain f

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be term stated in. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid:: i ask unanimous consent that the previous order so that the votes scheduled for 3:00 tomorrow now occur at 5:30, that the time following the 10:00 a.m. cloture votes and 5:30 be equally divided in the usual form. further, that notwithstanding rule 22, calendar number 555 the senate proceed to vote on cloture of nomination of calendar number 660. that if cloture is invoked on these nominations the time under cloture run consecutively in the order in which the cloture was inveecd with all -- invoked with all other provisions of the previous order remaining in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding off

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, on tuesday december 2, following the vote on cloture, calendar number 7 72, the senate proceed to vote on cloture on calendar number the 18. further, if cloture is invoked on either of these nominations, coloretti and adler nominations, all postcloture time baling expired, senate proceed to vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order listed -- i'm so, in the order upon which cloture was i voked. further, that there will be two minutes for debate prior to each vote that. all roll call votes after the first be 10 minutes in length. with respect to the nominations, any nomination, if confirmed, the the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. officer without objection

quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? i ask unanimous consent the calling of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. if there is no further debate on the santos nomination, all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. if there is no further debate on the rose nomination, all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider -- under the previous order, the motions are considered made and laid upon the table, and the senate -- and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous order, there are three hours of debate equally divided in the usual form on the motion to invoke cloture on the saldana nomination. mr. reid: i would note the absence of a quorum, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: m

mr. reid: i now ask, mr. president, with your permission to move to executive session to consider calendar number 1081. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: tennessee valley authority, ronald anderson walter of tennessee to be a member of the board of directors. mr. reid: cloture motion has been filed. i ask the chair to have it ordered reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of ronald andersonal walter of tennessee to be a member of the board of directors of the tennessee valley authority, signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask that the reading of the names not be necessary. the presiding o

mr. reid: -- the presiding officer: mr. leader? mr. reid: i am unable to do that. mr. lee: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ii.u.d. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate complete by the business today it adjourn until 12:00 noon tomorrow, december 13. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following any leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the motion to concur in the house amendmen amendment to thee amendment h.r. 83. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. so ordered. mr. reid: madam president, let me just say that i understand the sincerity of my friend infrastructure utah. -- the sincerity of my friend from utah. so my -- i'm unable to agree with him, but it doesn't take away from the sincerity of his q mr. president -- madam president, for the information of all senators, roll call votes are expected throughout the day on saturday, and this

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask that the call of the quorum be rescinded. the vice president: without objection. the chair lays before the senate the certificates to fill the seats discriminated. if there's no or, the reading of the slier be waived and they will be printed in full in the record. if the senators-elect will now present themselves to the desk you the chair will administer the oath of office. please raise your right hands. state your name, please. mr. scott: tim scott. mr. schatz: ryan schatz. the vice president: do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? the group: i do. the vice president: congratulations. [applause] the presiding offic

mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the following the vote on confirmation of executive calendar 1081 walter the senate consider calendar numbers 1094, 1095, that there be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to each vote, that upon the use or yielding back of that time the senate proceed to vote with no intervening action or debate on the nominations in the order listed, that any roll call votes following the first in the series be ten minutes in length, that any nominations confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, no further actions or debate and no further motions be in order to the nomination, any statements wree lated to the nomination be printed in the record and the president notified of the president's action and the senate resume legislative session. the presiding

mr. reid: mr. president, the noted author and analyst of human behavior, steven covey, said -- quote -- "strength lies in differences, not in similarities." for the last 18 years, senate democrats were stronger because of senator mary landrieu. her ability to shun political labels instead of just going the route with democrats and republicans, independents, she went her route. she made the united states a better place, the united states senate a better place. she had a good training for being a consensus builder, somebody who liked compromise. i had the good fortune to serve in the senate with other united states senators elected from louisiana, bennett johnston. i served with him for many years on the appropriations committee. he was chairman of the energy and water subcommittee on appropriations. he was a good legislator. he helped the country. and then john breaux. he and i came to the senate together. he was the dealmaker. he could put a deal together when no one thought one could be put togeth

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent the vote originally scheduled for today at 4:00 be delayed until 4:10 p.m., and notwithstanding rule 22, following the vote on cloture in calendar number 1069, burrows, the senate proceed to vote on cloture on calendar number 1067, lopez. further, if cloture is invoked on either of these nominations, at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, december 3, all postcloture time be considered expired and the senate proceed to vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order upon which cloture was invoked. further, that following these votes, the senate proceed to vote on cloture on the following nominations -- calendar number 1036 hale, kearney and pappert.

mr. reid madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, we're going to pass sometime tonight before 12:00 a resolution that will ensure that the government doesn't shut down. the house passed the omnibus. it was by a nice margin. not overwhelming, but a nice margin. and as a result of that, we'll take up the long-term spending bill tomorrow. senators will want to debate this legislation. they'll have that opportunity. the senate will vote on the long-term funding bill as soon as possible, and that's -- we're in the senate. as soon as possible could be tomorrow, it could be two days after cloture's filed on it, it could be a lot of different times. but we're going to work as hard as we can to expedite things around here. but if we're going to do this tomorrow, we need cooperation from everyone. we had, -- as i have indicated, we had a number

mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. reid: following my remarks and those of the republican leader the senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30 this afternoon. at 5:30 the senate will proceed to three roll call votes on the confirmation of baran baran to be a member of the nuclear regulatory commission; lauren mcgarity mcferran to be a member of the national labor relations board and ellen dudley williams to be a member of the department of energy. i'm happy to be here today to talk about a couple of my friends, i should say the senate's friends. i have received a lot of friends, gifts while i have been here. my colleagues over the years have given me things while i have been here in the senate, but one gift stands out really strongly in my mind. into my desk not far from -- in my desk not far from here, i have a big painting. it's a very famous from the national portrait gallery of mark twain. mark twain, i tell people, was born in nevada, which was true. samuel clemmens wasn't. he was choans -- chosen a

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. : i would join in the remarks of the distinguished republican leader but add to that stephanie is one of the funniest people i have ever known. she has a great sense of humor. the republican leader laid out his perfectically -- speech perfectly stept this lady has a is sense of humor that is quite remarkable. the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. johanns: thank you. mr. president, just a word to both leaders. thank you so very much for your kind words. i also want to say thank you for mentioning my wife stephanie. this has been a remarkable partnership for a lot of years, and i could not do what i did without her. so thank you to senator mcconnell. mr. leader, thank you. it's been an honor to serve in this body. i'll have more to say next week in my farewell speech, but i did not want this day to go by without expressing my appreciation. thank you. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the p

mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. reid: following my remarks and those of the republican leader the senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur on the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 3979, the defense authorization bill. at 10:30 there will be a cloture vote on the motion to concur on the defense authorization bill. mr. president, the work we're going to do on this defense bill today is extremely important for our country and i'll have more to say about that in a little bit. today's generation goes to google to find answers to questions they have about geography, about politics, famous people, any subject. any subject, you name it, we all go to google just as quick as you can. but long before google, we had to use books, encyclopedias, volumes of books containing all sorts of facts and topics and they were listed in alphabetical order. so for almost the last 40 years -- 39 to be exact -- the united states senate has its own encyclopedia. legislative counsel jim franson. he began his senate

. >> reporter: now once again mr. reid was the passenger. there was apparently of course a driver of the car apparently he was unhurt. he has not been name. the local mayor here is also the police chaplain. we watched him late this afternoon go door to door in this community. he said he was doing it to get a sense of tension here of emotion here. says he's met nobody who is ready to lash out. live in bridgeton i'm jeff cole cole, iain. back to you. jeff thank you. >>> officers from three delaware county police departments are on leave tonight. they were all involved in a deadly shooting. superintendent michael chitwood says at least five officers opened fire on joseph pa scene knee as he was resisting arrest last night. vat-year-old was facing charges for make sterling rise tick threats against officers on youtube. da will rule next week whether the shooting was justified. >>> investigators are hoping the age of a truck involved in a deadly hit-and-run will make it easy to spot. 33-year-old theresa posie was killed on december 23rd as she cr

mr. reid: mr. president,? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: we have three more votes tonight. i would ask consent they be 10 minutes in duration. the presiding officer: without objection is there objection? without objection, so ordered. under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired and the question occurs on the murthy nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote:

mr. reid: mr.sident, following my remarks and those of the republican leader the senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment h.r. 3979. mr. president, that's the defense authorization bill. very important piece of legislation. i would hope that senators would understand the quicker we get this done, the sooner we can get to the omnibus and the tax extenders and other things we have to do before we leave. i would note that it seems very likely that we'll have some votes this weekend. everyone should understand that. if we can work a way not to have them, we won't. but i just want to put everybody on notice that if they're not here this weekend, they can miss votes. mr. president, when the senate convened for the first time in april of 1789, there was a lot to do and that's an understatement, but not the least of which was to establish a system of rules to govern proceedings in the united states senate. the first few weeks and months were go

and get this, when they were done, he found a note that said -- dear mr. reid accept the fact we had to sacrifice a a whole saturday at work for whatever it is we did wrong. but what we found out is that each one of us is a republican, democrat, conservative, and a a liberal. sincerely yours, the voting club. [ don't you forget about me plays ] ♪ [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: it feels powerful to be judd nelson for two seconds. >> steve: that was super powerful. >> jimmy: i felt it, yeah. >> steve: that was a full nelson, too. >> jimmy: that was a full nelson. [ laughter ] i saw that after a year of declining sales and bad publicity, the ceo of sea world, jim atchison announced that he is stepping down. he will be leaving with a a $2 million severance package. which will be put in a suitcase dangling 20 feet above a show pool. [ laughter and applause ] you want it? go get it. higher, higher. well, this is interesting. the world's largest travel guide publisher lonely planet has declared queens, new york the best place in the u.s. to visit next year. [ che

mr. alan reid. >> thank you, mr. speaker.mail's universal service obligation, that is, to deliver mail to every premises in the country and collecting mail from every post box six days a week, is vital. will the prime minister give an assurance that he will never allow the universal service obligation to be watered down in any way, and so support red van man? >> i know how important the universal service obligation is, particularly in constituencies such as my honorable friend's, that includes so many islands and so many far-flung communities. it is very important that it is maintained. >> mark reckless. i am grateful to the prime minister -- i am grateful to the prime minister. >> order. a parliament, if it believes in anything, believes in free speech. i do not need the heckling. it is tedious. it is low grade. the honorable gentleman will be

mr. reid: mr. udall: our nation and indonesia enjoy a strong relationship reflected in the u.s.-indonesia comprehensive partnership of 2010. this partnership is robust and growing. it serves both of our countries for bilateral and regional election. the election of the president in july is a step forward, part of a great democratic tradition over the past two decades in indonesia. mr. udall: we are working together for economic growth, for the environment, and for our security. this is progress, and to be encouraged. indonesia has a major role to play as a regional and global leader. but in that role it must be an inclusive democracy. key to this is to address past human rights abuses, specifically the mass murders committed in 1965 and 1966. next year is the 50th anniversary of these killings. i rise today, international human rights day, to introduce a resolution concerning these events which indonesia's own human rights commission has labeled a crime against humanity. but let me be clear, this is not a censure of the people of indonesia or independent nearby yea's --, indones

mr. reid: mr. president, it's said that you don't choose your family, and that's true. we are born into our family. we have no way to determine the family we are born into. yet, as a 27-year-old, jay rockefeller chose to make the people of west virginia his family. how did that happen? how did jay rockefeller, born in new york to one of the most famous american families, one of the great dynasties in the history of this country, end up in west virginia? he was a student at harvard, undergraduate. and he decided that he didn't like some of the things harvard was doing, and so he left. he dropped out of school and went to japan. he spent three years in japan. he became an interpreter. he knows japanese -- the japanese language extremely well. he loves the japanese people today. he started out at harvard, came back, as i indicated. after his junior year, he left for japan. he was there three years. he came home, returned to harvard, finished his degree. jay rockefeller as a 27-year-old could have done anything, gone anyplace, gotten any education, started any business, or

biggs and mr. reid what would push retirement savings into ira's and should congres congress -- or is it important for individuals to have more options? >> senator we are all in favor of simplification. one of the concerns we would have in terms of potential -- as some of the proposals like senator hatch's better trying to find ways to make it simpler for small employers to offer plans to actually narrow the options and make it more difficult for small employers to offer a plan. that is why we have been in favor of concepts like start k to iraq or the scope of an employer offering a retirement plan. >> mr. betts do you have anything to add? i am done. >> thank you senator grassley. senator cardin. >> mr. chairman for solving you for holding this hearing and i agree this is a critically important issue. it's been 15 years since congressman portman and i recognized we had a significant problem in our economy and 15 years ago our economy was growing. our workforce was growing and income was growing. we let

mr. coburn: i thank senator reid for coming to the floor. since we last asked his unanimous consent on the taxpayer's right to know, i have had a conversation with the administration and sean donovan, head of o.m.b. when sean came to see me and our committee of jurisdiction over his nomination, one of the things he assured me is that he would try with all due haste to move forward on the things for transparency for the federal government, one of president prt obama's key projects. he assured me he had the capability to lead that organization, even when things are hard and difficult. and so i'd like to just describe for a minute what the taxpayers' right to know is. president obama, myself, john mccain and tom carper passed a bill when president obama was in the senate which was the federal transparency and accountability act, and it made it so that americans could start seeing where their money was spent. and we have since then passed the data act which would be an improvement on that. and the third and final step in that is the taxpayers' r

. >> tough duty, mr. reid. >>> millions of americans will hit stores today, searching for bargains and sales. so far, it's too early to see if christmas retail figures are worth celebrating but there are estimates holiday sales rose between 4% and 5.5% compared with last year. business analyst jill schlesinger is with us. are the retailers celebrating today? >> think it's probably a mixed bag. we know the season started a lot earlier. full week before black friday. and early estimates were all other the board. there was one estimate from the national retail federation that spooked everyone. they said, sales dropped 11% over black friday weekend. the problem with that survey is it's completely unscientific. like they say, how much did you spend last year, how much will you spend last year? most people can't tell you what they spent yesterday, let alone last week. the news has been pretty good. traffic may be down. people are spending more. the online sales are surging. that's what we do now. >> when do you thin

coburn, and the senator from nevada, mr. reid, and with 30 minutes each for the senators from alaska, ms. murkowski, and the senator from oklahoma, mr. inhofe, or their designees. mr. inhofe: thank you, mr. president. and before the senator from iowa leaves, let me just make one comment, and that is, i look at him and all of those who are saying nice things about the senator from iowa -- now, see, i'm from iowa, so i can say this. you got to remember that, senator harkin. that even conservatives can love tom harkin. i think it is important that people need to understand that. i have to say, mr. president, that i have been to, i think, at least 10 of the air shows and spending 90% of my time, my wife and his wife and the four of us together because we're both pilots. you sit around and talk about airpts. yo-- you sit around and talk abt airplanes. there is one thing i want to say to senator sanders. the two of you are two of my favorite in-the-heart liberals because you're not ashamed of it. you stand up -- exactly what senator sa

mr. reid: following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 3979, postcloture. at noon today the time will be controlled between senators reid of nevada, coburn one hour, murkowski 30 minutes, inhofe 30 minutes or their designees. upon the use or yielding back of that time -- approximately at 3:00, senate will have four roll call votes in relation to the defense authorization bill and the saperstein nomination. mr. president, as i've just indicated we're going to take up this important government funding bill today. senator mikulski who chairs the senate appropriations committee has performed extraordinary service in negotiating this bill, and i think it's fair to give a nod to senator shelby who of course has been involved in this. they get along extremely well and set a good standard for everyone in the senate. the bill achieves many of our important priorities. it gives

mr. reid. >> i would try to expand this is to make sure more small employers were more easily able to offer plans so starter k. or map. >> similar answer to remove the disincentives and increase the incentives for small employers to start those plans. >> and one way you would like to do that? >> starter k., multiple employer plans. >> dr. madrian? >> you know $225 million in your 401(k) or ira by investing up to the limits we currently have and putting it into well diverse like mutual funds. you get there by putting in come into employer stock and getting really, really lucky. and for every winner with employee stocks, there are lots of losers whose companies go bankrupt. so i don't think it makes sense to encourage gambling through the tax code by allowing employer stock as an investment option and tax favored savings plans. >> so you would support a change in that area? >> yes. >> okay. dr. biggs? >> i would echo the other witnesses, and simplifying the offering for small employers to get a

mr. president, with harry reid gone, and mitch mcconnell running the senate, they are able to the enact agenda, they have an agenda and they should be willing to pass whatever they can and to dare the president to go ahead and to veto. >> legislating might be the last thing on speaker boehner's mind. there are even reports today that he might lose his speakership or his speakership isn't a slam dunk this time around. bob, scalese and grimm in trouble right now u. is it time to rethink the john boehner speakership? >> he's going to be speaker. secondly let's keep this in mind. already president obama has broken with his democratic base and signed a trade deal with the republicans. he's got to get a couple things done. i know this is going to drive you crazy but he's had the best last two months of a six years of presidency. his numbers went up. the economy is booming. 5% growth in the third quarter? tell me the last time a republican pulled that off. >> tell that to someone who doesn't have a job, bob. >> 5.8%. >> those numbers don't mean to the guy who's having trouble putting food on the tabl

mr. ishmael reid, i've been a big fan of yours for a long time and i am just humbled.ood friend, juan delgado. he came to my college years and years ago when i was a student at stanford in a college and he read a poem where he described the freeway overpasses as looking like a snake eating itself and i still remember that image. so i'm very honored to be here with all of you. a tough act to follow. you guys are on making me teary-eyed city mayor. i first would like to thank the before columbus foundation, justin desmangles for awarding my second novel the five acts of an american book award. it is an honor to be recognized along such illustrious artists. the before columbus award foundation website states the american book awards are not bestowed by an industry organization but rather a writer's award given by other writers. for me, this scary special significance because we primarily do what we do in isolation, removed more or less from the literary world around us. this is ironic because what we are trying to do is enter into a conversation with other artists. someti

mr. harry reid that is responsible for that. mr. boehner never took it up in the house. if he had, it might have passed. let's get our facts straight. through many's bil more filibuster votes. that is why nothing is getting done. i wish more americans understood how the process works and how you will demagogue it. you have such a nice voice to end up with the word demagogue. there are about 381 bills that have been passed out of the house. they are over in the senate and harry reid has not taken them up. thatingle immigration bill is being sent to the house will probably be blocked if they try to bring it up. the origination clause in the --stitution would brockett block it procedurally from being brought up in the house. when he had a vast majority in the house and the senate for two years, they did not take up immigration, they took up obamacare. there are ways that this can be argued both directions. i take some of the points you make and i return some of my points back to you. we passed a border security bill that was an urgent border security bill on august 1 of thi

mr. speaker. senate majority leader harry reid said to then-president george bush, i don't like the folks you're trying to nominate. i disagree with you on those nominations. and so i'm going to keep the senate in, in pro forma session, to prevent you from nominating those folks in a period of recess, prevent you using article 2, section 2. i hope that will encourage you to come and work with us together to find folks who are mutually agreeable for these positions. november, 2007. harry reid kept the senate in session, these pro forma sessions, all through the thanksgiving hol di. -- holiday. i bring you to december 19, 2007. later that same year. again, senate majority leader harry reid says this, i could be a grinch. i could tell the president that i would not move any nominations, given his demand to make controversial recess appointments, but i'm not going to do that tonight, mr. president. i'm not going to meet intransigence with intans jens. we'll confirm those appointment this is evening and i will keep the senate in pro forma session to block the president from doing an end run around the senat

mr. president, yield the floor. harryate majority leader reid offered tributes to retiring senators this week. he spoke about democratic senators tim johnson and tom harkin. from the senate floor, this is 15 minutes. >> mr. president, ernest hemingway said so clearly "man is not made for defeat." if that ever applied to anyone in the world, it applies to tim johnson. it's a testament to his a egg notas he never, -- never, ever acknowledged defeat. he's never lost an election and his servant house for 10 years. he served in the state legislature and they were all easy votes or easy elections will stop he won his election in 2002 by 524 votes. hundreds of thousands of votes were cast and he won by 524 votes. senator johnson refused to succumb to defeat because he knew he was fighting for the people of south dakota. ,e fought for south dakota jobs , heworth air force base saved it from closing. he worked to this end saving thousands of jobs and preserved a thriving economy based on ellsworth air force base will stop his tenure in house and senate,

mr. steele has said i would have to say harry reid. what we saw through whole year. mitch mcconnell has yet to be tried and tested. he won the election but it is different when you have to deal with ted cruz all the time in the majority. >> that i think he dropped the mic on ted cruz. he basically. a week from now i'll be senate majority leader and walked off the stage. so in answer to a question -- >> that was a big moment. that was theatrical. that was there. >> again it fits that idea of why he was one of the top winners, along with the president. i think when you look at how he crafted that. it wasn't just about his election in kentucky. it was bls the elections around the country that would give him the majority. >> it was also with this devastating defeat. wipeout, how the president just came back in, just dusted jay-z style and let's go back to the mat. you had to give him that. and a lot of the winners and losers were defind by that. >> they really were. >> i think it will be a very interesting point. i think it will be more ac

. >> that objection allowing the outgoing senate majority leader harry reid to begin the consideration of several of mr. obama's picks for executive and judicial branch positions. among the most controversial nominations sarah sole danno is assistant secretary of homeland security and viv vick mur thee for southern general. many say she's to too political and anti gun. >> now is not the right time for this nomination and it is not the right job tour dr. mur thee. the majority of his career has been spent not as a doctor treating patients but as an activist. an activist focused on gun control and political campaigns. >> reporter: it's not just about the nominations before senatorsenators head home they t pass a one year extension on expired tax cuts possibly take up the terrorism risk insurance act. in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >> all right. fact your fox 29 weather authority now. i did see today? >> ail it will ben franklin sun. >> that yellow thing in the sky. >> for the blink of an eye i think. >> i saw the light coming in through the shades earlier. oh really? >> i pulled out my sunglasses

reid. had seen "it's a wonderful life" and thought that she was mrs. george bailey, the most beautiful creature ever. i wanted to go from she was born. i give a wedding present. it's huge, about as big as this table. put the same inscription -- be happy andplaces serene. the publishers wrote it on the back jacket on the book. now i don't have to write it at all, it just say, with love, see the back cover. love maps and i'm glad you do too. are you aware of what the university of milwaukee has? > yes, the reason i know a little bit about it is because -- you were a librarian there? >> no. no. >> because the -- there was this incredible attempt some years go to produce what was called the international to a million where the entire world would be scale in at the same the same colors and the same ruberick and so forth and made in such a way if you put them together, they would produce a sphere one millionth of the which is the rld, sites of a very small house. 1890. they produced 1800 sheets to less the whole world sea. things like america mapped china. t

are 300 some-odd bills that stopped at harry reid's desk, yet it was republicans who were blamed for being obstructionists. those same bills presumably go to mrmcconnell's desk. and it's on him for accepting or rejecting. republicans will still get the rap for being obstructionists. >> at the end of the day, who cares? this is a washington event that nobody cares about. imagine this. after last year, there were 21 stories on the networks before the shutdown blaming the republicans, none blaming democrats. there were 41 during the shutdown blaming republicans, none blaming democrats. the republicans blamed themselves for it. and then after it was all over, gallup took a poll and blamed 39% blamed republicans, 37% blamed obama. >> we did a segment on it. but i do appreciate your input just the same. no, you're the best, thank you. you're right, the numbers speak for themselves. you know how it goes. you're familiar with the drill. >>> better listen up. guess what is on terrorists' list for this christmas after this. they challenge us. they take us to worlds full of heroes and titans. for respawn, building the best interactive entertainment begi

to 206.t was 219 harry reid says the bill may not pass the senate monday. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i rise today as we face the expiration of the current continuing resolution to present the house amendment to the senate amendment on h.r. 83, legislation to fund the federal government for the rest of the current fiscal year. this amendment prevents a costly and damaging government shutdown while making good government funding and policy decisions and reining in regulatory overreach. it's good for the continuity of vital federal programs and services, it's good for our economy, and it's good for the american people. in total this legislation provides $1.013 trillion for the operations of the federal government. this total is in line with the terms of the ryan-murray budget agreement. it includes full year appropriations legislation for 11 of the 12 annual appropriations bills. reflecting the most up to date budgetary needs of each agency and department. the appropriations committees in both the house and senate went line by line through these -- all of these bills, prioritiz

mr. obama's unilateral action. >> the more the president talks about his ideas, the more unpopular he becomes. why would i want to deprive him of that opportunity? >> reporter: leader reid says the bill is dead on arrival in the senate. speaker boehner says the fact that reid won't consider taking up the bill monumental arrogance. lou? >> mike, thank you very much. there's lots of that arrogance in washington, d.c. to go around. >>> tonight, there's a growing backlash against last month's house intelligence committee report that in effect cleared the obama administration of any wrongdoing in the 2012 benghazi terrorist attack. republican critics like senator lindsey graham blasted the findings at the time as garbage, the report full of crap. as he put it. and survivors of the attack are taking issue with the intel committee's chairman, outgoing congressman mike rogers and his handling of the process and the report. chris perronto, a member of the cia annex security team that responded to the attack telling fox news, quote -- then why would the report say otherwise, or our words be disregarded, he asked, chairman rogers is not answering the questions, he's retiring at th

reid is out at the centre of those negotiations. it's speaker boehner, mitch mcconnell and the president. elizabeth warren has said through her actionsç, mra deal on a nominee, you let republicans slip in. erosions to dodd frank into some bigger bill, you are going to have to deal with me. you may get it passed because i can't stop you but i can make you pay for it politically and make the left of this party, the progressive and liberals who are up set this party got kozey with wall street, i can make them very mad at you. >> woodruff: dow look at these divides we're watching in both parties getting bigger or what? a frantic effort? >> i think it's really important to understand, at least where the divides are. i think on the republican side, there are some serious policy differences that are significant and i think are going to continueç to dog republicans going into its 2016 presidential, especially in an issue like immigration. on the democratic side, there is much more unity around policies, procedure they may have differences. so that's number one. the second part, when we talk about the polarization of congress and why it's getting

brian reid, chief economist at the investment company institute. our third witness will be mr. scott betts, senior vice president of national benefits services. our fourth witness will be dr. brigitte madrian, professor of public policy and corporate management at the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard. she was, i believe the first academic to do research on automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans and i know a number of our colleagues are interested in discussing that. our fifth witness is dr. andrew biggs, a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute. he also lives in oregon and i told senator stabenow that i was wearing my duck tie today and i didn't wear it for two weeks out of respect to senator stabenow and the state of michigan after the duck triumph over michigan state but mr. biggs, i couldn't hold off any longer. >> there will be another day. >> there will be another day. >> i am glad the fight is between two democrats this time. >> we'll await miss schultz. mr. bogle, welcome and we look forward to your presentation. senator brown as very tight sc

reid sat with kendrick's mother and the family attorney, benjamin crump. >> i'll start by thanking both of you for being here and giving you our condo lens, mrsmrs. mrs.ell us what you want to see happen now that the county ruled your son's death not to be a homicide. what do you want to see done? >> i want justice for my son. >> and what does that mean? do you believe that arrests should have been made? does the family have its own sources of information as to who that would even be? >> well, joy, you know, they had an explanation and they had their own private pathologist that concluded contradictory conclusion of the local coroner and that was that he died from blunt force trauma. that's very different from want the local coroner opined. >> has the county -- ben, you can answer this question. has the county been in communications with the family to explain their reasoning in the case or to explain how the investigation was conducted? >> quite simply, joy, they told jackie and kendrick's father, ken, that even though they sent him to school with a book bag, he was returned home to them in a body bag and that he died from his own doing, trying to get

mr. gavon and alyson, appreciate your insights on this. thank you for watching at home. an interesting day. an interesting week to live through with you. thanks for your time. stay tuned because we have "the reidt" with joy reid coming up. and for many, it's a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine, loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. invokana® is a once-daily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c. here's how: the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body. invokana® reduces the amount of sugar allowed back in, and sends some sugar out through the process of urination. and while it's not for weight loss, it m help you lose some weight. invokana® can cause important side effects, including dehydration, which may cause some people to have loss of body water and salt. this may also cause you to feel dizzy, faint, lightheaded, or weak especially when you stand up. other side effects may include kidney problems,

mr. yoho's bill will probably pass out of the house. it will go nowhere in the senate. harry reidup and move it. the real play is a long-term funding package that will fund most of the government through the rest of the fiscal year but we'll do a short term package on homeland security so we can address some of the components of funding that the president's executive action. and, you know, jose i support immigration reform. i've been one of the voices in the house who thinks we need to get it done. i believe in the proper role of the congress is passing laws and having the president enforce it. i think there will be a movement to take money away from the executive action giving us space to work together house and senate and president to get a step-by-step approach to immigration reform done. >> congressman, taking money away from the executive action when it's self-funded, isn't that just kind of a, you know, waste of time? >> well, we'll look at all components and it'll be a bit of a dance, but those who work on taking those fees they're publicly -- that's where our funding goes