mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr.resident, what is the pending business? oh, i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, what is the pending business? the presiding officer: morning business is closed. the clerk will report the pending business. the clerk: house message to accompany s. 1301, an act to provide for the publication by the secretary of health and human services a physical activity recommendations for americans. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent to withdraw the cloture motion with respect to the motion to concur. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to table the motion to refer. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move to table the motion to concur with an amendment. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion.

mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of senate res. 409 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 409 designating the week beginning october 17, 2021, at national character counts week. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i know of no further debate on the resolution. the presiding officer: if there is to further debate, the question is on the resolution. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. thu

mr. schumer: i ask for the yns. -- for the yeas and nays. mr. schumer: we expect a vote to discharge the nomination to occur about 5:30 p.m. today. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. i rise today in defense of the most sacred right we have in this country, and that is the right to vote. this right is fundamental to our democracy. it's the right to make your voice heard in our government. but this right is under attack by ultraconservative state lawmakers who are restricting access to our ballot boxes, the same people who continue to cast unserious, baseless, and dangerous doubts on the results of the 2020 election. i'm not being hyperbolic when i say if these attacks succeed, there will be grave consequences for our democratic system not just in those states, but throughout our country. so as i've said time and again, we must pass strong federal voting rights protections into law because doing so is essential to making sure that our democracy

mr. schumer: madam president, i enter a motion to reconsider that the failed cloture vote. the vice president: the motion is entered. mr. schumer: now, madam president, i want to be clear what just -- i want to be clear about what just happened on the floor of the senate. every single republican senator just blocked this chamber from having a debate simply a debate on protecting americans' right to vote in free and fair elections. a little over a year ago, our country held the safest, most accessible, most on-the-level elections in modern history. our former president could not accept defeat with grace. he refused to show fidelity to the democratic process. instead he told a big lie, a big lie that has now poisoned, poisoned the root, of our democracy. capitalizing on this malicious lie, his acolytes and conservative-controlled legislatures are now passing laws across the country making it harder for younger, poorer, urban and non-white americans to participate in our elections. the laws are a direct attack on our fundamental liberties as american citizens. if there's anyth

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i understand there are six bills at the desk due for a second reading en bloc. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 3005 a bill establishing appropriate thresholds for budget in the senate and for other purposes, s. 3006, a bill to amend the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985 and so forth s. 3007 a bill to amend the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985 to extend the discretionary spending limits. s. 3008, a bill to establish the federal rainy day fund to control emergency spending. s. 3009, a bill to amend title 6 of the social security act to remove the prohibition on states and territories. s. 3010, a bill to cap noninterest federal spending as a percentage potential g.d.p. to right size the government and so forth. mr. schumer: in order to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14 i would object to further proceeding en bloc. the presiding office

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, today the senate is going to continue focusing on confirming even more of president biden's highly qualified nominees, both to serve in his administration and for lifetime appointments on the federal bench. yesterday, we confirmed three more district judges through this chamber, each with bipartisan support. we're going to continue today with two more nominees, and i hope we can see continued bipartisan cooperation. in less than a year, senate democrats have worked swiftly and decisively to fill vacancies on the federal bench with qualified, mainstream, and dedicated jurists. we are well on our way to making today's federal bench the most diverse in a long, long time. through september, at least three-quarters of president biden's circuit-level nominees have been people of color. let me say that again because that makes me proud. through september, at lea

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. mer: so are we in a quorum? no. so last night, mr. president, i began the process for the senate to hold a vote on the freedom to vote act, a commonsense proposal that would make it easier for every eligible american to participate in free and fair elections. the bill, which my colleagues, including yourself, very diligently have worked on for months to put together, will set basic standards to improve valid access across the country, end partisan gerrymandering, and fight the influence of dark money and special interests in our politics. it will go a long way toward restoring people's faith in our democracy while respecting the role of states in administering elections. every senate democrat has united around this legislation, and i thank all of my colleagues, including you, mr. president, who worked so hard on this bill. i especially want to thank my friend, senator manchin, who has spent weeks reaching out to our republican colleagues in an effort to find common ground. i applaud hi

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is is recognized. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, following the disposition of the motion to discharge the senate, resume legislative session, there be three hours for debate under the control of senator lee or his designee, and one hour under the control of the majority. that upon the use or yielding back of the time, the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur with an amendment, that if cloture is is invoked, all postcloture time be considered expired, amendment 3848 be withdrawn and the senate vote on the motion to concur with the amendment, that if the motion to concur with the amendment is agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. further, that upon disposition of the house with respect the senate vote to invoke cloture on executiv

mr. schumer: madam president, i enter a motion to reconsider that the failed cloture vote. the vice president: the motion is entered. mr. schumer: now, madam president, i want to be clear what just -- i want to be clear about what just happened on the floor of the senate. every single republican senator just blocked this chamber from having a debate simply a debate on protecting americans' right to vote in free and fair elections. a little over a year ago, our country held the safest, most accessible, most on-the-level elections in modern history. our former president could not accept defeat with grace. he refused to show fidelity to the democratic process. instead he told a big lie, a big lie that has now poisoned, poisoned the root, of our democracy. capitalizing on this malicious lie, his acolytes and conservative-controlled legislatures are now passing laws across the country making it harder for younger, poorer, urban and non-white americans to participate in our elections. the laws are a direct attack on our fundamental liberties as american citizens. if there's anyth

mr. schumer: now, madam president, i want to be clear

mr. schumer: so are we in a quorum? no. so last night, mr. president, i began the process for the senate to hold a vote on the freedom to vote act, a commonsense proposal that would make it easier for every eligible american to participate in f

mr. schumer said he would schedule a vote for next wednesday to open debate on voting rights legislationhat other democrats say is needed to offset new restrictions being proposed by republican state legislatures around the country. it intensifies pressure on joe manchin of virginia, who had initially been the loan hauled out on a sweeping voting measure passed by the hout. mr. manchin -- by the house. mr. manchin helped draft a bipartisan version that he hoped would -- a compromise version that he hoped would draw bipartisan votes, but there is little evidence that republicans have embraced his alternatives. about 25 minutes left to get your thoughts on this issue, the supreme court issu, that the presidential commission -- court issue that the presidential commission will be taking up today. they released yesterday that 200 page document, a billable on the white house website, and the white house also streaming this commission meeting in which they will be digging through this document. it is expected to be maybe a seven hour meeting today. you can watch live at whitehouse.gov. this is

leader schumer, mr. manchin, senator manchin, and the president, are having the meeting on some of the particulars that need to be finalized. and i'm optimistic that we can do that. >> meanwhile, new reaction from the january 6 select committee as it investigates the attack on the capitol. the department of justice is weighing possible criminal charges against former trump aide steve bannon after he refused to cooperate with the committee. last hour, committee member adam schiff told me just how critical that decision will be for the future of this probe. >> if congress can't enforce its subpoenas, it ceases to be an effective check and balance and becomes a mere plaything for a corrupt executive. we're contemplating, what's the plan "b," what's the plan "c." i don't want to go into those at the moment because we're really focusing on plan "a." >>> republicans in the senate blocked yet another voting rights bill. democrats look for ways to try and pass this key legislation. independent senator angus king

mr. president, leader schumer vowed not to raise the debt ceiling through the reconciliation process.say that again. >> leader schumer won't raise the debt ceiling through the reconciliation process. ultimately, if push comes to shove and senator mcconnell does not change his position, what is more important, that position that senator schumer has or raising the debt ceiling? i also have a question for you on ethiopia. >> let's stick on the debts so we don't confuse the american people. number one, the issue of reconciliation, which is like code to the american people. what is reconciliation? there is a process that i understand the republican leader is willing to initiate, go through, that would require literally up to hundreds of votes. it's an unlimited number of votes, having nothing to do directly with the debt limit. it could be everything from ethiopia to anything else. it has nothing to do with the debt limit. and it's fraught with all kind of danger from miscalculation. it would have to happen twice. you could literally have several hundred votes over the next number of days.

reporter: [indiscernible] green light from leader schumer or -- [indiscernible] who is telling you -- mr. jeffries: that's probably a question better directed at speaker pelosi. reporter: do you expect him to come with a deal in hand to sell to you guys? mr. jeffries: no. i have no expectations. when and if the president comes to the hill, every single person is looking forward to hearing from president joe biden. thank you. reporter: will you bring the infrastructure bill to the floor even if it might fail? if you bring it to continue the legislative day, i don't know, until tomorrow? mr. jeffries: when has speaker pelosi ever failed on a legislative initiative that she and the democratic president strongly support? she didn't even sell when she had republican presidents, including george bush, and most recently donald trump, with respect to the negotiations around nafta 2.0 or the u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement. which everybody speculated -- which everybody speculated we were not going to land the plane. that was with a republican president. and active discussions between progressi

. >> and right now we're just as you indicated, the two leader schumer and mr.n some of the particulars that need to be finalized. and i'm optimistic that we can do that. >> democratic congressman adriana from new york are joining me. are you equally optimistic? do you believe that her plan will come to fruition this week? >> i know folks that working very hard to reach a consensus, but, again, i'm troubled that the one issue that i have been concentrating on which is bringing relief for immigrants who were there, what we needed them during the pandemic, delivering our food to our doorsteps and making sure they work the farms to bring the food to the table as well as take care of our elderly and frail, that they may not be included in this deal and that they will be left behind. i think it will be a great travesty if that occurs. that the folks that really came through for us in the pandemic are left behind while we try to bed back better. those are some of the disappointments that you anticipate, and as a progressive are you disappointed that president biden is

clear two days ago and his bold statement and the leak of his correspondence with chuck schumer back in july. mre manchin once less spending, worried about inflation will only accept additional entitlement payments restrict income and eligibility limits coupled with workfare requirements none in the bernie sanders bill. andy wants to shut down half or more of the green new deal spending and he wants to preserve fossil fuels and he also wants a federal reserve to end the quantitative easing. he would raise taxes by a less amount and then he said he opposes vengeful taxing for the sake of spending. joe biden, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, bernie sanders, pramila jayapal, ocasio-cortez, all have to come out of denial in the going got to deal with the new reality. there is not going to be any compromise to pass the current version of infrastructure in the 4 trillion-dollar budget, it's not going to happen. joe manchin states his whole political career on this. kyrsten sinema looks rocksolid to me. frankly i'm working for other blue dog democrats in the house and senate especially those running for re

mr. biden was meeting with senator schumer and manchin today about the spending bill. speaker pelosi says democrats will reach an agreement this week on a framework for it. as you know, congressman, there's an important governor's race in virginia coming up. are you running out of time to get something done with respect to this legislation? and do you think it's time to just at least get that hard infrastructure bill passed so president biden has something to show voters in places like virginia? >> jim, it's sunday so i'll say this. we need to clap our hands, come out of the huddle and put the football in the end zone. it's time to show the voters why they gave us a democratic majority that on infrastructure we're going to invest in clean, green jobs across the country to reduce emissions, that we're going to invest in paid family leave, that we're going to have a childcare tax credit, things are going to help community. whenever we come up short, let's go tell the voters in 2022 that this was a down payment and we can do a lot more with a larger majority. to moderates

biden hosting damage talks at his delaware home with joe manchin and chuck schumer, trying to reach a consensus on the bill. mrion, following resistant it has been stale down to 2 trillion. house speaker nancy pelosi said he is expecting an agreement by week's end. >> and antivaccine protesters gets heated outside of barclay from in brooklyn, they came out in support of net's player kyrie irving. he has been banned from playing home games because he did not get the mandated jab. similar protest in times square last saturday, i am jon scott, now back to "life, liberty and levin." mark: welcome back. senator tim scott. border is a disaster, american people by large numbers are upset about what is going on in the border. they have killer drugs coming across, killers coming across, we don't know what is coming across. the president has an obligation under constitution to enforce the immigration laws. of which there are many. i just never seen anything like this before. what do you make of this? >> well, this is unprecedented. it makes your stomach turn. it makes you nauseous, we're the city on the hill, the bright

mr. president. >> good night everyone. >> my name is alan schumer. i am a fourth generation san franciscan. in december, this building will be 103 years of age. it is an incredibly rich, rich history. [♪♪♪] >> my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. i am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. i have two ways of looking at my life. i want it to be -- i wanted to be a fashion designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. i ended up, for many years, doing the fashion, not for the movies, but for for san franciscan his and then in turn, big changes, and now i am here. the work that i do at city hall makes my life a broader, a richer, more fulfilling than if i was doing something in the garment industry. i had the opportunity to develop relationships with my docents. it is almost like an extended family. i have formed incredible relationships with them, and also some of the people that come to take a tour.

mr. president, you urged united states senators not to do what they promised what they wouldn't do but theyt threw a lifeline to chuck schumer. by the way, chuck schumer, elizabeth warren, yup, they're mocking mitch mcconnell and making fun of the republicans and laughing at them. t he threw him a lifeline that they didn't have to throw. >> mr. trump: the republican senate needs to do leadershipow and i've been saying it for a long time. mitch isn't the guy, not the right guy, not doing the job. he gave us so much time to l figure out what to do because they were in a big bun, was enabled to do anything. he had the weapon and he was an able to use it. it's a shame. it's a shame.. these 11 people come out i know them, some are wonderful, and some i don't agree with too often. i'm not surprised to see some of the names, but i will tell you this. that's not a good thing that happened today. he made a big mistake. >> sean: let me start, there'sh a lot going on in the country.en when you start with abandoning americans in afghanistan, i want to get into these issues in detail. you look the crisis at the border, you look at joe bi

schumer more than us. i think this is overrule a bad decision. >> mr. ceiling deal? >> bret: just to be clear that was fingers crossed there from president biden as they are hoping that there is a debt ceiling punt if you will to december. a deal to raise the debt ceiling by $480 billion not chump change. meantime democrats are looking at the polls. the latest quinnipiac poll trusted poll out the job approval rating president significantly 38% approve. if you look at the handling of specific issues, approve, disprove, you see coronavirus, the economy really taking under water. taxes. and foreign policy but the biggest, perhaps is the issue of immigration and border security. immigration issues. you can see this. 25%, 23% approval. this is, again, democrats, independents, and republicans. so, with that let's bring in our panel amy walter. guy benson political editor of a guy hall.com host of the guy benson show on fox news radio. and jonah goldberg editor and chief of the dispatch. amy scare politicians. >> absolutely. the history is midterm election. es

mr. biden says the labor department will soon issue its rules for vaccine mandates on employers. senate chuck schumer is planning a floor vote on wednesday on a democrat drafted overhaul of u.s. election laws. the freedom to vote act is designed to counter a record number of new voting restrictions are emerging from republican led state legislatures. democrats say the aims look to curtail participation by minorities and poor americans. a european union envoy met with iranian officials to try to revive efforts to resurrect that landmark nuclear report with world powers who have been urging iran to return to the negotiating table and end a deadlock with the u.s. over restoring the deal that president trump abandoned in 2018. on wednesday, secretary of state blinken warned iran "the runway is getting shorter to resume the talks." la nina appears to have emerged over the equatorial pacific, setting the stage for worsening drought and california and south america, frigid winters for parts of the u.s. and japan. the u.s. climate prediction center said the phenomena, which begins when the atmosphere reacts

schumer. a scene out of washington's latest flirtation with economic calamity that let's just call mr.w i learned to stop worrying and embrace the debt ceiling. some of senate minority leader mcconnell's own republicans accusing him of caving to democrats as he delivered the necessary gop votes to raise the country's borrowing limit. did he cave in so much as he decided to avert total economic disaster? the downgrading of america's credit rating and the global ripple effects that would have left us all in a recession, maybe worse? at least until december. and then, yes, he did cave. he did though, what needed to be done and got 11 republicans to join democrats. so was he met with thanks from his democratic counterpart? definitely not. >> leader mcconnell and senate republicans insisted they wanted a solution to the debt ceiling, but said democrats must raise it alone by going through a drawnout convoluted and risky reconciliation process. that was simply unacceptable to my caucus. and yesterday senate republicans finally realized their obstruction was not going to work. >> so in case y

that's president biden's budget, that's bernie sanders's budget, that's senator schumer's budget, but something happened recently, mrcretary, this committee and the house committee rebuked that pretty dramatically, the budgets we've put forward in the ndaa and house version of ndaa, increased spending a real increase of 3%. that would be moving from about 715 billion to 740 billion. does the department now agree with what in a very bipartisan way this committee and house armed services committee said, we shouldn't do that? that's a bad message to the chinese. do you agree with what we did here on this committee? are you going to change your budget submission? >> it's within congress's prerogative to do what you did. i would say from the department's perspective, china is the number one pacing challenge. the secretary of defense has been laser focused on it. our budget-- >> but i'm asking. do you agree with it? do you agree with it? do you agree with what we did in the committee? >> i know it's our prerogative, of course. >> i agree we should be spending significant resources to get after china as the pacing challeng

when then-senator biden and -- then-senator biden and senator schumer voted against raising the debt ceiling under president bush. with that, mr. speaker, i yield one and a half minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one and a half minutes. >> i thank the gentlewoman from minnesota also for exposing the facts that are very stubborn things. what am i missing here? the democrat leadership lectured us on how critical it is for all of us to vote huge debt ceiling increases, as an obligation, as our duty, get democrat leadership, we're showing, has voted against debt ceilings many times. i have quotes from their commentary. mr. meuser: it would create uncertainty in the overall economy, destroying credit downgrades, etc., etc. mr. speaker, this is i hy pockcy. and my -- this is hypocrisy. my constituents are tired of it. as well, to say this debt ceiling is for past bills is false. let's then set the debt ceiling at a responsible level, not at the level that happens to accommodate the $5 trillion plus planned reconciliation tax and spend bill they're working on. asking u

schumer is the third problem, because if they have gun-willing person in that senate, the one that looks like mr. magoo, wouldn't be running everything. i am so tired, greta, of these blood-thirsty jackles called the republican party. they are very ambitious. they are very antagonistics. they are the biggest liars i have seen in my life. host: how do you think the attorney general did under that scrutiny? caller: he looked shaky. he held his ground but he looked a little uneasy but he held his ground. he never folded. and that's good. but i just -- host: ok. terry in boone. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: yeah, my confidence level is about a 10. if you give me a minute i'll explain why. host: go ahead. caller: ok. because i'm definitely confident that he's a democratic operative and he's going to do whatever they ask of him. that's totally obvious to america in just what happened to his memo. four days, two days a weekend, the guy -- they sent a letter on a friday, and by tuesday, this man has sent out a memo. now, you're telling me that that just happened out of the goodness o

mr. president, i would challenge any senate democrats to ask majority leader schumer if there is any other reason he proffered for not doing what he could have done at any time day or night. the only reason is to obscure accountability. the only reason is to blame some of that debt on republicans so that senate democrats could claim hey, both parties did it. what the democrats are doing right now is unprecedented. it is radical. and they know it and they are scared of it. so what are we seeing instead? we're seeing chuck schumer tell the american people we're on the verge of a default. we're seeing joe biden threaten that the united states will default on our debt. we're seeing the treasury secretary threaten that the united states will default on our debt. joe biden's threats to default on the debt are wildly reckless and irresponsible. let me be clear so no one is confused. the united states should never, ever, ever default on our debt. period. all 100 senators in this chamber agree with that. there is not a single senator in either party who believes the united states should default on

mr. charles. we made you dinner. aww, thank you. ♪♪ >>> the week ahead is shaping up to be a critical one for voting rights. senate majority leader chuck schumer procedural vote on the freedom to vote act. it will happen on wednesday. the new senate bill was negotiated with moderate democrat joe manchin but as democrats want to see or rather wait to see if manchin can get the support of ten republicans, house majority whip james clyburn tells msnbc he is watching very cautiously. >> do i trust her? i don't think so. i'm hopeful. but i don't think he l. will. i think he's going to have to relent on the filibuster, and nobody's asking him to give up the filibuster. we're saying treat the voting rights and constitutional rights when it comes to the filibuster the same way you treat the budget. >> well, joining me now is texas congressman mark, a member of the house armed services and energy and commerce committees, also cochair of the congressional voting rights caucus. welcome back. good to see you. do you see all of this heading for another gop blockade and if so, is there no choice but to reform the filibuster? >> yeah, the filibuster absolute

mr. mcconnell over ms. pelosi any day. guest: midterms are always on the agenda. since world war ii, those in the president's political party has law -- have lost two dozen seats. the speaker and leader schumer know that they need to deliver for the people. they absolutely have to deliver. something will get done. i think i am an eternal optimist. there are opportunities to move this country forward, and that is exactly what the leadership will try to do. guest: i think that they realize that they need to put points on the board. they know that their majorities are at risk. the problem is that your membership does not always appreciate it. particularly when they are new into a majority and have an opportunity to govern, they get greedy. they think that they are invincible. they think they have all the time in the world to do what they want to do. they will turn around and realize that they have wasted much of this year. we did not get tax reports done until december into the first year of the trump presidency. they wasted a lot of the first year. it came back to bite us because we lost the house. you often run into this relate -- into this situation. it is important to show that you are work

mr. president -- [inaudible] raise the debt ceiling through the reconciliation process, so -- [inaudible] leader schumeris position, what is more important, that position that senator schumer has or raising the debt ceiling? i also have a question -- >> i'm going to answer one, i'm not going to answer the question on the debt so we don't confuse the american people. number one, the cold, what's -- the code, what's reconciliation, there is a process that i understand the republican leader is willing to initiate, go through that would require literally up to hundreds of votes, unlimited number of votes having nothing directly to do with the debt limit. could be everything from ethiopia to anything else. it has nothing to do with the debt limit. and it's fraught with all kinds of potential danger or mess calculation, and it would have to happen twice. so you could literally have several hundred votes over the next number of days. everything else would come to a standstill, but you still find yourself in the situation where at the end of the day we may have passed something that, in fact, has to be undone a

schumer is the third problem. if they have a gun wielding person in the senate, the one that looks like mr. magoo wouldn't be running everything. i am so tired, greta, of these bloodthirsty jackals called the republican party. they are very vicious. they are very antagonistic. they are the biggest liars i've ever seen in my life. host: how do you think the attorney general did under the scrutiny? caller: he held, but he looked shaky, do you know what i'm saying? he held his ground but he looked uneasy. but he held his ground, he never folded and that's good, but i just -- host: i'm going on to terry in boone, iowa. caller: my confidence level is about a 10 and if you give me a minute i will expend why. host: go ahead. caller: i'm definitely confident that he's a democratic operative and he is going to do whatever they ask of him. that's totally obvious to americans in what happened in his memo. four days, two days and a weekend, they sent a letter on a friday and by tuesday this man has sent out a memo and you are telling me that that just happened out of the goodness of his heart? out of t

mr. mcconnell over ms. pelosi any day. guest: midterms are always on the agenda. since world war ii, those in the president's political party has law -- have lost two dozen seats. the speaker and leader schumer know that they need to deliver for the people. they absolutely have to deliver. something will get done. i think i am an eternal optimist. there are opportunities to move this country forward, and that is exactly what the leadership will try to do. guest: i think that they realize that they need to put points on the board. they know that their majorities are at risk. the problem is that your membership does not always appreciate it. particularly when they are new into a majority and have an opportunity to govern, they get greedy. they think that they are invincible. they think they have all the time in the world to do what they want to do. they will turn around and realize that they have wasted much of this year. we did not get tax reports done until december into the first year of the trump presidency. they wasted a lot of the first year. it came back to bite us because we lost the house. you often run into this relate -- into this situation. it is important to show that you are work

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: so we had a good and productive week in the senate this week, mr. president. we confirmed seven judges and a good number of executive appointments and ambassadors. and we made good progress on president biden's build back better agenda. so it's been a good week here. now, i move to proceed to legislative session. the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 168. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of the treasury, jonathan davidson of maryland to be deputy under secretary. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding of

mr. schumer: i a c the. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. nay. the nays appear te ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session tder calendar 364. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all thoseor saypposedt. the ayes do have ireed to. the will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, patricia t giles of virginia tot jeast virginiañ0 the dth report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance w of the standing rules of the senate dolo executive calendarver district judge eastern district of viry 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye opposed take nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motio

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: so ordered. mr. schumer: the senate begins with votes to confirm two highly qualified nominees, one to serve in his administration and another to serve on the federal bench. first we will vote to confirm mr. douglas parker to serve as an assistant secretary of labor for osha, a veteran of the labor department from the obama administration, mr. parker would be the first senate confirmed osha head since the obama presidency. he has a proven track record of protecting everyday americans in the workplace. more important now than ever before. and i look forward to his confirmation later today. the fact that the previous administration left osha empty for four years shows how little they cared about worker safety and protecting our workers as they -- many of them do difficult jobs. second, the senate will also proceed to the confirmation of a truly outstanding judicial nominee, myrna perez to serve as circu

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 414. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of education. katherine elizabeth lhamon of california to be assistant secretary for civil rights. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, senators are in accordance with the provisions of rule raoul -- rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close no

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, in a few moments, the senate will pass an extension of the debt limit through early december, avoiding a first-ever republican-manufactured default on the national debt. on monday morning, i said we needed to pass a bill to address the debt limit by the end of the week, and that is exactly what we did. republicans played a dangerous and risky partisan game, and i am glad that their brinkmanship did not work. for the good of america's families, for the good of our economy, republicans must recognize in the future they should -- that they should approach fixing the debt limit in a bipartisan way. what is needed now is a long-term solution so we don't go through this risky drama every few months, and we hope republicans will join in enacting a long-term solution to the debt limit in december. we're ready to work with them. leader mcconnell and senate republicans insisted they wanted a solution to the debt ceiling but said democrats must raise it alone by going through a drawn-

mr. schumer: mr. president pro tempore. the president pro tempore: mr. majority leader, you're recognize. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be removed. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: now i ask unanimous consent that the senate stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. the president pro tempore: without objection, the senate stands in recess subject to the stands in recess subject to the download the app for free today. >> weekends on c-span2 bring you the best in american history and nonfiction books. saturday american history tv at 8 a.m. eastern on lectures in history former charleston, south carolina, mayor joseph riley look at why a new african american history museum is being built in their city. on the presidency profess to leahy on his book president without a party about john tyler was ejected from his own political party while in office. booktv features leading authors discussing the latest nonfiction books. sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on "after words" columnist george will and his book

mr. schumer: madam president, for the information of the senate, at 5:30 p.m. the senate will vote today on the confirmation of the cobb, williams and giles nominations, in that order. a senator: madam president, i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session. senate. they have approval of the majority and the minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. coons: i also want to extend my congratulations to four individuals, four friends of both former colleagues and folks i have known for a long time, who have just been confirmed by the senate of the united states and their confirmations will be conveyed to the president and they will begin their service. i wanted to brief thank the members of this senate for acting quickly and appropriately to confirm the nominations of senator flake to represent us in turkey, of senator udall to represent us in new zealand, vicki kennedy to represent us as ambassador to austria and mrs. cindy mccain to represent us in rome. all four of these nominations i remain concerned about how many nominees

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, in a few moments, the senate will pass an extension of the debt limit through early december, avoiding a first-ever republican-manufactured default on the national debt. on monday morning, i said we needed to pass a bill to address the debt limit by the end of the week, and that is exactly what we did. republicans played a dangerous and risky partisan game, and i am glad that their brinkmanship did not work. for the good of america's families, for the good of our economy, republicans must recognize in the future they should -- that they should approach fixing the debt limit in a bipartisan way. what is needed now is a long-term solution so we don't go through this risky drama every few months, and we hope republicans will join in enacting a long-term solution to the debt limit in december. we're ready to work with them. leader mcconnell and senate republicans insisted they wanted a solution to the debt ceiling but said democrats must raise it alone by going through a drawn-

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so on voting rights, madam president. yesterday this chamber had an opportunity to begin debate on protecting the voting rights of american citizens. that right essential to any democracy, has been under attack in ways we have not seen in generations. despite the obvious danger, senator -- republicans crushed any opportunity to vote on the freedom to vote act. we asked them to come to the table so the senate can work as intended, and they refused. let there be no mistake -- senate republicans blocking debate yesterday was their implicit endorsement of the horrid new voter suppression and election subversion laws passed in conservative states across the country. when they wouldn't debate, they said these horrid new laws that suppress voters, that subvert our elections is okay. it's ludicrous -- ludicrous for republicans to pretend that the federal government has no role