mrs. lincoln says what will miss harris think of my hanging ton you. and lincoln said she'll think nothing of it. john wills boothe is working the way in to the box. lincoln says -- this is according to todd. we will not return immediately we will goad abroad among strange wrers i can rest. there's more time and john is making his way further to the box and he says to her. we will visit the holy land. and that thing hangs in the air and you can see the film playing in my brain. he makes further progress in to the boothe then finally toward -- as the drama increases and the play is going on on the stage below. lincoln said we will visit the holy land and see the places hallowed by the footstep of the savior. then just before john boothe gun enters his brain. lincoln is heard to say there's no place i so much desire to see. as jerusalem. now i want you to bear in mind that lincoln never championinged a -- joined a church. as he said these words, he's in a bawdy play on good friday. he was known for a crass sense of humor. he never made any kind of clear o

mrs. lincoln does say what will ms. harris say of my hanging on to you so, and as those words are being said even then john wilkes booth is working his way into the box. he had prepared the way earlier in the day. lincoln then says -- this is according to mary todd now -- we will not return immediately to springfield, but we will go abroad among strangers where i can rest. and then there's some more time, and john wilkes booth is making his way further into the box, and lincoln says to her, we will visit the holy land. and that then hangs in the air, and john wilkes booth, you can see the film playing in my brain, john wilkes booth makes further progress into the booth. and then finally towards the, as the drama increases and the play is going on on the stage below, lincoln says we will visit the holy land and see those places hallowed by the footsteps of the savior. and then just before john wilkes booth's derringer ball enters his brain, lincoln is heard to say, "there is no place i so much desire to see as jerusalem.

mrs. lincoln indeed might have liked except for the fact that her husband was assassinated while she watched it. the odds seem to be growint that the nontalks will stay nontalks right through the secretary's drop dead deadline of october 17th. sure, we've been heartened today as we've heard one more chimera of reconciliation. talks between the house leadership and the president. but follow the arc of this whole thing. we were thinking just last week that a default is as unlikely as a meteor hitting washington. i heard that sound bite. now i think the odds are about 20% it does hit the capital, given how forceful both sides are about not talking to each other. yesterday if these two were buddies, you would never see them in the same room again, right? ex-buddies. what have we got here? obama's comet? now 20% doesn't mean the event is going to happen. especially if there is anything to these whispered talks. after all, there is an 80% chance the talks work. and we saw today that when there is any hope that we might have a deal, the market reverses and goes higher so quickly that if you do sell

lincoln high. i want to express the thanks to my principle mr. payne. for creating an environment that fits high standards and helps everyone including our students as capable of - contributing and accountability. thanks good night >> (clapping). >> thank you. madam president and members of the board we would like to present a special tribute this evening or evening a colleague who passed away san francisco unified school district caveat and english learner advocate. her husband and daughter is here. is michelle here as well. the san francisco unified school district honor the memory of our educator and english advocate. during here career she was an administrator at the consult department and what is actively involved with the b cc and this latino america association. her continuous advocacy made a positive difference in our schools and community. we would like to present this to you, sir >> (clapping) >> on behalf of my family and myself we would like to thank the board and the san francisco unified school district for this recognition. thank you >> (

mr. speaker, abraham lincoln offered these words, "the rule of a minority as a permanent arrangement is wholly inadmirable so that rejecting the minority principle, anarchy in some form is all that is left. i think we have come to the point to recognize that it is important to represent the majority of americans, the majority of veterans who in some short order may be questioning whether or not their veterans' or disability checks or their family's s.s.i. or their mother's social security will come at an appropriate time. the secretary of the veterans administration already said that he's had to discontinue overtime, slowing our review of benefit claims. this is a delay of 1,400 veterans a day. i say to my colleagues, rather than coddling those who wish to wave a confed rate flag in front of the white house, let us respect veterans whose lives are in cemeteries or whose lives have been recognized by being buried in america's cemeteries. let us stop the foolishness and put on the floor of the house the reasonable response to opening the government now so that men who are mourning those who are

mr. lincoln was sitting in an armchair in the farthest corner of the room.imidity rose and beckoning said come this way, come this way. his voice was so kind and gentle that all my fright left me immediately. he came to meet me and taking me by the hand welcome to me most cordially. did you wish to see me, he inquired, yes, mr. president, my father is in trouble and i have come to tell you about it. does your father know you have come? oh no, mr. president. he would not allow me to come at the known anything about it. i wanted him to come himself but he said he would too burden for him to travel unc would come. i stayed awake all last night thinking about his trouble and decided i would come myself so before he was up by slipped out of the house without his knowledge was a kindly smile lighted president lincoln's face and he said come is and tell me all about it. his sympathy made me feel ladies and i told him the story in detail. when i was telling him about my father's being wounded in the battle of fredericksburg in defense of the invitation of his leg an

david: lincoln, let's talk about gold for a second. i'm mr. defense here. we see a lot of people are getting back into it now. it was up 2% today. is it time to get back into gold against a little bit of a hedge falling off a cliff? >> well it is against a falling dollar. it is certainly not a hedge against falling equity prices. we saw that in 2008, 2009, the correlation there is actually broken but fur worried about the dollar that is actually the play. that's why you've seen renewed interest in gold pushes it through the 1300 mark and through 1325. a lot of interest in the upside calls there over the course of the last three sessions. i suppose as we move, through the fed meeting this week you will probably see again, more interest in that 1400 call. david: great stuff, guys. lincoln ellis, we'll be back with you in a couple minutes when the s&p closes. tony, great to see you. thank you very much. appreciate your picks. >> thank you. cheryl: today's jobs report raises new questions about fed policy. next we'll break down what the data means for the econo

mr. president, 80 days later president lincoln was reelected president of the united states. nevada's only one of two states to significantly expand its borders after admission to the union. eastern southern nevada joined the state in the late circuits after gold was discovered in both regions. many nevadans believe the state was allowed to join the union so its mineral riches could fund the nevada war effort. i should say the northern war effort. but in truth that's just a myth. it's not true. the tale probably stems from the fact that the nevada territory was created in 1861 so its gold and silver could use the union rather than the confederacy. so the state's slogan, "battle born" in reference to the war was an erroneous episode of bonanza which helped cement that legend which is only a legend. the 150th anniversary is a wonderful time to reflect on the shared history we have as states and as a nation. so it's also a time to build a foundation for another 150 years of innovation and accomplishment for our state. nevada from the mountains and high deserts of the east to the

republic -- of the republican party, the founder of the republican party, abraham lincoln 150 years ago at gettysburg, mr. president. you know what he said at the end of that amazing speech. he resolved and we resolved government by, of and for the people shall not perish from the earth, not for a year, not for a month, not for a week, not for a day, not for an hour, not for a minute, not for a second. why can't the house agree to open the government and stop all this unnecessary pain? thank you, mr. president, and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. cornyn: thank you, mr. president. tomorrow morning, unless it's otherwise changed, we will be voting on the request from the majority leader and the president to raise the debt ceiling more than $1 trillion. actually, it won't be a dollar figure. it will actually be suspended for roughly a year, the debt ceiling, that is, but just so everybody understands exactly what the majority leader and the president are asking us to do, america's maxed out our credit card. about $16.7 trillion. now, i know we have talked about millions an

mr. chairman, this is a photograph from the 95 shutdown. that is the lincoln memorial, and the closure begins at the base of the steps. people were not allowed to go into the lincoln memorial. i would say that we have a lot more loose tools running around this country doing constructive things now than we did in 95. we ha have somewhat attacked the monument recently. so to say, gee, we should need any step there to protect these memorials is absurd. in this day mage. so i also have a letter here i would like to enter into the record from the national park ranger lodge of the fraternal order of police. and i'll quote just two things from this letter. without any country court findings are changes in the law despite what the gentleman on the other side said, we will carry on with his miserable thankless and perilous task denying public access to parks during the government shutdown. although our actions make sensational news stories and fodder for the pundits, they are supported by the president legal guidance under laws we are sworn to enforce. you know, the pa

mr. speaker, all i can say is let us be in the spirit of abraham lincoln who wanted to bring -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: let us pass a reasonable response to the government shutdown. let's not be talking about imploding or -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlelady's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. duncan, for five minutes. mr. duncan: mr. speaker, i request permission to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. duncan: mr. speaker, you can never satisfy government's appetite for money and land thefment always want more. now we are $17 trillion in debt and headed to $25 trillion in less than a decade under the best case scenario. these are figures that are humanly incomprehensible. yet our estimates of our future of unfunded pension liabilities are much, much higher. probably at least $75 trillion or more. the nonpartisan congressional budget office is the one that's put out these estimates, and

fulfilling president lincoln's call to care for those who have gone to battle. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. you and i both know that regular order is not in the mode that we are in today. but regular order, in fact, required a piecemeal approach of 12 appropriations bills. 126 plus days ago, this house on a bipartisan basis past ida military construction bill that fully funded, not just partially funded on a short-term basis, which is what folks are asking for now, is just a part of a c.r., fully funded, yet that bill languishes over in the senate. to my colleagues who may not recall because it's been so long since we sent that bill over to the senate, there is very little difference, maybe eight quarter of a percent between the two bills -- maybe a quarter of a percent between the two bills. it could very easily be brought forward in this would be off the table. and so my question is, in years past, how can the senate regardless of parties, white house, have always come together and try to find a way to prioritize how money would be spent, w

our work can get back to work full-time fulfilling president lincoln's call to care for those who have gone to battle. >> thank you very much, mr secretary. you and i both know that regular order is not in the mode that we are in today, but regular order requires a piecemeal approach of 12 appropriation bills. 126-plus days ago, this house on a bipartisan basis passed a v.a. military construction bill that fully funded, not just partially funded on a short-term basis, which is what folks are asking for now, a partial c.r., fully funded. yet that bill languishes in the senate. to my colleagues because it has been so long since we sent that bill over to the senate, there's very little difference, maybe a quarter of a percent difference between the two bills. it could very easily be brought forward and this would be off the table. and so my question is, and statement is, in years past, house and senate, regardless of parties and the white house have always come together and tried to find a way to prioritize how money would be spent, who would be at the top of the list as we started to shut the government down and run out of money

lincoln home in springfield, illinois. i would ask the senator from illinois what is your health insurance policy? mr. vitter: i'm under exactly the same program and what i'm suggesting is merely that we follow the law. the distinguished senator and many of his democratic colleagues constantly make the point that obamacare is the law of the land. he's right. i want to change that largely, you don't, it is the law of the land as we speak. mr. durbin: if the senator will yield? mr. vitter: let me finish. and that law of the land is crystal clear. it has a specific provision about this, and it says every member of congress and all of their official staff can no longer stay in that plan, have to go to the obamacare shakes, the so-called fallback provision for the american people. i think there was a reason for that. i think there was thinking behind that and it's simple. that we should live under that same scenario that millions of americans have to live under, eight million plus who don't want to have to go to the exchanges, who like the insurance plan they have right now, who heard the president say if

lincoln" and "killing kennedy" are up as well. with the 50th anniversary of jfk's assassination coming up we hope you check out what we have to offer. now the mail. lieutenant clark, mr affordable care act is law but this congress is not bound by laws passed by another congress. are we talking about the united states, lieutenant? the law is the law unthe till it is re peeled. come on. mark anderson, wisconsin. if the american people don't want obama care why is the website crashing? that did you want make sense. millions of americans want obama care, mark. millions more don't. that's what the scientific polling says. philip from england. health care premiums go down where more people are a are enrolled. advocating a one-year re prooef for signing up will hurt the folks or am i wrong? >> you are wrong. obama care costs are lowest in folks with the most health care insurance companies competing. that's what drives costs down. gary, uh colorado. o'reilly, you pinhead. you have the unmitigated gall to accuse talk radio of being mean spirited? barack obama is a me galomaniac, a liar and a racist. you just proved my point, gary. get some fresh air. philippe del mar, new je

mr. chairman. >> thank you. i want to thank everyone for attending today's meeting. good closing. i love that speech from lincoln. i think we have had a good discussion. i think from both sides of the aisle we see signs of common ground. that is a great start. our next legislative schedule does not overlap until november 13. that is when we will reconvene at 10:00. with that, senator murray and i will consult on the next steps beyond that. t this time -- >> i want to thank all of the members for a very thoughtful statements today. i think we have a good committee here and look forward to working with you as we set in place the process of moving forward. >> this meeting stands adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [video clip] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> today, adhering on syria with robert ford, u.s. isassador to the country. he testifying before the senate foreign relations committee live starting at 10:15 eastern on c- span three. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white

lincoln. this is a message, i think, given my political persuasions more to mr.nd nancy pelosi and harry reid. but this is what i would tell them. you cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. you cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. you cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. you cannot lift a wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. you cannot further the brotherhood of man by citing class hatred. you cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. you cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. and i think there's a lot of philosophical views in play here. but this country became great because all of us had the ability and right to achieve. and i fear we're moving down a path we all have the right to receive. there's a play on words that's very important. i think a guy i have enormous respect for has been on your program. talks about the theft of the future generations and what's going on. and we can't seem to bring it together. >> h

mr. gilbert. it says calvin coolidge could have completed his presidency, but his son died. i see it as more like abraham lincoln. lincoln prosecuted his war after the loss of his son. coolidge pursued his policy plans. he did things notwithstanding the loss of his presidency. more joyless, but still that perseverance. coolidge did not give up and grace did not give up. >> i think the difference between the two is interesting. when there were holidays, calvin would note who wasn't at the table. grace took joy with whoever was at the table. just very different in that way, the way they handled it. >> bill is watching from delaware. >> two quick questions. is it correct historically that the room we now know as the solarium was built by the coolidges because there was a roof leak? did that occur during his full term or prior to him being elected to a full term in 1924? since mrs. coolidge outlived president coolidge for so many years, did she develop a friendship with lou henry hoover, eleanor roosevelt, bess truman and mamie eisenhower, and did she ever go back to the white house? >> we know that there was a sola

mr. chairman. thank you. >>. >> i want to thank everybody for attend the meeting. that was a -- good closing. i love that speech from lincoln. i think we've had a good discussion. i think from both sides of the aisle we see sciences of common ground. that's a great start. our next legislative schedules session schedule don't overlap until november 13th. that's when we reconvene at 10:00 a.m. with that we consult on the next step beyond that. and at this time, -- do you care to make a statement. >> i want to thank our member for a thoughtful statement today. i think we have a good committee here and look forward to working you as set in place the prosexual appealses as we move forward. thank you to everybody. thank you. the meeting stands adjourned. [inaudible conversations] budget con free were meeting house minority leader nancy pelosi said she believes a budget deal can be reached soon. >>> today happifully, after finally the budget committee -- the budget conference committee will meet after 220 days of obstruction and delay and 16 days of a government shut down we finally house and senate democrats and republicans are g

mr. speaker, the republican party is a party with such a rich legacy. it's a party of abraham lincoln who saved this country. it's the party of dwight eisenhower who put the expressway and the interstate system together. it's a party of dierkson without whom we'd not have the civil rights act. it's the party of ronald reagan who sat down with tip o'neill. it's the party of george bush who gave us that medicare part d. i bring these things out because i believe if all of these gentlemen were here, each one of them, they would say to you, please, let's cut this out. let's -- let your leader, mr. boehner, bring a clear, clean c.r.. for just six weeks, that's all we're asking. this is what this leadership would be. this is what mr. boehner wanted to do. john boehner is a decent man. that's what he wanted to do. i urge you to do what is right. honor the rich legacy of your party, and if the veterans -- you want to honor the veterans who gave their lives that fought for us, they would say, don't use us for a pawn here. open it up for all americans. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's t

lincoln bed. so she did want to highlight things that were cooking and sewing, crocheting, those were important things to her. >> we're in twitter. mrs. coolidge was asked to give a speech to newspaper women which she did for five minutes in sign language. was that the first? >> i did ask her son if that was true. he said absolutely not. we have a contrarian in here. he said my mother didn't use sign language. she didn't know it. was it observed by someone who disagreed with him? i don't know. >> coolidges, by the decision to create the third floor space changed forever the white house and also the way that first families used this with the creation of the solarium. so we have a view of what the solarium looked like when they were finished and also we'll show some video from the white house documentary series of what the solarium looks like today as first families used it. this space by the coolidges, very much the private space on the top floor of the white house. can you talk about grace coolidge's desire to change the white house and how involved she feels in the process? >> she was very involved. jackie kennedy, we think, is the

lincoln's never looked finer. never. oh, and oprah. o., as we call her. oh, my. and here we are as the party keeps on going. celebrity-studded. i have to tell you, mr.ited the one and only carly hall from "the chew." for delicious halloween treats. i can't decide if we're committed to our characters or not. >> i'm the sweetish chef. >> the swedish chef from "the muppets." you have designed beautiful treats for the boo ball here. we're going to start with pumpkin pot pie. >> it is pumpkin pot pie. you have a big one. vegetarian pot pie, with pumpkin inside. and then, miniatures. so cute. so cute. you can eat right out of inside. you can prepare this ahead. it is delicious. help yourself. >> when you make the stew or the inside, the stuffing, are you roasting this pumpkin? >> you roast the pumpkin first. then, you're going to make the stew in a pot. then, you put the stew in the pumpkin. >> king joffrey, can i interest you in some stew? >> thank you. off with his head. >> moving right along. >> moving right along. here i've got some chicken dumplings. it has ginger and scallions. it's so delicious. and a spicy soy sauce. it is absolutely delicious. so

mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you, chairman lucas. i'd like to take a quick moment to wish a belated happy birthday to our colleague, marcia bunch. >>> the district i represent has part of lincoln's presidential suute. president lincoln did a lot. in fact, in the span of three months, abraham lincoln signed into law to create the department of agriculture, the land grant university system and the homestead act. now, if our predecessors can do all of that in three months, we augu ought to be able to take october, november and december and pass this bill. >>> crop insurance. i come to this table adds a staunch defender. earlier this year, just two floors above us, the secretary testified that crop ininsurance is working. this is a crucial risk management tool that requires our farmers to purchase a policy and experience a verifiable loss before collecting a dime. that's called having skin in the ganl. and it's far preferable than tens of billions of dollars woth of ad hoc disaster bills. we should be encouraging participation in this program. and i support the house provisions that strengthen this vital safetiness. rig la toir relief. i introduced an amendment that gives our farmer

mr. chairman, i regret the committee chairman from idaho isn't here at the moment but this is a photograph from the 1995 shutdown. and that is the lincoln memorial. and the closure begins at the base of the steps. people were not allowed to go into the lincoln memorial. i would say we get a lot more loose tools running around this country doing things now than in 1995678 we had someone attack the monument recently so to say we shouldn't need staff there to protect the memorials is absurd. in this day and age. i also have a letter here i'd like to enter into the record rom the national park ranger lodge of the fraternaled or over police. i'll quote two things from this letter. without any contrary court find organization changes in the law derek spite what the gentleman on the other side said, we will carry on with this miserable, thankless, payless task, denying public access to parks during the government shutdown. although our actions make sensational news stories and fodder for the pundits, they are supported by precedent, legal guidance, from lawyers, that we are sworn to enforce. the park service rangers want to be working and regu

protection, the lincoln amendment, but now allowing banks to engage in 99% of the swaps market without the taxpayer knowing how robust the monitoring and oversight of such activities will be. mr. speaker, h.r. 992 is a step backwards. repairing -- backwards toward repairing our economy. this view is shared by the commodity markets oversight coalition, a nonpartisan ally avens american industries, businesses, consumers, and derivative users, similarly the white house, the afl-cio, the teamsters, public citizen, and americans for financial reform all strongly oppose h.r. 992. former republican chairman of the fdic, sheila baer, who strongly defended the taxpayers during the crisis, noted after the financial services committee past, h.r. 992, she said, i quote, repeal of section 716 moves in the wrong direction. in an area as complex as this, i wish, i just wish congress would at least wait for the regulators. i do, too. vote no on h.r. 992. mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california reserves. the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, at this time i'm happy to yield one minute to the gentle

open-air monuments that we have here in town, lincoln memorial, we are seeing with the honor flights in the last couple of days. world war ii vets, korean vets, mr. gohmert and i had the opportunity, pleasure and honor to join some of those vets today. as members of congress and others hold back the gate and allow them to enjoy their memorial, the country's memorial. these are areas that aren't normally staffed at least to this extent. they had to bring in more staff than what is normally on hand. these are 24-hour memorials, exhibits, open air, you can see any time day and night, sometimes without staff at all, yet they had to go through the trouble to represent barriers, put them up and they were there first thing monday morning, poised and ready to go, taking advantage of the political difficulties we are having here. a lot of grievances that were brought originally where the declaration of independence. the people of the colonies aving had enough of the king's edicts, listed a whole bunch of grievances that they thought were outrageous and caused them to break away from the bondage. let me recount. be hold these truths to be self-evident tha

mr. speaker, i came down to this well yesterday to talk about how for 20 years i have run back and forth to the lincoln memorial and how day before yesterday i was shocked to run down there and see the place in chains. i had planned on making a run last night and then tragically the shooting occurred here yesterday, but it turns out there's some things i didn't know about the lincoln memorial. i've become so agitated that i asked a tourist to take a picture and it's an amazing picture of, again, the lincoln memorial without people. because what i have come to learn, it's always been a place with people. i didn't realize that in the last government shutdown president clinton elected not to close down the lincoln memorial. i didn't realize there had been 17 shutdowns in this country since 1976, and not one president elected to close down the lincoln memorial. that means president ford, president carter, president reagan, president bush and president clinton each when given the discretion in how they would handle a shutdown chose not to hold americans hostage in somehow gaining political favor by shutdown

lincoln. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: thank you, madam chair.so, madam chair, we find ourselves here in washington with a government shutdown in place and a debt limit approaching, and i read this morning in the newspaper that a senior white house official has said with regard to the shutdown -- and i quote -- "we are winning. it doesn't really matter to us how long it lasts." that's not the right attitude. today i call upon the white house to stop the political posturing, come to the table so we can find common ground and end this government shutdown and negotiate something sensible on the debt limit. this notion that a senior white house official would say we are winning. it doesn't really matter to us how long it lasts, shows that it's politics, not substance, that matters. it may not matter to the white house how long it lasts but it does matter to the american people because they expect us to fulfill our constitutional duties, to get our work done, not to take america to the brink. they expect us to do the job that we were sent here to do.

mr. cotton: george washington, one of the most forceful requests he made to the congress asked that he honored our vet raps. abraham lincoln, who presided over our bloodiest war, dedicated two of his most beautiful speeches to the veterans. this has long united us on both sides of the aisle. we have many veterans as does the democratic party. we should ensure that the veterans who have been calling my office, calling your offices, calling all our offices don't have to face the uncertainty and confusion that they do now because they aren't sure about what the veterans affairs department can do for them. we have our differences about obamacare, about funding levels and many other matters. but let us, for our veterans, come together as abraham lincoln said and appeal to the better angels of our nature, uphold our veterans. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass house joint resolution 72. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: yes. >> i'd ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by th