murkowski: again, i join my colleague, senator pryor. i don't think that any of us had -- had planned to do anything coordinated at this point in time. i just came to the floor and was anticipating the announcement from both leadership. but to see so many of our colleagues who have been working on this proposal that senator collins from maine, who has truly been i think remarkable in her persistence and insistence that we continue this effort to work collegially, to work collaboratively on these very, very difficult issues that -- that we have been facing in these past several weeks. so to -- to senator collins for her leadership most particular particularly. but we all know, if you're just trying to move the ball just one person, you don't get anywhere. we do a lot of sports analogies around here and quite honestly, i am really tired of sports analogies. but what i do appreciate is that as a senate, w we cannot work together as individuals and expect to accomplish the work that is needed not only for my constituents in alaska but around

murkowski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: madam president, i want to follow the comments of the chairman of the appropriations committee. this has been a tough week. it's been a tough weekend. it's been a tough day. and i think as -- as members of the senate, as we approach really the -- the showdown of a potential shutdown, it's important for us to recognize really what is at stake. this is not just -- does not just mean us staying here holding the floor late on a monday evening. i've got neighbors here in washington, d.c., who work for the federal government. one works for homeland security. one works for department of defense. they asked me over the weekend, am i working on tuesday? what's happening on tuesday? are we shutting the government down? when we talk about those who are uncertain about what happens this next week with their jobs, i think it's important to recognize that it's not just jobs that we're talking about, it's the reality that if i'm not at work, is the child care facility that my kids go to,

and i'm very delighted that my friend and colleague from alaska, senator murkowski, has joined me in shaping and supporting this plan. let me quickly describe it and let me give credit to those who have talked about concepts that have been incorporated into this plan. people like my colleagues, senator hatch and senator toomey. and on the house side, representative kind and representative dent. first of all, the first point of the plan would fund government for the next six months at the level of $986 billion. so that would allow for government to immediately reopen. second, it would repeal the tax on medical devices and equipment, such as x-ray machines and pacemakers. this tax will only serve to drive up the cost of health care because it will be inevitably passed on to the consumer. it will stifle innovation, and industry estimates that it will lead to the loss of some 43,000 jobs. it is a tax that does not make sense. now, the administration has pointed to the $30 billion that would be raised by this tax over the next ten years. fair enough. there is a way to replace that revenue

lisa murkowski said i'm trying to forget it. and even jeff sessions who voted no on the bill said it was a, quote, unfortunate series of events. now let's go to casey hunt in washington. how is it the shutdown's resolution impact the leaders of the republican party, what do we do now? >> the men of the hour are speaker john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. john boehner saw a swell of support from some of his conservative members yesterday and the house was able to speed up that vote late last night. but you're already seeing some signs that those members could turn on him. there are conservative blogs that are already talking about how he gave up what he called the good fight. on the senate side, senator mcconnell is facing potentially the re-election contest of his life. and behind the scenes, those close to him are privately saying that the fact that he stepped up and helped cut this deal really proves that he's more interested in governing than he is worried about the primary tea party challenge that he has

i would like to thank congressman young, senator mor murkowski for putting a band aid on the fishery. it doesn't -- are we going get another band aid for allocations? are we going get another band aid for the inserver program. at some point, you're going to run out of band aids. at some point you're going need a tourniquet. i said in my statement to begin with, i'm here on behalf of fishermen. i'm here for crabbers. i'm here for fishermen. i'm here for our markets to be soiltd, for our economy to be good, for people to be able to buy my crab. i don't want russian pirated crab to supplement my crab not only in japan but dispeskly. to me it's crazy right now. we are putting the russians to work and the american fishermen out of work. so thank you for the question. >> very good amaze summary. we are proud of our product. because the work you did prior to what your doing here. what you're doing now. we have some of the best safety records anywhere. we understand the business. when it comes to alaska there's no other business that we care about other than airline. it's the highway in the s

senators murkowski and ayotte and collins, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> all right. natalie is here with breaking news tied to those dry ice bombs at l.a.x. >> that's right. good morning to you guys. major developments this morning in connection with the two dry ice explosions at los angeles international airport this week. police say l.a.x. employee dicarlo bennett was arrested in the case. a dry ice bomb went off in a restricted area of the airport. on monday night, three more devices were found. and one went off. no injuries. but it resulted in hours of flight delays. >>> tragedy off the coast of miami this morning after a recreational boat capsized seven miles off shore. 11 others were rescued and nine clinging to the hull of the boat. officials are trying to sort out what happened. >>> disgraced san diego mayor bob filler pleaded guilty for three criminal complaints for his behavior toward three accusers. he'll escape prison but his legal troubles are far from over. mike taibbi reports. >> except for a thin smile at

murkowski: mr. president, i would suggest that, of those who have just spoken prior to me, it sounds to me like we ought to be able to get something done around here. we've listened to the chairman of the appropriations committee, with her commitment to advancing things through the budget process. i, too, think that we need to go to conference an g.e.d. that moving. mr. president, we're sitting here in a kind of a rarefied world here in the united states senate in these chambers. some would suggest that we live in a little bit of a bubble. let me tell you the folks who are not living in a bubble. those who have been furloughed as federal employees, those that have been shut out of whatever it is that they had hoped they were going to be doing this past week, those in my state, for instance, that are look to fill the family freezer. it's moose season, but now they're told that they can't access any of the refuge lands because fish and wildlife has said you cannot access these lands regardless of what

murkowski called out boehner by name. this was an important moment.y said this is not about the speakership and winning the next election, it's about doing the right thing for your country. >> i think we're going to go to breaking news. we have members of the house republican conference, looks like they might speak or at least have come out of the meeting which is why we wanted to go right to it to take a look. and they are dodging the press. you're seeing live footage of what happens when the press is dodged. we wanted to show whether they would stop to speak which sometimes they have been doing. i don't think we can overinterpret the silence because we have votes ideally scheduled coming out of the senate. >> ari is not going to over interpret something? breaking news on "the cycle". >> breaking news in the house to breaking club house news. >> that's right. you think about that. >> i was just pointing out that women really should have a strong role in congress. that's more important than these gop members walking by without being able to say anythi

you have murkowski and ayotty combined. they're saying, get rid of the medical device tax and we can lift everything. also let's agree there's comprehensive reform down the line and some immediate conferree's names to start talking about getting our deficit under control. i think that's moving. at the same time, with that ed henry report about what the house is saying. i need to know if john boehner still has this. what is going to make the president truly look at tax refor, tax structure, deficit under control? except for, shake this hand, i will do it later. so do they have to hold back the funding of the government in order to guarantee the president's going to negotiate? >> we play senator graham and get some insight about what's going on. this is going to be all you, bob. you've been smiling all week. this is going to be your additional happy moment. lindsey graham first. >> there's a deal to be had to reopen the government, raise the debt ceiling in the next 48 hours that also will relieve some of the pain caused by t

>> i've suggested in the plan that i've put out with senators murkowski and ayotte that the debt limite extended through january 31st of next year. that would give us three months to work on a longer-term fiscal plan to address the very serious fiscal imbalance in our country. but it would also help to soothe the markets and assure social security recipients that their checks wouldn't be delayed. >> and what would you like in return when the bargaining occurs and negotiating -- you've got a couple of requests. can you tell us? >> i do. one would be to either repeal or at least delay for two years the tax on medical devices, such as pacemakers, artificial knees, defibrillators that was included in the affordable care act known as obama care. that tax, industry estimates tell us, would cost us some 43,000 jobs, stifle innovation, drive some of the industry overseas and be passed on to consumers. so it would actually increase the cost of health care. second, i want to see real verification of the income of individuals who apply for insurance on the exchanges to prevent fraud. >> yeah, tha

but senator susan collins, senator lisa murkowski on the republican side and senator joe manchin on the democratic side as well as a few other democrats have been in talks about a potential deal. but a group of democrats who have been in these talks put out a statement after mitch mcconnell said that saying, look, we haven't agreed to anything. we don't support the susan collins proposal in its current form, as manu was talking about, making it seem like republicans, i think, were sort of overhyping how close they were to a deal to try to pressure harry reid. but right now democrats are on offense. they have a lot of the momentum and republicans are starting to feel very, very nervous because they're seeing in the polls that the public is blaming them for the shutdown. >> now, susan collins' framework, and that's the way they are calling it at the moment, put out her own plan and more details and that is to fund the government through march, raise the debt ceiling through january, delay the medical device tax and this got dismissed pretty quickly, that last one. does the collins deal ha

and i think that i made a real contribution that way and that elements of the plan that senator murkowskind senator ayotte and i have put forth will end up in the final compromise. >> senator klobuchar, why did senator reid just reject the collins-plus, which you have been working on or talking about in her office? why did he just reject it out of hand? >> i see this plan as a positive framework going forward, and we need that right now. i think you see the fact that senator reid, senator mcconnell are now talking, and we've gotten to a stage where some of the demands that we've heard from house republicans to put ideological things on the budget and shut the government down if they didn't defund obama care, if they didn't get something on on birth control, that's behind us now, and i think the plan in the works that we're doing is positive. i think what senator reid meant is that he wasn't going to accept every little detail of it, but i think he knows that there are some positive things in that plan that are very good. for instance, we are talking about opening the government again and

here's lisa murkowski's read on what's happening from the "today" show. >> this should not be about someone's speakership. this should not be about the next election. this should be about really the future of our country. >> so, molly, you heard joe. might boehner lose his speakership over this? and should it matter or in this case should he put the country before politics, as has been said? >> well, somebody has to lead the house republicans. somebody has to be the speaker, no matter what. and it's hard to envision anybody doing it effectively, considering, you know, what congressman cummings said earlier, that the republican party is at war with itself. you do have these warring tribes with mutually irreconcilable goals. they are the majority in the house but aren't a cohesive majority. so whether it's john boehner or somebody else, it's just not going to be possible to get them all on the same page in a consistent manner, i don't think. >> we've got that deadline, joe, 14 hours is what has been put out there so far. there's debate, right, still as to whether we will go over and we will def

need to come together, we were joined by republicans, like john mccain, like susan collins, lisa murkowski who were embarrassed and angry at what was being done to their party. >> they were embarrassed by ted cruz? >> oh, there's no question about it. no question about it. when ted cruz is on the floor speaking, you normally see no other republican in the room. and so we're going to move forward whether it's focusing on the budget, i'm a senior member of the budget committee and we've got a very tough row to go here in terms of trying to put together a balanced budget. whether it's the farm bill, i also have my conference going on now. we're going to find that reasonable middle that moves things forward. >> what is the reasonable -- senator, great respect for you. what is the reasonable middle when they want to cut social security? when they want -- >> well, that's not reasonable. >> all right. >> no, no. let me say, first of all, you know what the hardest part about all of this is? there's two things i would say in terms of going into this budget. first of all, they won't acknowledge that

what is the role that senator murkowski is playing your? >> she's turned to come up with some sort of compromise plan. the problem with the so-called collins plan was that it maintain sequestration level spending through january 15. have said at that date in early january even lower spending levels would've kicked in automatically. for democrats, they don't mind a short-term agreement that would keep those low sequestration levels in effect through perhaps november 15. they have been marking up bills for the fiscal year 2014 that began in october at a much higher level. budget negotiations to address what they think should be a repeal of parts of sequester if not all of it, they don't want to agree to some package that would keep things as they are for another five or six months, even three months. >> last mission for you this morning, the shutdown situation and the debt ceiling, are these things now tied together or is there still a chance that they get solved separately? >> of course the overriding concern seems to be the debt ceiling dea

. >> reporter: fellow republicans lisa murkowski and kelly ayot were among the first to sign on.n taking the lead in the future. >> we're not shy. we're stepping up. we're going to lead. >> reporter: democrats also got on board. >> we trust even other. and i think that's very important, when you get to this kind of a delicate negotiation. >> reporter: and collins spent all weekend to kraft budget language. women have a history of coming together on the softball field as well. >> jill brand. >> reporter: facing off in a fund-raiser, and debbie wasserman schultz, says they bring something else to the table. they have forged close relationships through monthly bipartisan dinners, bonds that can be key. >> there is a sister hood here that transcends party lines, and i think in this case has helped us to produce some results. >> reporter: and wolf, i don't know about you, but i think it would be pretty awesome to be able to attend one of these dinners that senator collins is talking about with senate women. unfortunately, no reporters are allowed. >> maybe that will change one of thes

letterin my hand a signed by senator lisa murkowski congressman don young and don hastings from the state of washington. this is a letter that i am going to asked to be included in the record, taking the exact same position that you have taken. she has the authority under existing law to resume this activities and get you back to work. i would simply say that i agree with you. i agree with your written and oral testimony that the secretary has the authority to do this and should do it. let me then move on to ms. blakey. a comment tolly all of you. i lose this in my opening statement. it seems we have a new normal in the way we do our budgeting. we haven't had a budget for four cycles now. the baroque -- the appropriations committee house and senate have different numbers to work with. we do not get our appropriation bills done. from our standpoint, those on my side of the i feel -- of the aisle feel we do not get an amendment and therefore it takes so much longer to reach unanimous consent. the senate passed their appropriation bill. the house passed their appropriation bills. we do not g

i just thought, senators ey ayoe and murkowski. i think that may cover it. senator king. just doing this by memory here. they got together when things looked grim and they said, the senate's going to lead. and i'm so grateful to them. because even as things faltered, they were still at it, still working. senator pryor. part of that group. they just didn't give up. and to me, that is so important. we need to talk to each other. we need to work together. how did we get 80-some votes for a wrda bill? it was bipartisan. how did we get all those votes we had last time for the highway bill? it was bipartisan, we worked together, as chairman of that e.p.w. committee, really the chingthings we get done are all bipartisan. and when we get into our corners, it's not good. and when we try to use as leverage the very government itself or the debt ceiling itself, it's -- it doesn't work. so, in closing, i'm going to say again what this article says. "s&p." "if people are afraid that the government policy brinkmanship will resurface again and with it the risk of another shutdown or wor

a tweet from -- at lisa murkowski to the house, stop the politics. people keep saying that john boehner's job is on the line. he believed that? -- do you believe that? guest: i do not see that as some defining moment. every two years, one a new congress comes into session, you go through the process and you say among all of us, who is the best to rise up and serve in that position and other positions of leadership, and i think john would be the first to say he expects to be evaluated a son his performance. now, i do not see that this in and of itself is going to cause any severe disruption of the republican conference. that said, obviously, we need to get that her. senator harry reid -- better. senator harry reid needs a sharp improvement. the senate would be better off with another person leading, someone that would be predisposed and desires to enter into meaningful negotiation with the house. host: run in chicago on our line for independents. caller: good morning, mr. representative. i saw your list and i have a list of my own i would like to give

i hold in my hand a letter signed by lisa murkowski and also by don young and chairman doc hastings ofhe state of washington. it is a letter that i will has to be included in the record at this time. >> soviet. >> to the secretary, taking the exact same position that you have taken that she has the authority under existing law to resume these activities and to get you back to work i would simply say i agree with you end up with your written and oral testimony that the secretary has the authority to do this and should do it. and let me move on to the madam. and this is really -- this is a comment to all. and i believe this in my opening statement. it seems that we have a new normal in the way that we do our budgeting. that we haven't had a budget for four cycles now. the appropriations committee in the house and senate have different numbers to work with so we don't get the appropriation bills done. from our standpoint those on my side of the aisle feel that we don't get amendments. and therefore, it takes so much longer reach to reach unanimous consent agreements to bring these appropr

the senator from alaska, senator murkowski, i know others are here.well as senator flake, who happens to be in the chamber right now. jenna: senators reid and mcconnell speaking moments ago. : the deal on u on the senate a historic bipartisan agreement saying it is not the time for blame. senator mcconnell commenting of the government center is a reduction in the last two years, the first time we have seen this in government. mcconnell saying it is far less than what we had hoped for but far better than what some had sought. well that was happening, senator cruz, who has certainly had his time in the headlines as we have seen the shutdown come and abs pursing the ship out and come we will see it. speaking moments ago, i want to play some of that sound for you. >> can you tell us, do you plan to delay a vote in the senate? >> let me wait until everyone is situated. unfortunately once again it appears the washington establishment is refusing to listen to the american people. the deal that has been cut provides no relief to millions of americans who are

i think i have made a real contribution that way and elements of the plan that and ir murkowski, ayotte, have put forth, will end up in the compromise. house, what is the role that senator collins is playing? guest: she is playing a leading role, as well as other bipartisan senators, to come up with a plan. the problem with her plan is it would have maintain sequestration level spending through january 15. earlythat date, in january, lower spending levels would have kicked in automatically. democrats do not mind a short- term agreement that would keep those lower sequestration levels in effect through november 15, but they have been marking a bills for fiscal year 2014 beginning in october, at a much higher level. to delay any budget negotiations to address what they think should be a repeal of parts of sequester, if not all of it, they do not want to agree to a package that would keep things as they are for another 5, 6 months, even three months. the shutdown situation, the debt ceiling, are these now tied together, is there a chance they are solved separately? guest: the overriding th

, flake, graham, grassley, ho hoeve hoeven, inhofe, johnson of wisconsin, lee, mcconnell, maran, murkowskiroberts, rubio, scott, toomey, wicker. mr. hatch, mr. hatch, no. mr. keyesia, mr. keyesia, no. mr. barroso, mr. barroso, no. mr. shelby, mr. shelby, no. mr. sessions, mr. sessions, no. mrs. shaheen, mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. blunt, mr. blunt, no. >> all right, we're going to step away from the drama in the senate chamber. and continue our conversations with chuck conesburg, he was an assistant director of the white house office of management during the '95 shutdown. in listening to all what is going on this morning, does it feel the same in '95? does it feel worse? how do you characterize this? >> well, 1995 was pretty bad. it was the longest shutdown in u.s. history, lasted for three weeks. this one, this one feels that it could be as bad, because of the level of gridlock that is currently in place right now. >> roger simon from politico, he just said this feels different from '95 because he said that legislators are meaner. i mean, there is no -- there is no cooperation between the two

in the backdrop you heard senator collins is working with two other female senators, murkowski as welling up with a deal. funding the federal government for six months, keeping spending levels at where they are, two-year delay on the medical device tax and requiring interim verification for americans seeking subsidies for obamacare. they thought they were moving in the right direction. one of our guests coming up shortly, senator manchin, said i could sign on to this. senator khrob char, a democrat, said this looks pretty good and then all of a sudden things started falling apart. it ends up blowing up because -- i don't think there is any doubt about this -- that poll on saturday from the "wall street journal" that showed republicans were losing big time in the court of public opinion gave the white house and senator reid, who has been really militant about this, felt the wind's at their back, let's go for the kill. i have an idea. let's get rid of all the spending caps we agreed on from years ago. there is no way that would fly. just goes to show you democrats believe their success i

other otherwise so you've got susan collins as you mentioned, i talked to kelly ayotte today, lisa murkowskistep with each other, they all represent different districts but you're seeing a growing power of women in congress and i don't think anyone can tell you that isn't a great thing. i think more of that it broadens the conversation and off camera, kelly ayotte and i were talking about how do you balance the kids and everything, just like everything else. do you it as best you can and i thought that was a refreshing comment. she told me that today. >> that's so true. with that we'll take a short break and be right back. of providing a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. if you look at a khan academy video, they cover everything from basic arithmetic to calculus, trigonometry, finance. you can really just get what you need at your own pace. and so, bank of america came and reached out to us and said, "we are really interested in making sure that everyone really understands personal finance." we're like, "well, we're already doing that." and so it was kind of a perfect match. t

ski -- senatorel murkowski. to open the federal government. the house needs to act. they need to pass the resolution and pass legislation that was passed by the senate that strips the continuing funding resolution of all politically motivated riders and offers a continuing funding resolution for the next six weeks so that we can resolve our fiscal differences, reopen the government, keep america's government working and keep our people safe and secure. we call upon speaker boehner, let the members vote. yes or no. if you vote yes, we can move forward. if we vote no, let's take another look at it. let's get the job done. there are people all over who are federal employees who have been furloughed. it is a word that means layoff. furloughed means laid off. show upamericans everyday to keep america working so that america can be safe, secure, and also meet the needs. in my home state, we see it at the national institutes of health. 71% of those people are furloughed. these people come to work every day. the great researchers and lab technicians. $35,000.making the facil

murkowski: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent at this time to enter into a colloquy with my colleague from north dakota. the presiding officer: is there objection? so ordered. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to speak to an issue that in my state of alas alaska, in the state of north dakota, quite honestly so many of our home states, we have -- we have facts, we have statistics, we have issues that face our indigenous peoples, most particularly our indigenous children, that, truth be told, these statistics are -- are not what we want to write home about. in fact, in many, many cases, these statistics are shameful and the effort and the initiative to make a difference in the lives of -- of the children of our first peoples is an effort that i want to speak to today and join with my colleague from north dakota in -- in addressing this issue. i want to help shine a light on the conditions facing indigenous children in our country, for whom the united states has a legal co