that's a way of generating revenues awise pell your gyms and baseball diamonds, this is also putting a concept in it. i could get to this high school and play on the field eventually. i'm always a sportsman -- sports fanatic, because the lincoln high school football saved my brother's life. mr. david henderson like four years ago. it saved his life. now my son is like, i'll goo and walk to lincoln in the next six or seven years. i'm kind of like saying, maybe something different not as much as gardens of that such oar nature. but definitely thinking of spaces that c.b.o.'s and come in and feel comfortable and turn to case management inside the school to where that can kind of cut a break on the dean or the principals and definitely like the use of the facility as far as sports related. track and field. so maybe they'll have to come up with something in the neighborhood, because it looks really good and we appreciate it. >> thank you. at this time i'll take comments and questions. because i missed the committee meetings that occurred around the resolution, i wanted to give a little hi

well also with the grants and scholarships the pell they are not allowed to have pell grants the probation san in-state tuition until someone is legal is going to remain on the books and it's just it's just a myth that the that are the numbers that he shares i also i think i will reserve later this idea of demonizing amnesty because i think that if we look at what happened under the old amnesty program it indeed legalized people who benefited our economy but it was a kid taking care of a symptom and not the care we don't have means for these people to come here in a safe legal orderly fashion and there are a whole sector of people who are needed to different times to fail jobs and to unify with their families and we haven't provided them the opportunity to do that you said earlier that we're certainly do have a means go ahead bob go jump in go ahead what we certainly do have a path to citizenship and it starts with getting in line and waiting your turn and in terms of labeling the dream act as an amnesty how can you do anything but i mean the opposition has always said that as long as you

president, they're eligible for the maximum pell grant. you get the poorest student, they're eligible for the maximum federal loans. and that's profit. that's profit to these companies. so they are the business model. and since they, the companies, are legally bound to try to increase their returns, either to their equity investors or hedge funds or their shareholders, they have to have this growth. so they keep aggressively recruiting more students. and the poorer you are, the better they like it. it gives them more money. and then if you drop out, no skin off their teeth. they don't owe you anything. so the poor students get recruited. they don't get any support or very little. little help. they drop out. i have a chart, i'll show you that after a bit, and they got all this dell and the schools have -- all this debt and the schools have all the money. that's the business model. that's the business model. the "help" committee held its third and most recent hearing in september with the focus on answering the question: what is happening to

and he signed a sweeping legislation flanked by members of each party except for nancy pell easeo. the ceremony came 10 days avenue struck a deal with republican leaders and only hours after the house finally approved it. >> there is a both houses of congress passed a package of tax relief protecting the middle class, will grow our economy andy jait to bes for the american people. >> this does remain the controversial bush era tax rates and offers 13 months of extended unemployment benefits. >> extension of benefits will help thousands of californians still out of work. the state edd says november's rate held steady, hasn't changed since july. california added 1600 nonfarm jobs last mochl theoff say says -- governor says he's encouraged. >> and the grinch who stole a toy drive for needy kids. >> and a local unit of military police getting ready to spent the year in afghanistan. >> researchers focus on air pollution as a >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a bay area national guard unit is on the way to afghanistan. this 870th company held ceremonies alrea

these are four acrobats known as fratelli pell greeny. they're in town for a convention on circuses organized by the vatican. let's just watch and enjoy for a moment. >> did you see that the nuns like they were at the justin bieber concert waving the hankies. >> there's the confusion. what else to say? let's go back to pope john paul a couple of years ago. not quite as good but he was equally confused when some break-dancers showed up at the vatican. this is 2006. pope john paul just completely baffled by what he's watching there. amazing. and then can we go back to the shirtless acrobats? do we have that one more time? i think it's worth it. there they are. yippee. the nuns are excited. there you have it. the fratelli pellegreeni performing for the pope. >>> a little funk added. jimmy fallon talking about president become's visit to the white house. >> in his latest effort to win support from his own party obama enlisted the services of former president clinton. >> oh, yeah. with obama swinging this way and that only makes sense to call

the body of a 40-year-old woman was found bound with bhult pell stab wounds in a forrers-- forest near jerusalem where police shi he had had been hiking with a friend. she survived. the friend told police they were attacked by arab men. >> a-- there was a metal in the public drinking water of 31 of 35 cities tested. oklahoma had the highest levels of the toxic metal which figured in the movie erin brockovich. the chemical industry says it is conducting its own research which will allow for a more informed risk assessment. and in mexico a pipeline explosion has killed at least 27 people and injured dozens more. the predawn explosion was apparently triggered by thieves trying to steal crude oil. dozens o s in the city of st. martin were scorched. and just ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news", the moment of truth for the record chasing uconn women's basketball team. >> mitchell: finally this evening it is a record long shot thought to be unapproachable, until now. tonight the university of connecticut women's basket ball team won its 88s consecutive game, tying the men's record which has

the final was a pell of a variance for 1966 grate great highway. it was a discretionary review that was heard by the commission december of last year and the commission voted to take discretionary review and increase the front setback on there which also required a variance. the neighborhood appealed it. the board heard the item last night and voted 3-2 to overturn the variance. four votes are needed to overturn a departmental action. that motion failed and the variance was upheld. the building permit will be issued in the next few months. that's all. >> thank you. let me note that the historic preservation commission did not meet >> i have one speaker card on public comment. francisco. my name is francisco. i'm going to comment on the director's report and the apology made by one of -- one of you to e-today. i attend meetings at city hall unlike most of y'all, many meetings. i observe the board of supervisors very carefully. i have known and watched mr. sugaya for a long time. he's a decent man and a man of character. as has been witnessed today b

but i just look at the updated forecast mod pells they're ramping up the intensity for sunday, so let'son that with increasing rainfall chances. that would be for the second half of the weekend. >> okay. thank you, mark. >>> there may be no such thing as a free lunch, but there were free bart tickets this morning at some stations. workers hanked out 120,000 free tickets in berkeley, oakland and downtown san francisco. they can be used for one-way trips during the next three weekends. bart hopes the free tickets will encourage people to take bart to do their holiday shopping. >> bart says ridership during the thanksgiving holiday period was up slightly this year, some 62,000 riders took part to san francisco airport from last wednesday to monday. slightly more than a 1% increase from 2009. >>> still ahead, new figures on home sales and this time the news is encouraging. and you'll hear what happened when a man near lake tahoe came face-to-face with a bear inside his business. >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street. numbers are up significantly once again for the seconds d

since we didn't get a chance to thank you, use this opportunity now that -- this is just another cam pell of other resolution that is president kim has written in the past few years whereas well thought out and -- and -- take really -- in to consideration the board's priority of trying it close the at some point gaps. so thank you so much, president kim. >> yes. so i -- just want to also echo this, that particular concern was discussed at the budget committee in depth. that's eighty the whereas has been included. mention the resolution that we have for teacher housing. i thought it was important. i was the commissioner that suggested we added a formal family housing considering we serve main lilo and moderate income families. there are 39,000 families in san francisco with the needs. as 9 largest owner of land in the city, that we have an obligation to also serve our familys by no means does that curtail already pans -- plans we have in motion about teacher housing. i think that's very, very clear. so -- but what i really particularly like about this resolution is that it reinforces the f

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and the senator from vermont particularly because of claiborne pell. when the pell grant went in it was to help kids go to school. in the 1970's, mr. president, the pell grant paid 100% of the average two-year college. it only pays 50% of that today. i think that i remember it paid almost 60% or 40% of a four-year college. a public college. it only pays like 40% or less of that today. the value, because we have not kept up with a program like pell grants, which is a powerful tool to lift the middle class or lift the poor out of poverty and expand the middle class. so when we cut programs, let's be careful to cut the waste, cut the abuse, but let's not cut the heart out of what we're arguing for: tools, effective tools to expand the middle class or we will never get out of this recession, because i promise you the few thousand people in this country, or few tens of thousands, i don't know how many, that make more than $1 million a year are not going to lift this country out of a recession. it is going to be the middle class. and if we don't help them ge

do you want to cut pell grants, which now are valued in 1970. i looked at this the other day o and the senator from vermont particularly, when the pilgrims went in, it was a crypto kids gt to school. in the 1970s, mr. president, the pell grant paid 100% of the average, you know, two-yeary p college. it only pays 50% of the today. i think i remember he paid 40% f almost 60 or 40% of a four year. college, the that today. a value, because we have not lie kept up with a program like pelu grant, which is a powerful tool to lift the middle class or let the poor out of poverty andlass. expand the middle class.'s so when we cut programs, let's be careful to cut the waste, cus the abuse, but let's not cut the heart out of what we're arguing for tools, affect your tools to expand the middle class or we nr will never get out of this recession.ew because i promised you a comment a few thousand people in this country, i don't know how many 1 lift this country out of a to be recession. it is going to be the middle get class. we don't often get ahead, if what

like on a pell ped stall of snow. and there is hopefully, tires can pull out of here. >> this storm is making its way east to new york and south to central florida. and this is expected to batter the eastern third of the country another day or two. >> wall street inches towards a new bench mark. dow jones gained 18 points today, 16 shy of a post-recession high and there is 11444 would be considered a bull market. nation's oldest grocer file forward bankruptcy. great atlantic and pacific tea company, a and p struggle forward years against falling sales and debt. here is how airlines are staying in business. the transportation department says they've collected $4.3 billion in baggage and ticketing fees this year. and there is 1.2 million by delta. and five to up to $9 you can block in a good fare and have three to seven days to decide. >> and there is wells fargo closing its wholesale mortgage center in concord. and he says he'll do his best somewhere within the company. >> there is a milestone for voyager space craft.

high for pacifica and then the wind and rain kicks in. 58 in pell petaluma, scattered showers early andrain after 3:00 in oakland, highs today in the inland valleys, upper 50s and down by the monterey bay, main rain holds off until this evening, 62 in salinas, and monday and advertise, wednesday and thursday looks like a north bay event. looks more like we're going to be on the dry side by next weekend. >> but all this rain and winter is still a couple weeks away? >> that's right. >> all right. you know there a lot of gloomy environmental news but here is a success story in our own backyard. a dramatic recovery of the monterey bay and it's the subject of a new book. now, the report of the death and life of monterey bay. >> the stunning beauty of monterey bay has a history of exploitation. one species was hunted and many to near extinction. in the early 1800's, it was otter and then whales and then abalone. then a relentless pursuit of sardines. >> the bay was a smelly polluted empty mess. >> between 1935 and 1945, the canner eyes was the heart of the economy. the stench permeated for mi

he lost his right eye and the pell etsd are too close to his brain to ro remove them. for now he has been receiving painkillers and antibiotics and is under close observation. he was found wednesday night on a sausalito beach. they say he was probably shot by a fisherman. >> if you are planning to head out and saw that fog, it's quite thick. >> it's all over the bay area but it's slowly going to dissipate. really, it's into affect until 9:00. vollmer peak in the east bay, way in the 195distance is mount tam and everybody is looking at poor visibility. sonoma county down to eighth of a mile. dense fog advisory includes the coast and all way down to big sur. all points in between, looking at visibility, concord three miles. oakland is about five miles and airport not bad now but delays stacking up. we are looking at the low sun angle throughout the day but eventually we'll see partly sunny skies. 60 in mountain view so we're already above the average highs. we'll see numbers five to eight degrees above normal. i don't their we're going to see records today, but we are lo

beautiful sunset and got the pell chan in there taking it in as well -- pelican in there taking it in as well. email your photos to mypix@cbs5.com. that's a look at your weather. for your traffice, here's liz. >> thanks, tracy. green on the screen! that could be your new weather jingle. i liked it, juliette. all right. let's talk about traffic. westbound 5 80 slow out of the altamont pass as far as 205. so expect some slower speeds there and pretty much everywhere. a wet start to the morning commute as tracy has been showing us. slow speeds through antioch where we typically see it and actually our slow traffic extends unusually farther out towards pittsburg into concord in those westbound lanes of highway 4 so yeah, slower speeds there as well as in the south bay where we're already dealing with several fender- benders including the mckie road on-ramp to northbound 680 which was shut down for an overturned accident there. the on-ramp has once again re- opened. be careful, take it slow. a lot of accidents have been happening on the on- and off- ramps because people are driving too fas

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ego in doing this because i wanted an institution named after me, if you photographers have enough pell left, i wish you'd go to 41st street where this institution would have dared my name. it is a broken down abandoned for over 15 years brownstone that is in chains. it is not that i would have embarrassed the congress tor the ccny to have my name placed on it, but i was heartily campaigning to put my name on it. as far as receiving any benefits, it is too late to ask you to read the findings because it is abundantly clear that council after two years said there was no violation of the rent stabilization law. somebody in the press has to either read the law or contest the reporters or do something. i will spend a little time on that later. i don't think i will. i don't think it rises to the extent that reporters knowingly should be responded to by me publicly. council said there was no violation of the rent stabilization block as it relates to where me and my family live. as been no violation of any law. as it relates to put a campaign office in the same building that i was in, the leas

. >> hello, pell low. bernanke, not the most exciting person but i must say based on where the economy has been and where we are going, we have concerns about, you know, liquidity and the interest rates. he's also been the most open of many of the fed reserve chairmen in the past. ben bernanke is on my list. number two, well, tea party, i think you and i are together on that. >> but your number one? >> my number one would have to be "the jersey shore." >> what? >> who invited this guy. >> you know, they kicked out "the hills." that's been canceled. >> you find them intriguing? >> they are intriguing. you are stuck to the screen watching them. >> have you watched it? >> it's a great show. >> tell me you have watched it. >> four or five episodes. >> which character do you find so intriguing? >> well, snooki, the situation, they're both -- >> wow. >> those two would have to be the top. >> really quickly, top person you think is going to be the most intriguing person in 2011? >> kate middleton. >> i'm not so s

he has been for pell grants and other initiatives that affects america's working families. his constituents, their hopes and challenge, that was his call to action. his official biography opens with these hard, every american should share in the bounty of america. this has been his statement. he has been a transformational figure and his leadership on behalf of the american people is unsurpassed. he has been blessed by a wonderful family and we are all grateful to his wife joan and his sons for sharing david with us. we always want to salute his staff person, his staff director, beverly, for her leadership and her excellent work and some might say, her patience with this great mind. i just have to tell this one story on dave obey, because i just love it so much. dave obey was the chair of foreign ops subcommittee. some years after charlie wilson was chair, i had the privilege of becoming the ranking member on that committee, no longer the majority. when we went to the floor on the first bill that i was managing on the minority side, i was very prepared and ready and wanted

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she received pell grants to go to school when her college days were there and i was in the air force and helped where i could. so i get it. people are struggling. there is a role for the government, but this is not the time for our government to raise taxes on anybody because all of us are struggling to try to find a way out of this economic mess. and there are some stuff days ahead economically. there are some tough days ahead in the war on terror. let's have these votes, come back next week and see if we can solve some problems that all americans are dying for their congress to solve. get us back on sound economic footing, deal with debt, and to senator durbin, senator crapo, to senator coburn, hats off to your vote on the debt commission. you did some very hard thing, and that product is going to serve the country well. we're all in this together, and i wish everyone good holidays and maybe a time to reflect, that we do have more in common than we have in differences. thank you, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: who yields time? mr. baucus: madam president, i yield ten min

billion, enough to reach the sessions because gullible, whill stille fully funding and paying for pell grants and covering all cbo scoring changes. the administration's top priorities have received funding, but not always of the level thought.riorit professional priorities were cut back and special needs were mete but there were no frills. many for many members, this debate focused on what we calledhere, earmarks. here too, the congress tightens at belt. defined as defined by senate rules, we reduce their spending that was f provided in fy 2010 by nearly 35%.8 billion less than $8 billion was recommended in the omnibus billl for congressionally direct its spending programs as compared to more than 12 billion last year. my colleagues should be advised that since 2006, the congress has reduced spending on earmarks by just about 75%. bill in total, the omnibus billn recommended less than three quarters of 1% of discretionary funding on the so called earmarks.unds a tiny fraction of funds arethes provided to all of you can support the needs of youred constituents, which are notdminr funded

he was a champion of so many things, the pell grant, to make sure it was a watch and ward of this country. what he was most famous for was the efforts on the campaign finance reform. and, frankly, we will miss him dearly because of that. there is a growing concern in this country that elections have become options, not about the quality of the candidates and their positions, but simply hutch money can be fund -- how much money can be funded in by how many different sources? at a time that we have to confront again an even more serious challenge of finance reform, we are losing one of the great force, one of the great minds in that effort. i know he will be helping us in going forward, and i thank him for that. carte goodwin served with us for a brief period of time, but in that time, you saw the incredible talent of this young senator. his skill, his judgment, his ability to communicate with everyone in this senate. he has been succeeded by another remarkable gentleman, senator manchin, who is keeping up certainly the high standards of senators from west virginia. but carte, good luck and

we're talking about specifically a physician exam, pelvic exam by a gynecologist, a pell vic ultrasoundt even close. they can give a normal result when there is cancer and abnorming when there is not. with that blood test, there are actually six other blood test markers that women should get and they should ask their doctors for if there is a is suspicion for ovarian cancer. most doctors even are not aware's those other markers. they should ask for them. >> the key is finding it, detecting it, but it's difficult to detect, correct? >> exactly. because are where the ovaries sit. they present vague symptoms. a lot of them can be missed by the patients and the doctors. the big things we think about when we think of warning signs, pelvic pain or pressure is biggest. indigestion, a change in the way you eat. take a bite of food. push it away saying you feel full. stomach bloating, burping and changing in your urinary habits. frequency of urination or urgency to urinate more often. if you have those symptoms more than two weeks and talk to your doctor and ask to be examined by a gynecologist.

and, in addition, for pell grants -- this is grants, not loans, that students get to go to college -- these individuals would be eligible for those as soon as they get in college. after even a g.e.d. instead of a high school die p.l.o. mavment and the idea is that we're already doing enough at the border and we're doing everything that's possible. i would note that this administration has not completed the fence that congress authorized. we are not deporting people effectively. they've sued the state of arizona, who tried to help the federal government enforce the laws. they refused to make the e-verify program permanent. no workplace raids are being conducted. they were stopped soon after this administration took office. so i would say for a host of reasons we are not doing what can be done and should be done to bring the lawless no, sir an end and to -- the law alsoness to an end and, to deal with people who violated with the law and came nil legally. i thank the chair and yield the floor. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the qu

the work that we are doing on student loans and pell grants, you can see it in the students who are able to finance right here. [applause] so we can't stop making those investments. the best anecdote to a growing deficit by the way is a growing economy. to borrow an anthology, cutting the deficit by cutting investments in areas like education, areas like innovation, that's like trying to reduce the weight of an overloaded aircraft by removing the engine. it's not a good idea. [applause] there may be -- [applause] there may be some things you need to get rid of that you've got to keep the engine. [laughter] that's why even as we scoured the budget for the cuts and savings in the months ahead, i will continue to fight for those investments that will help america win the race for the jobs and industry for future and that means investment in education and infrastructure. i will be fighting for that. [applause] in an era where most new jobs will require some kind of higher education, we have to keep investing in the skills and education of how workers, and that's why we are going -- we are we

back very aggressively for major cuts in social security, medicare, medicaid, education, child care, pell grants, you name it, because their belief is -- i don't quite understand it -- that it is somehow good public policy to give tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country who in many ways have never had it so good while you cut programs that the middle class and working families of this country desperately depend upon. so i would suggest that this big debate we're having right now on whether or not we should accept the proposal agreed to by the president and the republicans is just the beginning, just the beginning of what's coming down the pike. and if we surrender now on this issue, we can expect next month and the following month another governmental crisis, another threat of a shutdown unless they get their way. so i think rather than asking the working families of this country to have to compromise, instead of asking our kids to pay more taxs to bail out billionaires, maybe -- i know this is a radical idea, but maybe we should ask a handful of our republican friends to joi

we expended pell grants so every child and every student has a write to go to college and help create work force that will compete worldwide. we passed an innovative and forward-looking energy plan to end our dependence on foreign oil. but most of all, many of us worked together to do what is best for our community. some might disagree with any one policy, but i think at the end each of us in this chamber knows we have a responsibility to our country, we believe in our country and we try to do the right things. madam speaker, my colleagues and south floridians watching today, i want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for this privilege. choosings public service isn't always easy. there are bad headlines and tough attacks and long weeks away from your family. our families truly make the greatest sacrifice. but it is worth every one of those sacrifices for the opportunity to make our country better for our children and our grandchildren than it was for us. this is the american dream, and that is what i fought for and many of us fight for every single day at home and here. when

since taking office, the administration has funded an unprecedented doubling of the pell grant program which will help more than 8 million low- income students. it will help them attend college. at the same time, there is the tax credit. in less tumultuous times, i would suggest to you that the largest increase in federal support for college attendance by students from low and middle income tax brackets would be recognized as a signal and defining achievement. it is a reflection of the magnitude of the issues that we have grappled with over the last several years that this is not receiving the attention it deserves. education is closely linked with the second major priority for the years ahead. innovation, the other central pillar of economic growth -- for very long time, we have had in the united states a distinctive ecology that is the reason why we are the leading economy in the world. on the one hand, we have recognized, venerated, and acted on the observation that it is individuals, edison, 4, gates, -- edison, ford, gates, zuckerberg, who would not dream of filing a grant applica

that also gave us credit card reform, student loan reform and additional pell grants, tobacco regulations and food safety legislation. mr. coen: this 111th congress did more than lyndon johnson's and did it under the effective, passionate, honest and remarkable leadership of the most historic speaker in the house of representatives history, the honorable nancy pelosi, who i'm proud to have voted for and served with. i yield the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise andextend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemanis recognized for one minute. 3 >> madam speaker, the lady volleyball team brought home a christmas present to their school, penn state university. they won their fourth straight ncaa division one championship. while the team was undefeated the previous two seasons they were 32-5 going into the championship year and the golden bears went into a match with a 30-4 season. mr. thompson: they've dominated fo

so for each over you, give me an example, of not what is worked but a horrible xm pell that you had that you witnessed, that you think hurt both communities by that level of in-fighting and why that can't be the road to progress over the next two years. >> i can't think of that -- that many issues in terms of redistrict but on political issues, i can. generally black and hispanic legislators are going to agree on affirmative action programs for business. we come together. sometimes african-americans might be more sensitive than criminal justice reforms because right now most of the people in prison are black. won't be long based on the statistics to where there will be another explore. on the immigration issue, from time to time i had to talk to my black colleagues to say we ought motto go take the easy route, we ought to make sure that we're going to give the hispanic colleagues of the -- the benefit of the doubt to think through the issue. i don't want to break up that coalition. we usually have a general person's agreement in san antonio, texas, there has historically been one black s

$15 billion, enough to reach the sessions-mccaskill level while still fully funding and paying for pell grants and covering all c.b.o. scoring changes. the administration's top priorities have received funding , but not always at the level sought. congressional priorities were cut back, essential needs were met, but there were no frills. for many members, this debate focused on what we call earmarks. here, too, the congress tightens its belt. as defined by senate rules, we have reduced our spending that was provided in f.y. 2010 by nearly 35%. less than $8 billion was recommended in the omnibus bill for congressionally directed spending programs as compared to more than $12 billion last year. my colleagues should be advised that since 2006, the congress has reduced spending on earmarks by just about 75%. in total, the omnibus bill recommended less than .75% of discretionary funding on these so-called earmarks. a tiny fraction of funds are provided so all of you can support the needs of your constituents which are not funded by the administration. we have all heard those who said this el

it funds the current shortfall in pell grants for college students, meets the increased medical needs for our veterans, maked adequate adjustments to meet military pay and health kansases. it provides the department of defense $513 billion, which is $4.9 billion more than last year with corresponding cuts on the domestic side of the ledger, i'm sorry to say. i'm sure we'll hear a lot of talk about a number of changes in the bill. the number of hard choices we had to make in this package to try to keep uncle sam from being uncle scrooge this holiday season. john wesley admonished to us to do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can in all the places you can at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. this product falls embarrassingly short of that goal. but i make no i apolings for the fact that the committee has done its dead level best within the constraints under which we're operating to make some modest adjustments to salvage some investments which over the long haul just might create more jobs than tax breaks for mil

this is a group of people who will not be allowed to receive pell grants and not be able to get into the health insurance exchanges and they won't be able to get into them, they will not qualify for food stamps or the medicare program and you are talking about tremendous preferences over u.s. citizens another bogus argument. in closing, i would say one septemberens, in the end, this bill is less about the kids who deserve to benefit from the legislation than the country that will get the benefit of having them use their skills and their talents on our behalf. i urge ana vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to the house resolution 1756, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion by the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule

it funds the current shortfall in pell grants for college students, meets the increased medical needs for our veterans, maked adequate adjustments to meet military pay and health kansases. it provides the department of defense $513 billion, which is $4.9 billion more than last year with corresponding cuts on the domestic side of the ledger, i'm sorry to say. i'm sure we'll hear a lot of talk about a number of changes in the bill. the number of hard choices we had to make in this package to try to keep uncle sam from being uncle scrooge this holiday season. john wesley admonished to us to do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can in all the places you can at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. this product falls embarrassingly short of that goal. but i make no i apolings for the fact that the committee has done its dead level best within the constraints under which we're operating to make some modest adjustments to salvage some investments which over the long haul just might create more jobs than tax breaks for mil

are exceptions to the spending free health care programs for veterans would get a boost as would the pell grants for low-income students it provides money for the wars in afghanistan in >> iraq. a man appears to be a specialist bochum the only known american servicemen being held in captivity in afghanistan the intel server city said that another man in this video is believed to be tal bang commander the one who threaten to kill burger doll or a doll has been held by the television since june 30th. when he disappeared in the pact tieck the province in eastern afghanistan. >> the founder julian assange wikileaks remains in jail after turning himself free yesterday to police in this broader of media coverage the media crowding around the vehicle he was and he went to court yesterday now wikileaks says its publishing of secret government documents will go on despite the fact he is in jail wikileaks published a new set of files just today. julian assange is fighting extradition to sweden where he is accused of sexually assaulting two women appeared mastercard says it's having technical proble