reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, the bill has not been reported, is that right? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. the clerk: calendar number 504, s. 3525, a bill to protect and enhance tiewns for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting and for other purposes. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays. oh, i'm sorry, mr. president. i didn't realize the bill hadn't been record. mr. president, on behalf of senator test, i have a substitute amendment which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. mr. reid reid: okay, now i wanto say something. okay? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, it is really a shame. we have a bill that is bipartisan. cloture's already been invoked on it. we are on the bill. why in the world will we have -- why can't we just finish this bill, have a couple of amendments and go on? i -- i'm going to go ahead and i'm going to fill the tree, and i'm sure i will get som

himself knows that something needs to be done in a senate floor speech in may earlier this year reid praised senators tom udall all and jeff merkley who desperately tried to pass filibuster reform at the beginning of two thousand and eleven reid said these two young fine senators said it was time we changed the rules in the senate and we did it they were right the rest of us were wrong or most of us now anyway what a shame. now reid has a chance to correct this mistake and it looks like he'll try to do just that in a press conference the day reid said in regard to the filibuster i think the rules have been abused and we are going to work to change them we will not do away with the filibuster but will make the senate a more meaningful place we're going to make it so we can get things done on day one of the new senator or there will be a small window of a few hours open for harry reid and democrats to reform the filibuster and all it'll take to change the senate rules is fifty one votes a simple majority considering the democrats are going to be entering the new senate with as many as

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if the holdup is harry reid, a democrat, couldn't he just call senator harry reid and say, let's get a budget and do it now. we hear now that he is telling governor christie's going to answer the phone in 15 minutes, we can't get a budget in 3 years. >> have you a very good point. maybe it's like mr. medvedev, now that the election's over, maybe he will take a different attitude. i hope so. but your point is exactly right. it isn't just on this, i know the show's about the fiscal cliff, immigration reform, so many other thing, hasn't offered any legislation. >> caller: you know, when you stall thing, i mean the fact -- let's take the tax cuts, whether taxes go up or down -- frankly, tell you the truth, i really don't care. and probably my taxes would go up. but i do know one thing, while we near a period of indecision and everybody's known about this, nobody's doing any investing, nobody's making any decisions, you can't do any planning because the president and the houses and the senate have not -- fish or cut bait. nobody can make a decision that. stalls the economy so people can't

harry reid on the other hand is saying absolutely not. -- we can't possibly run the senate without making the changes. the m republic is at stake. >> bret: you believe that this is what they want to pursue and not part of the let's force them in to dealing better in the negotiations somehow with the threat of -- >> it could be both. i think, i mean the majority is going to want to do this, regardless of what the majority is. the minority will fight this no matter what. democrats maintain that the republicans abused the filibuster as the majority always does. so i think they would be doing it anyway. but if it's, you know, gives them extra leverage that's a bonus. >> i link this with the president's approach today where he essentially said to the republicans on taxes, you give me everything, i give you nothing, we go over a cliff otherwise. i think this is an assault by democrats on republicans, democrats have an idea that having just one what they won is a landslide, they will push this on all the fronts in the congress and on taxation. i

is it time for majority leader reid to go?oining us, byron york, and sam youngman and michael crowley. byron? >> i checked with senator sessions office and tonight is the 1,288th day since the sbt senate has passed a budget, they are supposed to do it every 365 days. what has happened was the senate pass -- senate democrats passed a budget to their liking with huge filibuster-proof majority in april of 2009. that's the last time they passed one one. they have used rules and procedures to extend the think about -- >> greta: it's a dodge. >> it's a dodge of the 1974 law. it is true, the president has submit aid budget, nobody wanted to vote for that. the house republicans have passed a budget. and it remains stuck. the person holding it back is harry reid. >> greta: so to the extent, sam, that the president talks about wanting to reach across the aisle and speaker boehner wants to reach across the aisle and others want to reach across the aisle, has senator harry reid shown any indication that he will pocket the bills? >> i don'

harry reid wouldn't do it last time. but now he's so fed up, he says -- >> eliot: last time, they crafted some meaningless compromise. now i hope he's learned a lesson the compromise was meaningless and he'll use the 51. congressman, back to you, i, too, along with michael read the constitution. i never saw the number 60 in there which is the magic number. are there even 51 democratic votes for the nuclear option? i know that sounds like it should be a silly question but there are a lot of democratic senators who were stuck in the gridlock mentality. do you think harry reid could get the 51 votes on the first day? >> i think there is a better shot at that this year than two years ago when we tried it. there are some newer senators who have come on board and in their campaign, senators from maine and massachusetts and across the country who have increased the number of democratic senators who have said yes let's come on that first day and let's try to fix it. and work together on this. so i think harry reid has a stronger

today was reid saying there's little progress. the next thing we have to be fearful of, which i fully anticipate, is they're going to be talking about a full breakdown of talks in washington between now and the end of the year. that's your buying opportunity. that's when you have to shut your eyes, plug your nose, and jump in. they're not going to let it go that far. we may run over the cliff. i'd expect a deal very quick in the new year with the retroactive feature. it's messy. it's not pretty. we're not looking for good common sense and clean policy from washington. but it will be in place in a month, two months from now. >> when the fall happens, you're saying that's the opportunity. >> i think it's consumer discretionary. you just picked it up a moment ago with corning's commentary about flat panel. the housing market is what's so key about this. we got the very good news from kay-shiler today. housing starts are booming. they're going to continue to run up significantly in the next few years. this isn't just a few months. we'

(laughter) so you've been warned, harry reid!itch mcconnell's filibuster and he will strike back by obstructing everything you do! or let him keep the filibuster so he can obstruct everything you do! (laughter) i think the choice is clear. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) 04ql-x@$,x56 (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is the original voice of both yoda and cookie monster. i'll ask him if four cookie cs. please welcome frank oz. (cheers and applause) thank you, hey, nice to meet you frank oz. can i call you frank oz. >> you can. >> stephen: frank oz -- >> can i just say something? >> stephen: yes. >> my favorite part of your show bar none is when you introduce the guest and you come here and take a bow. (laughter) i love that. >> stephen: well, i've got to give these people what they want. >> it's great. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: well, that's great to hear. >> i mean it, i think it's hysterical, and you deserve it. >> stephen: thank you, i put the most thought into it. >>

comments from harry reid saying he was disappointed in the lack of fiscal cliff talks.aybe still far apart. that spooking investors. dow jones industrial average down 71 points, basically on our lows of the day. let's wrap up our recovery road trip with one of the big economic engines, worst pun ever by the way, for charlotte, north carolina. it's estimated nascar has added more than $5 billion to the area. we're joined my marcus smith, the president of publicly traded speedway motor sports. they own nine tracks, sonoma and the charlotte motor speedway. thanks for joining us. i know you and your dad sometimes have had a con ttentis nascar a bit. what do you see happening in 2013? >> i think we have great news as a sport. nascar is a tremendous economic engine for the charlotte region, as you mentioned. it's a great economic engine wherever there is a nascar race. over $150 million are generated by having one nascar weekend in a given city. >> wow. $150 million to every town. >> you got it. average fan travels over 300 miles one way. we have more fortune 500 companies in

reid: mr. president, if you could direct the senate to be quiet. the presiding officer: the majority leader is correct. the senate is not in order. please take your conversations from the well. the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, the bill that was -- that was and is most important that sends the money to the pentagon was just killed, and that's cybersecurity. mr. president, i have had a number of people come to me during the day and said are you going to allow relevant amendments on this? i said sure. they said how about five? i said fine. but, mr. president, whatever we do on this bill, it's not enough for the chamber of commerce, not enough. so everyone should understand cybersecurity is dead for this congress. what an unfortunate thing, but that's the way it is. the sportsman's bill, mr. president, i filed cloture on this bill yesterday. unless we can agree to a limited number of amendments, we'll have cloture vote on the bill early tomorrow morning, probably around 9:00. if we get

>> thank you, senator reid. we can debate at length whether the november 6th election was -- >> comments from the senate majority leader, harry reid. essentially saying the exact same thing that speaker boehner did except mr. reid chiding republicans, if you will, saying we're still waiting on a serious offer from the republicans. just a few moments ago, as you did hear live on cnbc, it was speaker boehner saying democrats have yet to get serious. you can continue to watch the comments from senator durbin, senators schumer and murray are also there as well, likely to speak. you can continue to see that as you see at the bottom of your screen on cnbc.com. >>> let's head down to capitol hill and our own eamon javers. i know you keep saying this is a negotiating tactic being used by both sides. it seems as though the markets and the investing public are the ones being held hostage. >> reporter: absolutely. they must feel that way up there on wall street. i can tell you in washington terms, this is a little bit of e

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so reid is proposing the following rule changes.licans can't filibuster after having a debate over a bill. democrats shouldn't have to wait as long for a filibuster to be revolved. if republicans want to filibuster, they should have to talk about it. they shouldn't be able to hide in their offices while all this filibustering takes place. come out and talk it over, again and again for a lengthy period of time. the republicans claim that these changes are not fair. blocking legislation for another four years isn't fair to the american people or the process either. it's harry reid's call. joining me is steve benen. great to have you with us. thanks for your time. these rule changes that harry reid and the senate democrats are talking about, how drastic are they and how much of an effect could they have? >> one might think they are outrageous. in reality, the measures that you identified are modest. for many people who are eager to see major changes in the senate because of its dysfunction, this is something of an underwhelming proposa

clearly, harry reid has no plans to end the partisan politics.ith reaction, we have a panel here. you said this was a mandate to raise taxes am he wants to eliminate the filibuster and take full control of a body that didn't pass a budget in 3 1/2 years. >> less than 24 hour, this working across the aisle stuff is b.s. he is going to hijack everything so the republicans not only they have no voice, they can't do anything about it. they are not going to be able to do anything this. >> sean: can he pull this off? >> look -- what -- the obama administration -- look at the hole of what the liberals have been able to do so far. they have ram-rodded-- >>> i agree with all of that and the abuse and the accumulation of executive power has been unprecedented. can reid pull that off and take the filibuster out from underneath the republicans. >> the senate leader in the majority gets to set the rules. does he have the opportunity? he does. that said, to use terminology that harry reid would understand, if you don't want to play in his casino, he will stakt

democrats have harry reid. we have mitch mcconnell. get them in the room. no one gets all they want. if reagan and o'neill could do it, obama and boehner should be able to do it. >> it's the right approach, the one most beneficial for our economy, that protects the middle class and strengthens it and creates ladders of opportunity for those who aspire to the middle, to get there. >> it's time for the president to present a plan that rises above the reckless and radical voices on the hard left, that goes beyond the talking points of the campaign trail, and that has a realistic chance of passing the congress. the time, in other words, for campaigning is over. it's time for the president to lead. >> when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming greece. and republicans should put revenue on the table. so i agree we shouldn't raise rates, but grover is wrong when it comes to we can't cap deductions and buy down debt. what do you do with the money? i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good

in a procedural morass. >> senator reid, you are the majority leader in the senate. you set the agenda for the senate. you bear a responsibility just as much a responsibility as senator mcconnell to make the system work and to do some things. >> i believe that if you look at what linden johnson had to do when he was the leader as i am, was a different world. why? do you know how many filibusters he had to try to override? one. me? 248. >> laura: sounds like the senator is playing the blame game to me. despite all this happy talk he is still bracing for a fight unless he gets his way. >> i'm going to do everything within my power to be as conciliatory as possible. i want to work together. but i want everyone to also understand you can't push us around. democratic strategist marianne marsh and here in d.c. fox news analyst and democrat kirsten powers. i love democrat right in the intro. >> yeah. >> laura: what about this? it sounds nice. let's get along. kum ba yah, hug, huddle together. harry reid had a lot of power in the last couple of years and he decided that they

that was echoed by harry reid. individuals earning $200,000 or more, including many of the big cities where president obama got so many votes, a lot of those people will be impacted many who do not consider themselves wealthy. in 2009, 3.9 million filers reported adjusted gross income of $200,000 or more. that represents 3% of all federal tax returns. that paid around 30% of all of the income taxes that are paid in this country. so we're going to break this down. we'll really talk about this, analyze the best way to deal with all this. bill: a former congressional budget director, warning that failure to act on the fiscal cliff could have disasterous consequences for the economy. doug holtz-eakin saying it could lead to yet another recession. >> these are big cuts, 10 to 14% in programs, a quarter of the way through their fiscal year. that is bad policy and dangerous. the fiscal cliff is $440 billion of taxes and $200 billion spending cuts. that is had% of gdp when we're growing one 1/2 2% growth rates. going over

>> harry reid and i have been friends for 30 years. harry and i both share a vision and a love for the state of nevada. >> susan austin says even here the cliff will hurt. >> anything that happens in washington affects everybody in the united states. it's going to trickle down to me sooner or later. it's definitely going to hurt me in the end. >> now, the ranch owner says political leaders need to realize money is on the sidelines until confidence returns. as for susan austin, you can see her entire interview on the blog funnybusiness.cnbc.com. back to you. >> thanks so much. we'll be watching that. jane wells. >>> two more companies announcing special dividends tonight. here's a quick market flash. >> that's right. national beverage confirming its board has decided to distribute a special dividend of $2.55 a share. the record date will be december 7th. also, regal entertainment announcing $1 per share for its class "a" and "b" common stock. these two companies among many others declaring special dividends ahead of the end of the year

should we expect a softer harry reid to emerge after the election?as a boxer in college, so i think that tells you -- he was a capitol hill policeman before he was a united states senator and the majority leader. that gives you everything you need to know about the majority leader. >> so no, then? >> the answer is i think the comment that you put up on november 2nd was preelection date, and now he is going to be leading an expanded democratic caucus. he wants -- listen, his reputation is on the line e.s the senate to be old school, to get aalong, to do things, to produce things. so i know -- yes, kornacki does hate the words "fiscal cliff," but watch for the fade-away of the gang of six. there's three democrats and republicans that are working together to walk us away from the fiscal cliff on august of 2011 and watch for the president of the united states to come in and focus on thanksgiving on getting a deal and bringing the leaders together and doing a summit at camp david and watch for a big deal. wall street wants it and america wants it and the

not to me, as harry reid and mr. biden say. there are three things that people campaign that obama made more confusing. all the people behind him and no press questions, covered as if it were a press conference. one is all the bush tax cut laps that predate bush that they let lapse every two or four years. if that happens on january 5, it did raise taxes $500 billion a year. i guess this is the $5 trillion tax cut that obama used to attack romney for supporting. obama just sit there and does not agree to anything. or we can do all we did two years ago. again i get too worked up because the play this game of chess with the exact same people around the table with the chess board exactly the same as two years earlier. oh no. we're all going to die. we have been through this. if you do not really want to spend the rest of your administration with an economy as lousy as the one you brought us to now with no sign of making it better. this does not make the economy better. does the tax increase go up? what about the sequester? how is

he's of course, from the same state as harry reid. so you can count on the majority leader to keep the pressure on him. and then mark kirk of illinois who took the president's old senate seat. he's a moderate who voted to repeal don't ask don't tell but on the other hand he also voted for the ryan budget. finally, lindsey graham, collaborated with democrats on issues like immigration and climate change but is up for re-election in the very red state of south carolina in 2014. he will probably feel pressure from the right to stand firm. joining me now is sahilkapuh. he wrote the article about the five republican senators who might work across the aisle. he joins us from washington d.c. i'm also joined by our favorite democratic strategist, donnie fowler. thanks donnie, thanks, is sahil for joining me inside "the war room." can harry reid bring those republican senators over to avoid a filibuster if not all of them? maybe some of them and which of the republicans is most likely to come over? >> it really depends on which issue. i think

>> harry reid: our country is in a deep, deep economic problem. we should be doing a lot more than what we've done to address those problems. >> mitch mcconnell: before this congress is over, we will have passed 20 major pieces of legislation on a bipartisan basis. so, clearly, it is possible to come together. what it's not possible to do any longer is to pass trillion- dollar stimulus bills, "obamacare," massive debts and deficit. the american people took a look at that, steve, after two years and said, "please, stop. we don't want any more of that. we want you to work together." >> kroft: but you haven't worked together. you have lots of important things to consider. why can't you get together and agree on what to do about these major issues? why can't you come up with a compromise? >> reid: we've run into a situation here where compromise is not part of what we do around here anymore. now, on your program, "60 minutes," speaker of the house of representatives john boehner said, "i reject the word 'compromise'." that's exactly what he said. my f

nevada, senator harry reid's home turf.ane wells is talking to reid's constituents to find out how the fiscal cliff is affecting them. jane. >> reporter: harry reid's state has the highest unemployment rate and the second highest foreclosure rate in the country. and in nevada's second biggest city, one powerful man is concerned the fiscal cliff could bring on an economic reno 911. >> do a quick overview here. you're looking at a county the size of the state of plain. >> reporter: lance gillman is straight out of the wild west. he says he's used cash to build the tahoe reknee industrial center, a growing manufacturing and distribution hub. >> it's the largest fee-owned property in the state of nevada. >> reporter: he's been elected county commissioner and he owns a famous brothel. the mustang ranch. you have to be the most diversified businessman in america. wouldn't you say? >> i have a diversified portfolio. >> reporter: gillman is a republican in a state represented by one of america's most powerful democrats, harry reid.

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majority leader harry reid has ruled that out this time and the number two democrat durbin repeated reid's position on sunday. >> social security does not add one penny to our debt. not a penny. it's a separate funded operation and we can do things, and i believe we should, now, smaller things, played out over the longer term that gives it solvency. medicare is another story. >> there's still staff level discussions going on. and, by the way, as much as washington gets caught up in the conventional wisdom of what senators are saying, remember right now the senate are 100 ehechted pundits. the game is between the white house and house republicans for now. at some point the action could move to the senate. but right now it's about the house. it's a possibility at some point folks on capitol hill expect the white house to call another meeting of boehner, mcconnell, reid and pelosi along with the president. at some point this week. though nothing is scheduled. the first major appointment that the president makes will probably come in the next week to ten days. just two candidates are being vet

reid: mr.president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 419, s. 3254, the defense authorization bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 419, s. 3254, a bill to authorize aeption prosecutes for fiscal year 2013 for military activities in the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: we're going to recess, as we normally do on tuesdays, from 12:30 to 2:15 to allow for our weekly caucus meetings. we're going to begin consideration of the belise treaty this afternoon. we'll either do that with a vote or with permission. it is a simple majority vote to notify this most important piece of legislation. mr. president, i'm told that s. 3637 is due for its second reading and is at the desk. officer the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: a bill to temporarily extend the transaction account guarantee program and for other purpos

harry reid is concerned about climate change. listen to this. >> climate change is an extremely important issue for me and i hope we can address it reasonably. something we have seen with these storms, overwhelming our country and the world and we need to do something about it. stuart: blaming hurricane sandy on global warming. liz: i agree there is climate change. the glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising. i'm not sure it is something we need to address -- do job creation first but this is an issue even conservatives have said this is happening. stuart: he is going to introduce cap and trade which is and of -- excellent former enhancement. [talking over each other] dave: they lost the debate when they had democrats in the senate and controlling the house of representatives. republicans still control the house. it may be tough to get cap and trade. he will do what he did the first term which is used the epa to enforce cap and trade. without having congress vote on it at all. stuart: tax the oil companies which is what presi

reid reid: no matter how may times my friend, the republican leader, says, "break the rules to change the rules, "doesn't make it true. we're going to follow the rules. i would also say this, i was stunned by reading the press today, a couple - of the hill newspapers. a couple republican senators said, we're going to make things really tough around here. i'm paraphrasing what they said. we're going to make things so bad if they take away our motion to have to file -- i mean, causing me to file cloture on motion the proceed. we're going to make things really difficult. really difficult? when the republican leader said his number-one goal in this congress was to defeat president obama? and that's how they've legislated. everything was to the effort of making sure that barack obama did not serve again. mr. president, there -- there are a myriad of examples. take this one. this is -- this is great to show how hard they worked to put the country on the right track. we decided with firefighters, police officers, and schoolteachers being laid off -- about a million -- we thought, we've got t

reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate resume legislative session and the senate proceed to morning business and is allowed to speak up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent we proceed to s. 3642. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3642, a bill to clarify the scope of the economic espionage act of 1996. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the bill be rethree times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, any statements be placed in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent we proceed to s. res. 602. the presiding off