president, i'm privileged to stand here to say a few words about my friend, robert c. byrd. ere in 1976 -- i almost said 1776 -- but when i good here in 1976 -- and some people think i have been here since 1776 -- robert c. byrd was the majority leader in the senate. actually, it was 1977 when i actually took my seat here. and i have to say he was one of the finest majority leaders i have seen in all my 33 years in the united states senate. there was literally nobody who knew the rules as well as robert c. byrd. senator byrd was an expert on the rules, and he taught me a great deal. we were on opposite sides on the labor law reform debate, but it was a time of great learning for me as a young senator. he was very patient, very kind, very decent to two young senators, senator lugar and myself who both came at exactly the same time. and i will never forget that. in the intervening years, i've seen this man play his fiddle and do it with such joy. i've seen him love his wifelike a man ought to love his wife. i've seen him be kind to his dog i've seen him be kind to numerous peop

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getting into more than we want to get into, but the problem i run into is i remember in 1990 in robert byrdait a minute. what about forest fires in the west? what about hurricane katrina? what about tarp? what about bush i getting ready to send troops into kuwait and it is eaten up pretty damn quickly. >> bill is raising a really important point which is the incredible abuse of the emergency provision and obama and bush are tied at this point having pushed through about $880 billion worth of emergency supplementals. bush, i mean, think of how different the concept of -- to me an emergency is something you can't expect and therefore can't budget for inçó advance, like a forest fire or like a hurricane katrina. the entire seven wars and going is being paid for as an emergency solution. and there are ways to deal with that that we could talk about and -- >> let me ask larry and frances a question keying off something bill said earlier. you suggest or pointed out in the 1990's it was a crisis of crisis of government that enabled you to reach some kind of an agreement. do you think that it's goi

it is robert byrd, a democratic senator from west virginia who was a former ku clucks klan leader.s who maintained segregation to route the south. it is democrats today who are trying to impose a new form of segregation through speech codes and he crimes that single out people and silence them because of their views. guest: briefly, the cigarettes migrated into the republican party precisely because of passage of the 1964 civil rights act as lyndon johnson said, there goes the south for a generation. he was absolutely right. cold water carried only a few states. all of them in the deep south. he opposed civil rights legislation. with very few exceptions -- dirkson was willing to stick out his neck for civil-rights against the state's rights argument. host: norm solomon with the institute for public accuracy. mark tapscott is the editorial page editor for "the washington examiner." caller: thank you very much. this is an honor and privilege. mr. tapscott, did you think it was dereliction of duty not to have every mp battalion and ordinance disposal unit on standby when we went into

after that, members of the senate pay tribute to virginia senator robert byrd for becoming the law wasgressman in u.s. history. -- the longest serving congressman in u.s. history. tonight, a look at the best books of 2009. several news organizations have published their best out list for the years. tonight, books by ann coulter harold evans and others. for the entire list, visit our web site booktv.org. former secretary of state colin powell was honored earlier this month with a portrait. there were also remarks from current secretary of state hillary clinton. it is 25 minutes. [applause] >> welcome to the benjamin franklin room here at the state department for such a happy occasion. totally in keeping with the spirit of the times where we are about to have the unveiling of the official portrait of colin powell as the secretary of state. four years ago, hundreds of employees from across the state department gathered in the lobby downstairs to cheer for their boss as he said goodbye. today, i am delighted to join staff, family and friends in saying to my predecessor welcome back. id is

it is robert byrd, a democratic senator from west virginia who was a former ku clucks klan leader.was democrats who maintained segregation to route the south. it is democrats today who are trying to impose a new form of segregation through speech codes and he crimes that single out people and silence them because of their views. guest: briefly, the cigarettes migrated into the republican party precisely because of passage of the 1964 civil rights act as lyndon johnson said, there goes the south for a generation. he was absolutely right. cold water carried only a few states. all of them in the deep south. he opposed civil rights legislation. with very few exceptions -- dirkson was willing to stick out his neck for civil-rights against the state's rights argument. host: norm solomon with the institute for public accuracy. mark tapscott is the editorial page editor for "the washington examiner." caller: thank you very much. this is an honor and privilege. mr. tapscott, did you think it was dereliction of duty not to have every mp battalion and ordinance disposal unit on standby when w

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but the problem i always run into is -- i remember out in 1990 and robert byrd, in fact, raised, oh,ait a minute, what about forest fires in the west, what about katrina? what about t.a.r.p.? what about -- in 1990, bush number one was sending -- was getting ready to send troops in kuwait. how do you budget for those things? and so all of a sudden that fiscal dividend gets eaten up pretty damn quickly as we go forward here. >> what bill is raising here is a really important point which is the incredible abuse of the emergency provision. [laughter] >> and actually obama and bush are tied at this point. >> good. >> having both put through $880 billion worth of emergency supplementals. bush -- i mean, think of how different the concept of emergency from congress -- to me an emergency is something you can't expect and, therefore, can't budget for in advance. like a forest fire, like a katrina. well, the entire seven years' war and going is being paid for as an emergency exclusion. and so there are ways to deal with that that we could talk about, you know, what i think. >> let me ask larry

and world leaders including the dalai lama, ted kennedy, walter cronkite, colin powell and robert byrd. new year's day look at what is ahead for the new year. vladimir putin discusses his future. presidential adviser austin ghoulsbe. innovation and entrepreneurship and the art of political cartooning. >> michele malcolm is our guest on in-depth. >> now abb see look at the top stories from british parliament. it is about an hour. >> welcome to the record review. a look at the big events over the last three months. in this program the economy. they argue over how to balance the books using public money to claim everything from clearing lots to buying houses. they try to put the expenses behind them. is this the future? members of parliament show how it is done. >> now is the time to be heard and it is time to hear answers. >> the one subject that dominated everything in recent months, money. britain has been in recession for more than a year but unlike other countries like france and germany has yet to show signs of coming out of the recession. questions towards the end of the year, davi

and world leaders, including ted kennedy, if ronald reagan, and robert byrd. then, new year's day, all look at what is ahead for the new year's. vladimir putin discusses his future from his annual call-in program. a presidential adviser on the global economy. to creators on entrepreneurship 3 + the art of coal -- a political cartooning. . >> i have four law clerks, and they are valuable. >> what does this building mean to you? your a man who has studied architecture and art. >> this is the last neo- classical building built in america. it was built in the 1920's and 1930's. taft had been president and he got money to build it. the man who was one of the justices at the time did not want to leave the foreman's chambers in the basement of the senate. he said if we leave these offices in the senate, nobody will ever hear of us again. but he was wrong. another person said he would never come in here. he said this building is so elaborate, it would go to their heads. maybe he was right. it has become, over time, a symbol of the court system and the need for stabili

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world leaders including the dali lama, ted kennedy, reagan, walter cronkite, colin powell, and robert byrd new year's day, and look at what is ahead. the russian prime minister discusses his of future from his annual call in program. the creator of the segue and founder of "guitar hero" plus the art of political cartooning. >> he recently co-wrote a book titled "if we can put a man on the moon, getting big things done in government." this is just over one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome daniel franklin, congressman eric cantor, adam bolton, and david greggory. [applause] >> we will go around the world but starting in this country. let me introduce our panelists. ca. ntor -- congressman eric cantor familiar to everyone in this country. he is the republican whip and has a busy year ahead of him. joe lockhart was the chief spokesman for the clinton white house and is now a founding partner of a group that is a large and flourishing specialist ejido in media relations -- a specialist in media relations and a specialist in this town as well. adam bolton is familiar on british tele

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore.residing officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is read served. under the previous order the senate will resoup consideration of the conference report to accompany h.r. 3288, the clerk will report. the clerk: conference report to accompany h.r. 3288, an act making for housing and urban development and so forth and for other purposes much -- purposes. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: mr. president -- if the senator from iowa will -- the presiding officer: the time until 2:00 p.m. will be equally divided and controlled between the leaders or designees. the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: parliamentary inquiry. how much time will i be recognized for now. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa will be recognized for 13 minutes. mr. harkin: mr. president, i don't intend to use it more, if others on my side are seeking it. but, mr. president, today and every day an estimated 14,000 americans will lose their health insurance coverage. the historic

signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the health care legislation with the time between 1:30 between the two leaders and their designees, between 1:30 and 11:30 tonight, there will be alternating hours with the republicans controlling the first hour. at 11:30 p.m., the senate will recess until 12:01 a.m. with the time until 1:00 a.m. equally divided and controlled between their leaders their designees, with the democratic leader controlling the final ten minutes and the republican leader the ten minutes before that. at 1:00 a.m., the senate will proceed to a vote in relation to the health care bill. that time until i have at 1:30 i designate to the [inawd inaudi] the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the leadership sometime reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 3590, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 175, 3590,

he mentioned specifically our distinguished colleague, senator robert byrd. that -- who is not -- not up and about at those hours. that they would have to drag him out of bed and bring him down here for this vote. and then mr. kyl, he felt very sorry for mr. byrd that we would do that at 1:00 a.m. and he said that the majority leader has the power to put this vote back. we could do it at 9:00 a.m. in the morning. well, he's absolutely right. we could do it at 9:00 a.m. in the morning. but because of the intransigence of the republican side. because they are not willing to let us have these votes without expending the 30 hours under the rules -- under the rules, the cloture petitions have been filed. and, of course, the republicans, which is their right, they can burn up 30 hours. well, after the first vote at 1:00 a.m., the clock starts ticking on the next 30 hours for the underlying substitute. then after that 30 hours, there's the underlying bill itself. and that gets 30 hours. so if the republicans really want, they can burn up 90 hours. i ask to what end?

found the transcript but the cameras went blank for a minute or so, and when it came back it was robert byrds c-span are you republicans now? if you were so dead set on asking the questions, why didn't you ask the questions about the iraq war, and maybe we would not have had it. because everyone knows that was a lie. host: ok vivian, i believe what you are referring to when two democratic freshmen didn't allow colleagues to debate, and they confined the comments to 10 minutes and when they went over and said to move on, and senator mccain took bridge with that. looking at the "washington times" t(and the critical ñrhea care vote, çsenator nelson of nebraska was providing the sixth vote needed. right-to-life groups and republicans accuse qdemocrats tç overturn the hyde amendment of allowing federal funds to pay for abortions. assuming that the senate bill passes the issue will likely remain at the center of debate as the house and senate plans emerge into the final bill. let's look at president obama's comments yesterday. >> under this bill families will pay under these premiums, and busines

signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the time until 1:00 a.m. will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority leader controlling the final ten minutes prior to 1:00 a.m. and the republican leader controlling the ten minutes immediately prior. mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president, i intend to take ten minutes of the republican time. will you please let me know when one minute remains. the presiding officer: the senator will be notified. mr. alexander: i thank you, mr. president. mr. president, there may be a number of americans who are switching over from the minnesota v. carolina football game and they may be wondering what in the world is the united states senate doing coming into session at midnight on a sunday in the middle of a snowstorm and getting ready to vote at 1:00 a.m. so let me try to explain that for just a moment. the reap is that the

signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks, if any, the senate will resume the house message with respect to h.r. 332, the department of defense appropriations act. the time until 7:20 will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with the final ten minutes reserved for the two leaders with the majority leader controlling the final five minutes. at approximately 7:20 a.m., the senate will proceed to a series of votes with respect to the defense appropriations bill. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the house message with respect to h.r. 3326, which the clerk will report. the clerk: house message to accompany h.r. 3326, an act making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other

caller: i think dennis kucinich, and the senator from west virginia robert byrd, they voted against theanistan. time and time again they stand up. i think the two inspired me the most this year. thank you c-span for all you do for us every day on tv. host: an independent line from greensboro, north carolina. caller: hello, greta, hello, c- span. harry reid and nancy pelosi because of the fact that harry reid virtually was nullified during the bush administration and now no one is paying attention -- the new dog, harry reid right in the middle. he is so impressive -- i think he should get credit for that. i think he is the most impressive. have a big christmas. host: springfield, ohio, betti on the republican line. caller: now is the time for mr. john boehner, a patriot, he is the one we follow and listen to. host: thank you for all of your calls. in the house of representatives will begin its legislative business.

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leaders including the dalai lama, ted kennedy, ronald reagan, walter cronkite, colin powell and robert byrd what is ahead for the new year. vladimir putin discusses his future from his annual call in program. and the global economy. the creator of the segway and co-founder of guitar hero on a entrepreneurship and the art of political cartooning. >> michele malcolm is our guest on booktv's index. the author of four books including the best selling culture of corruption, takes your calls. three hours with michele malcolm on booktv. part of a three day weekend starting friday. next, a discussion held earlier this month on recent developments in the financial markets. journalists from the washington post and wall street journal compare how they covered the economy in the past year held at the university of the virginia. this is 1 hour and 15 minutes. >> we have a special panel presentation tonight after dinner. has the financial crisis change the nature of economic news? we are all familiar with the anonymous saying that while depressed you can't tell people what to think but it can tell them w

and world leaders, including ted kennedy, if ronald reagan, and robert byrd. then, new year's day, all look at what is ahead for the new year's. vladimir putin discusses his future from his annual call-in program. a presidential adviser on the global economy. to creators on entrepreneurship 3 + the art of coal -- a political cartooning. . >> i have four law clerks, and they are valuable. >> what does this building mean to you? your a man who has studied architecture and art. >> this is the last neo- classical building built in america. it was built in the 1920's and 1930's. taft had been president and he got money to build it. the man who was one of the justices at the time did not want to leave the foreman's chambers in the basement of the senate. he said if we leave these offices in the senate, nobody will ever hear of us again. but he was wrong. another person said he would never come in here. he said this building is so elaborate, it would go to their heads. maybe he was right. it has become, over time, a symbol of the court system and the need for stabili

world leaders, including the dollar lahman, ted kennedy, ron reagan, walter cronkite,: power, and robert byrd. new year's day look at the new year. russian prime minister vladimir putin discusses his future from his annual call-in program. a presidential adviser on the global economy. the creator of the segue and a co-founder of a guitar hero on innovation and entrepreneurship. and the arts of political cartooning. >> "washington journal" continues. host: for the next hour it is the obama administration and economy. we are joined by dean baker, economic and policy research, and university of maryland economics professor peter morici. thank you for joining us this morning. we will take a look at the president's comments from the signing of the stimulus bill earlier. but i want to get iraq on where the administration started this year -- a wrap on where the administration started this year, what they did in response to the economy, where we are now and what is ahead. this is back in february, the signing of the stimulus legislation. >> i don't want to pretend that today marks the end of our eco

i was musing about how senator robert byrd, a parliamentarian, used to say that he who controls the rulesuest: especially in the senate, because the senate is a completely different body in terms of how it operates. the house is not a democracy. the house as the majority, and the majority jams through what it really wants. in the senate, you have to work out agreements on time, amendments, procedure. you have to deal with the minority in the senate, and that is the duty of the system, but it is frustrating for folks who did not -- that is the duty of the system, but it is frustrating for folks who do not understand it. host: what have you learned about the history of invoking cloture and a filibuster? guest: it used to be that there were no majority leaders and minority leaders. that is a development of the 19th century. each senator could speak for as long as he or she wanted. henry clay, a historical a giant in the senate -- they controlled by the force of their personality. majority and minority leaders came in, and cloture was something that was developed and the senate to cut off on

host: paul king has a story, from page of "the washington post." 92-year-old senator robert byrd. a spirited eye, the headline. host: this quote from senator chris dodd is its next to him and the chamber, he took note of the senators cheery attitude. "he looks a lot better, seems a lot better than a few weeks ago." he added senator byrd is clearly aware of this colleagues, families and the legislative interests. cape kundra, your reaction. guest: there has been a lot of questions -- political reporters like myself, we like to sometimes imagine, speculate about all the things that could go wrong. senator byrd has had health problems. he is 92. he has had health problems in recent months, in and out of the hospital. there was some question about whether he would, given the snow, the late hours, early hours, whether he would be able to work it -- -. sitting in the chamber and seeing him, he does look as though he is doing very well. host: will from olympia, washington, independent line. caller: i would like to ask your guest if she is familiar with the united states public health ser

they write that aiding robert byrd was brought in remaining for the end of the vote.m the congressional quarterly. they are coming in next. the senate comes in momentary. they will continue debate on health care legislation. among the senators you will see in the

leaders including the dalai lama, ted kennedy, ronald reagan, walter cronkite, colin powell and robert byrd. then new year's day a look at what's ahead for the new year. russian prime minister vladimir putin discusses his future from his annual call-in program, austin giewls by on the global economy, the co-founder of guitar hero on innovation and entrepreneurship, plus the art of political cartooning. >> good morning. i don't love to spend time outside of the school district talking to large groups of people, but this one i was particularly interested in because people said that it was the economist, and i was going to be talking to a lot of economists, and i think that economists have indiana credibly -- incredibly interestingic sight into public education that we need to tap into more. right now in particular i believe that in this time of significant financial crisis in this country with all of the talk about stimulus packages and bailouts and that sort of thing what's miss anything the conversation -- missing in the conversation is the need to focus on schools because i believe that in

including the dalai lama, ted kennedy, robert -- ronald reagan, walter cronkite, colin powell, and robert byrdwsday, a look ahead to the new year. russian prime minister vladimir putin discusses his future from his annual call-in program. as an advisor ostend ghouls tha. plus, the art of political cartooning. >> new year's day, new that murphy's of molly ivins and i unmanned -- and ayn rand. the collins talks about women in history. and michelle malkin takes your call sunday on "in depth." >> now available, c-span's book "de ibraham lincoln -- "abraham lincoln there is a unique and temporary -- and contemporary perspective on lincoln, from his early years to the life and the white house, his relevance today. "abraham lincoln," in harbor cover -- in hard cover at your favorite bookstore. available where the deal -- were audio downloads are sold. >> this is a hearing on improving the use and capacity of the broadcast spectrum for wireless and other services. rick boucher chairs the subcommittee. from earlier this month, this is about two hours, 15 minutes. >> subcommittee will come to order. thi

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of the conference report to aaccompany h.r. 8288, with the time until 9:30 a.m. equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at 9:30 a.m. the senate will proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference report under an agreement last night the vote on adoption of the conference report will occur tomorrow, sunday, december 13. mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, does the clerk need to report the bill? the presiding officer: under the previous order the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order the senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany 3288, which the clerk will report. the clerk: conference report to accompany h.r. 3288, an act making appropriations for the departments of transportation and housing and urban development

. >> thursday, a tribute to world leaders -- including ted kennedy, rahm reagan, colin powell, robert byrdnd then a look ahead at the new year. vladimir putin discusses his future. austin goolsby on the global economy. the creator of the segway and the inventor of "guitar hero." >> macdill last spending bills of the year requires the president to get -- one of the last spending bills of the year requested president to get congressional approval for any cuts to space programs. this is about an hour and 15 minutes, a hearing on manned space flight. >> good afternoon. this is an exceptionally prudent topic. i think that buzzer might tell us that a vote is starting. [laughter] no. it is not. it is a quorum call. hallelujah. we really want to peel back the onion and get into a lot of the specifics of the extraordinary work you have done, mr. augustine. thank you for the public service you have rendered to this country over a lifetime, that you have in government in -- in government and in these private sector. you have paid an enormous public service. we are looking forward to hearing from you,

signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. reid mr. president?the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of 3590, which is the health care reform legislation. the time until 1:00 p.m. today will be equally divided and controlled. it will be for debate only. the time until 11:00 a.m. will be controlled between the two leaders or their designees and then the remaining time will be controlled in 30-minute alternating blocks of tiesm the majority will control the first block, the republicans will control the next. senators will be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. i expect the house of representatives to send to the senate this afternoon a conference report. when it arrives, we'll consider it. and if cloture needs to be invoked, then the senate will have to be in session this weekend for a saturday vote and a sunday vote in order to complete action on these bills. this bill is -- includes the bills that we have tried to complete. as you know, we've been held up by

signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the leader. , majority leader. mr. reid reid: i ask unanimous consent the time until 1:00 a.m. equally divided and controlled between the leaders or their designees, that senators be permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each, that the mandatory quorum be waived and the majority leader be recognized for the last ten minutes and the ten minutes prior to that, the republican leader be recognized if he chooses to speak. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, those who are following the business of the senate may be surprised to find us a little after midnight in session. this is a decision made by the senate just a few hours ago to postpone the continuation of our session into a new legislative day. the purpose is parliamentary so that a motion which we have filed can be voted on. it's an important motion. it's a cloture motion. we often have them. it's a m

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur with respect to h.r. 3326, the defense appropriations act. the first hour will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. the republicans will control the first 30 minutes. the majority will control the next 30 minutes. we filed cloture on the motion to concur. that vote will occur sometime in the next 10 or 12 hours. madam president, we're going to finish this health care bill before we leave here for the holidays. we're nearly -- for nearly an entire year we've reached out to the other side, offered republicans a seat at the table, tried to negotiate in good faith. nearly a whole year. now we're closer than ever to fixing a badly broken system and doing more to make sure every american can afford to live a healthy life. republicans have made their point through obstruction manuals, missions they believe is good

host: the front page of "the washington post," if photograph of 92-year-old senator robert c. byrd from west virginia. since he arrived in 1959, the senior senator has cast more than 18,500 votes. this week, amid a historic blizzard, the 92-year-old senator arrived in the wee hours after midnight, in the frigid minutes just after dawn. here is this quote from senator chris dodd, who sat next to him in the chamber and took note of the senator's cheery attitude this week. "he looks a lot better, he seems a lot better than a few weeks ago." he added that he is clearly aware of who his colleagues are, their families, and their legislative interests. your reaction? guest: there had been a lot of questions, political reporters like myself, we like to sometimes imagine or speculate about all the things that could go wrong. senator byrd has had some health problems. he is 92 years old and has had some health problems in recent months, in and out of the hospital. there was some question about whether he will, given the snow and the late hours, early hours, be able to make it in. but sitting

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of the health care reform legislation. it will be for debate only until 11:30, alternating blocks of time. the first 30 minutes will be under the control of the republicans. the majority will control the next 30 minutes. the senate will recess from 11:30 until 12:30 today. following the recess the senate will resume consideration of the health care legislation. hopefully we can have some votes this afternoon. we've been unable to work that out with the majority, and we'll see what the afternoon brings. this historic health reform bill before us is strong, and it's a strong, strong head start in the right direction toward urgently needed change. like nearly every bill that comes before the senate, it stands to benefit from the constructive input of all senators. this good bill will be even better after this body debates it, refines it and improves it. we're

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president, following leader remarks -- the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i'm so sorry. sorry about that, mr. president. i just got a little ahead of myself, which is easy to do sometimes. following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of the health reform ltion. the time until 10:00 is divided between the two leaders or designees. at 9:00 until 2:00 p.m. there will be an hour of alternating blocks of time with the majority controlling the first hour. the time between 2:00 and 2:15 will be equally divided between the two leaders with the majority leader controlling the final half, there will then be five or six roll call votes in relation to the hc bill. -- in relation to the health care bill. note the absence of a quorum, mr. president. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. [no audio] the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. sessions: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama is recog

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i ask consent the call of the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. roeupl following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of health care reform legislation. the first hour will be equally divided and controlled between the leaders or their designees. the -- we expect to vote in relation to the hutchison amendment today and the sanders amendment. it is my understanding senator sanders will offer his amendment around 11:00 today. they will both be pending. senators will be notified as to when any votes are scheduled. mr. president, we continue 0 making progress toward making it possible for every american to afford to be able to live a healthy life. senators continue to work togethe

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of the health care bill. the time until 11:30 is equally divided and controlled between the leaders or their designees. the majority will control the first half, republicans the second half. we have a number of votes that we're going to try to arrange this afternoon. we'll let all senators know as soon as we have this worked out. but there will be some votes today and tomorrow. mr. president, the amendment process continues to crawl forward. with this historic health foreman bill continues to evolve and improve. this is a good bill. it saves lives, saves money and saves medicare. it makes health insurance more affordable. it makes health insurance companies more accountable. it makes our economy stronger. the democrats know we can make it even better. this is happening because of the dedicated hard work throughout the democratic caucus from veteran senators and newer sen

signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. reid mr. president? the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remark, the senate will resume consideration of the health care reform legislation. following the remarks by the chair and ranking member of the finance committee or their designees, the next two hours will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the republicans will control the first 30 minutes. the majority will control the second 30 minutes. the remaining time will be equally divided and used in an alternating fashion. no amendments are in order during the controlled time. roll call votes could occur this afternoon but at this stage we have no knowledge that we have worked anything out and don't know if we will be able to work anything out. we'll give members as much notice as possible. mr. president, much of this momentous health care debate revolves around numbers, as it should. we read them i

signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. mr. reid: snrp. presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized ment. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will resume consideration of the health reform legislation. following the leader remarks the time until 12:30 will be for debate only. the majority will control the first half of the time that's allotted until 12:30. the republicans will control the next half. the remaining time will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. the senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons. there are two amendments now pending. one is the nelson of nebraska amendment of the other is the mccain amendment, motion to commit. senators should expect votes after the recess in relation to the pending amendments. should i say, amendment and motion. mr. president, we have scheduled this morning -- as soon as the leader time is used -- a group of senators, democrats senators. these are all new senators. i hope those people that are

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president, following remarks of the leaders the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 3590, the health care reform legislation. that will be until 11:30 and for debate only. republicans will control the first 30 minutes. the majority will control the next 30 minutes. any remaining time will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with senators permitted to speak up to ten minutes each. at 11:30 the senate will turn to executive session to debate the nomination of jacqueline nguyen to be united states district judge for the central district of california. the vote will occur at 12:00 noon today. that will be the first vote today. the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 to allow for our weekly caucus luncheons. following the recess the senate will resume consideration of the health care reform legislation. votes are expected this afternoon in relation to the health care legislation. mr. president, there are two truths about the historic health r

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president?promise the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate bill resume consideration of the h.r. 35990. there will be time for debate. we can never determine for sure, mr. president, but it appears votes should start between 5:00 and 6:00. the senate will be in recess from 12:45 until 3:15 today for the the weekly caucus luncheons. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, with americans now really focusing in on the health care debate, it's important to take a step back and recall where we started, because somewhere -l along the way democratic leaders took their eyes off the ball. it's a good time to remember what this reform debate was all about. the goal of this legislation, by all accounts, everyone agreed the goal was to lower the cost of health care. this is what the president has to say. it's a direct quote. "the bill i sign," according to the president, "must slow the gro

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. the presiding officer: madam president stph-p. the presiding officer: the majority leader. -- mr. reid: following reared marks the senate will resuming h.r. 3590. the time until 11:45 will be divided and controlled equally between senator mikulski and the minority leader or their designees. at 11:45 the senate this morning will proceed to a series of two roll call votes. the first vote will be in relation to the mikulski amendment as modified as to be followed by a vote in relation to the murkowski vote. following votes the time until 2:45 will be equally divided and controlled between senators baucus and mccain or their designees. at 2:45 there will be two votes. all four votes today will be subject to a 60-vote threshold for adoption. mr. mcconnell: would my friend yield before making opening remarks? i was wondering since it is thursday, my colleagues plan to be here saturday and sunday but would phraoeubg to know whether there will be an opportunity to go to church sunday morning? mr. reid: i think we would come in somewhere a

signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president?he presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following morning -- senators will be permitted to speak 10 minutes each during that period of time. republicans will control the first 30 minutes, the majority will control the next 30 minutes. we'll continue work on an agreement to vote in relation to the drug importation matter, the crapo motion to commit, and the side by side to the crapo motion. these amendments and the motion with respect to h.r. 3590, health care reform legislation. yesterday i filed cloture on the bill we got from the house, appropriations bill h.r. 3288, which includes the commerce, justice, science, military construction, labor, h.h.s., transportation, financial services, state foreign operations. we're going to have at least two roll call votes on the motion to waive with respect to the conference report to date. senators will be notified when these votes are scheduled. mr. president, i would direct this question through the chair to my friend from south d