senate acts. the senate acts. there's all these pleas for negotiation. the suggestion as we're not doing enough on the house side. longest debate this house has had most amendments -- more amendments in fact on h.r. 1, the bill that's contained in this underlying resolution that we had on all appropriation bills combined over the past four years. this is the proud work product of the house, h.r. 1. here is the work product of the senate, madam speaker. right here. as my colleague asks, pleads, in fact, that we negotiate with the senate. here's what the senate has offer. how do you negotiate with that, madam speaker? how do you negotiate with that? this is what we learned about. this is what our students are studying across the nation. this is what the senate has given us to work with. now, you tell me as a freshman, what is it that i'm supposed to do? what is it that i'm supposed to do when the senate fails to act and what we have done, what we have done is to say, if the senate fails to act you c

senator wyden had worked for two years with former senator gregg. they spent a great deal of time putting together a very comprehensive plan. senator gregg, as everyone knows here, retired after many, many years of distinguished service, was recognized as one of if not the leading proponent of budget stability, of economic growth, of all the aspects that go into dealing with economic situations. he's greatly missed. i had the privilege of being his friend, of serving with him and then having him encourage me to take his place in moving this legislation forward. i spent the last three months working with senator wyden, who is the coauthor of that along with senator gregg. we've made some refinements to this. we are introducing it today. we will be doing a formal introduction of it together in the coming days. but the agreement and the growing consensus i think that we hear from everyone is that tax -- comprehensive tax reform has to be a component of addressing our fiscal plight and getting us back into a period of sustained growth. s. 727 is the bil

cosponsors of senate bill 724: senator manchin, senator udall of colorado, and senator rockefeller. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. hutchison: madam president, that brings to 43 the number of bipartisan senators, including the sitting chair, who are supporting the bill that will assure that our military personnel are paid even if there is a government shutdown. you know, we all realize the stresses that a military person and a family are under if that military person especially is deployed overseas. we have troops in afghanistan. i was talking to my staff a minute ago, and he heard from one of his friends in afghanistan on his ninth deployment who had heard about our bill, madam chairman -- madam president, and he thanked us for realizing that there might be a delay in the military pay and for trying to address it if in fact the government is shut down. ninth deployment, and he is worried about whether he is going to be paid on time so that his family, with a one-year-old child, will be able to make sure and pay the mortgage on the first of the month. oh, my gosh, wha

we begin with senator coons and senator blumenthal in the studio. senator kirk is in chicago. welcome. gentlemen, the news from syria overnight is not good. government troops opened fire on tens of thousands of protestors. the estimates now are at around 120 people were killed over the last three days. that brings it to about 300 people who have been killed since the protest began five weeks ago. three members of the government have resigned. assad has promised more reforms, but the protestors say they will not be satisfied until he leaves. and so far, it looks like he's not. president obama issued another statement condemning the violence. he called on the government to change course now. senator kirk, you were one of those who advised barack obama to be aggressive about getting involved in libya. what do you think needs to be done about syria here? >> we should use the diplomatic weight and authority of the united states to undermine the syrian dictatorship. remember, the assad dictatorship was responsible for the murder of the lebanese prime minister, supports the hezbollah

at 10:40 senator ayotte will give her maiden speech in the u.s. senate. madam president, as the deadline looms, the budget negotiations continue nonstop. the speaker and i met with the president yesterday morning, and we met with one another yesterday afternoon. like in any ongoing negotiation, the status of those talks is constantly evolving. i will give the senate a snapshot of where we stand at this moment in time. the bottom line has always been the same, is this: we want to avoid a shutdown. we want to pass a budget, make smart cuts, cuts that save money but that doesn't cost jobs. this has been our bottom line throughout this process. so we've made some tough choices. we made those choices because we know that this late stage of the game, reality is more important than ideology. we know the sacrifices of the cost of consensus, and we think they're worth it. the bottom line hasn't changed because our objective hasn't changed. we want to keep the country running and keep the momentum of the economic recovery that's creating jobs. i wish i could say th

three republican senators voted against h.r. 1 in th senate. perhaps you don't know the date, but it did happen. and it is -- it's stunning to hear this debate that talks about visiting parliamentarians seeing an example of good government in action. no. wrong. so what could be the explanation for this? mr. clyburn suggested it could be april fool'and at the end of this debate the gentleman will withdraw the amendment, apologize for wasting the public's time, and say this is only an april fool's joke. because that's the only thing that it complies with. it does not comply or conform with honoring the constitution. it does not create jobs. it does not reduce the deficit, and it does have the support of the democrats in the house of representatives. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the spker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds just to remind the gentlelady that article 1, section 7 says all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house o

senator leahy, senator cornyn, senator cornyn and then senator -- and i will call on others. >> at thetic nor republican, neither dog liberal nor conservative. this issue, our mounting debt potentially threatens every federal program, every federal expenditure known to man. by the end of this decade, if we continue to spend at our current rate, it is likely we will be spending about a trillion dollars a year just on interest on national debt and to put that in perspective of course this is substantially more than we spend on social security and an entire year. is more than we spend on medicare and medicaid combined in an entire year. is substantially more than we spend on national defense in an entire year. so regardless of whether you most concerned about protecting our ability to defend ourselves against foreign aggressors, or on the other hand you are most concerned about protecting entitlement spending, you should be concerned about perpetual reckless runaway deficit spending, and that is what this amendment would put an end to once and for all. thereby protecting all of those prog

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be added as a cosponsor to senate 724. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kerry: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to proceed for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president, reserving the right to object, and i don't intend to object, but i'm just wondering if the senator from massachusetts would be willing to amend his request to allow subsequent republican speakers to also have 15 minutes to make their remarks? so if the senator would agree to amend that, i will not object. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: this is a critically important issue. i think a lot of us all want to speak. i just want to make sure that -- i have been presiding and waiting for some time as well. i hope that we don't start rearranging all the rules here so we all

and i am delighted to have him in the senate. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from -- a senator: thank you very much. i thank the gentleman for yielding and come here tonight one more time. i am a very short-term member of the united states, only about three months, but every time i have spoken on the senate floor i have talked about the importance of reining in spending, the crippling nature of our national debt and the bef that if we don't take care of these issues, the future of our nation is at stake. mr. moran: one of the reasons i have for serving in this senate is to turn this country around for our children and grand chin. i think kansans would say that it is time for all members of congress to come together and to fund the government. a shutdown demonstrates once again how -- how we lack the ability or the desire to just use some common sense and to reach a common goal. a primary dpungs after congress is to see that we come up with the funds to provide for government. and to me it seems to me that we have come to the

senators.ause] >> i want to apologize to the attorney general who is here with us. [applause] when something like this happens, so many people get to take vows. the staff of the edward kennedy institute has done an incredible job of getting things ready today. i want to mention paul remmy, chris cole, chris mccarthy, and the person who pulled things all together, lisa mcburney, thanks to all of you for the work you've done. [applause] a dear friend of the senators and everybody in the room, a man who makes things happen at the house, the speaker of the house. >> thank you very much, peter, and not a big day is opening day by the way, let's not forget that, and the red sox are starting a winning streak today as a matter of fact. [applause] the last prediction was that peter meade was going to retire. so much for my predictions. [laughter] thank you, peter, for that kind introduction, and it's a pleasure for me to join with my colleague in the senate and to join with you today to bring the greeti

a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order the senate will be in a period of morning business up to 11:00 a.m. with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the leaders or their designees, with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: thank you, madam president. madam president, america's illegal immigration problem is clearly, clearly way out of control. we can all agree that we desperately need to better protect our borders, ensure that only citizens and legal residents can be hired for jobs in this country and reverse misguided policies that serve as a magnet for further illegal immigration. today i'm introducing a bill that falls into that third category, to get rid of these magnets that encourage further illegal activity. the bill would amend the immigration and nat

a senator: thank you, senator. mr. blunt: they have every right to be mad and every right to be frustrated, as you are, as you're so involved in as the leading republican on the budget committee just hasn't been able to produce a result. we're unlikely to have a budget again this year. i was just asked by a reporter on the way walking over here -- you mentioned i was in the house for some time, and i was, before i came to the senate. then the question was well, for somebody like you who has been in washington, wasn't the tea party a big challenge? and i said no, the tea party was not a big challenge. they were a great opportunity for us to have someone out there talking about the imperative that we get this spending under control. and i visited with them about a struggle that you and i and senator isakson were involved in before our good friend, senator barrasso, got to the senate where we actually took on entitlement spending in 2005. and as i recall that effort, i got lots of calls on entitlement spending reforms whe

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. pryor: i would understand that we're in a quorum call and i ask that it be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: i'd like to speak as if in morning business for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: mr. president, we find ourselves in dangerous territory while republicans and democrats continue to point fingers and hold fiery press conferences, a government shutdown is quickly approaching. the blame game is like quicksand. it has the ability to drag down not just the senate and the house but our entire economy and even our country. no matter how you look at it, a shutdown would be reckless and irresponsible. we can get this short-term budget problem resolved if all parties would turn off the rhetoric and stop the campaigning. a few extreme partisans stand in the way of progress, blocking a good-faith effort of many others seeking common ground. i ask them to take to heart what it says in the book of eye disciia, "come now, let

three republican senators voted against h.r. 1 in the senate. perhaps you don't know the date, but it did happen. and it is -- it's stunning to he this debate that talks about visiting parliamentarians seeing an example of good government in action. no. wrong. so what could be the explanation for this? mr. clyburn suggested it could be april fool's and at the end of this debate the gentleman will withdraw the amendment, apologize for wasting the public's time, and say this is only an april fool's joke. because that's the only thing that it complies with. it does not comply or conform with honoring the constitution. it does not create jobs. it does not reduce the deficit, and it does have the support of the democrats in the hse of representatives. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds just to remind the gentlelad that article 1, section 7 says all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to proceed for 12 minutes as if we are in morning business. mr. roberts: i thank you, mr. president. well, still at this late, late, late date i want to remain optimistic that we'll reach a final deal on federal spending and the government shutdown. at least the dueling press conferences are continuing as i speak. the speeches, although not many now, have been made. i hope that the negotiations are continuing by someone somewhere. hope springs eternal under the banner of hope and change i would hope that the majority would change his mind and at the very least bring the house-passed measure to the floor for a vote if we can't find some agreement at least we can vote on that. that would fund the military through the end of the fiscal year and avert a shutdown in terms of 2008 spending levels and make a reduction -- a significant reduction to spending. kansakansans are now calling my office. i just left my office. our staff is working there full time.

senator lee? >> i do think that it's going to be imperative for any one of either house or either political party who stands for fiscal responsibility and fiscal restraint to deal with this and for those who voted for the predecessor version of it years ago, i think would be difficult to articulate an adequate justification. why they would vote for that and vote against this. this has safeguards built into it to make sure that it's not circumventing cingular for the principle balancing the budget there's no reason you shouldn't be in support of this. >> [inaudible] well, anytime you're talking about passing an act of congress, there's a reason why people describe something they want to characterize as a herculean effort like getting an act of congress. when you're trillion to get a constitutional amendment passed that requires two-thirds, it's difficult, not going to stand here and tell you i'm absolutely certain that we will have two-thirds of both houses locked up by tomorrow. i am telling you t

senators.applause] >> i want to apologize to the attorney general who is here with us. [applause] when something like this happens, so many people get to take vows. the staff of the edward kennedy institute has done an incredible job of getting things ready today. i want to mention paul remmy, chris cole, chris mccarthy, and the person who pulled things all together, lisa mcburney, thanks to all of you for the work you've done. [applause] a dear friend of the senators and everybody in the room, a man who makes things happen at the house, the speaker of the house. >> thank you very much, peter, and not a big day is opening day by the way, let's not forget that, and the red sox are starting a winning streak today as a matter of fact. [applause] the last prediction was that peter meade was going to retire. so much for my predictions. [laughter] thank you, peter, for that kind introduction, and it's a pleasure for me to join with my colleague in the senate and to join with you today to bring the gr

our colleague, senator inouye, our previous colleague, senator hart, and our previous colleague, senator bob dole were all in the hospital at the same time. so it is today that i recognize and aspect of bob dole's life. most importantly his willingness to sacrifice his life and service to his country as a member of the 10th mountain division, his courage and dedication, his ability to reteach himself, to relearn to write, to bathe, to eat, to become a productive member of our society and to lead our country in so many ways, and i was honored to be present last tuesday, two days ago in which a grateful nation said, we thank you for your efforts in recognizing other veterans in the creation and development, the efforts to see that the world war ii memorial, so long in waiting, is now on the national mall. tom brokaw, the author of the book, "the greatest generation" was the master of the ceremonies and he concluded his remarks by telling the story of bob dole raising money for the world war ii memorial. there are no public funds, no treasury funds in the building of that memorial. senator

senator? >> i am going to door after -- >> senator cochran? >> thank you for your leadership of our subcommittee, working in concert with other committee members. mr administrator, we appreciate your collaboration with the committee and your presentation today. despite some uncertainty about fiscal year 2011 budget i am hopeful that we can stay on track to meet the goal of developing our heavy lift capacity by 2016 and i am hopeful that is 8130 time capacity. i noted your advice is important in keeping us on track in terms of taking the right steps with funding those activities that will help us reach that goal. we want to be sure we have ample rocket testing results and an infrastructure to support this capability. we know that safety, competence and national interests are all goals but we share and we know that you are on the same team and we appreciate your leadership. you mention in your written testimony about the investment importance of a 20 first century launch complex and it strikes me that is a way to describe what we have in the nas

collins, senator blunt, senator lee, senator roberts, and senator inhofe relating to the military operations in libya. and i'd like to speak for just a few minutes about that and about my concerns. like all of our colleagues, i respect our troops and honor them and of course their sense of duty which obligates them to do whatever the commander in chief has directed them to do. and, of course, i respect the role of our president as commander in chief. but i've grown increasingly concerned that the role of congress, in consultation and in communication with the white house on matters of such grave import to our country and our men and women in uniform as intervening in a foreign country, that the powers of congress have seemingly been ignored or certainly erode. we know this is not new. since world war ii, to my recollection, the united states congress has never exercised its authority under article 1, section 8, of the constitution to declare war. instead, we've had something other than a war declared by congress, but most often with communication and consultation and even authorization by th

senator mark pryor, senator john boozman, senator michael bennet, senator max baucus, senator johnny isakson, senator mark kirk, and senator tim johnson. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. hutchison: that brings the total to 58. senator casey has been a wonderful supporter in this. he is the lead cosponsor. 58 united states senators have stepped up to the plate and sa said, this is not an option for us to equivocate for one minute. so, mr. president, i'm waiting to get two more cosponsors which will show that we have 60 and that we want to act as a united states senate, and i am hoping that senator casey and i could get the ability to bring our bill up and pass it. very simple, very clear. military pay and those who are serving our military in civilian capacities will not be delayed because they're going to report to work and they need to have the peace of mind to know that the mortgages that they have, maybe our direct lines to the mortgage companies, are going to be covered. that is the very least that we could do as we are arguing about whose fault it is going to be if

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. a senator: mr. president, i'd like to ask unanimous consent that at 26789. ap.m., the senate permit to a period of morning business with senator coburn recognized for up to 20 minutes, following senator coburn, senator mikulski be royceed for up to 15 minutes, and following senator mikulski's remarks, the majority leader be recognized. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. under the previous order the senate stands in recess until >> i just wanted to take a il moment to remind you of the history of the effort to repeal 1099. senator johanns offered this the first time last year. it came up well short of a majority. he kept coming back and coming back and coming back and has clearly now succeeded. in the first repeal effort of obamacare. the 1099 requirement was widely viewed therout the country as a burden. and let me turn it over to senator johanns. >> thank you. let me just say thanks to the leader. i appreciate his compliments immensely. we're just wrapping up

to compromise with senate democrats. democrats say there's a deal. republicans say no deal. >> a deal is in sight. >> and nothing will be agreed to until everything is agreed to. >> compromise numbers reportedly around $33 billion. >> the government is set to run out of money a week from tomorrow, april 8th. >> democrats are rooting for a government shutdown. >> are you rooting for a government shutdown? >> that's absolute nonsense. >> boehner's like a girlfriend who's been proposed to, who really wants to say yes. >> and why won't republicans admit there's a deal in the works? >> hundreds of members of the tea party are demanding that republicans refuse to compromise. >> the goals of the tea party sound pretty reasonable. >> i feel like it's a family reunion. i feel like we're going to the state fair. you guys don't even leave litter afterwards. >> michele bachmann thinks that half of massachusetts is in new hampshire. >> and donald trump can't even get taken seriously by bill the scams ever -- >> absolutely. but i don'

three republican senators voted against h.r. 1 in the senate. perhaps you don't know the date, but it did happen. and it is -- it's stunning to hear this debate that talks about visiting parliamentarians seeing an example of good government in action. no. wrong. so what could be the explanation for this? mr. clyburn suggested it could be april fool's and at the end of this debate the gentleman will withdraw the amendment, apologize for wasting the public's time, and say this is only an april fool's joke. because that's the only thing that it complies with. it does not comply or conform with honoring the constitution. it does not create jobs. it does not reduce the deficit, and it does have the support of the democrats in the house of representatives. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds just to remind the gentlelady that article 1, section 7 says all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the hou

, and then senator franken be recognized immediately after senator inhofe. officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so, mr. president, just resuming my remarks, paul ryan, the author of that blueprint, called it the path to prosperity. mr. president, it may be a path to austerity, but it is hardly a path to prosperity. nonetheless, with the negotiations finished just days ago on last year's budget, congressman ryan has succeeded in jump-starting the debate about next year's. the president himself will join this conversation about how to do long-term deficit reduction in a major address tomorrow at g.w.u., george washington university. this is a debate we must have, and the president's entrance to it comes not a moment too soon. it will make for a powerful contrast with the republicans' plan. the contrast we will hear from our president tomorrow will likely not be in the commitment to deficit reduction. paul ryan's goal in his budget is to trim the deficit by by $1.6 trillion over the next ten years. he does not succeed in meeting this target, according to c.

we'll talk with the senate democratic leader, harry reid, and senator lindsey graham, a key republican in both the budget negotiations and defense policy. it's all next on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now, from washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. the democratic leader in the senate harry reid is with us in the studio this morning. but before we get to him, the news from overnight. in afghanistan, u.s. commander david petraeus condemned the burning of the koran by florida preacher, which has set off three days of riots in afghanistan and taken more than 20 lives. in libya, nato warplanes continue to target moammar qaddafi's forces. qaddafi shows no signs of leaving, but one air strike went wrong and took the lives of 13 rebels. in yemen, some of the biggest demonstrations yet. hundreds of thousands turned out to demonstrate against the government, which has been an important ally of the united states in the war against terror. and in syria, bashir assad is try

we are standing on the senate steps asking senator harry reid to take action. we need to make sure we are finding our troops and responsibly funding government. i took the liberty of doing some numbers. the estimated cost of the shutdown in 1995 was $71 million a day. right now we are looking at $176 million a day in costs. it is irresponsible to be on this path to government shut down. we want responsible funding for government. we can do that. we can cut costs. the american people understand this. they are with us on this. we have a huge base of support in the house of representatives. the number continues to grow. >> even though it is a beautiful day in the nation's capital, i am sorry we all have to be here. date 47 and absolutely no action right behind us to keep the government opened. not one single bill. house republicans have left -- have led. we have led with a bill to keep the government open and put america on the fiscal, sustainable path. we gave it to them again. still no action on day 47. one of my colleagues yesterday, i think, put it best. house

i was proud to work with both senator mikulski and senator ferraro on that and senator snowe and others. i remember that senator mikulski, olympia snowe, geri ferraro and myself, we worked to open up the house gym to women. it was a battle. we had to resort to singing and everything else. we finally got into the house gym. we said, yes, women need to work out too. that was -- that's the way it was then. we only had 24 women in the house and senate. now we have 88 of us. now, i'll skip over her time as a broadcaster and all the things she did that senator mikulski talked about, her work in human rights. but i want to just conclude with her brave, brave, brave spirit as she faced multiple mil my my, the bone cancer that ultimately took her life. and i want to do it in this context. i have a good friend now whose name is robin, and her mother is battling the same kind of cancer that geri was battling. and as we know, geri was given four or five years and went on, thank god, for much longer. this woman lives far away from her daughter, robin, and when geri passed, she called her and she sai

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. first, i want to commend the senator from texas for her bill, which i'm very proud to be a cosponsor of, to make sure that our men and women in harm's way continue to receive their compensation and support for their families if, in fact, there is a government shutdown, which certainly i'm going to continue to do everything i can to help from happening. and i'm not going to give up, and i know others aren't as well. but i want to commend the senator because i think this is very important and we need to send that message, and we need to get this done. we need to get the bill done. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i just want to say to the senator from michigan that she was one of the first to sign on as a cosponsor of this bill, and i think that is the right thing to do, and i appreciate her leadership. and i just got a note from my staff and would like to ask unanimous consent to also add senators scott brown and amy klobuchar as cosponsors of senate b

senator chuck schumer is back home in new york. senator schumer, i want to start with you. because the president and the leadership in both houses has now agreed to a funding bill to keep the government running mstil october, but it includes $38 billion in cuts to federal programs. the problem is we really don't know where these cuts come. tell us what some of them are. >> well, let me say the compromise i think is a fair compromise. both sides gained. i think it will get broad bipartisan support. hie turning point in this was when the hard right, which wanted to focus the cuts... >> schieffer: senator schumer, before we get to that, tell me what some of the cuts are. >> well, the cuts are across the board. everybody gives some pain. we don't have the specific details yet. they're going to be published on monday. i'm not going to get into any of the specific details until then. but i can tell you this. about half of the new cuts will go not just from what's called the domestic discretionary, but other areas-- defense, agriculture, and things like that. that's what allowed u

three republican senators voted against h.r. 1 in the senate. perhaps you don't know the date, but it did happen. and it is -- it's stunning to hear this debate that talks about visiting parliamentarians seeing an example of good government in action. no. wrong. so what could be the explanation for this? mr. clyburn suggested it could be april fool's and at the end of this debate the gentleman will withdraw the amendment, apologize for wasting the public's time, and say this is only an april fool's joke. because that's the only thing that it complies with. it does not comply or conform with honoring the constitution. it does not create jobs. it does not reduce the deficit, and it does have the support of the democrats in the house of representatives. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempe: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds just to remind the gtlelady that article 1, section 7 says all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house o

senator coats was one of our finest members of the senate. he left us, served as ambassador to germany, spent a number of years in europe, then came back and has been reelected. dan, let me ask you fundamentally this question. pete domenici, you served with pete, he served with a democratic wise lady, alice rivlin, on another debt commission. he testified before the budget committee recently, i have never feared more for my country. that was a deep personal statement from pete domenici, who chaired the budget committee in the senate previously. what are you hearing from your constituents i and what's your belief at this time in history about the dangers we face? mr. coats: well, senator, it's interesting you ask that question, because i just left my office in a meeting with pete domenici literally 15 minutes ago. mr. sessions: really? mr. coats: because he came in to express that same -- that same urgency and burden i think, as former chairman of the budget committee here for so many years, he certainly understands the current fiscal situatio

the senate must act. i truly believe that the house has met its responsibility starting with h.r. 1. we've worked every day, every day to resolve this. we must pass the defense appropriations bill for the sake of our troops and our national security and i encourage every american to let their senators and our president know that they want our troops paid on time. i really thank the gentleman for this time. i appreciate it. i yield back. mr. carter: reclaiming my time, i yield the time left to the wonderful gentlelady from new york, ms. hayworth. ms. hayworth: i thank you for your leadership and dedication. ive the privilege of serving the 19th congressional district in new york and the u.s. military academy at west point is in our district. and we have sent, as we all know, thousands of young men and women to join and to sustain the long gray line. and their talents and their commitment are made to our nation in order to defend us from threats, from without. we owe them that same dedication and commitment

senator, welcome. describe the fight, the situation on the ground as you experienced it firsthand. >> well, in benghazi, things are quiet and calm, and they have a transitional national council that is basically governing the area under their control. in misrata, it is quite bloody, david. when i was there, a ship had just arrived from misrata filled with refugees and the wounded, and i went to the hospital there in misrata and i saw a lot of young men who were dead and dying and gravely wounded. this is a pretty bloody situation, and it has the earmarks of being a stalemate. now, we hope that gadhafi will crumble from within, but hope is not a strategy, and it's pretty obvious to me that we need -- even though i was glad to see the predator now in the fight, it's pretty obvious to me that the united states has got to play a greater role in the air power side. our nato allies neither have the assets, nor, frankly, the will. there's only 6 countries of the 28 in nato that are actively engaged in this si

senator leahy, senator cornyn, senator cornyn and then senator -- and i will call on others. >> at thetic nor republican, neither dog liberal nor conservative. this issue, our mounting debt potentially threatens every federal program, every federal expenditure known to man. by the end of this decade, if we continue to spend at our current rate, it is likely we will be spending about a trillion dollars a year just on interest on national debt and to put that in perspective of course this is substantially more than we spend on social security and an entire year. is more than we spend on medicare and medicaid combined in an entire year. is substantially more than we spend on national defense in an entire year. so regardless of whether you most concerned about protecting our ability to defend ourselves against foreign aggressors, or on the other hand you are most concerned about protecting entitlement spending, you should be concerned about perpetual reckless runaway deficit spending, and that is what this amendment would put an end to once and for all. thereby protecting all of those prog

i want to thank senator boxer and senator inhofe. let my say that united states has much natural gas as saudi arabia has oil. the shale which runs from central new york state to west virginia maybe the second largest natural gas field in the world. we have enormous reserves that can help america meet it's energy needs or do so in a way that produces far less produce than coal, helps the united states when it's energy independence, and improves our national security. high volume, horizontal hydraulic fracting is being used in thousands of new wells. in pennsylvania, more than 2700 wells were drilled from 2006 to march 10 of this year. a study estimated it had create or support 100,000 jobs, plus billions of dollars in economic value for the state. the natural gas industry is booming. but it maybe in jeep si. new york has imposed a moratorium on fracting operations, n is -- new jersey is considering a band, and pittsburg has considered a ban within city limits. making the drill illegal within the town limit. why is this happening? the

a l -- senator. a lot of it will depend upon the sor tis th s t sorties that the commission can continue to contribute. i will tell you that we have had the strike aircraft available in a relatively short period of time should it become apparent that the nato capabilities are in inadequate, and another humanitarian disaster such as a race to might occur, so we are sort of in a standby and i invite the admiral to comment, but i believe that our allies have the capability to degrade his capabilities. >> senator mccain, are the allies, denmark, belgium, france, the uk, canada, and along with us have actually been very, very impressive over the course of the week. and as you know, we have been impeded in the last few days by weather, and it is a question that i have asked constantly of the commander out there as he has watched the various countries perform, andt a least it was his assessment that he had a high level of confidence to continue to execute the mission. >> without the most capable aircraft at

senator robert dole. [applause] >> to begin the ceremony, i invite you to stand again for the presentation of colors and remain standing for the playing of the national anthem. please present the colors. [marching] >> forward, halt. present. [national anthem] ♪ ♪ [band playing the national anthem] ♪ >> thank you. please be seated. it is my privilege to introduce our master of ceremonies who is surprising the role he served in the world war -- when the world war ii memorial was dedicated. his award winning journalist and author who has helped show the light on the contributions of the greatest generation. please welcome mr. tom brokaw. [applause] >> thank you all very much. vice president, secretary, my great friend bob dole, distinguished guests, and all of you. it is so gratifying to come to washington and be at an event that is a unifying moment in our lives. there are no red or blue states here. we all belong to what i call the army of american citizens. we are all here because we are here to pay all m

senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you for having me back. >> chris: senator, you made news this week in an article in the "wall street journal" in which you said that flatly, you won't vote to raise the debt limit unless the following conditions are met -- fundamental tax reform, overhaul of our regulatory structure, cut to discretionary spending, balanced budget amendment, and entitlement reform. question: are you saying that congress has to pass all of that in the next two months or you are going to let the country go into the default? >> first of all, the people against my position on this argue if we do not extend the debt limit it will lead to catastrophic default. my answer to that, if all we do is extend the debt limit, it will be even worse. so, what i have said is the only way i will vote on the debt limit thing is if it's the last time we do it, plus a series of meaningful reforms that put us on a path toward fiscal sanity. you just had paul ryan on a moment ago, he outlined things that i spoke of in the op-ed a week that is part of the budget. we haven't see

are senator conrad and senator domenici extreme? i think not.ree bodies can propose spending plans. the white house budget has been submitted. it would doubt our debt, surge our -- it would double our debt, surge our interest spending, increasing spending at every level and raise taxes substantially. now we will tomorrow have the house plan. it will be released by budget chairman rein. it is the most serious attempt ever made to solve america's spending and debt problems while saving critical programs such as medicare. saving those programs. they are heading to default now. what does the senate plan to do? the democrat senate. doing nothing seems to be what the plan is. we haven't even a budget proposal and haven't had any hearings set to morning a budget proposal. i doubt that the president's plan will be brought forward in its present form because it would receive not many democratic votes, and i suspect no republican votes. so i don't know what we are, but i would just say the senate has got to do something. we have to propose a budget. we ha

in the united states senate. in one eighteen thirteen jefferson and his political rival john adams had been the president just before jefferson in fact he was given as vice president clashed over how senators would be elected to serve in congress at the time it was left to the states and most to crony appointments by governors or elected by state legislatures that often boy. former president adams was of the belief that the senate should be comprised of a wealthy elite he was a genuine original conservative he thought we should have a natural aristocracy that was his phrase what he called it that it could serve as a check against the masses for the rabble adams word for people like you and me in eight hundred thirteen letter to adams on this issue jefferson this is five years after he left the presidency lashed out at what he saw as a flaw emerging in our democracy he wrote of this a cub all in the summit of the united states has furnished many proofs nor do i believe them necessary to protect the wealthy because

a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: thank you, mr. president. and i want to thank senators murray and mikulski, for gathering us here today and all of my colleagues who are here. i'm proud to be able to join them. tomorrow we're expected to be voting on house proposals to defund planned parenthood and the affordable care act. these resolutions have been offered not because anyone argues that they create jobs or improve health care, but because house republicans were willing to shut down the federal government if they did not receive a vote on planned parenthood and health care. so that's right. even though shutting down the government would have meant furloughing 800,000 people, including members of the military, they were willing to shut down the government. this kind of a threat, especially in a recession, is irresponsible. planned parenthood is a a a critical provider of -- is a critical provider of women's health care especially to low-income individuals. 1.4 million medicaid patients around the country, mo

it was senator kennedy's wish for visitors to the institute would come to understand how senators of both parties work together to address the great challenges facing our country. it was his hope that visitors would leave this institute inspired to civic action and inspired to involvement. now, in 1964, 47 years ago tomorrow, edward m. kennedy made his first spheech in the -- speech in the senate urging his fellow legislators to pass the civil rights act. his eloquence, his passion of commitment to all will be echoed time and time again throughout his career as a united states senator, so on this historic day, it's both a preview of the educational offerings of the institute and a try butte to the champ upons of civil rights in the senate and also for me to show off the caliber of students we have at the university of massachusetts and particularly at the university of mass boston. we invited three of our students from the university of massachusetts boston to bring alive the historic debate on the civil right act of 1964. they will be reading excerpts from senators hubert humphrey,

senate read finishing up comments and senator mcconnell on the senate floor. there looking on a unanimous consent. the house will have to come in before midnight and take care of a short-term measure as well, lasting early into next week. mccall, south carolina, on a republican line is mike. caller: i am at the military, and our payday is not until friday of next weekend. the stopgap expires on thursday. how will that affect our pay for friday if they do not reach the short-term deal? >> we will live through this in the next week. it sounds like they are on the way to a resolution. let's give you a quick look at the comments of john maynard -- john boehner as the house republican conference wrapped up. here is what he said about 20 minutes ago. >> it will in fact cut spending and keep our government opened. i expect that the house will vote tonight on a short-term continuing resolution into next week to allow for time for this agreement to be put together in legislative form and brought to the floor of the house and senate for a vote. i would expect a final vo

of the senate's action -- results of the senate's action on the house measures. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reid: note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. reid: i withhold that, mr. president. my friend from rhode island is here and i apologize. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you mr. president. later this week we will consider a spending measure to fund the united states government through the remaining six months of this fiscal. while the majority leader so the floor, i want to thank him as well as appropriations chairman inouye and senator patty murray for their hard work in negotiating an end to the budget stalemate and preventing the threatened government shutdown. the battle over that spending measure brightly illuminated the contrast between the priorities of the two parties. the priority of the house republicans, i believe are completely upside-down. in the debate over the spending bill they fought

senate. what we have to do is get these people to realize that you're not only hurting them when they're in the service, you are also hurring them after -- hurting them after they retire, on top of it. i don't think we should be going through the pain we are going through. guest: that is a tough issue. military families are taxpayers, too. we're concerned about the government and the deficit, but we want to make sure that military families aren't penalized for their service. and that we also want to make sure there is funding available to support those who are bearing the brunt of war today. host: the president, first lady, vice president biden and his wife out more with this initiative. this is what the scene looked like from the east room as we listen to paul from pensacola, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. joyce, let me put a different slant on this. i retired about 20 years ago. i feel they have had a very positive military career. i raised three children. two of them college

that would be senator hutchison from texas and senator casey from pennsylvania. both of them have worked in a very bipartisan way, as my colleague from montana just mentioned a moment ago, in a very bipartisan way to craft some legislation that would make sure, one way or the other, make sure one way or the other that our troops get paid on time without any disruption. mr. president, we've all heard the word -- or the phrase "hard-earned pay." we will, how does it get any harder earned than by serving in combat for your country? again, it's hard for me to understand how we are here talking about this tonight and haven't already addressed it. so i think that whatever bill is offered and whether it's a bipartisan bill, which i hope it is bipartisan, whatever gets offered -- and i'm not quite sure at the moment who's going to be the lead sponsor. i have looked at the legislation offered by the two senators i mentioned before. but however it comes down -- and sometimes here in the senate things can change on you for various rngs. but however it comes down, i hope we

over on the senate side, the senate' is there.y reid is expected to come sometime this evening. c-span2 is where you can find the senate. you can follow that all life. we will continue to take your phone calls on "washington journal" tomorrow morning. we will hear from a member of the budget committee. i was on to talk about the 2011 negotiations and the budget committee. this happened mid-week. it was approved by the committee. he is joining us tomorrow morning at 8:00 eastern. we are ready to hear from house republicans and from president obama. let's show you more of some of the event today starting with john boehner at 11:00 eastern in a short briefing with an update to reporters on where things stood at 11:00 eastern this morning. >> the morning, everyone. there is only one reason that we do not have an agreement. that issue is spending. we are close to resolution on the policy issues. i think the american people deserve to know when will the white house and senate democrats get serious about cutting spending? a bill that fai