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. >>> democratic senator jeanne shaheen. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you. >> we were talking about the huge applause that jon huntsman received. you said people are tired of this kind of attitude in america. i'm curious your thoughts on the applause that he received in that audience yesterday after the meet the press debate. >> one of the things about the new hampshire primary is voters here really do make up their own minds and engage with the candidates, and i think this was example of their saying, this is what we think as voters. we think the president and congress ought towork together. republicans and democrats need to figure out how to work together in the best interest of the country. that's what they were responding to. >> we know there's many that will believe that mitt romney will go on the get the nomination. it seems his camp thought it was a done deal. they were focusing on president obama. i want to play the latest of what mitt romney had to say about the president and how this might set the s

shaheen: thank you. i ask that the senate go back into a quorum call.residing officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the call. quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: now ask unanimous consent that following the leader remarks on thursday, january 26, the republican leader or his designee be recognized to move to proceed to the consideration of calendar number 294, h.j. res. 98, which is joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the president's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit. that the time until noon be for debate -- the time until noon be for debate on the motion to proceed, with the time equally divided and controlled between two leaders or their designees. at noon, the senate proceed to vote on the adoption of the motion to proceed, if the motion-to-is successful, the time for debate with respect to the joint resolution be equally divided between

senator jeanne shaheen and i introduced a bill a year ago called the biennial budget. it amends the budget control act of the united states of america and changes the way we do business. it portends that in the future instead of appropriating and b budgeting for one year, you'll do it in two-year sickles and you'll do your budgeting in the odd-numbered years so in the even-numbered year of reelection you're doing oversight fiscal accountability. i think everyone will admit we make an effort at oversight to a certain extent but not near the oversight the american people have to do. you know, it is ironic that our country, our people, our families, our retirees, our business folks, our employees, the last four years of the recession, they've sat around their kitchen table lots of times, reprioritized what they could are aford, reallocated their resources to take care of their family and children and they've been frying rail and conservative because they have to. they can't deficit-spend. they can't borrow themselves into oblivion. they can't print the money and write the

so does gene shaheen.find the critical mass that gets facts and makeshe common sense decisions. i will end by telling you a quick story. late 1980's, early 1990's, john mccain and i decided that we really thought it was time to make peace in viet nam. it was a time when the pow and mia issue was crisscrossing the country. there was a big question mark. here was a place that in the hearts and minds of many people we were at war. we thought that our interests and our future lay in trying to get that behind us and moving on. so john and i banded together. we had differences over the war, but we found a common path that worked for the interests for our country. for 10 years, we slug it out against some people who actually challenged john as a senator, labeling him as the manchurian candidate, challenging his patriotism. that is what we faced. ultimately, john and i found our way back to vietnam together. i will never forget standing in the prison where john was held for a period of time, standing in the very c

i am going with gene shaheen from new hampshire. i have worked with mark a lot on legislative initiatives. i'm a conservative, i'm proud of that, but i also feel like we need to focus on results. and we can and should. >> senator udall, can i ask real quick, can you each identify two or three significant things that congress might be able to work together on a bipartisan basis around this year? >> ron, mark udall here. let me just add to that. senator alexander put it well. he said the goal isn't bipartisan. the goal is results. but i do believe you can have too much partisanship and never too much bipartisanship. we need a simpson bowls grand bargain that combines cuts in federal spending with fixes to medicare and social security, plus tax reform. we ought to put in place an infrastructure. bill, there's some good news this week about the faa being authorized permanently. and then we ought to finally look at an overall comprehensive national energy policy. there's some things we can do this year that will help us be more energy se

shaheen: thank you very much, mr.resident, and thank you to senator schumer and to all of my colleagues who have come to the floor today to talk about the critical nature of spending in our campaigns. i'm pleased to join them today to talk about the importance of reserving our representative democracy by restoring some commonsense restrictions to our nation's campaign finance system. as we have heard, saturday was the second anniversary of the supreme court's decision in the case of citizens united versus the federal election commission. already, we have seen how that decision has altered the landscape of politics in this country. when the supreme court struck down limits on corporate financing of elections, it ushered in the age of the super p.a.c. these so-called super p.a.c.'s can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money during political campaigns with very limited disclosure requirements. this election cycle, the floodgates have really opened. super p.a.c.'s have already spent over $30 million in the 2012 cycle,

as your united states senator, and jean chretien -- shaheen. >> thank you, everybody. c'mon. isn't it great to have our wonderful chairwoman hear with us in new hampshire? debbie wasserman shultz is here not only to celebrate today, but to get us started on the next step of all long journey to reelect a rocker obama come november -- to reelect a rocker obama come november. some of you may wonder what happened to my arm. i got this arm wrestling mitch mcconnell. i want to thank all of you who have worked so hard over the last weeks and months. this is really a dry run for what we need to do nine months from now, so thank you to all of these activists who are here, for all of the party's supporters, to our state's share, and to everyone who has worked so hard. it is just the beginning, and we have a lot more to do. of course my husband is here, too. he is starting to work already. [applause] you may have noticed there is also a republican primary going on today. i know we are watching who is going to win this republican primary, a reality is it does not matter of holocau

[applause] i'd also like to introduce a representative from senator shaheen, bethany urich. [applause] with us also are the representative from congressman bowser's office, chris collins. [applause] also representing the u.s. senator from new hampshire, mica skylight. [applause] also with us, jim condos for and secretary of state. [applause] new commissioner from department of labor. [applause] also, vincent losey, vermont state senator. also with us are a number of folks in the united states postal service. district manager, and a bass essler. delete plant manager for the northern new england district, michael breed. [applause] be acting plant manager for the white river junction, mary woodward, also known as woody. [applause] and from our postal unions, jonker ziskin a regional coordinator for the northeast region of the american postal leaders union. [applause] wayne martin, local president at local 520 for the av debut. [applause] frank rogerio on agents for the american postal workers union. [applause] representing the national association of postal supervisors in vice

[applause] i'd also like to introduce a representative from senator shaheen, bethany urich.] with us also are the representative from congressman bowser's office, chris collins. [applause] also representing the u.s. senator from new hampshire, mica skylight. [applause] also with us, jim condos for and secretary of state. [applause] new commissioner from department of labor. [applause] also, vincent losey, vermont state senator. also with us are a number of folks in the united states postal service. district manager, and a bass essler. delete plant manager for the northern new england district, michael breed. [applause] be acting plant manager for the white river junction, mary woodward, also known as woody. [applause] and from our postal unions, jonker ziskin a regional coordinator for the northeast region of the american postal leaders union. [applause] wayne martin, local president at local 520 for the av debut. [applause] frank rogerio on agents for the american postal workers union. [applause] representing the national association of postal supervisors in vice president,

[applause] i'd also like to introduce a representative from senator shaheen, bethany urich.[applause] with us also are the representative from congressman bowser's office, chris collins. [applause] also representing the u.s. senator from new hampshire, mica skylight. [applause] also with us, jim condos for and secretary of state. [applause] new commissioner from department of labor. [applause] also, vincent losey, vermont state senator. also with us are a number of folks in the united states postal service. district manager, and a bass essler. delete plant manager for the northern new england district, michael breed. [applause] be acting plant manager for the white river junction, mary woodward, also known as woody. [applause] and from our postal unions, jonker ziskin a regional coordinator for the northeast region of the american postal leaders union. [applause] wayne martin, local president at local 520 for the av debut. [applause] frank rogerio on agents for the american postal workers union. [applause] representing the national association of postal supervisors in vice p

[applause] >> i'd also like to introduce a representative from senator shaheen, bethany uhrich. [applause] >> with us also a representative for congress beth's office congressman collins. [applause] >> also a representative for u.s. senator from new hampshire, michael scalia. [applause] >> also with us, jim condos, vermont, secretary of state. [applause] >> annie nunn vermont's commissioner department of labor. [applause] >> also vince, a vermont state senator. [applause] >> also with us are a number of folks from the united states postal service, the district manager of northern new england district, deb essler. applause >> the lead plant manager for the northern new england district, michael bree. [applause] >> the acting plant manager from the white river junction plant, mayor woodward, also known as woody. [applause] >> and from our postal union, the regional coordinator for the northeast region of the american postal union. [applause] >> wayne martin, local president of local 520 for the abwu. [applause] >> frank ruggerio, a northeast bank for the american postal union. [ap