you, and people _ assassination of the ssb you, and people would think that the ssb would've been involvederious — machinations. there's clearly a serious substance and there doesn't seem _ serious substance and there doesn't seem any— serious substance and there doesn't seem any detail about what the substance is, it was not something super— substance is, it was not something super lethal, maybe it was intended to he _ super lethal, maybe it was intended to be super— super lethal, maybe it was intended to be super lethal or maybe it was temperature. these questions swirl and float _ temperature. these questions swirl and float now around us. you know roman _ and float now around us. you know roman abramovich has kept links to vladimir— roman abramovich has kept links to vladimir putin. we know he is trying to act— vladimir putin. we know he is trying to act as _ vladimir putin. we know he is trying to act as a _ vladimir putin. we know he is trying to act as a go—between in some senses, — to act as a go—between in some senses, a — to act as a go—between in some senses, a broker in these p

we have to count on the fact that hopefully the ssb has briefed putin but the president of the unitedtes is senile and don't take what he says to seriously especially when he threatening conical attacks into these things. however, i think his slip-up on regime change was saying the quiet part out loud, it is american policy, clearly regime change. in russia, that's part of why they want to prolong the war as i've said and admiral said to the new york times, we want to bog them down and replicate the war in afghanistan. to bleed russia and now ferguson british hawk wrote in bloomberg this week has multiple sources inside the democrats, close to the white house saying to him the policy is to prolong the war to weaken putin until place of his regime collapsing. they are threatening nuclear war essentially, there on a policy less interest, that they could possibly have and i think accidentally revealed the truth of that. kennedy: and i -- >> he's threatened that a long time, regime change in the obama years. kennedy: and they say that not what they are doing at biden is going to give them

so now you have a very paranoid putin, firing people, arresting even his top ssb officials responsibletelltaing him the truth or not wanting to tell him the truth. paranoia and instability are a problem when we're talking about putin. and this deep battle beneath the surface of what we're seeing on our tv screens, there is an epps imagine clandestine battle egoing on, spy versus spy. we saw 12 officials declared persona non grata from the russian mission to the u.n., kicked out for essentially being spies. we saw a woman out of the southern district of new york doj indictment. what for? being a russian agent in communication with putin in charge of propaganda, in charge of founding something called the russia center in new york. we're going to keep seeing this kind of spy versus spy game, and we'll never get the full picture how it's impacting putin, except to look at the paranoia that's developing around him. danger adds he replaces those officials he is kicking out with inexperienced people, incompetent people who certainly won't tell him what's wrong. this gets worse, not better. >>

. >> no -- well, the ssb and spr inherited from the kgb, how do you start a new intelligence apparatus people. however, times have changed. number one, putin has a different attitude towards spies. they are to him, they are more ex pendable. the kgb was protective of their agents. putin is sending more people out and it's much easier because there's a lot of interaction between russia and our country, students, journalist, businessmen, and certain percentage of those will be -- will be spoken to and be asked to help the mother land and they come here with very little training, like for instance, this lady, putina, got cross to the nra, she communicated by the internet. didn't even have a way to secretly communicate with moscow and so putin is really not so worried about those spies being caught. as a matter of fact, he likes to scare us with them. once we catch 1 or 2, we always ask how many are there? >> sandra: can you give us -- >> and -- >> sandra: as far as his m.o. and motives on moving in on ukraine, some say he wanted to do it and why he wanted to did it especially with the jul

we wish that the ssb were in this bill but it was not agreed to by republicans in the house and senate. looking ahead, we ought to pass a bill to provide $2 billion in permanently authorized cdbgr program. as for pay-fors, the spectrum sale funds that nigh colleagues suggest senator a pay-for are already spoken for. that that is already been used as a pay-for in previous bills. so, unfortunately, i urge my colleagues to vote no. thank you. the presiding officer: is all time yielded back? the question is on the amendment. mr. kennedy: i ask for the yeas and nays, madam president. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. vote: vote: the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his other her -- or her vote? if not, the yeas are 35, the nays are 64. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. under the previous order, the motion to refer and the motion to concur with amendment num