senators ed markey and susan collins, representative chris stewart and annie kuster.aide who is also here with his dad today. well, where are you? [applause] they have and involved from the start. annie was the first to introduce this legislation. she started the ball rolling. i want to thank the 370 representatives and senators who signed onto the bill. mr. speaker, i know that you know how hard it is to get stuff done in congress. am i right? here was a bill that had no mid -- no big money and powerful interest behind it yet 370 representatives and senators signed on as cosponsors simply because it was a good idea. [applause] i want to thank the people who lobbied for this bill. many of them are in this room. you fought for this in person, by phone, by email, by zoom. you worked hard for years to make this happen and you deserve our deepest gratitude. yes. please. [applause] then there are the veterans. bernie bluestein, john christmann, seymour nussenbaum who are here with us today. there are other veterans watching from home today. thank you. there are all those w

>> though the 51 — 44 t senate was not able to meet the 60 vote threshd bill and senator soon susan collinsnd russ caskey the only republicans to vote for brett for tegislation center spoke, matchg around and to listen asked d n vote pretty helped civil and several took to the floor about the need to protect in vitro fertilization access. >> i come to the floor today to speak on bill that recently failed despite my colleagues decision they support access to in vitro fertilization while americans in this morning, i was able to talk my daughter's lunchboxes. sounds monday know but what i said just spend time thinking about it even everyday moment with my girls is not mundane did all coming it is a miracle because after ten years of struggling with infertility come after being wounded in combat, is only able to have my two darling girl so the medical marble that is in vitro fertilization and the only reason there are to make with their lunch from the only reason that there are td sneakers with a velcro felt hopeless because after chemo from laura had the freedom seek out gary needed to make my

that new president, their first 100 days will be consumed by the same issue, and someone like susan collins, top republican appropriator, says the new president should have a clean slate when they come in, get it done in december. host: what do you think this funding battle means for speaker johnson's future as leader? guest: that's a really intriguing question. his personal stakes maybe than the overall outcome because i think the overall outcome is pretty clear. we have seen it happen often. but for him, he is going to have to run for re-election as the republican leader whether it's to become the speaker again or to be the minority leader if they lose the house. and remember, he came in in some extraordinary circumstances. he was kind of like the last -- least common denominator everybody could get behind. it's unclear if in an open election situation, he'll have the majority of his conference or even if he has the majority if he will have enough of his conference to become the speaker. and he could be forced in a compromise that a lot of republicans don't like if they do the three month

folks who actually have experience appropriating to say that marks where they want to be, in fact, susan collins has pushed back against this so this is house republican leadership caring this forward. i think it is important for the house to do its work, as soon as possible by putting out a 6-month date. we are not meeting the needs of the american public and giving up before even trying and so what i think is important to have a shorter cr to get our work and to have something done before the end of the year for the new congress to begin, i think, that's the most important thing. thank you so much a look now at a plan to restrict the possession of machine gun conversion devices which can change legal semi-automatic

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junk tumors, just trying to change the narrative. >> do you think leaves some are cows can susan collins see it that way that you're describing it? >> i haven't talked to them about their particular vote, but i can say this. >> why not? why haven't you spoken to them about it? it seems like they would be two people who would be very good to speak to a about on this issue. >> i speak with him about a number of things, but on this issue, i'm clear and i'm certainly not going to go into this realm. and as i said this is something that is not not needed. a solution in search of a problem because ivf is legal in every state and every republican senator is made that very, very clear that, that we support it again, for me, it's a bridge it's too far to get into cloning gene editing and doing away with state laws that have to do with medical processes and procedures everywhere there is something we hear a refrain from republicans. >> they'll say idf is, is protected. but we saw it in alabama it's protected until it isn't. right. and there was a short but consequential interruption in that covera

folks who actually have experience appropriating to say that marks where they want to be, in fact, susan collins has pushed back against this so this is house republican leadership caring this forward. i think it is important for the house to do its work, as soon as possible by putting out a 6-month date. we are not meeting the needs of the american public and giving up before even trying and so what i think is important to have a shorter cr to get our work and to have something done before the end of the year for the new congress to begin, i think, that's the most important thing. thank you so much dental contracts used the convention to overturn will of 14 million democrat primary voters to anoint kamala harris a failed and weak president and the most liberal united states senator when she was in the senate. but kamala cannot hide forever. tonight at the debate the country will finally get to see the stark contrast between the strength and success of president trump's america first policies and the devastation and weakness of kamala harris radical failed far-left agenda. my constituents made c

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you have patty murray and susan collins working together on a path forward. i commend them for that. last year we did 12 out of 12 bills that were marked up on a senate committee on tv in front of public by july 27. yet those bills sat. chuck schumer not putting them on the floor until november 1 of 2023. 127 days after they had been marked up. after that is when we saw the next bill come on to the floor. we actually didn't finish our process until 174 days into the fiscal year last year. that's not only fiscally irresponsible, it is morally irresponsible. the people send us up here to do a job, and my question to the majority leader today is why aren't you letting us actually do it? i am extreme disappointed that not a single one of these bills again this year has seemed to find their way on the floor. he seems to have no plan to do that. only plans seems to be to kick the can down the road. and as my p distinguished colleague from mississippi said, every time we do that our men and women pay the price. secretary austin, obviously appointed by president bide

senator susan collins and lisa makowski were the only republican supported paper of the bill which acquiredance of senators poker, manchin, rounds, tillis and vance did not vote predict ts is the second attempt at a procedural vote in the bill after previous feltls failed to reach a 60ound threshold back in june and prior to this e public and centers kitty britton ted cruz, offered their own i legislation was objected to by democratic senator patty murray. >> mr. president, i am proud today to be joining my colleagues from texas and support of the ivf protection act i am grateful to senator cruz, for his leadership on ths importantbo topic pretty positie cruz nine can both attest to the fact thats no greater than life and her children. for many americans, building a family, becoming a mom, dad, perhaps there american dream ivf makes the difference in achieving that train, for millions of americans were facing infertility. and they help inspiring parents to start families, to grow their families. in the u.s., nearly 200 babies are born day nearly 2 percent of all babies born our because of i

susan collins whatever up in the polls the whole time. but he thought her days were numbered. even before election she was down in the polls, and she ended up winning i think by eight or 9%, nine points. that's kind of similar, the parallel to what's going on in montana is there, same kind of thing, retail politics. john is running a can suck highly there as well. let me turn over. -- against a highly flawed candidate as well. >> bankole, is anyone else michigan here by the way? great. great. we'll get to your question. he will ask the first question they would go from there. >> well, speaking to the nation, the nation shall so were not playing in michigan. anyway, senator, a point of departure for this conversation, the democratic messaging machine come for years democrats have been criticized as not having an effective messenger mission. sometimes we ask questions, does the messaging machine, does it usually or is it regularly oil, if you will? because the democrats say you're doing so much but the message is not getting out. can you tell us that you are confident that the m

nar susan collins and lisa murkowski were the only ones to vote in favor of the bill, booker, manchin, tillis, rounds did not vote, second attempt to add pceral vote on the bill after the previous vote also failed to reach the 60 vote threshold bkn june. prior to this recent vote republican senators katie and ted cruz offered their own ivf legislation but it was objected too by democratic senator patty murray am proud today to be joining my colleague from texas in support of the ivf protection act. i am grateful to senator cruz for his leadership on this important topic. both senator cruz and i are parents. we can both attest to the fact that there is no greater blessing in life than our children. for many americans, building a family, becoming a mom or a dad, that's their american dream. ivf makes the difference, and achieving that dream for millions of americans who are facing infertility. ivf helps parents to start families, to grow their family. in the u.s., nearly 200 babies are born a day. so nearly 2% of all babies born are because of ivf. this treatment is really a game change

coveragef fertility treatments for employer-sponsored insurance plans and other public plants editor susan collins and lisa muowi were the only republicans toot in favor of the bill which required 60 votes to advance. some of the broker, manon rounds, tillis and vance did not vote. this is a second attempt at a procedure vote on the bill after previous vote also failed to reach the 60 vote threshold back in june. ♪ since 1979 in partnership with the cable industry c-span has provided complete coverage of the halls of congress from the house and senate floors to congressional hearings, party briefings and committee meetings. c-span gives you a front row seat to have issues are debated and decided with no commentary, no interruptions and completely unfiltered. c-span your unfiltered view of government. >> if you ever miss any of c-span's coverage you can find it any time online at c-span.org. videos of key hearings, debates and other events feature markers that guide you to interesting and newsworthy highlights. these points of interest markers appear on the right-hand side of your screen when you h

centrist senators, mitt romney susan collins also voted in favor during the test vote.was bipartisan as well. messages of democratic senators elizabeth warren voted against it california democratic senator alex padilla new jersey bob menendez now heading to prison and senator bernie sanders, stalinist voted against it. enjoying the 45 republicans. anything there is a bipartisan opposition to the bill. him by the time the bill came up for a second vote come at last vote in may, opposition to it was pouring in from both sides of the aisle. with senators cory booker or democrat. lufthansa butler california democrat. and even lankford and sinema voting no. murkowski was the only republican holdouts still in support. they point out, i seriously question whether people like sanders, bookers are worn but even take a call from donald trump. can guarantee they would not allow their decision to be swayed by him. she is a pathological liar and so are you frauds and the media. all you had to do is look at the boat you would know she has been at lying and lying and lying but all he

he had an opportunity that two republican seized, susan collins and lisa mckowski to make it clear theyotect it and what was happening in alabama. he voted the other way. did not vote to protect ivf. you not only have project 2025, and everything in it with banning mifepristone. when someone gives you a playbook look at it, that is what they are going to use. and the fact that this has continued and you can go back in time and see other statements he has made. but i just look at that vote. i know what that vote meant. >> you have them on record doing these things. claire, we began the segment talking about the number, the overwhelming number of musical artists that want nothing to do with trump, you can not play my music there. it is not just unfortunate for the trump campaign but evidence of a campaign that is so squarely outside of mainstream culture, right? most people want nothing to do with this person. there is some section of the republican party that very much does, but on whole, they have moved that they painted themselves into the far, far corner of not just american politics

the other member who is at a step with the presidential lead of the state is susan collins who defiesravity every time. she's up in 2026. with the right choice voting it's harry. that's defense not offense. the opportunities are here and now. the idea is we are going to bounce back and have a good midterm, i think they would in terms of the environment. >> they would win the house popular vote and even the senate popular vote but only so much you can get. why people were so shocked out of 2022, as patrick said, republicans think they will win all the time so when they don't they have a crisis. democrats think have this incredible night. it's better than the alternative. if you think about republicans winning the house popular vote by a substantial margin -- this new map is fairly durable relative to recent years. >> fairly durable in the sense -- >> it seems to match up pretty well but the coalition such as they are in this moment. while you could have a backlash against a six inch of joe biden who is popular at that point, republicans have to get their act together and they have to b

and he had an opportunity that two republicans seized, susan collins, and lisa murkowski, to make itivf and we need to protect ivf given the outcomes of the dobbs decision and what was happening in alabama. he voted the other way.he he did not vote to protect ivf. so you not only have project 2025 and everything in it with banning mifepristone as tim walz said the convention, when someone gives you a play book, yous better look at it because that's whatat they're going to use. and the fact this has continued and you can go back in time and see other statements he's made, but i just keep h looking at th vote. i know what that vote meant. >> right, you have them on record doing these things. claire, we began this segment talking about the number -- the overwhelming number of musical artists that want nothing to do with donald trump who said you can't play my music there, and that's not just unfortunate for the trump campaign but also evidence of a campaign so querly outside of mainstream culture, right? most people want nothing to do with this person. there is some section of the repub

now, at last month's jackson hole symposium, susan collins, echoed what i heard from just about every methodical pace once we are in a different policy stance is likely to be appropriate. >> reporter: so that signals a 25 the basis point cut, but the market at 67% believes it's 50. we'll get that tomorrow at 2 p.m. eastern. stuart: yes, we will. and a reminder, please, tomorrow tomorrow the fox business will cover the highly anticipated decision day 1 until 4 p.m. eastern, no commercial breaks. >>> all right, we received retail sales figures this morning, and now we've got more data. new day it is a -- data, in fact, on which cities had the highest rate of shoplifting. the -- tell me. lauren: not the cities you would expect. not san francisco. san francisco, new york city, chicagoing, 23 cities were looked at, chattanooga, tennessee the, is number one. stuart: really? >> about 90 incidents of shoplifting per 100,000 people. fayetteville, north carolina. 83 incidents. omaha, nebraska, and nashville is. i think the key word is reported you might see people in these, i think, nice, quite

why did it, you know, susan collins or lisa murkowski endorse him, he is describing trump as america's why wasn't he the bridge too far? he illustrates how successfully trump is a fraud. >> he does. he illustrates, i mean, i will take another analogy from high school science, you know, the republican party over trump has become this black hole that just sucks people in, right? they have identified their voters. if you want them back, you go back to the pat buchanan populism, culture war, the 1990s, it was kind of underneath the surface. you know, trump reflected the kind of violent takeover of this political party by this authoritarian force. it is so powerful right now, in terms of its gravitational pull on republican politicians and you either just jump in, you know, all the way like jd vance has done, or, you know, if you're somebody like mitch mcconnell or lisa rakowski, you feel like it is too strong to resist. we will have a test case here if kamala harris wins. does that continue to be the force that is driving the republican party? it is interesting, another guy you try this ou

the only other member who was sort of out of step with the presidential lien is susan collins who manageso divide gravity every time. you can see her do it again but with the voting it is a little bit hairy there. that is defense, not offense. the opportunities are here and now. i think that they would in terms of the environment. >> would not necessarily translate be met when the house popular vote, but there's only so much you can get. what we saw white people were so shocked coming out of 2022. republicans think they will win all the time so when they don't they have a crisis. republican democrats think they have this incredible night. i think if you think about republicans winning the house popular vote by a pretty substantial margin a five vote margin. this new map is fairly durable relative to recent years. >> fairly durable in the sense that. >> in the sense that it seems to match up pretty well with the coalition such as they are in this moment. while you could have a backlash against joe biden who was very popular at that point, republicans have to get their act together and they

the only other member that was out of step was susan collins that managed to defy gravity every time. she is up in 2026. you can see her doing that again. it is harry there. that is defense, not offense. the opportunities are here and now. the idea that we will bounce back and have a good midterm they would in terms of the environment. >> it would not. >> they would win the senate popular vote but only so much they can get that. patrick said republicans think they are going to win all of the time. when they don't, the democrats think they are, this incredible night but it was better than the alternative. if you think about them winning the popular vote and ending up with a five vote margin, 10 seat margin. >> that lis all new york. >> exactly. >> and this new plan is barely durable relative to recent years. >> sorry fairly durable in the sense? >> in the sense that it seems la to mash up well with the collision such as they are in this moment. moment. the six year itch, republicans have to get their act together and b, the seats need to be there. maybe it will be in new york but they

this is exactly what chuck schumer did last year as well you patty murray and susan collins of different parties working together in a bipartisan fashion to figure out a path forward. i commend them for that. last year we did 12 out of 12 bills marked up out of senate committee were allowed to be amended in front of a public by july 27 but yet those bills sat. chuck schumer rendered 27 days they'd been marked up. after that we saw the next bill come onto the floor. 174 days in to the fiscal year last year. that is only fiscally irresponsible it is morally responsible. people send us up here to do a job. my question to the majority leader today is why aren't you letting us actually do it? i'm externally disappointed not a single one of these bills again this year seem to find their way on the floor he seems has no plan to do that only plan seems to be to kick the can down the road. as my distinguished college from colic for mississippi said every time he did that our men and women pay the price. secretary austin, obviously appointed by president biden confirmed by this body has said acr w

companies to cover the costs all the vote was 51 to 44 with republican senators, lisa murkowski and susan collins citing with democrats in favor of advancing the measure or the vote appears to put senate republicans out of step with their presidential candidate, donald trump in august, he claimed, if elected, he would require ivf to be covered by insurance well, still to come countries across europe battling floods and flames. we'll have the latest on severe weather affecting the region plus how the sea is proving to be a threat to palestinians are seeking shelter on the beaches of gaza that's ahead for you. saturday at nine on cnn i was so excited to buy my first home, but i needed a lot of work done on it. >> i went on to angie, jamie was the first person to call these resurface my fluorine. he's done plumbing work, he's refinished this beautiful table here, finds top rated certified pros in your area at angie.com. >> i'm nfl hall of famer dana marino, you know, i used to be afraid of things like defensive lines losing games. but what's insane is that years later by biggest fear became trying t

democrats making a push on reproductive care, it'll only got two republican votes, these makowski and susan collins of maine voted for it, but everyone including jd vance on the ticket voted against it. so, there is no daylight here. everyone, i think, knows who is on what side. >> who is on what side, and also the number of times that trump continues to lie any given time he opens his mouth to give a speech or a comment to the press or anything. i mean, that cannot and should not be discounted. the man is going so far as to evolve from fake news in 2016 to now complain that there are a.i. crowds, images of a.i. crowds he has created, because he is not living in the same reality. and, the fact do not matter to him and that is a problem, whether it comes to women's health or otherwise and i feel like we cannot state that enough. the man lies so much but we don't keep up with it, so the fastest point, who cares what he has to say. when he started this fire, and also, when he doesn't even believe or know the words that are coming out of his mouth half the time he is saying them. >> that is a good poin

under the leadership of the appropriations chair, patty murray of washington and ranking member susan collins, from maine, we passed 11 appropriation bills on a bipartisan basis. recent history is repeating itself in the house under speaker johnson. instead of coming to the negotiating table with their democratic colleagues, the only way to pass legislation in a divided congress, they've been crafting partisan bills for cuts and poison pills, and now rather than take the senate's lead in prioritizing responsible funding, a bill that actually can become law, house republicans are once again trying to delay long-term funding agreements at the expense of the american people. house republicans introduced a continuing resolution to push our job to fund the government until march of next year. six-month delay from our annual deadline on september 30. as if this wasn't already a blow on our nation which relies on critical programs. they are looking at an outrageous provision, this time it's called the save act. the so-called safeguard american eligibility act would make it more difficult for america

i mean, brad, it's worth noting the two republicans who voted for this to female republicans, susan collins and lisa murkowski. >> this is also, again, i mean, the presidential nominee at the top of the ticket has said he wants this policy in place, right? he's trying to campaign on it. why not do it? >> well, there was a chance to do it. katie britt, he will senate republican senator from alabama had a bill yesterday that would force any state to basically to allow ivf to be legal if they didn't, they'd lose all medicaid funding. so every state's going to do that democrats wouldn't go along with it. that was a surefire way to protect ivf in every state. rick scott had a bill yesterday to decouple hsas from the people used to save for ivf from your hot deductible plans, democrats wouldn't do it. chuck schumer wants this vote to use in this campaign. he's not willing to work with republicans to try to come up with a way that actually protect ivf in every state. yeah. i mean, it's worth noting. i think there are some provisions in both of those bills that gave democrats separate concerns, but

with the exception of two people, lisa murkowski and susan collins, there was a vote on ivf and you could see where they voted. they did not vote to make sure that insurance policies would cover ivf, which is the simplest and most straightforward way to do this. they voted the opposite, and that includes j.d. vance, who is donald trump's running mate. >> and senator. i do want to ask you. i mean, you did mention the debate that's coming up in a week from today. and democratic strategist james carville wrote this in the new york times. he's got an op ed there today saying, if there's one thing americans love, it's a train wreck. just over two months ago, we witnessed one in real time, and it led to the humane revolt against a sitting president's reelection campaign by his own party. i guarantee a lot of voters are salivating for a second round. only this time, mr. trump must be the train wreck. and it's on. miss harris to lay the tracks. do you think that's the right approach? the last time around, you know, we saw the president have some mental lapses in that last debate that obviously le

we've only seen once in modern history where you've kind of seen that senate break and it was susan collins up in maine. >> so that's something to watch. what i'm looking at right now is the hemorrhage is a softening of white male voters toward kamala harris and for that you're seeing her kind of make these overtures to try and bring them in. i actually believe in her oprah interview when she said i own a firearm and i would shoot you if you broke into my home. i think that was actually more strategic than it was a whoops, mike staff is going to have to clean that up because this has been a very careful campaign by kamala harris. she has chosen her words carefully and her venues carefully. that is an overture to try and say hey, disaffected white male voters, if there's an opportunity for you to see me as a way to change the direction of this country. come look at this campaign. so she's being very concerted you think that actually i do switch people. i don't think i'm switched people, but i think it was a concerted effort to try and say, look, i'm not a regular democrat, i don't believe in

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in 2020 you had one scented candidate who was able to do that and that was susan collins to got a state obviously the donald trump did not. so what is even more fascinating because when you look at how close those races were, new hampshire and nevada, those were divided by the narrowest of margins at a presidential level. so were the senate races. they may have gotten votes from different places. the senate candidate if you look at the coalition of places where they picked up support, looks different. but the overall numbers looked exactly the same, this idea that voters even in a place where they maybe weren't supporting the top of the ticket voted similarly. so will this be the time were we actually see because it looks like it today, epistemic candidates are going to go in a different direction than the presidential? and i think what we are seeing at least at this point are a couple of advantages. many of these are not just incumbents, but longtime incumbents. k.c., tammy baldwin have been there for a pretty significant amount of time. jacky rosen, a brand-new senator, also outperfor

the vote was 51-44 with republican senators lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collins of maine the only. patel, on this sliding appetite for taking away more rights and making it harder for families to turn to ivf, if infertility is a diagnosis, unlucky enough to receive, what is the -- what is the impact of that once you're inside an exam room for a couple? >> yeah. i think that when someone is thinking through -- nobody comes into an exam room and wants to hear the news it's going to be hard for you to have a child and so when you walk through kind of everything that's involved and depending on what state you're in now, nicole, those conversations always have a caveat because in that same conversation you have to say, well, but we don't know when someone asks, for example, could there be a problem if we go through and i need medical help. i don't know. because some laws are not clear and even in georgia, let's be clear what happened to amber, could have happened to anyone that was experiencing a miscarriage that could have happened when they were getting an ivf, when they were having

where is susan collins and, yes, they are not voting for him, but they should be rejecting this. >> i'm done with i'm not supporting trump but. anyone who isn't supporting trump, and i'll single out mitt romney, who is the subject of some lovely new writing and reporting, he tells a haunting story of how chilling it is that he will be targeted should trump be reelected. i don't belief him. if you're that haunted, if you find it chilling, you dot one thing that protects your wife. you want to be a protectorer, there's one way to protect your wife and your kids and your grand kids. believe he loves them, by don't believe he finds it chilling. because if he did, he wouldn't just endorse kamala harris. he would call her and say how can i help you. because i am a protector. if you find it chilling that your kids and grand kids and wife could be threatened by donald trump's second term, you do something. so i'm not saying that he can't be chilled, but if he was, he would be campaigning for kamala harris. a frightened person does anything they can to actually protect them. so i think it's time

why didn't susan collins and -- he described trump as america's hitler.s, and i will take another analogy from high school science. you know, the republican party under trump is this black hole that sucks people in. right. they identified their voters. if you wanted to stretch history back, it is all the way back to the pat buchanan populism, the culture war of the 90s underneath the surface of the republican party, and trump reflected the final takeover by the populous authoritarian force, and it is so powerful now in terms of its gravitational pull on republican politicians that you either jump in, you know, all of the way like jd vance has done, or you know if you are like mitch mcconnell you feel like that is too strong of a force for me to do anything to resist it. we are going to have a test case here if kamala harris wins. does that continue to be the force that is driving the republican party? i thought it was interesting, another guy that tried this out is ron desantis, and it didn't sell. he doesn't have trump's charisma. he is not funny or a li

so you may have lisa murkowski, susan collins or bill cassidy who vote no on donald trump's pick. but in the meantime, there is a lot that could take place in the first 100 days of administration and in real time you could have private citizens now working up what could amount to a vast conspiracy charge to begin the effort to compel a grand jury and begin to see that an indictment comes within short order in early 2025. >> if he wins. if he wins. >> if trump wins. but i will say, though, in 2016 donald trump won. he said though that millions of other voters that did not count. >> we have that guy from kansas. >> chris coback. >> and so you're looking at a reality that said he won in the state of california despite losing by 5 million claiming voter fraud. >> so we could expect the next few hours unpacking everything you just shared with us. let me start with this. there will be no don mcgahn or bill barr. our audience knows for the record, they oversaw the child separation policy. they didn't quit because that was too extreme or inhumane. they over saw the most -- i mean, they we

susan collins republican was re-elected, joe biden democrat. that's the only one. so seeing polling in pennsylvania, razor thin in the presidential race. razor thin there. democrats doing better in the senate race. seeing that in arizona, michigan. does that hold or is there a convergence in the end? in the end if donald trump were just able to get over the top in pennsylvania, does he left up the republican senate candidate and bring him just over the top or is there more separation there? certainly looking at the polling, i'm open to the idea that we could see some split ticket voting like we haven't before, but i balance that in my mind with i think we thought there would be some in 2016 and 2020 and there isn't. >> abortion is a big issue in a number of states. there are a number of ballot issues on abortion. florida is one of those states. do you see democrats being helped by abortion being on the ballot in florida or do you see, from what you're reading in the numbers so far, republicans who support access to abortion, going out and voting to make it enshrine

senator susan collins and i have teamed up to increase funding for it and our legislation to extend funding for another five years. our bill is endorsed by the national association of emergency management technicians, international association of fire chiefs, association of firefighters, rural health association, and, last december it unanimously passed the senate. this week the house is scheduled to take it up. i a. [applause]. i urge the house to quickly pass out the siren reauthorization act this week. madam president, an another health-related topic, the question of women's reproductive freedom continues to be a matter of critical importance in the upcoming election. at the presidential debate last week, it became clear that the two candidates could not be further apart on the issue. the former president took credit for the, quote, great service, he said he did in erasing the constitutional right under roe v. wade. on the other hand, vice president harris asked us to consider what abortion bans mean for young survivors of rape or incest who are forced to carry pregnancies to term or for

that state was maybe there were some folks from there, maine, 2020, susan collins, republican was re-elected then joe biden. using polling in a pace with pennsylvania. razor thin there. democrats doing better in the senate race. seeing that in arizona and a bunch of state, michigan. does that hold or is there a convergence in the end if donald trump were to get just over the top in pennsylvania, does he lift up mccormick and bring him just over the top or is there more separation. certainly looking at the polling, i'm open to the idea that we may see some split ticket voting. i balance that in my mind i think we thought there would be some in 2016 and it ended up there wasn't. >> abortion is a big issue in a number of states, florida is one of those states. do you see democrats being helped by abortion being on the ballot in a florida or do you see, from what you're reading in the number so far, republicans who support access to abortion, going out and voting to make it enshrined in the constitution in that state. voting for that amendment but going and feeling safe to vote for the republica

you have patty murray and susan collins working together on a path forward. i commend them for that. last year we did 12 out of 12 bills that were marked up on a senate committee on tv in front of public by july 27. yet those bills sat. chuck schumer not putting them on the floor until november 1 of 2023. 127 days after they had been marked up. after that is when we saw the next bill come on to the floor. we actually didn't finish our process until 174 days into the fiscal year last year. that's not only fiscally irresponsible, it is morally irresponsible. the people send us up here to do a job, and my question to the majority leader today is why aren't you letting us actually do it? i am extreme disappointed that not a single one of these bills again this year has seemed to find their way on the floor. he seems to have no plan to do that. only plans seems to be to kick the can down the road. and as my p distinguished colleague from mississippi said, every time we do that our men and women pay the price. secretary austin, obviously appointed by president bide