of the american people, we need the senate to have this debate on the floor of the senate. >> when we started this health care debate, the president led with a very big promise to the american people. if you like the health care that you currently have, you can keep it. today, the headline reads 20,000 americans working for home depot, that will no longer be the case. obama care does not allow that. that's why today when we acted, it wasn't just a group of republicans but it was a bipartisan vote. let me state that again because i want to make sure you write it correctly. it was a bipartisan vote because we're americans first. it's a privilege to sit in this office and i will tell you this. as the founders crafted this country, they crafted two bodies, two bodies to work. the house has now done their work. we call upon the senate to do theirs as well. >> the house has been fighting to stop obama care since 2009, and we have said over and over again this law is going to increase the costs for the working middle class families in this country and we're now seeing it. we've said from the

>> we're waiting for the senate to act. >> they need to have the debate in the senate. unaffordable law is hurting people around this country. they want relief from a government that's spending beyond its means. that's what we want the senate to act on and we're going to keep pushing the senate to act. >> i have one more question. >> come on -- >> presume was -- >> the influence. >> they're grandstanding and making up a point -- they make up points as if it's reality. it's not reality. i'm afraid when they're covered too often and too much and lord knows -- the american people start to think there's a point there. and unfortunately, it's not. it's just grandstanding. it's carrying on. they're all made up to the camera. oh, my goodness, it's so artificial. >> what was it that they said in particular that lit your fuse? >> i think it was -- i think it was obviously at the end when she said this thing we heard a million times that her, quote, constituents" are panicked -- she used the word panicked by obama care. i'm livid it's called obama care. it's the affordable care ac

the majority leader, and i know the senator -- i know the senator from tennessee is learned on senate procedures so that i know he must have made a mistake when he, moments ago, suggested that those of us who participated in the filibuster the other night, day, someone changed our position in voting for the motion to proceed. and the reason i know the senator from tennessee is mistaken is because during the course of the filibuster i explicitly stated, i support the motion to proceed. i stated that the week before the filibuster, repeatedly. i have always stated that the vote on the motion to proceed, the vote on cloture to but she was going to be unanimous. indeed, i would note i offered a unanimous consent during the filibuster that we issued the cloture and all agreed to proceed because edwin in this chamber, i said i expected but will be unanimous. everyone in this chamber wants to proceed to this bill. the senator from tennessee being learned in the senate procedure knows that there's a big difference between that vote on wednesday, which i might note when the vote tally was down

i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: just by way of responding to the distinguished senator from louisiana, i think i'm about as bipartisan as anybody, you know, here. it's the one thing that i have tried to make essentially the focus of my time in public service, is trying to find a way to get folks together, whether it's on tax reform or health care or education, you know, with marco rubio. that's what i want to be all about. and particularly on the energy committee, senator murkowski has consistently met our side halfway, trying to find, you know, common ground, trying to get folks to work together. the two of us laugh omnibus about it, we don't agree on every single issue under the sun, but there's an awful lot we can agree on. it's why no other committee here in the senate has passed as many bills to the floor in a bipartisan way as the energy and natural, you know, resources committee. so when it comes to working on important, you know, issues in a bipartisan way, the senator says that's what he wants to do,

at 1:00, the senate will speak and we'll follow the rules of the senate. i've said very clearly on a number of occasions, we should be moving quickly to get this to the house as soon as we can. i object. the presiding officer: shoarksd. mr. cruz: i will ask a second unanimous consent request. i ask unanimous consent that if a cloture motion is filed on the underlying measure, that cloture vote occur during friday's session of the senate, notwithstanding the provisions of rule i 22. mr. reid: mr. president, reserving the right to object, we're going to have a cloture vote at 1:00 and any consent agreements after that i would be happy to listen to them. at this stage, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. cruz: well then it appears that i have the floor for another 90 second or so? and i -- and so i simply want to note to the american people who have so engaged that this debate is the in your hands. ultimately all 100 senators, all 46 republicans, all 54 democrats, work for you. the pleas from the american people, i can tell you in texas, a

if the senate somehow finds the votes to strip this out, senate back to the house, where does the house go from there. there are some things, i think, that divide democrats, unify republicans and repeal the medical device tax, taxes on pacemakers and insulin pumps, something that democrats voted for. 17 democrats voted for it saturday in the house. we had 34 democrats in the senate that voted for it as an amendment to the budget earlier this year. that may be a place where we could actually get some democratic support, to but we'll see. they have to obviously respond here in the senate when the house comes over with this latest proposal, assuming they can get 218 vote for it over there and this ping-pong match continues. but in the end we need to fund the government obviously, and republicans are very much committed to that, but we also want to do everything we can to deal with what is a bad law that is costing us jobs. >> i hear you, i hear. >> you and rising people yumsiums on the american people. >> i hear you on that. how long do you think this shutdown is going to go? i think the s

ahead in this hour, my one on one with the senator and a house republican who says the senator's approach is all wrong. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is heading to the u.s. for a crucial meeting with president obama. the stakes are higher than ever for both countries after the new iranian president's diplomatic charm offensive. next how the response of both leaders could have far-reaching affects. and a type of facebook for the government? you may have a profile page and not even know it. >> this is "america's news headquarters" live from the nation's capital. the shutdown showdown is in full affect and congress is on pause. early this morning the house cast a new version of the continuing resolution that would delay obamacare for one year. and then it went home to wait for action by the senate. they called it pointless and for now has no plans to call the senate back before 2:00 p.m. on monday, meaning no action on sunday with funding expected to run out in a matter of hours. with a monday night dead loin looming i sat -- deadline looming i sat down with republican senat

, and let me note senator inhofe, like some of the other senators who came to the floor of the senate this afternoon, including senator roberts and senator sessions and senator enzi are respected veterans of this institution. are leaders who have earned the respect of their colleagues. i am grateful for senator inhofe being willing to stand up and be a leader in this fight. that courage is contagious, and i hope it will continue to be even more contagious in the republican congress. i hope by the time we come to the cloture vote on friday or saturday that we see all 46 republicans united in voting against shutting off debate, against allowing majority leader harry reid the ability to fund obamacare with a straight 51-vote party vote. mr. inhofe: i ask my friend, though, before that happens, i think it's really important, and don't you agree, that the people of this country have to know what this is really all about. this is socialized medicine. a lot of them did not believe that. let me get the date on this. do you remember the date that harry reid -- last week, the leader, harry reid

we urge our colleagues in the senate, our allies on the outside and the american people to push the senate to have this important debate on the floor of the senate. because if we are going to take action on behalf of the american people, we need the senate to have this debate on the floor of the senate. >> why today when we acted it wasn't just a group of republicans but it was a bipartisan vote. let me state that again because i want to make sure you write it correctly. it was a bipartisan vote. because we're americans first. >> that's why we are doing our job and now it is up to senate democrats to show some responsibility and follow the house's lead. now -- you know, many senate republicans have promised to leave no stone h6 this billkand all of us here support that effort. >> you got businesses all over the country who are not hiring because of the impact of this law. you've got other businesses that are reducing the hours for their employees because of this law. and so, our message to the united states senate is real simple. the american people don't want the government shut down and

to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard j. durbin, a senator from the state of illinois, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask the chair lay before the senate a message from the house with respect to h.j. res. 59. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate the to following message from the house. the clerk: the house gr agree to the making continuing aprongses for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes, with amendmentsed to the senate amendment of. mr. reid: i move to table the house amendments and ask for the yeas and nays on my motion. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? a sufficient second is noted. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the presiding officer: on this question, the ayes are 54. the stphaeus are 46 -- the nays are 46. the motion to table the house amendments to the senate amendment to the house joint resolution 59 prev

you say they will ping it back to the senate. when it goes back the house republicans will put something in that will delay obamacare for a year or something else which the senate is not going to like or approve of. they will want to do something to ping it back. somebody has to cry uncle. >> first of all, one of two things they could do. they could send back a short-term c.r. to keep the government open for another week or two or send back a c.r. that includes provisions like putting all of the members of congress under obamacare and/or delay the individual mandate for a year. several dozen democrats in the house voted for the latter. my suspicion is most members of congress are going to be hard pressed not to say we ought to be under obamacare like everybody else. my sense is that they can pass it through the house on a bipartisan basis and in the senate, i think they can probably pick up five, six, seven, eight democrats who either on principle believe what's good for the goose, corporate america, ought good for the gander, ind

he is doing it from the inside of the senate. they're doing it on the outside of the senate. they are not only raising money for themselves, crucially they're building a list of potential donors. $1.5 million people have signed the petition that cruz was pushing. basically a war chest in waiting. whenever they want to flip that switch, 2014, for any presidential race in 2016. they will flip that switch. they have the names. they have the energy from the very upset activists. their passion is genuine. cruz and republicans have told me this, they believe cruz is doing that to basically profit off the outrage. >> haley barber doesn't like the way some of the -- organizations operate because they don't just try to elect republicans they attack republicans. let's listen to what haley barber said about this. >> the house republicans voted to repeal obama care in one form or another about 40 times. since it went into effect. yet some of the groups like the senate conservative fund, club for growth, attack the same republicans that voted against obama care. but they attack them over t

i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. i rise to speak on the affordable care act. in hawaii, we have a saying, lucky you live hawaii. that can mean a lot of different things to different people, but when talking about access to affordable, effective health care, this phrase has particular meaning. in the early 1970's, the rate of uninsured in our state was about 30%, meaning that roughly one in three in our population would live in fear that a sickness or injury could cause financial ruin for themselves or their families. the people of hawaii knew this was unacceptable, and in 1974, a state government passed an innovative piece of legislation. the prepaid health care act. wea ways to go. even with prepaid, there are more than 100,000 people in our state still uninsured. when the affordable care act passed three years ago, i knew it meant that those who are uninsured or u

cruz: i thank the senator from alabama, and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i appreciate the fine work done by all of our colleagues on this and i -- i want to support this bipartisan helium bill, s. 783. i think it's critical to maintain a stable supply of helium now and into the future. i think this bill accomplishes it. as a physician, i know how important it is that helium is available for the newest technologies, specifically to use to cool m.r.i. scanners, manufactured products such as semiconductors, fiber optic cables. helium also has important applications for the department of defense, for nasa, for the scientific research community. this bill merely extends the authority of the secretary of the interior to sell helium from the federal helium reserves in texas, including important reforms such as provisions already outlined by the chairman of the energy committee. the secretary sells helium at mark prices. thmarket places prices. prices. the federa

of the senate, because if we're going to take action on behalf of the american people, we need the senate to have this debate on the floor of the senate. >> when we started this health care debate, the president lead with a very big promise to the if you likeople -- d the health care you have, you can keep it. today, the headline reads -- 20,000 americans working at home depot will no longer the the case. they are part-time. obamacare does not allow that. that is why today when we acted it was not just a group of republicans but it was a bipartisan vote. let me state that again because i want to make sure you write it correctly. it was a bipartisan vote because we are americans first. a privileged to sit in this office, and i will tell you this -- as the founders crafted this country, they crafted two bodies to work. the house has not done their work. we call on the senate to do theirs as well. the house has been fighting to stop obamacare since 2009. and we have said over and over again this law is going to increase the cost for the working middle class families of this country and we ar

so, madam president, i note the senator from ohio is on the floor. ht a good bill with senator shaheen to the floor in the middle of last week. it got better with the inhofe-carper amendment on thermal energy, the landrieu-wicker amendment which helps us make better use of the green building certification system, hoeven-pryor amendment that allows the continued use of grid-enabled water heaters to make utility management programs more efficient, the sessions-pryor and the landrieu-wicker amendments that reduce regulatory, you know, burdens on testing consumer products, the bennet-ayotte amendment on commercial buildings, the pryor-alexander amendment to look at how the review process works in terms of planning our energy future, the isakson bennet amendment to look at home efficiency during mortgage underwriting. madam president, when you think about this, the reality is people seem to know more about the energy efficiency of the products you have around your house like a toaster than you do about a major, really an extraordinary purchase like a home

the senate is the first one that is going act. senator harry reid, the majority leader, is going begin the procedural notion have a vote by midweek. we're looking at probably a wednesday, cloture vote which requires 60 votes in order to move forward to a final vote at the critical vote in the senate. it's going to be very close. uncertain whether they can get to 60. that's critical. what the house does is not clear at this point. the house may vote this week, they may push it to next week. at the least, if the senate passes a measure, the house will act by next week inspect is moving very, very quickly. the administration is really launching a full-court press right now. >> host: the issue on the faculty-court press is it gaining traction this week on capitol hill? >> guest: it hasn't gained traction yet. in fact, i heard some lawmakers say yesterday they feel over the past week support has dwindled with people coming in to give classified briefings, the release of the latest video which appears to be the aftermath of the attack. t

doesn't have much hope in the senate anyway. that's because of two amendments attached to it. one would delay obama care for a year and the other would repeal a medical devices tax. so here's where we stand. just over one day left to avoid a shutdown. the deadline is midnight on monday. we're all over this, covering all angles of this story. brianna keilar is live at the white house and erin mcpike is in our washington, d.c., bureau. brianna, house speaker john boehner has had some really strong words for the senate. what's he saying? >> reporter: taking aim at the senate, alison, because as you noted last night, the house passed this funding bill to keep the government open. of course, it would also delay the implementation of obama care, which is something the white house says "no way" to, they've issued a veto threat on. and the senate isn't going to be meeting today to act on that. we expect the senate will be meeting tomorrow. and i think part of this is, it's a game of sort of hot potato. who really gets stuck, perhaps, hol

i just talked about the senate and the white house, though. >> 79 individuals in the united states senate voted for a medical device tax repeal earlier this year. the fact of the matter is harry reid won't let him vote, won't let them vote. he just tabled it. how dismissive is that of the normal process that ought to occur here, the normal give and take? the folks that won't compromise are the president of the united states, harry reid and mrs. pelosi. those are the folks that won't compromise. >> congressman price of georgia, thank you for coming in. we appreciate it. >>> when we come back, the washington blame game continues as john boehner goes after the senate for taking a day off. how does democratic senator chuck schumer respond? i ask him next. >>> plus, breaking bad ends its run and we're just getting word of how many millions tuned in for last night's series finale. let's just say, a lot of you caught up in time for the big finish. my customers can shop around-- see who does good work and compare costs. it doesn't usually work that way with health care. but with unitedhealthcare,

american people know, they've been called upon by the senator, the junior senator from texas, they've been called upon time and time again. the american people. the american people. alltel you something, mr. president. the american people know that every hour that he has spoken or speaks, pushes another hour closer to a republican government shutdown. >> obama care is just as bad as many of us said it would be. and it's about to get a lot worse. this train is picking up speed and there's a bridge out ahead. sort of like one of those wily coyote cartoons, except this isn't funny. >> for almost a whole day, the senate stage was all ted cruz's. we're only five days away now from a government shutdown. if a deal doesn't get done. the action stays in the senate at least for you. we're covering all angles. brianna keilar is standing by as is gloria borger. let's start with dana bash. joining us on the phone. i understand you're right outside senator cruz's office. take us through what's happening right now with this vote. >> i'm just heading towards the camera. i can't talk to you on camera

on the floor of the senate. states house. if you ask the american people how many senators should be here in the debate over de-funding obama care, the biggest job killer in this country because the american people's top priorities is jobs and the economy, the american people would say all 100 senators. what possibly do you have that is more important to do -- i suspect some of our colleagues are at a fundraising dinner. some of our colleagues are at home with their families. you want to know why congress is held in such low esteem? it is not because we don't pass enough laws. it is because the priorities in this body are not the priorities of the men and women in america. we're not listening to america. >> a pretty powerful moment, live, on the senate floor as ted cruz knew continues actually officially into his seventh hour on the floor of the u.s. senate. we continue with dana lash and leslie marshal. you know, cbo came out with numbers last night and said basically were on a path to bankruptcy, 641 billion t

the senate is where the deals are cut. so that you request something that, is a minor, or a shaving off of something on obamacare. go back and campaign in your state, and say, i won these concessions on obama care. there is a way you can work that in your campaign. what's happened to the republican party, unfortunately, it's bled from the house to the senate. is this fictional view of government. they don't take the time to learn how government actually works. they have just created this nonsense sort of false universe, where they can just stand of and talk and suddenly obama care will fall. and it's, it's ridiculous. but because the guys get their news from rush limbaugh. they get their views on the economy from ayn rand. they don't have to know how to do government. you know, ted cruz is up there reading "green eggs and ham," what republicans don't understand at the end of green eggs and ham. sam likes the green eggs and ham. republicans are afraid if they don't stop affordable care act right now in its tracks, over time

the senate has act d. they passed a clean continuing resolution that keeps the government running until november 15. it keeps the republicans' beloved sequester that is not only reasonable but doing harm to our american economy. they would rather drive this economy off the cliff than make a reasonable compromise. they have a bill that includes two major changes, including one-year delay. senator reid has made it clear the senate will not consider these changes and clear that the republicans want to shut this government down. that's where we are. in closing, i would urge my republican friends, please don't do this. i have to believe that there are enough grown-ups who are willing to stand up and say enough is enough. we should reject this rule and reject the underlying bill and get back to work. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield

we've not seen any plan for the senate. so i'm not going to guess at what might come back. >> okay. >> i think we have an opportunity here to keep government open and to stop obama care's troubles for the american people. >> all right, thank you so much, congressman luke messer. i know you'll get down to the floor and get a vote out there this morning. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> joining us now for our agenda panhandle, viviana, bill, the executive editor of liberal owe cases.com and james peterson is an msnbc contributor and director of africana studies at lehigh university. starting with you, bill, it appears to be a game of chicken, right? but this game of chicken is within the gop, not between the gop and the democrats. the speaker saying, hey, you know, you're holding me hostage of the defund language. i'll give it to you, okay, tea partiers, but when it fails, as i have just been talking about with the congressman, don't they fail too? does he save face, though, as the tea partiers fail in this exercise? >> that's

party in the senate. republicans were in the minority in the senate. democrats were the majority there. democrats also had the white house. in 1964, of course, the president was lyndon baines johnson, became president after john f. kennedy was assassinated. although lbj had long been vocally opposed to the expansion of the vietnam war, even though he had campaigned for office saying he didn't want to send american boys thousands of miles away to fight a war that asian boys ought to be fighting for themselves, even though he had campaigned that way and he had believed the war in vietnam was a mistake, by 91964, once he was president, lbj had become convinced despite everything he said before, the war in vietnam needed to be expanded. it should have a much greater u.s. involvement. on august 4th, 1964, lbj made that case to the public in the most dramatic way possible. in a live late night urgent broadcast, president johnson told the country that the united states navy had come under attack. in the gulf of t

the u.s. senate, they're convening. they are now on the receiving end of this house bill, this latest version. this version from the house that keeps government money flowing, but would delay obama care for a year and would repeal a tax on medical devices. so, the senate at this hour is just beginning to talk about this bill. they will be voting on this bill, but likely tabling a lot of those amendments. republican house members, they took notice this morning. >> the house has done its work. we passed a bill on saturday night. sent it to the united states senate, that would delay obama care for one year and eliminate permanently the medical device tax costs us tens of thousands of jobs shipped overseas. senate decided not to work yesterday. well, my goodness. if there's such an emergency, where are they? >> while we were here until nearly 1:00 a.m. monday morning, the senate was gone. the president, according to the "new york times," played golfover the weekend. i guess the senate and the president have other priorities.

"dixie," the confederate anthem. senatornext day and then she confirmed it to the "los angeles times," along with her press secretary, who saw it happen. senator carol moseley braun said, "he saw me standing there and he started to sing. "i wish i was in the land of cotton," and he looked at senator hatch and said, i'm going to make her cry, i'm going to sing "dixie" until she cries. the only african-american in the senate at that time. jesse helms got his start in politics in 1950 in north carolina, when his candidate, willis smith, was running against frank porter graham, who was the former president of unc, the university of north carolina. jesse helms said that unc stood for the university of negroes and communists. in that campaign, the helms side ran an ad that said, "white people, wake up before it is too late. do you want negroes working beside you, your wife, and your daughters in your mills and factories? frank graham favors mixing of the races." they also made up campaign literature in that campaign saying that fr

to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable brian schatz, a senator from the state of hawaii, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i would yield to the junior senator from new jersey to speak about the chaplain today. a senator: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. chiesa: i rise today to recognize my pastor, father kenneth kolibus, the pastor of st. joseph church in raritan, new jersey, is serving as our guest chaplain. he is the father and spiritual leader for saint joseph and the larger community. he began his work career in new jersey. when he was 23 years old he opened ken's flowers and gifts in catheteret, new jersey. he became someone everyone depend upon. when he later received, he answered the call to the ministry and now dedicates his life to our spiritual growth. his commitment and generosity to the members of our parish is un

i call on the democratic leaders of the senate to act today on the measure passed by the house last night and urge senators on both sides. aisle to listen to the american people who do not want a shutdown or the president's health care law. texas republican senator ted cruz also blamed reid for the impending government shutdown. >> if harry reid causes a shutdown, that would be a mistake. but that is his position. >> so where's it go from here? we're joined from washington by christina. while we've seen all the talk on the sunday morning shows, what's happening behind the scenes, if anything? >> there's not a whole lot happening behind the scenes. leadership in both parties are not really having conversations with the white house. all weekend this was more an issuing of statements back and forth. the president had a veto threat of what the house passed saturday night very late in the evening. and harry reid, the senate majority leader, said they would absolutely not accept what the house passed. so everybody is waiting for the senate to return to washington and come into session on monday

i asked the senate request the following staff be allowed to the senate floor for the 113th session. kevin mcneilous, matthew, craig, lewis, danielle, and robert. >> without objection. >> mr. president. >> senator from maryland. >> mr. president, i rise to speak about obamacare. and i do call it obamacare. when we passed the law, it was called the affordable care act, and before he reached the floor. i would like to compliment the senator in montana for the important and crucial role he played in passing the affordable care act, and it was his absolute stewardship in the finance committee where we could expand access to health care, modernize the way we do it to go from volume medicine to value-based medicine, and to be able to expand our access in a way that al was fiscally prudent. he lead the way in expanding the children's health initiative. so i i know later what he's planning in life a new future for himself. i want you to know while he's thinking about how he will be living a different life. he impacted the lives of many people. i stand here today to thank them personally in a

the senate will vote shortly after the top of this hour. we know how this is expected to play out. >> tamron, well, the senate chaplain has been praying the daily prayer and what's needed now the country is so fed up with this kind of brinksmanship, the steps that will unfold in the next few minutes do vofl the senate where they will take up what the house passed over the weekend and effectively put it in the trash bin. it's called a motion to table, taking the bill and setting it aside. that's the senate democrat's way of saying we will not negotiate on anything that has to do with the health care law. they only want a measure that will keep the government's lights on and doors open and people employed. what we will see is that vote. it should be a significant party line vote and then we'll hear from senate leaders who will come to the cameras in 15 or 20 minutes or so and tell us the state of play. but in those other clips that you played involving house members on the republican side, you do begin to see that the final day has its own so

the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate previous order, the senate >> the senate is taking a break. your typical tuesday break for their weekly party lunches, although this will be a little bit longer. that's because in the cats and republicans will meet with president obama on capitol hill shortly on the resolution to authorize military force against syria. we expect the senate to gavel back in at 2:15 p.m. eastern. live coverage on c-span2. in the next couple of hours over the next couple of hours we will hear from you, your thoughts on what you like your from president obama tonight. he speaking at 9:00 eastern from the white house on the authorization to use military force. if you're a democrat the number jews is (202)585-3885. republicans (202) 585-3886. independence, (202)585-3887. we will look at our facebook called, supporter of post, the number of tweet using #cspanchat. our house armed service committee which is continuing and we'll hear from some of those folks as well who are on twitter. the facebook pulled again, your thoughts on military intervention

we continued to invied the president and the senate -- we continue to invite the president and the senate to come and work with us and negotiate the issues on the continuing resolution and the debt ceiling. so senate, get on back to town. >> anne wagner, missouri second district in st. louis. we are here to work. the senate has been absent for two full days. we are doing the work of the american people, our constituents. we all have families. we are here. unlock those doors i say to harry reid and come out and do your job. the senate must act. they must, must, act. we do not want to shut this government down. it is wrong and we want to work and negotiate and get the job done. where is the senate? >> basically -- i am luis gomert from texas. the senate lead by harry reid makes it clear, well, we are going to take a lazy break until monday at 2:00. the clock is running out and they are not here. it was our way or the highway is what the senate said on friday. we hear from senate democrats and the president that obamacare is the law. so just forget about it. it is not changing. i would remin

i know on capitol hill democrats and there are some might be the genius senator from connecticut the tragic shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown connecticut twenty children six adults members were killed made gun control a priority on his political agenda he was grappling with that issue again following this week's massacre at the washington navy yard what do you make of this one senator well you sort of have to wonder you know what can actually change people's minds here we're working real hard to see if we can get an additional five or six votes on the senate floor following this latest mass shooting but you know this is unfortunately becoming routine and we're almost becoming numb as a nation to the fact that every couple months we're going to have a dozen or more people killed and the fact is that we can change that you know what we already know is that this guy tried to buy an assault weapon and a last option from doing it so for all the folks out there who say the laws don't matter this was an incident in which despite the destruction that happened at the navy ya

the senator from ohio. mr. portman: i'm objecting on behalf of my colleague who has an arrangement with the majority staff on this on the basis of his interests in objecting until he gets a unanimous consent agreement that i think is being worked on. ms. klobuchar: thank you. i'd still like to talk about this amendment, and i want to thank the -- the -- both senator wyden for working with us on this amendment and also senator murkowski for working with us on this amendment, and i appreciate their support. this is an amendment that senator hoeven and i have introduced together, and i will just describe it to you because i think it's such a good amendment, we want to make sure we get moving on this very important bill that i support as well as these amendments. the nonprofit energy efficiency act would provide assistance to nonprofit organizations to help make the buildings they own and operate more energy efficient. nonprofit organizations are the heart of our country and serve millions of americans every day. no

i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: i'd like to associate myself with the remarks of the budget committee chair. as a member of the budget committee, i join her in expressing her strong view that this country does not need another shutdown or pointless fiscal cliff but needs us to listen and work together in this chamber and the house of representatives and move forward on the agenda that all of our constituents want us to proceed on. mr. president, i rise today specifically to speak to the bill that is on the floor that has been the subject of debate and discussion, 1392, the energy savings and industrial competitiveness act of 2013. this is a broadly bipartisan bill. its two primary authors, my colleagues from new hampshire and ohio, senators shaheen and portman, have worked tirelessly to make sure that it respects the priorities of members of both parties. its passage by a vote of 19-3 out of the energy committee on which you serve speaks to its support across partisan lines. yet sadly now that it's on the floo

they lost seats in the senate. they lost seats in the house. and now they're saying, yeah, i guess we lost the election, but we can bring the government to a halt. we can shut it down. you better give us our way. so i think what "the new york times" is saying is basically right. here is our long list, this is everything we want. you don't give us what we want, even though we don't have the white house, we don't have the senate, we're going to shut down the government. i think it's anti-democratic. i'm tell you something else. what i think people have got to understand is this whole debate over obama care is just the -- just a small part of what this right wing agenda is about. check it out. most of these guys believe that we should abolish the minimum wage. they believe we should end social security. they believe we should get rid of the environmental protection agency. they believe we should privatize the veterans administration, veterans health care. this is a right-wing extremist agenda funded by people like the koch brothers who are worth $

thank you. >> i appreciate the senator's remarks. the issue is weighty and important, but not to be done in this context. i assume the senator is asking for a vote. his request is put forward. i am going to move to table the amendment because it is an expression -- from my view, this is an important issue that should be held. debate. right now, it is much greater than the issue that is before us. i will move to table. the clerk will call the roll. [inaudible] mr. m;uurphy. mr. corker. >> mr. rubio? >> aye. >> mr. johnson? >> no. >> mr. mccain? [inaudible] pardon me. >> mr. paul? mr. chair? >> aye. 14 aye, 5 nay. the amendment is taken. tabled. senator mccain. >> mr. chairman, i have two amendments. considered they together since they are inextricably related. thesed like to describe amendments. i would like to thank senator coons -- this amendment is beyond -- on behalf of myself and senator coons. i thought this morning's session that was held was a very excellent ability for all thes to not only hear from administration but to get a

the great senator from hawaii. >> thank you. mym glad to join colleagues and the rest of you this morning. this it tax on the affordable care act defies logic. here we are on the eve of a government shutdown. rather than keeping the government running, the republicans have used every opportunity to put in various provisions that would defund the affordable care act. this is not the first time they have tried to repeal the affordable care act. dozens of times. 43. dozens. somebody said if you keep doing , you are to get the same results. it is time to take a different tack. here we are in the dead of night, those of us continuing to watch what the house is doing. at midnight, they snuck in a provision one more time that specifically targets women of this country. we already have laws in this country that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, religion. they put in this provision that just targets the women in this country. it truly defies logic. my colleagues have talked about what they are doing as preventive care. the wome

congressman culbertson, do you think if ted cruz, the senator from your state, the junior senator woulday let's throw in the towel, we're going to fight on the default issue, let's have the fight in two weeks, would that change people's opinion or are people's opinions set. >> my job description as representative and my constituents, the people of texas are adamantly opposed to the imposition of what we ought to call democrat care. this was jammed through on a straight line party vote in less than 24 hours. the senate sent it over and less than 24 hours later it was jammed through the house. no one had a chance to read it. even speaker pelosi said we have to pass the bill to find out what's in it. the affect that it's having on driving up premiums and making the cost of health insurance unaffordable to so many people and the intrusion of the federal government into our personal lives, people much texas don't want any part of it. we simply want to use whatever legislative vehicle we can to stop it, repeal it, defund it, delay it, whatever it takes. i'm in there 110%. >> congress sherman,

to be in the senate. one, the right to speak. and, two, the right to amend. and for a couple of centuries, any senator could offer any amendment on just about anything. that's what made this process work. an open amendment. did that make a few people take votes they didn't necessarily want to? yes. but, you know, mr. president, if we're being honest with our constituents, that shouldn't trouble you. if you're telling your constituents what you believe and if you're voting your principles, there shouldn't be a vote you're afraid of. it's only a concern -- votes are only problematic if you're trying to tell your constituents one thing and trying to do something else in washington. so what is the process that is supposed to play out here on this continuing resolution and this continuing resolution to defund obamacare, to fund all the federal government and defund obamacare? we're told that first there's going to be a vote on cloture on the motion. cloture on the bill, rather., to shut off debate. and if 60 se

we've got a live shot of what's going on on the senate floor, different senators taking the floor. this is actually democratic senator, dick durbin. most of the night tonight, most of the day, has been republican senator ted cruz of texas who sometime between 2:00 and 3:00 this afternoon took to the senate floor and intoned with great somber, self importance that he was taking over the floor of the united states senate. that he would speak until he could no longer stand. to block health reform. now, didn't health reform already pass? yes. health reform passed in 2010. wasn't it already signed into law? yes, like roughly 30 seconds after it passed. didn't it already pass at the supreme court after a big constitutional challenge? yes, it passed that challenge last summer. wasn't there an election thereafter between one side, the democrats, who said they would -- one side, the republicans, who said they would repeal it, and one side the democrats, who said they would keep it, and the side that said they would keep it, the democrats, won that presidential election by a lot? can yes. and