then united states senator, and then secretary of the interior. it really is, truly, an all-american story. and as a member of the senate democratic leadership, whenever we were confabbing and trying to figure out what comes to the floor, who's going to be where, who's vote what, the question was always raised, well, where is salazar on this? and the answer was, we don't know. and the reason is that this is truly, i think bonbon it would agree, this is really one of those senators who came to the united states senate to try to fig are out how do we advance the country's interests? not republican/democrat. how do we find a way through this to reach agreement? that was ken salazar's hallmark as a united states senator. he's a great friend. i think a great american. i'm really pleased that he's accepted our invitation to come here today. secretary ken salazar. [ applause ] >>> thank you very much, senator dorgan, and senator bennett. thank you for being leaders and for being statesmen for our country, and for being mentors and role models for me in o

and now a united states senator -- sorry, this is really -- a united states senator is going to stand up and marry us and i ran the atlanta gay seminar. i helped set up aid atlanta. i have lost thousands of friends. i have three address books that i cannot throw away. i have seen people lose everything, everything. i have seen kids die in the streets because hospitals would not take them and to be able to stand in washington, d.c., the capital of the my country, who i still believe in, warts and all, and will deck anybody that wants to stop it, to be married in washington, d.c. in the war memorial for world war i which was built by multiracial school children in washington, the only memorial in washington that has black and white names carved around it, men and women carved around it and to have a united states senator stand up and celebrate my human rights and my relationship with my partner of 21 years senior revolutionary. and i revel in that. if i may say one thing, when president obama says that he stands on the shoulders of giants, i guarantee you that the people that will be wi

general was compared to the perception of your positions as somewhat more conservative as the united states senator do you feel that you became more conservative or that your positions involved in such a way as to be more conservative moving from attorney general to senator and i would like johns perception as well and my second question is what to consider being the commissioner of major league baseball at this point in your life? would you consider being the commissioner of major league baseball i know you love baseball at this point in your life? >> the answer is there was very little relationship between the two. one of the difficulties of being the attorney general is the overwhelming bulk of the job is representing other people's philosophical and you're representing every elected officials and you represent the department and the like and to a massive degree you are simply reflecting the views of other people in almost all the cases they are good in the supreme court in the state of washington i was representing the position of some officials in the state often elected in the party of her th

virginia currently the chairman of the appropriations committee and the present pro-tem in the united states senated author of this book, "the senate: 1789-1989." it addresses on the history of the united states senate. available at the government printing office for $55. and we'll have that address on the screen as the program goes on. definitely at the end of the program. it's the u.s. government printing office, washington, d.c. and the zip code is 20402. i don't know that you know this, but if you buy more than one copy can you get them cheaper. >> guest: not that i know of. c-span: there are -- here's a picture. there are three senate office buildings one of them named after senator dirksen. one of them named after russell. and the other one named after this gentleman. who is he? and why did you name one of your buildings after him? >> guest: that's senator phil hart. he was in the class of 1958 of which i was a member. senator phil hart took on some of the great issues of that day. he was thought of and spoken of as the conscience of the senate. he often went against what some of the powerful

general, as compared to the perception of your positions as somewhat more conservative as a united states senator do you feel that you became more conservative or that your positions default in such a way to be more conservative movie from attorney general to senator? and i would like john's perception as well. my second quick question is, would you consider being the commissioner of major league baseball at this point in your life? >> i'm sorry? >> would you consider being the commissioner of major league baseball? i know you love baseball, at this point in your life? >> oh, i would love that job. [laughter] by the answer to your earlier question is, there was very little relationship between the two. one of the difficulties of being attorney general is the overwhelming bulk of that job is in representing other people's philosophical or policy position. you represent the other elected officials in olympia. you represent all of the governors, departments and the like. and to a massive degree you are simply reflecting, reflecting the views of other people. and in almost all come not quite all the

be a united states senator when you do it. that's coming up. >>> the huge amounts of money that are spent on political campaigns now, the unprecedented money spent on political tv ads in particular, did you ever wonder why with all that tv ad spending local tv stations aren't getting rich? why, yeah, being a local news reporter is still an awesome job, but the pay is really not very good and you share a cubicle with three other people and do your own makeup, and if you're the sports guy, sometimes you also have to be the weather guy, because if he's ad, there's no sub. if there's so many political ads being bought on local tv stations, why aren't they getting super rich off all of that? in part, it's because that local tv stations are required by law to sell spots at their lowest rate. so when one person speculates that there may be so many ads in virginia they might shut out all the non-political advertisers from virginia tv stations, that was a good news/bad news idea for local tv stations. on the one hand, yay, they'll be s

: brian meran, virginia's state democratic chairman, said they intend to highlight kaine's record as governor against allen's of senator. >> tim kaine will be a terrific united states senator. he will bring the leadership to the united states senate. >> reporter: for george allen, who would like to lose the nickname of former senator, winning the nomination in virginia would push him a step closer to becoming a former former senator. >> and the polls are open until 7:00 tonight. six out of 10 primary voters will favor the former governor who lost that 2007 election race to the current senator, jim webb. >> and that is a biggy here. what other races are on displace? >> it's true and easy that there is a busy day throughout virginia, with six u.s. house nominations decided and some of the most well-known include some primary challengers to the likes of northern virginia and jim moran and the majority house leader eric cant, r and his district is in richmond. clearly moran and canter are expected to retain their seats and the strongest, not overwhelming favorites for re- election next november. >>> and we will have some results from today's virginia primary at

-- easier in the united states senate because i believe every united states senator represents agriculture to some degree. maybe not as much as dhow in the mid-- as much as i do i they doe midwest, where i com from. whereas in the other body, no the house of representatives, i don't know an exact figure, but i would imagine that there's probably only 50 districts that really are agricultural-oriented districts and the rest of them are very urban or suburban. so we have an understanding of how important it is. and when i talk about it, you know, i don't mean to be talking down to my clerks but i do think i -- to my colleagues, but i do think that i understand agriculture. and not that other senators don't understand agriculture, but i think if you've been involved in it for a lifetime, like three or four of us here in the senate have been, it means a little more towvmen to you. farmers have chosen a line of work that comes with risk, risk that is inherent in farming and often ousoften out of their con. i digress a little while here to show you there are a the love things in -- t

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the real energy world is what i came to work on when i was elected as the united states senator from colorado. it is the real energy world that the president and i have been working on for the last few years. it is capturing the future of energy for the united states of america in a way that will bring us to the kind of energy security that all of us want. summit said this cannot be done in washington. this country is too divided. there was a time, the two senators who invited me to come here are much -- are very much a part of this effort and i was a part of their effort in 2005 and in 2007, when we passed the last two pieces of energy legislation in the united states. we were able to prove that we could find common ground and a way in which republicans and democrats could come together to chart a future for energy for the united states of america. unfortunately, what has happened in the last two years is that it has become so divided that people seem to want to battle the common ground. they want to battle the common interests of the united states of america rather than getting to r

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he is currently serving his fifth term and is the longest serving united states senator in the historythe state of kentucky. in the u.s. senate, in the federal courts, and in the court of public opinion, he has fought liberal campaign finance reform, including mccain-feingold, and defended the right of organizations like ffc to fully participate in our elections and we are very grateful for his leadership on that. he is pro-life, pro-family, pro-marriage, a full spectrum conservative who led the fight in the senate against the failed obama stimulus package, against obamacare and against obama's liberal judicial nominee. he has a perfect 100% voting record with the faith and freedom coalition. he is married to the brilliant and lovely former director of the peace corps, former president of united way and former secretary of labor, elaine chou. he definitely married above himself. he is the proud father of three daughters. he is the 15th republican leader in the history of the u.s. senate and come december, after the republican caucus and the senate organizes after the 2012 elections, he

senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. the united states constitution entrusts the united states senate with one of our democracy's most important obligations: to -- quote -- "advise and consent" to judicial nominations. yet today almost half of all americans, 133 million citizens of our great country, live in districts or circuits that have a vacancy due to the inaction, the inaction of members of this body. we have an opportunity today to take seriously our responsibility to do something about that and take one significant step by voting to confirm jeffrey helmick to serve as united states district court judge. president obama nominated mr. helmick to serve on the u.s. district court for the northern district of ohio on may 11, 2011. based on a bipartisan commission's recommendation, based on my own judgment, i had no hesitation whatsoever in suggesting jeffrey helmick's name to president obama. let me tell you about our selection process. in 2009 then senator george voinovich and i got a list of ohioans in the legal community. it include

after that wonderful introduction and a summary of some of my accomplishments, among 100 united states senators in seniority, i am #97. i am glad you're laughing. any data get a chance to speak is a good day for me. -- any day i get a chance to speak, it is a good day. for those of you who think it is messy in washington, i'm always happy to be out of washington, always happy to be in the hartford come always happy to be in the university of hartford, one of the greatest learning institutions in the united states of america. you should be proud, every one of you. [applause] i am especially proud to accept this honor. degree from my good friend, curtis robinson, who has given relentlessly and tirelessly to the university of hartford and all of connecticut with his efforts on behalf of public health, education, and also to receive this degree from walter harrison, a leader in american education, unmatched in his dedication and his drive to improve the excellence of our learning institutions throughout america. thank you, walter harrison. [applause] now, i want to give a special congratulations to

problemue have the department of justice, lead by an attorney general who, files a letter with the united states senate, which is not only incorrect as a matter of law, but incorrect factually. it takes them seven months to remove the letter f. a citizen did that to the united states senate under oath, they would be indicted. what happens here? oops, we made a mistake. the american people are not stupid. this is politics at its worst for a department that is not supposed to be political. >> sean: let me ask liz this question, when you think of the leak, where obama every tuesday would sign off on the kill list that they talk about, cyber warfare, joint operations with iran and the nuclear enrich. program with the israelis. do you have any doubt that this had to come from the white house? after all, the meetings took place in the white house? >> have you to read david sanger's piece, where he said people in the national security council meetings and now these programs, the cyber war program in particular was likely so highly classified that there were very few people in those meetings. so i think you ha

we have the united states congress and united states united states senate and we have the president of the united states all formulating an economic policy for the united states of america that would put our country on a growth path to eliminate the unsustainable debt course that we are on. the phrase used so often by president obama's own debt commission, simpson-bowles, they told us this nation has never faced a more predictable financial crisis. why? because of the increasing debt, they said. the numbers are just relentless and it's unsustainable. at some point there will be a credit reaction, a financial collapse or reaction that will put us back into recession and distress. and we need to get off that path is what they pleaded with us to do. so the president says, "i signed into law -- i signed a law that cuts spending and reduces our deficit by $2 trillion." now, what does he mean by that? well, i think most americans can remember last august, and we reached the debt ceiling, and we borrowed so much money we hit the limit of money the united states government can borrow. congress

after that wonderful introduction and a summary of some of my accomplishments, among 100 united states senators in seniority, i am #97. i am glad you're laughing. any data get a chance to speak is a good day for me. -- any day i get a chance to speak, it is a good day. for those of you who think it is messy in washington, i'm always happy to be out of washington, always happy to be in the hartford come always happy to be in the university of hartford, one of the greatest learning institutions in the united states of america. you should be proud, every one of you. [applause] i am especially proud to accept this honor. degree from my good friend, curtis robinson, who has given relentlessly and tirelessly to the university of hartford and all of connecticut with his efforts on behalf of public health, education, and also to receive this degree from walter harrison, a leader in american education, unmatched in his education, unmatched in his

by the end of the 37th congress in 1863, southern democratic united states senators couldn't have struck any of these laws because their states see seed from the union -- seceded from the union. according to the senate historian that left 28 senators voting. 12 democrats and 9 aoupb -- unionists, oppositionists or senators who call themselves the know-nothings. perhaps this burst of energy came because it was the brilliance of a new president, abraham lincoln, or maybe a congress who was more efficient in those days. the moral act that created land-grant colleges passed both the senate and the house in the same week in june of 1862. the president signed the bill into law two weeks later. the national academy of science was introduced on february 20, 1863. it passed the senate and the house and was signed by the president all on the same day, march 3. back in those days, the president would oblige the senate by traveling down pennsylvania avenue on the last day of the session and sit in an office out here waiting for bills to be brought to him for signature. maybe, mr. president, it was a

from the ambassador of canada to the united states of america who served peter west mccoke, the honor í about able raymond mabus, yours truly and united stated senatorfrom maryland barbara amcolsky. -- mccl os ky. >> [applause] >>> that is the signing of proclamation of peace as it is. >> yes, governor o'malley having everyone come up to the podium and sign. it has been a patriot ceremony today. it's been a nice way to wrap up this full week that started last wednesday when the tall ships came in to this day of just some amazing moments for baltimore and the state of maryland and for the united states. >> always exciting to see the senate up at the podium. she was so excited and so enthusiast i can about being here. you could feel the energy comes from the stage. >> our coverage of the commemoration of the war of 1812 continues. eyewitness news at noon is just moments away. ,,,, [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like

to the left of every senator in the united states senate. including bernie sanders, the independent senator from vermont, who, i served with in the house of representatives, personally liked the gentleman, he's a self-professed socialist, yet barack obama voted to the left of the self-professed socialist bernie sanders and to the left of every united states senator while he was a senator, advancing cap and tax, cap and trade. he said that if -- under his proposal of cap and tax, cap and trade that the costs of electricity generated by coal would, quote, necessarily skyrocket, close quote. well, that's happening. they have written regulations through the e.p.a. and other means of the executive branch of government to the point now where it's been, i think, clearly established that it has -- from a regulatory perspective it is not just virtually, mr. speaker, but literally impossible for a new coal-fired generating plant, no matter how clean burning that coal might be, to be constructed in the united states. we tried that in iowa a year and a h

this country cannot go on with gradgridlock, as we have had itn the united states senate. we need to reform rand do away with -- we need to reform and do away with the filibuster as it now being used. we need to do away with it when the senate reconvenes after the election next january. strengthening our existing laws by passing the paycheck fairness act is the next step towards wage equality but can't be the last one. we must also tackle the more subtle discrimination that occurs when we systematically undervalue the work traditionally done by women. i repeat, when we undervalue the work traditionally done by women. the fact is, millions of female-dominated jobs, jobs that are equivalent in skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions, to similar jobs dominated by men, pay significantly less than the male-dominated jobs. this is hard to fathom and impossible to justify. let me point out a couple of things. why is a housekeeper worth less than a janitor? 89% of maids are female. 67% of janitors are male. while the jobs are equivalent, the median weekly earnings fo

senator, it does. it provides a forum with a set of rules that if a party to any dispute -- this is true in any country at any time. in the united states if you have two parties whether it is a sports figure negotiating with the franchise owner and they go to arbitration all tultimately because they can't come to an agreement or united states senate where we had a supercommittee where we couldn't get an agreement so we're going to have a sequester. you need a structure to be able to agree. >> it hasn't worked. >> it hasn't worked with respect to south china sea but the question is would the presence of the united states at the table in conjunction with those other nations be a precursor and lay predicate to other options if you had to come to them? the answer is most persons would say absolutely. if you're going to go to war, you want to go to war with china over the south china sea, lay the predicate that you have exhausted every opportunity peacefully before you ask the american people to do that. >> i would hope the united states doesn't give any consideration in going to war with china over the south china sea. this document was su

president, i suspect that i have the strongest lifetime proworker voting record here in the united states senate i want to create jobs, not cut jobs. and what senator boxer and senator cardin and others are talking about is creating meaningful, good-paying jobs as we retrofit coal-burning plants so they do not poison the children of vermont and other states around the country. so to senator inhofe and others, i say respectfully, stop poisoning our children. let them grow up in a healthy way. madam president, the clean air act is set to cut mercury pollution by 90%, using technology that is available right now. that would be good news since the centers for disease control and prevention say mercury can cause children to have -- and i quote -- "brain damage, mental retardation, blindness, seizures and the inability to speak." end of quote. we get exposed to mercury simply by eating fish contaminated with it. and we have seen fish advisories in 48 out of the 50 states in this country. wouldn't it be nice if the men and women and the kids who go fishing could actually eat the fish they catch rather

note that you had a great deal of experience both in the maryland legislature but also in the united states senate. and before he speaks, can i have a statement by the senator? >> in -- well keep the record open to the end of the day, go ahead. >> senator, it is a pleasure to return to the judiciary commit. i want to thank you and your commit for it's leadership on these issues. advance and all ability of americans cast el vibl jibl to vote. as the chairman pointed out, this legislation has been heard by the committee in 2007 and i was proud to be a co sponsor by obama at that time. the bill was reported out of the judiciary committee and the bill was passed by a voice vote. let me give a little history here, it has been a century and a half which states that the right of citizens in the united states to vote shall not be denied to vote on a count of race or color. it gives congress the right to vo vote. the gives afterican-americans t ability to vote. it took congress and the states nearly another century until we adopted the 24th amendment in 1964 which prohibited the tax in the right to vote. i

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the junior united states senator from the state of north carolinahonorable kay hagan. >> senator reid, senator mcconnell, congressman john boehner, congressman -- congresswoman nancy pelosi, thank you for being here and coming down. we are so honored to be here. good afternoon, everybody. it is truly one of the greatest honors of my career to be here as a u.s. senator today to recognize the most heroic and courageous veterans in our nation's history. i can think of no group more deserving of this congressional gold medal than the monfort point marines and all of you that are with us today. when these men walked through the gates at monfort point in my home state in north carolina in the 1940's, you came young, brave, and committed to serving a country that did not yet appreciate the sacrifices. a country that measured a warrior, measured a man not by his courage or dedication but by the color of his skin. your road was not easy. to be simply allowed onto the nearby camp where the white counterparts were trained and bass, the monfort pint marines nee

people who care about the future of the united states senate and the issues that you care about.en.com. they can make a donation. they can volunteer. they can just sign up for our e-mail so they stay abreast of the issues of what we are talking about. one of the parts of this campaign that has been so terrific is, you know i have never run for public office before, never thought this was anything i would do. but people said to me, if you will do this we promise you will not be alone. we will be part of this, too. and people all over the commonwealth, all over the country, have become part of this campaign. and said we care about these issues. we care about the future of our country. we want to be part of it. and we are all kind of connected through the internet now. >> absolutely . yeah. this is the way to do it. go to elizabeth warren.com. thank you for doing what you are doing. thank you for fighting so much for american consumers, and we look forward to calling you senator elizabeth warren pretty soon here in washington, d.c. thanks, elizabeth. >> thanks so much, bill. . >> al

always glad to be with you, now, you are the ranking member of the judiciary hearing in the united states senatereta: today, you had attorney general eric holder testify. senator cornyn says he should resign, the attorney general. do you agree with senator cornyn >> if you asked me a few hours ago, i would have said yes. i am open to his so-called negotiation, but i don't like the fact that he is talking about a constitutional crisis because he has created this constitutional crisis. i think it's a situation of where, he is waking up to the fact that there is -- people serious about getting this information one way or the other. about and he should be held in contempt fhe doesn't give us this information because he's taking contemptible action. >> the backup is that the house subpoena documents last october in the investigation to what happened to the border agent who was murdered. now, we are in june. the house says they have not received the documents. the justice department says that, congressman issa is distorting the facts and they have provided information, other than that information in a

marco rubio be the first hispanic president in the history of the united states he could be president of the united states. >> senatorenator rubio, this keeps coming up. people have confidence you can go as far as you want. do you think about that? >> you know i shouldn't the truth is that what i've learned is that people get into a position planning to use to it catapult into something else almost always end up destroying themselves. a great example of someone doing it right is jeb bush, taking on every difficult issue. and i think at the image of his career as governor. people didn't agree with him, respected him. i learned a lot from watching that example as a kind of leader i want to be. >> sean: the senate seat you ran for opened up you had a phone conversation with jeb bush and assumed he was going to run. and in that conversation he suggested you run. >> he decided not to run. i thought he was going to run. i was convinced and he thought bit over christmas holiday and we came back and he said he wasn't going to do it and encouraged me to think about it. it was a process we're very concerned about the future of

please come help me welcome someone i am immensely proud to have follow me in the united states senate in the seats where i used to sit coming united states junior senator from florida, marco rubio. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, senator martinez. [speaking spanish] thank you, senator martinez for sharing my book which is available on amazon for $16.99. thank you. appreciate that very much. >> [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [applause] i apologize to those that don't speak spanish i was telling them how i saved a bunch of money on my car insurance. [laughter] thank you so, i wanted to talk to you today, and i thought one of the things that frustrates me sometimes is that when people speak to hispanics and latinos, they only want to talk about immigration. the point that i make is immigration is an important part in a hispanic community but the vast majority of us do not like the morning and think about immigration all day. we wake up in the morning and have the same worries and hopes and fears as everybody else in this country who worry about making payroll on friday and at

marco rubio be the first hispanic president in the history of the united states he could be president of the united states. >> senatorean: senator rubio, this keeps coming up. people have confidence you can go as far as you want. do you think about that? >> you know i shouldn't the truth is that what i've learned is that people get into a position planning to use to it catapult into something else almost always end up destroying themselves. a great example of someone doing it right is jeb bush, taking on every difficult issue. and i think at the image of his career as governor. people didn't agree with him, respected him. i learned a lot from watching that example as a kind of leader i want to be. >> sean: the senate seat you ran for opened up you had a phone conversation with jeb bush and assumed he was going to run. and in that conversation he suggested you run. >> he decided not to run. i thought he was going to run. i was convinced and he thought bit over christmas holiday and we came back and he said he wasn't going to do it and encouraged me to think about it. it was a process we're very concerned about the fut

and i used to be what they call a united states senator. i used to work at the capitol. and i commuted everyay, g tohin, ti' . and one day i came home, and i always had big dogs. and my doggies were gone. and mrs. biden said, look, the dog misses you so much, you're never home. and she joked, and she said, anrogf ll youwhatyou c get tct pidore president. [laughter] you think i'm kidding, i'm not kidding. true story. and i said why's that? she said, at least you'd be home then. and she said it would be ffent. prenvenc ail gsuin l man, this is kind of tough or something. and i'd get in the airplane, and mrs. biden, literally, would tape on the bulkhead of the chair of the seat in front of me in the airplane a picture o a an g w? hrase rot elected vice president, we have a family dinner christmas eve, and my granddaughter, my number three granddaughter got up and id, pop, we've got a prize for you. [ausin they broug chamy sha gelected vice president to get a dog. and so i don't know what your mommy's ing to make you do. [laughter] to get a dog. [laughter] do you have one? w

in the united states senate. a bill that had the agreement between senator boxer from california, correctly i think described as a liberal democrat from the state of california, and jim inhofe correctly described, i believe, as a conservative republican from oklahoma. they came together, they reached agreement. i think the gentleman from pennsylvania is probably absolutely correct. it's not a perfect bill. i don't know that i have ever voted for a perfect bill on the floor of this house, at least one i thought was perfect. . we come together and we compromise and everybody doesn't get what they want. because maybe their region or their people or their businesses or their consumers don't see it the same way mine do. we compromise. but the senate bill, while it may not be perfect, enjoyed broad bipartisan compromise and support. therefore i think it is our best opportunity, because we've shown in this house that we have for the last six months been unable to come to an agreement and the republican majority in this h

. >> united states senator bows to fight the growing use of drones over american soil.says the federal government's domestic droning may violate the fourth amendment coming up. but, first, the only woman to ever win a nobel prize in economics died this morning. indiana university professor eleanor ostrom earned the prestigious award in 2009 for management and resource sharing. "time" magazine named her one of the world's 100 most influential people. we are told she died of pancreatic cancer. eleanor ostrom was 78. hollywood is remembering the actress ann ut ford. friend says she died at her home yesterday in beverly hills. best known for playing scarlet o'hara's younger sister in gone with the wind. >> i guess ladies don't matter so much anymore. you rest. you're not well yet. i can pick cotton for both of us. >> she also had a long running role in the handy hardy series of films that starred lewis stone and mickey ruiny. she mostly retired in 1950, appearing in a couple of films in the 1970s, even in her later years rutherford was a frequent guest at gone with the wind

commander in chief, the joint chiefs of staff, the united states navy, the united states coast guard, and individual combatant commanders are asking the senate to give the advice and consent to the law of the sea convention. our uniformed commanders are telling us unanimously that u.s. exception to this treaty would help them do their job at a time of considerable international threat. we have charged the united states navy with maintaining sea lanes and defending our nation's interests on the high seas. they do this every day. and even in peacetime, these operations carry considerable risk. the navy is telling us that u.s. membership in the law of the sea convention is a tool they need to maximize their ability to protect the united states' national security, with the least risk to the men and women charged with that task. this request is not the results of a recent reassessment. by naval authorities or the enthusiasm of a few naval leaders. the support of the military and the navy for this treaty has been consistent, sustained, and unequal. all the members of the joint chiefs support, advise, and consent. their predecessors, likewise, supp

they send us a lot of new people to the united states senator -- senate. your one to hear from one of those new people, marco rubio. you have marco, you have rand paul, ron johnson -- this fall to an earlier days would of had to wait 10 years to make security and make a difference. -- seniority and make a difference. but those are the top leaders as far as this kit -- conservative movement right now. this is because people around this country got involved and got engaged to change things. the reason i'm here today is to thank you for sitting here today. thank you for being active and realizing that it is our civic duty and responsibility not only to vote, but to help candidates, get others to vote, to make sure that this election is an election that really does turn things around. if we can get a conservative majority in the senate and removed its present that is there now and replace him with mitt romney, i am convinced that we have the mandate from the american people to balance our budget, stop spending more than we are bringing in, and restore that fre

take a listen. >> thirty bills sitting in the united states senate?hy don't they pick up the pills and pass them and help the american people instead of playing politics over there. >> progress is too slow. in part progress is too slow because of the grade lock and lack of agenda that is being pursued by our republican colleagues. >> these job numbers of pathetic. the american people really deserve better. >> although this is the 27th month of increased and continued job increases in our economy, it is certainly not enough. >> so who is not doing enough? it was this back and forth. it was almost like a tennis match-up. >> and screaming boehner, he's fun when he gets into it like that. the president problem in running against congress is congress is running against themselves at the same time. he's not been able to separate himself from that washington noise. a lot of people sitting at home and watching these numbers roll in, you feel like he's part of the problem and not part of the solution. there may be a month of tune a month ago to separate himsel

you, look, i don't think there's any -- i have no doubt that i'm qualified to serve in the united states senate do you have a doubt that you're qualified to serve as vice president. >> i have no doubt i'm qualified to serve in the united states senate. that's the job that i have, and that's the job that i'm doing. >> the political panel today, washington post deputy national political editor ann cornblue, and salon.com writer jefferson morley. thank you for joining us the first time. ann, i'll start off with you. the washington post now reporting that a romney advisor confirming rubio is not being seriously vetted by the campaign. what else do we know at this hour? >> well, this is something that my colleague shell rutger, who has been covering romney for quite some time has been hearing for a while, which is that romney has got his list of preferred candidates, and they've looked actually at a number of people, including rubio in terms of their public documents, things that would be available to anyone, but when it comes to actually asking for some of the private paperwork, financial work, all