let's go back to the united states senate. the cloture vote has passed, which is a very good sign that the vote on the actual bill will pass. they're taking some kind of roll call. i'm not an expert on what goes on in the congress. but john knows a little bit about this. john is standing by to tell us about what is going on. we'll go to him in just a moment. i've got allison with me right now. you were saying that we had the benefit from this, you didn't sasaid wehaven't had that last n is here about u here with us. >> right now the cloture vote has concluded. they're about to vote on the actual bill which would end the government shutdown an that woud end in default. if you want to go on with your interview. >> i'll tell you the vote has begun but it's going to take a few minutes. >> fair enough. then let's talk about this. the markets have been trebling down 100 points a day but it's been 4.5% in the last month. >> it's definitely gone down. i saw today with the rebound that happened today after the vote was at least announc

we led as the united states senate. now we need to summon the political courage and purpose to find a bipartisan way to meet this challenge. i know that it won't be easy, but i know that we are up to the job. i know that we have an opportunity here that comes once perhaps in a political lifetime, but i want to say this: what we're dealing with here in the senate is not just another political dust-up. this confrontation is of historic proportion. let us not wait on the senate -- pardon me -- on the house to find a solution. it is our responsibility as elected members of the senate to find that solution. and the solution, i think, is clear. summon the political courage and the sense of purpose. it comes down to us in the united states senate and throughout our nation's history. it always has. i yield the floor. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the order now is senators be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. i ask unanimous consent senator mccain be recognized for 15 m

those have moved over here to the united states senate. all that's necessary is for the majority leader to come over, pick it up, ask unanimous consent to pass it, and those things would be passed. so i -- i see the near-term issue as being at once very easy to solve, and all it entails is for the leadership here in the united states senate to pick up those bills and pass them. the other issue that i mentioned that's a little bit longer term but not much, mr. president, because it's about nine days away is we're going to hit the debt limit which means that the united states of america will no longer have borrowing authority. we will hit up against the amount that we're able to borrow on our credit card to fund the services of our government, and there is a request, obviously, to increase the debt limit to allow the federal government to borrow more money. i expect and i have had in private conversations with members of the administration's team that they would like to see a debt limit increase that would take us through the next election,

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in the united states senate. now steve lonegan, of course he had the misfortune of being a tea party republican at a time in our nation's political history when tea party republicans were busy elsewhere in the country making themselves less popular than paper cuts or tripping. but even without that baggage it's fair to say that steve lonegan would have been a long shot in this lace no matter what else is going on. mr. booker is popular and ran a good race. and this is new jersey which is a blue state. and number three, steve lonegan is steve lonegan. and to get a sense of what i mean, consider this moment from when mr. lonegan spoke to his supporters tonight after he learned he lost the race to cory booker. this is one of the strangest sound bites i have ever heard. >> moments ago i called senator booker to congratulate him on his women and as we should, wish him the best in serving the people of this state and the people of this country. and i'm hoping god will be with him in the decisions he makes as he goes in

in the united states senate. now steve lonegan, of course he had the misfortune of being a tea party republican at a time in our nation's political history when tea party republicans were busy elsewhere in the country making themselves less popular than paper cuts or tripping. but even without that baggage it's fair to say that steve lonegan would have been a long shot in this lace no matter what else is going on. mr. booker is popular and ran a good race. and this is new jersey which is a blue state. and number three, steve lonegan is steve lonegan. and to get a sense of what i mean, consider this moment from when mr. lonegan spoke to his supporters tonight after he learned he lost the race to cory booker. this is one of the strangest sound bites i have ever heard. >> moments ago i called senator booker to congratulate him on his women and as we should, wish him the best in serving the people of this state and the people of this country. and i'm hoping god will be with him in the decisions he makes as he goes in

in the united states senate. now steve lonegan, of course he had the misfortune of being a tea party republican at a time in our nation's political history when tea party republicans were busy elsewhere in the country making themselves less popular than paper cuts or tripping. but even without that baggage it's fair to say that steve lonegan would have been a long shot in this race no matter what else is going on. mr. booker is popular and ran a good race. and this is new jersey which is a blue state. and number three, steve lonegan is steve lonegan. and to get a sense of what i mean, consider this moment from when mr. lonegan spoke to his supporters tonight after he learned he lost the race to cory booker. this is one of the strangest sound bites i have ever heard. >> moments ago i called senator booker to congratulate him on his win and as we should, wish him the best in serving the people of this state and the people of this country. and i'm hoping god will be with him in the decisions he makes as he goes into

we lead as the united states senate. now we need to summon the political courage and purpose to find a bipartisan way to meet this challenge. i know, that it won't be easy, but i know that we are up to the job. i know, that we have an opportunity here that comes once perhaps in a political lifetime. but i want to say this; what we're dealing with in the senate is not just another political dust step. this confrontation is of historic proportion. let us not wait on the senate to -- pardon me, on the house to find a solution. it is our responsibility as elective member of the senate to find the solution. and the solution, i think, is clear, summon the political courage and the sense of purpose. it comes down us in the united states senate and throughout our nation's history and always has. i yield the floor. >> madam president? >> the majority leader. >> order now before the senate is ten minutes each. sky -- ask consent that senator mccain be recognized for 15 minutes. everyone else on the order of ten minutes. >> is ther

>> but senate majority leader harry reid say it is bill is dead on arrival in the united states senate while boehner has spoken with the president of the united states. there haven't been a lot of conversations back and forth between the house and senate uh trying to negotiate a deal. democrats continue saying to republican colleagues that the lawmakers should just pass a straight c.r., a continuing resolution. in other words, just funding the government. >> mr. speaker, have the republican party have the courage of its rhetoric and let the house work its will. i dare you to do that. let democracy work. don't be dictating to america that they are going to shut down the government. let's vote on it. put a clean c.r. on this floor. republicans continue going after

the united states senate has stayed with the traditional approach of the washington establishment of maintaining the status quo. and doing nothing to respond to the suffering that obama care is causing. >> and the united states senate has yet to vote. they're still getting ready to vote, as you look live at the senate floor, we're waiting for the debt ceiling deal, continuing resolution deal and this bill to move forward. it could happen at any moment. we'll bring it to you here. let's bring in our panel, jonah goldberg. and associate editor of the hill and charles krauthammer. charles, what we expect to happen in these votes? >> i think it will be over. thank god it's over, particularly for conservatives and republicans. i'm sort of surprised as you are to hear the president intends to speak or likely to speak between the vote of the senate and the vote of the house. he can only hurt the vote in the house. he can only, i would assume, what he does, his want is to rub it in. he likes to rub it in, as we saw in the clip you showed. saying to republicans, i just bested you and you're n

we led as united states senate. now we need to summon the political courage and purpose to find a bipartisan way to meet this challenge. i know that it won't be easy, but i know that we are up to the job. i know that we have an opportunity here that comes once perhaps in a political lifetime, but i want to say this -- what we are dealing with here in the senate is not just another political dustup. this confrontation is of historic proportion. let us not wait on the house to find a solution. it is our responsibility. solution, i think, is clear. summon the political courage in the sense of purpose. it comes down to us in the united states senate, and throughout our nation's history, it always has. i yield the floor. >> the majority leader? i ask consent that senator mccain be recognized for 15 minutes. everyone else will continue with 10 minutes. >> is there objection? the senator from arizona. >> i ask unanimous consent, if we could return to the normal one side and the other side, as far as speakers are concerned.

states senate. mr. whitehouse: would the senator yield for a question? mr. thune: i'll be happy to yield, mr. president, when i've concluded my remarks on the senator from rhode island's time. mr. whitehouse: thank you. mr. thune: i think the reason republicans in the senate find this stance so perplexing is that characterization that we never negotiated around a debt ceiling is absolutely not true. deficit reduction measures over the last several decades have been paired with increases in the debt ceiling. almost 30 years ago we had the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985, otherwise known as gramm-rudman-hollings. i was a staffer here at the time. that was done in the context of the debt ceiling. we've had several measures in the 1990's that reduced our deficits that were done in association with an increase in the debt ceiling. most recently -- we all remember this -- the budget control act of 2011 which resulted in restraint largely on the discretionary side of the budget, w

right now is in the united states senate. here's what we know. the cloture vote which ends the debate has taken place, and it has passed. now we're on the bill which would reopen the government, and it would for a period of time, and it would avoid a default for the u.s. government. that will once it has passed the canadsenate will head to the hof representatives. we're expecting that vote will take place the next couple of hours. we will see what happens, but standing by with me now is a mike viqueira hat the white at e house, and libby casey. what do we know about the vote in the house? >> well, we expect to see that unfold this evening, john, and as you mentioned we're watching the final vote take place. once that gets wrapped up we expect to see democrats in the senate do a little bit of a victory press conference. meanwhile, the actual go over and the house will unfold there. they will get the magic number. that's what we're anticipating, enough republicans will side with democrats to see that pass the house. and the democrats had been whipp

. >> so many times throughout the history of united states it has taken united states senate to resolve national challenges and to resolve a national debate. it's happened again tonight on the floor of united states senate. more than 80 senators from both political parties stood up and ended this 15-day ordeal that has been suffered by the people of the united states of america, by federal workers and those that depend on their good servers. describe my feeling on the floor during the course of these votes. let's pray that this is just the beginning and i think it is. we have seen it during the course of this year during the bill.hensive information it took the leadership of the senate to do it. we have to continue to show that leadership and we have to hope that the speaker of the house of representatives and other members as well will watch carefully as the american people react. watch carefully and their responsibility to work with us in a bipartisan fashion to solve their problems. one of the saddest parts of today was to pick up the paper and see republican house members say that t

the united states senate has stayed with the traditional approach of the washington establishment of maintaining the st status quo and doing nothing to respond to the suffering of millions of americans. this is unfortunate, but nobody should be surprised that the washington establishment is p pushing back. let me say the american people in the last few months have risen up in overwhelming numbers. we have seen millions of americans all over this country working to change washington. that has been incredible progress and this fight, this debate, will continue until collectively, the american people can make dc listen. can get real relief for all of the people who were hurt because of obama care. you want to know what this fight is about? it is about all of the people across this country who are right now facing terrifying decisions because they're losing their health care, their jobs ch they're being left in the cold and sadly, the united states senate has said, washington will do nothing. it has created the problems you're facing, but washington will do nothing to address the sufferi

we sent a request to the united states senate. to simply treat all americans equally, under obamacare. we sent a request to the senate, keep the government open. because the president has chosen to give a pass to big business for one year. we're asking to give that pass to american individuals for one year. the law isn't ready. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know, it's not ready. why can't we just treat american citizens, individuals, the same as our president, by his executive order, has said big business should get a pass? and most egregiously, why wouldn't you agree with us that members of congress should not be treated any differently under the law? you know the truth. to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle mr. speaker, members of congress are getting special treatment under this law because of what harry reid and the president did through the opm. >> so we have been listening to republican congressman reid in the house and then democratic senator reed in the senate there. this debate goes back and forth

states senator. and she is a united states senator not for the money, but because she is contributing to the welfare of this country. and we're having these people stay home. i mean it's hard for me to comprehend. it's been a week since the united states senate passed a bill to reopen the federal government. a week. for seven days the senate's been waiting for the house of representatives to act. now, madam president, speaker boehner has refused to allow the vote on the one bill that he said would reopen the government. it would open the government. keep it open. i mean, it's all over the press the last few days. he came to me. he said we can do a clean c.r.. i said what are the terms of that clean c.r.? he said it has to be this year's level. i said we can't do that. we passed a budget here. we're $70 billion above that. so we talked and we talked. he said that's how we can get a clean c.r.. what does that mean? we can just get it done quickly. so i, as the press has indicated, i talked to senator m

states senator. he has an absolute obligation having been at that rally to reputeuate that hate speech directly and clearly. that is extremist talk. it has no place in american politics in the discussions even though they are lively that they had back and forth. it should be reputeuated. this is a very important question for republicans to ponder. how is it that a united states senator who has been there for eight mons was able to take the entire united states senate and if entirety of the conference down this politically disastrous path. republican parties have got to wake up and look in the mirror and do some soul searching. >> peter king has been extraordinary in this. he calls ted cruz a fraud more than once. i don't know if you remember anything quite like this within a party of this kind of attack ing it's just beens a stonicing to me. >> i remember some of this but it always happened within the democratic party. but what is really striking is that if the collection that steve smith suggests, y

states senate. we're going to get white house reaction as soon as jay carney, the white house press secretary goes into the white house briefing room. scheduled to begin 20 minutes or so ago. i expect he wants to the wait a little bit and see what the house is going to do. we know what the senate is going to do because the senate republican and democratic leaders are both on board. they've worked out a deal to end the government shutdown and make sure that an the nation's debt ceiling is increased at least for a few months down the road. we'll get reaction from the house, we'll get reaction from the white house, as well. so stand by for that. in the meantime, let's get some reaction from van jones and newt gingrich, the two the co-hosts of crossfire" who are here with us, as well. if you were still in the united states congress, would you support this deal that will mitch mcconnell and harry reid announced? >> i have no idea. >> you know what the outlines are. >> this is about as bad a way to govern

formidable presences in the united states senate. having witnessed the difficulties that senator blumenthal discussed at getting the sandy disaster relief out and done, i will say that we learned that senator schumer has an even higher gear when it comes to the urgent needs of his home state and of his coast, when his new york city lies battered and drowned by storm, the work that he did to make sure that a reluctant house passed this relief for us was an exercise in legislative craftsmanship and personal vigor that many of us will long remember. and, of course, i have seen senator blumenthal fighting for his people in connecticut, both after hurricane sandy and of course after the terrible tragedy that connecticut experienced when a crazed gunman went into an elementary school and began to murder connecticut's children. and so senator blumenthal, in responding to those cares, concerns and crises of his home state of connecticut, has been really exemplary. and it has been a privilege for me as a senator to see these two gentlemen in

>> we sent four bills to the united states senate. four different positions, trying to soften our position to get the senate interested, in keeping the government open and bringing fairness to the american people under obamacare. it's as simple as that. >> last question! >> reporter: mr. speaker [ inaudible ]? >> no. no. that's just not true. that is just -- listen, that is not true. most of you have dealt with me for sometime, and i might have sniped at luke once or twice, all right? [ laughter ] >> but i have very good relationships with all of my colleagues across the aisle. listen -- it's me. and maintaining these relationships is critically important. all i'm asking for is let's sit down like the american people would expect us, and talk to one another about getting thement government open and dealing with the significant problems that we face. >> reporter: what about a grand barga bargain. >> you were watching a live press conference lead by house speaker john boehner, and flanked by republican colleagues of his in the house. th

a third time we sent a resolution to the united states senate to keep the government open, the senate said no. then we said why don't we just sit down and talk? why don't we have a conference committee? one of those committees that we have all the time in this body when the house and senate disagree. we call it a conference committee. we appoint a group from the house they appoint a group from the senate. we work out the differences. that's the way you resolve conflict. that's the way you move ahead. and so the house appointed a con -- eight conferees. we went to a meeting ready to meet. the senate didn't show up. so they decided they don't really want to have any negotiations about how we continue to fund the federal government. so then we said, well if they won't pass a continuing resolution to fund the entire federal government, then maybe we should just take certain parts of the federal government, see if the united states senate or our friends on the other side, see if they would vote in favor of doing that. and of course, everyone voted to say we ought to keep the government run

cornyn: so i'd like to quote our friend, senator reid, the majority leader of the united states senate, because he's very -- he's made his -- his conder is again remarkable and awfully clear. he said we're focusing very intently on the d.c. circuit. we need at least one more. by that he means one more judge. there's three vacancies. we need at least one more and that will switch the majority. so when all judges decide to sit on very -- on the most important cases, then president obama will have a court of nominees on that court and they'll be able to outvote the republican nominees on the court. so here's senator schumer. you can see he's complaining about some of the cases that i mentioned a moment ago. and he concludes, "we'll fill up the d.c. circuit court one way or another." so, i believe that the evidence is overwhelming that the motivation at play here is, one, to make sure that this court becomes a rubber stamp for the big-government policies of this administration. that's why they're ignoring appellate courts that actually need the help and they're trying to stack the court in

to be voted on on the floor of the united states senate. to give you a recap of what was said, it appears that the bill will fund the government, end the shutdown, and fund the government until january 15th, which takes us through the holiday season. as far as the default deadline, that would be avoided and it would be extended until february 7th. sequestration also appears to have been part of the equation as well, and i'm going to ask libby casey as to whether or not the budget control act is the equivalent of those draconian cuts that became known as sequestration. checking the numbers right now, wall street has been ahead of the story all day. right now the dow continues to be up 190 points. that is off of its highs earlier in the session, but it appears that wall street has been confident that the situation in washington would resolve it's a, and in fact that appears to be what we are seeing on the floor of the united states senate right now, which is a compromise by all accounts. we also saw the rhetoric was toned down considerably. h

at noon, senator-elect booker will become a united states senator. following the swearing-in there will be a cloture vote on the watt nomination. mr. president, october 31 has always been a special day for me. since it marks admission of the straight state of nevada to the union. it always parades and celebrations at home, many of which i've sadly missed in recent years because of my responsibilities here. but october 31 is special for another reason and that's not just halloween. it's my brother's birthday. my youngest brother, 22 months younger than me, my brother larry, who lives in searchlight, celebrates another birthday today. it's my pleasure to wish both my brother and the silver state of nevada a happy, happy birthday. nevada days is particularly special as it marks the yearlong anniversary of the 150th anniversary of the battle born state. for thousands of years nevada was the home to american peoples. i have in my office across the hall a painting painted by a nevadan, it shows the first non-indian to see las vegas valley. and you can see

that too was tabled here in the united states senate. and it strikes me at least that as we think about the impact of this law, we ought to ensure that middle-class americans deserve the same relief that the president and that democrats here in the senate have already given to members of congress and to their staffs as well as to big businesses in this country. we had an opportunity to do that the other night. that was rejected by the senate. and i think the question that every american ought to be asking is why? why would you not here in the united states senate, why won't democrat senators give the same break to the american people that big businesses have received? i would argue again it is an issue of basic fairness. we think it ought to be delayed for all americans, not just the favored view. there is bipartisan support for this. i've mentioned before that we have a democrat senator here in the united states who has said that a delay in the individual mandate is a very reasonable and sensible approach. i would hope that at some po

it happened again tonight, on the floor of the united states senate. more than 80 senators from both political parties stood up and ended this 15-day ordeal that has been suffered by the people of the united states of america, by federal workers and by those who depend on their good service. i can't describe to you the feeling on the floor during the course of these two votes. the bipartisanship, the comraderie, the friendship that i felt, it was such a relief from what we have been through. let's pray that this is just the beginning, i'm sure there is, we've seen it during the course of this year in a prefer immigration bill, the passage of a farm bill. and now the senate, the bipartisan senate rose to the occasion and broke this deadlock. it took the leadership of the senate to do it. we've got to continue to show that leadership. and we have to hope that the speaker of the house of representatives and other members, as well, will watch carefully, as the american people react. watch carefully and understand their responsibility now to work with us in

senator durbin. >> so many times throughout the history of the united states, and has taken united states senate to resolve challenges and resolving national debate. it happened again tonight on the floor of the united states senate. more than 80 senators stood up and ended this ordeal that has been suffered by the people of the next venture is immigration the united states of america, by federal workers, and those who depend on your service. i cannot describe to you the feeling on the floor during the course of these two votes. the bipartisanship and the friendship that i felt was such a relief from what we have been through. let us pray that this is just the beginning. i think there's a determination to take this bipartisanship we have seen this this year in the passage of a farm bill. the senate broke the deadlock. we have to continue to show that leadership and we hope that the speaker and other members will watch closely as the american people react. watch carefully and understand the responsibility to work with to in a bipartisan fashion. solve our problems. one of the saddest thing

we don't need united states senators who are going to talk down to the cities. we need a united states senator who was going to lift up our entire state, work together with people to make a difference. >> mr. lawn again, governor christie has heavily promoted the recovery on the jersey shore. you said you would have opposed the federal relief bill to sandy victims. is it not the only -- the role of the federal government through fema to direct aid to those who have become victims of a natural disaster? >> the role of the federal government is perfectly fine. what i objected to with sandy is it was done in a rush. there were not proper controls put in place to ensure the money went to the real victims of hurricane sandy. we see that today. there are numerous reports of homeowners along the jersey shore who have been waiting all this time. the other thing i objected to was the fact that the money for sandy came out of nowhere. it was simple he printed out of thin air by the federal reserve bank. there were no corresponding cuts in any other part of the federal bud

go like a pro. >>> so disaster has been averted thanks to a vote in the united states senate and house of representatives for a bill to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. 81 yes votes in the united states senate and 27 republican senators voted yes. all of the no votes were republican senators. in the house of representatives 285 voted yes, 144 voted no. 87 republicans voted yes in the house of representatives and no democrats voted against the bill in the house of representatives. joining me now is ezra klein and mark patterson who is the former treasury department chief of staff and is a senior fellow at the center for american progress. you have worked on a lot of these bills speeding through at the last minute. can you tell me what the heck is in this thing? >> well, they do reopen the government, lawrence, they do extend the debt ceiling. the way they did in the bill was to suspend the debt ceiling. >> one of those. >> they didn't include the somewhat eye popping that is our national debt in the bill. people don't like to vote for that and the matter of the income v

we have friends in the united states senate and we have a simple message to speaker boehner. stop this tea party shutdown of government. both -- a vote, vote. [chanting] the message is simple. speaker boehner put down the gun that you have put to the heads of the american people and open the government. i am honored to represent the people of maryland over 200,000 federal workers. they want to go back to work! they want to go back to work area i've talked to a 15-year-old taylor. both of her parents are federal employees that are on furlough. she told me about the fear that she sees on her parents face because they don't know how they are going to pay their bills. open government. speaker boehner, vote. put america back to work. stop putting us at risk. our nation is at risk. our economy is at risk. it's not just the federal workers. it's our entire economy. our federal workers are on the forefront of helping our country vote. open up governmengovernmen t. stop this craziness. put down the gun. >> thank you senator. bernie sanders everybody. bernie sanders. [applause] >> than

they thought it was going to get a comfortable margin out of the united states senate. that is something that helps out the gop cause. gives them some cover. especially the senator from a given state votes for something. some times allows the house members of the same state to coalesce around that. you often see that with south carolina, lawrence. what will be interesting to see on the vote coming up in the house, the numbers, during the fiscal cliff deal, similar to this, a deal that was not well liked by the conservatives in the house gop conference. they were able to get about 75-plus, really led by tom cole of oklahoma. speaker boehner's close friend. more moderate guy. the groups of republicans, the cole caucus. we will see where the number is. anywhere between 50, 75. more than 75. then it shows a lot of folks who are, really, happy to start -- start getting the government off the ground, working again for the american people. interestingly enough though, we were told john boehner, the speaker who would vote for this. as you know, lawrence. he doesn't have to. the

.  >>> we're standing just a few feet away from the main entrance to the united states senate chamber in the north extension of the capitol. the clock behind me here is the oldest clock in the united states capitol. it was commissioned for the united states senate in the year 1815, ordered from a philadelphia clockmaker named thomas voight. >> just one of the many reasons why the c-span video archives are so amazing. i love your red jacket, sir. that clock, known as the ohio clock, is not in ohio. it is just outside the u.s. senate chamber and it is famous not just for being a handsome old clock, but also because it is a popular meet up place for senators and reporters. many a press conference has happened in the ohio clock corridor. see, you can spot the clock hanging out in the background here at this one. also, here. also, here. the ohio clock makes for a helpful meeting place, because of where it is and also because it's a clock! because it's easy to note the time when you are meeting people there, because it's a clock, and there it is. tells you what time. at least, it was easy t

of minnesota in the united states senate. rod grams was dedicated to maintaining personal liberty. rod was dedicated to doing everything within his power to protect americans against the constantly growing size and scope of the federal government's intrusion into the lives of the real americans that he represented at this great capitol. with rod's keen eye and long-term vision, minnesotans had a dedicated advocate here in the halls of the united states congress. it was an honor for myself and for my house, marcus, to know rod grams for decades. he was a leader. he was an example, but most importantly, he was my friend. my heart goes out to his wife, christine, to his four beautiful children and to the ones who were the light of his life to his grandchildren. and while rod grams will be greatly missed here in this body, we take comfort in the fact that he contributed so much by way of service to the great state of minnesota and to our country. you see, we all benefit from od grams' monumental legacy. mr. speaker, i would ask n

and the united states senate, what happened? on 18 occasions, senator lee and other republican senators blocked the effort to go to budget negotiations. now, senator mccain said that was insane for republicans in the senate to do. because he pointed out that our republican colleagues claim that they wanted to work on these budget negotiations all along. they said, no budget, no by a. what they forgot to tell the american -- pay. what they forgot to tell the american people was they didn't meat mean the federal budget. they mean the house passes a budget and the senate passes a budget, but then they were going to block the effort to negotiate the differences. why would you block that, mr. speaker? because when you go to a budget negotiation, you got to compromise. you got to meet the other party halfway. and you've got a tea party right wing in this house that refuses to compromise. and so what did they say? we're not going to go to conference, we're going to vote three times against negotiations . in may, in june and july. no ne

states senate. and i heard some of my colleagues and democratic leadership get up on the floor this morning and denounce some of those efforts in the house of representatives, which came as a surprise to many of us because i don't think it should be any shock to anyone that the house of representatives created in article 1 of the constitution might decide to perform some things that are consistent with its constitutional role. and so they have been working on legislation. we had the leader get up here this morning and make some comments on the floor with respect to what was happening in the house of representatives. and he described it as a partisan attempt to appease a small group of tea party republicans. he described it as an extreme piece of legislation which, by the way, most of the elements of which have been things that have been part of the bipartisan agreement here in the united states senate. he said it was a blatant attack on bipartisanship. he went on to say that he felt blind sided by t

. >>> we're standing just a few feet away from the main entrance to the united states senate chamber in the north extension of the capitol. the clock behind me here is the oldest clock in the united states capitol. it was commissioned for the united states senate in the year 1815, ordered from a philadelphia clockmaker named thomas voight. >> just one of the many reasons why the c-span video archives are so amazing. i love your red jacket, sir. that clock, known as the ohio clock, is not in ohio. it is just outside the u.s. senate chamber and it is famous not just for being a handsome old clock, but also because it is a popular meet up place for senators and reporters. many a press conference has happened in the ohio clock corridor. see, you can spot the clock hanging out in the background here at this one. also, here. also, here. the ohio clock makes for a helpful meeting place, because of where it is and also because it's a clock! because it's easy to note the time when you are meeting people there, because it's a clock, and there it is. tells you what time. at least, it was easy t

president, it is sad that today that the united states senate is telling people all across this country who are struggling, who are trying to provide for their kids and who are getting notifications in the mail, your healthcare has been dropped. now, maybe you have an elderly parent and that healthcare policy is providing for your family. maybe you have -- >> -- republican senator john mccain joins us. well, senator, is this a deal are or a postponement? >> well, i hope it's a deal that we will learn the lesson that we learned back in 1995, the last time we went through this routine. you know, i was standing there watching senator cruz as you were, he says he is standing with the american people. the american people disapprove of republicans now by 74%, the highest ever since we have been taking any polls. the american people have been hurt to the tune of $40 billion while we went through and exercised that could not succeed. i am proud of the record of a lot of us for fighting obama care. we spent 25 days in 2009, up until christmas eve morning. i campaigned across this country for mit

. >>> we're standing just a few feet away from the main entrance to the united states senate chamber in the north extension of the capitol. the clock behind me here is the oldest clock in the united states capitol. it was commissioned for the united states senate in the year 1815, ordered from a philadelphia clockmaker named thomas voight. >> just one of the many reasons why the c-span video archives are so amazing. i love your red jacket, sir. that clock, known as the ohio ock, is not in ohio. it is just outside the u.s. senate chamber and it is famous not just for being a handsome old clock, but also because it is a popular meetup place for senators and reporters. many a press conference has happened in the ohio clock corridor. see, you can spot the clock happeninging out in the background here at this one. also, here. also, here. the ohio clock makes for a helpful meeting place, because of where it is and also because it's a clock! because it's easy to note the time when you are meeting people there, because it's a clock, and there it is. tells you what time. at least, it was easy

. >>> we're standing just a few feet away from the main entrance to the united states senate chamber in the north extension of the capitol. the clock behind me here is the oldest clock in the united states capitol. it was commissioned for the united states senate in the year 1815, ordered from a philadelphia clockmaker named thomas voight. >> just one of the many reasons why the c-span video archives are so amazing. i love your red jacket, sir. that clock, known as the ohio clock, is not in ohio. it is just outside the u.s. senate chamber and it is famous not just for being a handsome old clock, but also because it is a popular meetup place for senators and reporters. many a press conference has happened in the ohio clock corridor. see, you can spot the clock happeninging out in the background here at this one. also, here. also, here. the ohio clock makes for a helpful meeting place, because of where it is and also because it's a clock! because it's easy to note the time when you are meeting people there, because it's a clock, and there it is. tells you what time. at least, it was ea

. >>> the importance of confidence in being a united states senator, but being a woman in the house how important it is to foster that in leaders or business owners. >> absolutely. and to be involved and, you know, step up front, quite frankly. and i say to graduating classes. i could never imagine i would have been run forking the united states senate when i was in your position either. but we have opened the possibility of doing that. because it is critical to have those examples in a governing institutions and all places in our society that are important to have women's voices and reflect it, you know, of women in our population. the second part of it is they bring a different experience. it's important to have that voice at the table. and so i encourage them to think about it as a possibility in the future. and, you know, the choices present itself and even for me, as much as i was passionate about politics. the thought of running for public office. i was going come to washington. so you to go against the grain. whatever you do in life. it is what it is. and that's what i always did