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>> unanimous consent that hr 1628 be returned to the calendar. >> objection? without objection. >> so mr. president, this is clearly a disappointing moment from skyrocketing costs to plummeting choices and collapsing markets. our constituents have suffered through an awful lot under obamacare. we thought they deserved better. its why i and many of my colleagues did as we promised and voted to repeal this failed law. we told our constituents we would vote that way and when the moment came, most o...

Republicans and then 50 republicans on the other side. so that was 50-50 and then that became 51-50 in the republicans favor when the extra tiebreaking vote came in by vice president pence. and when that happened, the immediate response in the room was this, which is not at all normal. >> motion to proceed to calendar number 120 hr 1628. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! kill the bill! >> that does not happen in the senate chamber but that happened today. that protest that started inside the sena...

Process and let the voting take us where it will. so, thats whats before us. colleagues. will we begin the debate on one of the most important issues confronting america today? its my hope the answer will be yes. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that following the vote, senator mccain be recognized to speak for debate only for up to 15 minutes and that the time not count on hr 1628. >> is there objection? no objection heard. >> mr. president. i move to proceed to calendar number 120, hr 16...

Number 120. hr 1628 an act to provide for reconciliation, pursuant to title 2 of the con occurrence budget. >> yays and nays. [ crowd shouting ] >> sergeant of arms will restore order in the chamber. >> sergeant of arms will restore order in the chamber, please. [ kill tcrowd chanting kill the] >> sergeant of arms will restore order in the chamber.

Have the courage to begin the debate. with an open amendment process, and let the voting take us where it will. thats whats before us, colleagues. will we invade on one of the most important issues invading america today. its my hope the answer will be yes. setor mccain will be recognized to speak for 15 minutes and the time will not count on hr 2016. >> is there any objection? >> no objection heard. >> i move to proceed on 1628. >> motion to proceed to calendar

Let the voting take us where it will. that is what is before us. , colleagues. will we begin to debate on one of the most important issues confronting america today. it is my hope that the answer will be yes. mr. president, senator mccain will be recognized to speak up to 15 minutes only, and the time not count on hr-1628. >> is an objection to make my move to proceed to account number one, hr-1628. speak out motion to proceed. calendar number 20. hr-1628. act to provide for

H.r.-1628 an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 2 of the current budget for fiscal year 2017. >> the senior senator for arizona is recognized. >> i thank you mr. president, i have stood in this place many times and addressed presidents and many presiding officers, i have been so addressed when i sat in that chair and thats as close as ill ever get to president. presiding over the senate can be a nuisance, a bit of a ceremony m bore and is usually regulated to the usual members...

Finish the unanimous consent request. i asked unanimous consent for a substitute offered to calendar number 120 hr-1628 not be in order if the text of the amendment has not been filed at the desk and made available on a public website for at least 72 hours, along with an analysis by the congressional budget office of the budgetary cost implications. >> is there objection? >> reserving the right to object. senator cornyn. they were referring to a bill he hasnt received a copy of. the speech is ab...

Our consent request. i ask unanimous consent that any substitute for perfecting amendments offered to calendar numbered 120 hr 1628 not be an order at the text of the amendment has not been filed at the desk and made available on a public website for at least 72 hours, along with an analysis. the >> jon: as chuck schumer delves into some of the arcane details of senate procedure, you can hear the protests from democrats who dont like the details of the republican bill, the health care bill that ...

Unanimous consent request. i ask unanimous consent that any substitute or perfecting amendment offered to calendar number 120, hr 1628, not be in order if the text of the amendment has not been filed at the desk and made available on a public website for at least 72 hours, along with an analysis by the congressional budget office of the bills budgetary coverage and cost implications. >> is there objection? >> reserving the right to object, my colleague, senator cornyn was going to ask the questi...