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Senator grassley was a no. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] the clerk will report is the results of the vote. Mr. Chairman the final tally is six ayes eight nose. Mrs. Amendment number two and would simply do its a minor amendment would add my chair membership to transportation benefits. As you know the code allows employers to provide compensation for transportation costs for their employees on a taxfree basis. They include taxes who see it with parking en masse transit and since 2008 associ...

Said lets try to get to a level Playing Field and that is what u. N. Senator hatch have talked about and then to have comparable measures. Im going to work closely with you and i appreciate youre not offering it today. Senator nelson is back. I applaud the excellent work in the leadership of hatch and wyden and if you are from pennsylvania, utah, to West Virginia, you are underrepresented as we are in florida on the new markets tax credit. For example it serves the poor population encouraging in...

How many weeks do you think out of work americans should receive Unemployment Benefits . How long is too long for a person to receive that aid . Our phone lines are open, democrat at 202 5853880. Epublicans, 202 5853881 independents, 202 5853882. We have a special line for out of work americans, 202 5855883. Catch up with us on social media, on twitter and facebook or email us at journal cspan. Org. Good Tuesday Morning as our viewers on washington journal no, anyone collecting Unemployment Bene...

Skyrocket thanks to increased coal prices. We also know from the whistleblower contractors that worked on the rule that the political appointees in the office of service mining tried to cover up these job loss numbers because they knew how politically damaging they would be in the runup to the 2012 election year. In fact, the contractors were threated that there, and i quote, would be consequences, if the contractor refused to change the numbers. Furthermore, a recent report from the Inspector G...

Powers for purely political purposes. Part of a larger pattern of this Administration Using the irs to shut down its critics and opponents and to change the outcome of elections. When i go back home to the town Hall Meetings or when people come to my office, they will bring up the number 1, 2, 3 issues they are concerned about. There is always somebody in the back that says, wait a minute, what about my free speech rights . Why cant congress get to the bottom of this . That takes a rather length...

Thank you, senator. I do want to respond to some of the comments made earlier. The chairman started out by talking about the cuba issue and said i will just bear freeze, it is down, down, and even dumber to essentially shield cuba from the influences that we have on other dictatorial regimes and authoritarian regimes. I could not agree more. I could not agree more. This why i oppose our policy on cuba for so long. Mentioned another senator mentioned that iran is the only country less free cuba. ...

Expansion of the definition of waters of the United States. Additionally, the e. P. A. Is pressing forward despite two recent Supreme Court cases that expressly rejected the agencys broadest definition of bodies of water and made it clear not all bodies of water are subject to definition under the act. Few regulatory agencies will be able to escape the reach. This proposed new definition could apply to countless numbers of small wetlands and creeks that are typically regulated at the state level...

Quorum call mr. Coons mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware is recognized. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent that the proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Coons mr. President , i come to the floor this afternoon because this week, the senate has a chance to take another crucial step away from the political cliffs and manufactured crises of previous years and to get back to the regular order, to get back ...

We cant find at least at this point bipartisan agreement on something as straightforward as this. To my friend from michigan, i would say a couple of things. One, this resolution does not prejudge the investigation. The resolution does not talk about the president s article 2 powers. It very clearly says the transfers of these detainees violated the National Defense authorization act legislation that you brought to the floor and the appropriations bill. Thats what it says. So that is clear by th...

The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 417. The nays are four. 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the question on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Members will recor...