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Right or the privilege or the ability to ask for an extension and a raising of our debt when, in fact, we havent acted responsibly with our spending . Nobody else in the country gets their credit raised when you havent acted responsibly. They actually check your credit score. They know what kind of bills youre paying, whether youre getting further behind. So should we in fact tear up the credit card. Should we force some good old adult supervision on congress, to where well actually be forced to...

The federal governments job to determine what your mission may be. And certain if youre a private forprofit, were not here to dictate your organizations mission. But a forprofit institution has no special right to federal funding. And if youre going to receive billions of dollars in federal subsidies, we think its reasonable as we endeavor to reauthorize the Higher Education act that we tie some reasonable Public Policy strings to those dollars. And all we are saying is that we want institutions...

The presiding officer on this vote are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . On this vote, the yeas are 24, the nays are 75. The amendment is not agreed to. Under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on amendment number 2709, as modified, offered by the senator from oregon, mr. Merkley. The senate will be in order. Senators will remove their confirmations from the well, from the chamber. Mr. Merkley madam presi...

Republican offer before midnight. However, hes told if reid rejects, they could offer something else. Angie is in chesapeake, virginia. Chesapeake, virginia, yes, republican line. Hi, angie. Hi, thank you for having me on. Mmhmm. Caller i have to say a statement first. This is the most partisan administration in my in my im almost 50 years old. This is the most partisan ive ever seen a president be. We have allowed that to happen here in the United States. We have in the last i would say last ei...

Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the question on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. The question is on agreeinging to the speakers approval of the mrs. Christensen of the Virgin Islands for today, september 30, and tomorrow, october 1, and mr. Rush of illinois for today, september 30, through october 3. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the requests ...

President say today what would you have liked to have heard the president say . My biggest concern with the Edward Snowden thing, which he notissed i saying it was it right disclosures and wanted to acknowledge that Edward Snowden tried internally to blow the whistle and remind his peers about weaknesses administratives structure. That is one of the main reasons that he did what he did. He needed an outside perspective. To be honest i do not think our has done structure this very well. Theyd nee...

Today is the recall of disproportionate share funds to Public Hospitals who take care of uninsured and underinsured individuals. Mr. Kingston if i could, i want to ask you a question , on page four a little bit on the end of page 3, but the authority under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer nonpersonnel related administrative expenses. It seems pretty straightforward. My understanding is within the budget for the...

Days of funding and another effort to defund, delay, or simply disrupt the president S Health Care law. But guess what is open today . The marketplace exchanges set up by that health care law. Take a deep dive what into what it means for you under the president s plan if youre 27 or older, uninsured, and looking for options. Talk to White House Communications director jennifer palmieri, both sides of congress, plus we expect to hear live in Senate Majority leader harry reid from the senate floor...

Of changes to the controversial programs. But a president ial Advisory Panel did not call for them to w you the most important once. First of all, ending of storage of telephone records, metadata that is kept millions upon millions of phone calls. Next, new limits on what data government can demand from private companies. We saw this when hezbollah of companies came to meet with president obama. Theyre worried about the trust of their companies and theyre worried about their businesses. This is ...

Message loud and clear from minnesota tribal leaders. Mr. Speaker, when we consider federal funding for tribal nations, we are talking about governmenttogovernment relationships. This means the entire federal government needs to be open and functioning. Many services have been pointed out that are vital to Indian Country are not funded with b. I. A. Or b. H. S. The department of agriculture, commerce, justice, transportation and other agencies within h. H. S. Or interior all have native american...