Cramer and david faber. This could be a very big day in the markets. The day after the attempt to pass plan b in the house has failed. We saw the futures down as much as 200 points. Right now were down 162 on the dow. The s p looking to lose about 19 at the open. Most notely were seeing a spike in vix futures. Its indicating more volatility ahead. Europe, largely taking the cues from here in the United States, and the news last evening about plan b. We are seeing a 1 loss in italy, germany is down by. 9 . Of course, futures as you saw are taking a hit on concerns that a deal will not be reached to avert that fiscal cliff. An attempt by House Speaker boehner to avoid that class and pass the socalled plan b tax bill. That failed. The measure that would have kept current tax rates for those making less than 1 million a year. It never even made it to the house floor. Speaker boehner is scheduled to hold a News Conference about an hour from now. Of course, well bring that to you live. Here
S the presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be were in a quorum call. Are we . The presiding officer were not in a quorum call here. Mr. Reid miracles never cease. The presiding officer there you are. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be withdrawn 3396 and 3398. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid ive one unanimous consent request for a committee to meet during todays session. Its been approved by senator mcconnell and me. I ask unanimous consent that this request be agreed to and this request be printed in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the consideration of the fisa bill, the text for each of the amendments in order under t
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As this chamber lies silent and members disperse to celebrate the holy days with their families, we ask your blessing upon them and upon us all. Ask that pressures hang over them and our nation during these days of quiet, send an abun das of an abundance of your gifts of knowledge, understanding and goodlogical, that the concerns of americas citizens might be assuaged by good policy and solutions that will guarantee a secure future. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days protings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1rk the journal stands approved. The chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of ameri
I want to get right to it. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. You proposed armed guards in school. Well talk about that in some detail in a moment. You confronted the news media, you blamed hollywood and the gaming industry but never once did you concede that guns could actually be part of the problem. Is that meaningful contribution, mr. Lapierre, or a dodge . David, i said what i honestly thought and what hundreds of millions of people all over this country will believe will actually make a difference. I cant imagine a more horrible tragedy. We all have 5yearolds in our family in some way. We all put ourselves in that situation and have tears in our eyes. The nra, we have 11,000 Police Training instructors, 80,000 police families, were 4 million members and we set down and we said what can we do will actually make a difference today to make these kids safe . But not conceding guns play any role about the meaningful contribution . Look, i know the
I want to get right to it. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. You proposed armed guards in school. Well talk about that in some detail in a moment. You confronted the news media, you blamed hollywood and the gaming industry but never once did you concede that guns could actually be part of the problem. Is that meaningful contribution, mr. Lapierre, or a dodge . David, i said what i honestly thought and what hundreds of millions of people all over this country will believe will actually make a difference. I cant imagine a more horrible tragedy. We all have 5yearolds in our family in some way. We all put ourselves in that situation and have tears in our eyes. The nra, we have 11,000 Police Training instructors, 80,000 police families, were 4 million members and we set down and we said what can we do will actually make a difference today to make these kids safe . But not conceding guns play any role about the meaningful contribution . Look, i know the