Senators talking about the passage of the russian trade bill, the vote on the floor of the senate a short while ago was 924. A look the Senate Continues in session with a vote coming up likely this afternoon, possible vote on the we had bep told there was a News Conference happening on cspan. Good afternoon, im here with my colleagues from the senate, senator leeber and senator graham and we are deeply disturbed by reports that assad may have weapononized some of his stores of chemical and biological agents and prepared them for use in aerial bombs. These reports suggests that assads forces are waiting for orders. If true, these reports may mean that the United States and our allies are facing the prospect of use of weapons of mass destruction in syria and this may be the last warning we get. Time for talking about what to do may now be coming to a close and we may be left with an awful and very difficult decision. Whether to continue on the said lines and hope that a man who has slaug
Independents and all others, 2. 202585388 yesterday at the daily News Conference of the white house, jay carney the spokesman there was asked about liberals who are advocating going off the so called fiscal cliff. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] he spoke with john boehner. By the weekend and he will meet with them at the appropriate time as well as nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. So the process that he began is continuing. Recanting you to be optimistic that a balanced approach is achievable. We know what the solutions are. It was senator who said that in an oped, one benefit of all of the debate said we have had any discussions over the past couple of years is that we know what the parameters of a balanced solution for these challenges look like. And they include both spending cuts and revenues and entitlement reform. They have to have all three legs of the school of got to report of that. Jay carney at the white house. Was asked about the idea of going off the fiscal cliff
Than dialogue among the Political Parties would force us into a dark tunnel with disastrous consequences. But the bickering is likely to go on. Morsi still needs to form a but sadly seetion, says khalid is not acting as a president. Reporter the muslim brotherhoods head office was wrecked by opposition supporters an act former is Supreme Leader mahdy akef called criminal. What is happening in egypt is not egypt he said. St process. Opposition supporters have laid virtual seize to the residential palace and zereatening further unrest if the president doesnt back down. What can the opposition do about this . Andhe opposition is helpless and is divided and is without division. Reporter that leads the streets for what passes as political discourse and the army arreferee. Its a role they may have to tll for some time. Morsi is insisting a referendum a held next weekend to vote on a constitution written by his party and its islamist allies. Mistopposition wants one drawn ts ohat represents e
Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer today will be offered our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of the universe, thank you for giving us another day. Quicken our spirits so that we will know the blessings of living together in unity and peace. We have our personal aspirations and ideas of what is best. Grant that we might know the satisfaction of sharing our Common Concerns and experiencing the joy of mutual accomplishment. Bless the members of the peoples house with success in bringing fruition to all efforts, to work toward Common Solutions to the issues facing our nation, solutions which seems so distant in these days. During the days of the coming week, may the American People be able to communicate their hopes for the efforts of their congress men and women. May they understand, as well, that a unified nation is equally the work of each of us where we live. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and g