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2,000 transportation workers, department of transportation workers, and the third one is payments to doctors, medicare payments to doctors. tell us about that one. >> well, you heard senator harry reid call it the doc fix, if he was for the doc fix, why didnt he voted for it here, he voted for it in committee. but the doc fix this is a measure to fix what would have been a 21% cut in reimbursement for doctors for medicare, and, in fact, thad went effect technically on monday. doctors will be pai...

Again probably to continue in this tit-for-tat. >> going to be violated in the first bill brought to the floor after you passed it. as far as the doc fix is concerned, i have a history with the doc fix that i dont need to defend to the majority leader or to anybody in this body. just check with the kentucky medical association and all my doctors that i represent in kentucky. i think the gentlemans letter from louisville states the facts better than me. we want a country that my 40 grandchildren ...

So it was a -- it was certainly not a partisan bill. and he was right, the other bill he talked about wasnt brought to the floor. i would also say this, madam president, it was paid for. not a cent of deficit spending, not a cent. its interesting that my friend would talk about pay-go. he voted against pay-go. hes talking about pay-go now. he voted against it. he voted against it right here on the senate floor. if he so liked pay-go, why didnt you vote for it. he voted against it. the senator fr...

Power base known as washington, d.c. its too bad senator mitch mcconnell and some of the elected officials on your side of the aisle do not have the backbone of your sense of decency when it comes to keeping their promises to the american people. and for security sake, im just going to read his first name. it says sincerely, robert. from louisville. now, theres no doubt in anybodys mind that i have supported extension of unemployment benefits, cobra health care benefits, flood insurance, highway...

Decency when it comes to keeping their promises to the american people and for securitys sake im just going to read his first name, it says, sincerely, robert. from louisville. now theres no doubt in anybodys mind that i have supported extension of unemployment benefits, cobra health care benefits, flood insurance, highway bill, i was this one pro posed the medicare doc fix on a permanent basis in the finance committee. small business loans, and all the other things that are in this temporary bi...

As far thats doc fix is concerned, i have a history with the doc fix that i dont need to defend to the majority leader, or to anybody in this body. check with the kentucky medical association and all of my doctors, that i represent, in kentucky. i think the gentlemans letter from louisville states the facts better than me. we wants a country that my four grandchildren have the same abilities that i did growing up. we want a country that dont owe everybody in the world for our existence. i dont -...

Happening on the medicare payments next hour with a pair of doctors to see how you as a patient will be affected or how doctor services would be affected. if you eventually go with a $500 billion cut in medicare which is in the hel care proposal, but back up a little here, this is jim bunning on the floor explaining this position. roll this and ill get you to react. >> i support extending unemployment benefits, cobra benefits, insurance, highway bill fix, doc fix, small business loans, distant a...

Rodriguez said he spoke to investigators about his contact with a canadian doctor who is accused of distributing perfe performance enhancing drugs. rodriguez made the revelation while talking with reporters at the yankees spring training complex in florida. he said he may be asked it to talk with investigators again, quote, about someone else. rodriguez wouldnt elaborate but said he will cooperate fully. be a right now were going to go to the senate floor where republican kentucky senator jim ...

Around words like hypocrite, people can make their own decision as to who is a hypocrite. im not calling anyone a hypocrite though i am stating facts. someone boasts about the good offices of payinggo and votes against it and talks about the doc fix and votes against it. so i would think that my friend from kentucky should get a different historian to help him with his facts and they are simply wrong and i object. >> the objection is heard. >> madame president, i will only continue for -- >> sen...

Its too bad senator mitch mcconnell and some of the elected officials on your side of the aisle do not have the backbone of your sense of decency when it comes to keeping their promises to the american people. and for securitys sake, im just going to read his first name. it says sincerely, robert, from louisville. now theres no doubt in anybodys mind that i have supported extension of unemployment benefits, cobra health care benefits, flood insurance, highway bill. i was the one who proposed the...