The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Mr. Vitter madam president id ask for regular order on the quorum call, if thats appropriate. Excuse me, id ask to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. The clerk nominations department of homeland security, russell c. Deyo of new jersey to be under secretary for management. National Indian Gaming Commission jonodev osceola chaudhuri of arizona to be chairman. Mr. Vitter madam president , i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The question is on the deyo nomination. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 95. The nays are 2. On the confirmation of russell c. Deyo of new jersey to be under secretary for manage
Is the fiscal cliff already here . Church bells will ring 26 times for the victims in sandsy hook. One week after the terrible tragedy. Friday, december 21st. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, a Major Political blow for House Speaker john boehner, one that will affect his position. House republicans abandons him, and it forced the speaker to cancel a vote on plan b which would have extended bush tax cuts on incomes below 1 million. Congressional correspondent dana bash there was and watched it unfold. Walk us through what happened . It really was stunning. That is the perfect word, soledad. I was watching all day, talking to republicans to try and figure out if the speaker had the votes. Really hard to imagine he was so far out. So far out on this being a strategy. Republicans want to prove that they wont let things go up. I was watching earlier votes. Watching the Speakers Team on the floor, trying to twist arms and trying to get republican votes, and clear from the expre
Good morning, everyone. Im john berman. Im kate bolduan. We want to well koom viewers from the United States and those joining us from around the world this morning. Youre watching our special coverage of the Connecticut School shooting here in newtown. Were live in newtown, connecticut. Here in newtown the president will be coming later today. Hes expected to meet with some of the victims of the families and he will speak at a vigil tonight remembering the victims. President obama spoke about the hea heartbreak hours after the shooting on friday and again during his weekly address yesterday. Now, of course, we have the names of all the victims in this shooting. There were 20 children, all of them were just 6 or 7 years old. Theres been a fund set up to help the families of the victims. Heres the address if youd like to send a donation, the Sandy Hook School support fund, 39 main street in newtown, the zip code is 06470. Meanwhile, investigators here in newtown are trying to piece it a
occasionally he displays somer some erratic behavior. to accuse someone of doing something without a shred of proof that the allegation has any substance is really something i frankly don t understand. i think politics are tough and i enjoy the give and take, but i think harry might have gone over the line here. that was senator mccain earlier. we also spoke about syria, we ll play part of that later tonight. what he said about harry reid is unusual in that lawmakers criticize colleagues so directly and by name. mr. romney s campaign manager took it further, likening the allegations to the mccarthy hearings from the 50s. you can decide for yourself hear for yourself whether it is mccarthyism or michele bachmannism. senator reid office did not respond to our invitation to come on the program. dana bash has been trying to get answer from senator reid all day. what can you tell us? we have a couple of responses, anderson. the first one, senator reid stands by his comments.
senator reid for many years and occasionally he displays some rather erratic behavior, but to accuse somebody of doing something without a shred of proof that the allegation has any substance is really something that i frankly don t understand. i think that politics are tough, and i enjoy the give and take, but i think that harry might have gone over the line here. that was senator mccain earlier and we also spoke about syria, a syria, and we will play more about that later tonight, but what he said about senator reid is unusual in they criticize by name, and now mccain took it further to liken it to the mccarthy hearings of the 50s and you can decide whether to put that to mccarthyism or bachmannism. and there is no acceptance to come to the program from harry reid. and now joining us is dana bash. you just heard about the put up or shut up response from mitt romney. well, senator reid stands by the comments. governor romney s continued refusal to release his tax return