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A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Casey mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Casey thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i rise today on the day when we are ever hopeful that well be able to complete legislation tonight that will remove the threat of a default as well as to open up the government and to allow us to go forward now with negotiations on shortterm budget issues for th...

Thousands of years to get us to where we are now. Its not going to change in 22. So we have this snapshot of today of sort of 50 years ago, what was the status of women. And you know we have been charged as this last panel to talk about where we are today. Well, we have got a lot to cover. So, but in preparations for doing this one of the things i did was to go back and listen to that tape of Eleanor Roosevelt and john kennedy. After some pleasantries and this exchange, mrs. Roosevelt says to pr...

Theaters, our businesses in our offices. In the only thing consistent and all of them is the guns. I would like to introduce one of our cosponsors of the legislation we hope to introduce a lot with the house of representatives, the senior senator from the greek state of connecticut going the great state of connecticut going through a difficult time. Thank you. Let me first thank you for your leadership going back to 1993 and before when i was speaking to advocate in the state of connecticut a si...

He would sign a bill before january to extend tax cuts for most americans. His remarks came as congress leaves washington without a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. The president said he hoped any deal to avoid the fiscal cliff would also include and extension of Unemployment Insurance and lay this is about 7 minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. For the last few weeks, i have been working with the leaders of both parties on a proposal to get our deficit under control, to avoid tax cuts to avoid ta...

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, ...

I mean do you read about him today i guess the first question id ask could he be elected president today . I think so. Thats really the challenge of the book, whether we can choose someone who is as principled as he is as president. He did not believe coolidge who was president from 23 to 29 that perception is reality which he thought principle is reality. The challenge for us is we just have to have someone who is good looking and speaks well and good salesman or someone who has good principles...

Stock markets around the world are on edge. The dow down five days in a row falling nearly 160 points friday and early indications are those losses could be much worse if there is no deal. Consumers are jittery too. Their confidence in the economy plunging for the second straight month falling to its lowest level since august. So thats where we begin. Lets get the latest from two top senate leaders. Joining us now, senator Chuck Schumer of new york, senator jon kyl of arizona. So, gentlemen, do ...

Do this in particular. I wont go into any more than that in the way the decision worked out. I always thought that this is very simple and i was recently lecturing to a bunch of germans about this and they were saying that well, what is wrong with having more health care and why are americans so against washington dc having this Better Health care system. You have heard this before and the way you think about this is wrong. The question you have to ask yourself is how would you feel if brussels ...

Congress taking another look at the problems surrounding president obamas Signature Healthcare reform law. This time taking a look on the impact on small business. I want to provide Health Insurance for my employees and their families, but we have been doing it for 15 years since i bought the company, but now because it is so high, our plan in effect is not viable, because its not affordable. This hearing coming one day after a sat startling admission that key aspects of the site are still incom...

Former vermont governor howard dean, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty, todd purdum of vanity fair and Maggie Haberman of politico. Vanity fair and man of politico. And Maggie Haberman of politico. You are looking at live pictures of capitol hill over the next 12 hours, what happens there or what doesnt happen will cut to the very heart of your financial future and the fate of our struggling economy. Good morning, im Jonathan Karl with a special edition of this week. George is off for the h...