An allnight protest on the Affordable Care act. Senator cruise and his allies have been added it for more than 16 hours now after taking the senate floor at 2 40 p. M. Yesterday. They have likened the ongoing embarrassing spectacle. As we take you to the latest, Congress Moves one day closer to a potential Government Shutdown. We are asking you for your opinion as to whether member should stick to their beliefs or be prepared to compromise. Give us a call this morning. Democrats call at if you are outside the u. S. , it you can also catch up with us on social media, on twitter and facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. Good wednesday, september, 25th. You can catch senator cruise over on cspan2. That is live until he yields the floor. The latest the yield is at 1 p. M. When a senate vote is scheduled to happen. We are going to take you through the latest this morning. We are going to hear from our viewers as to whether member should stick to their believe fs or look to a compromise. Fieldup poll was in the that showed that 53 responded that it is more important to copper mines in this current to compromise. Is the gallup poll, we want to hear from you this morning. We will give you a wrapup of what some of the major papers are saying about ted cruzs speech on the senate floor. Heres the headline from the wall street journal. That is a picture of senator ted cruz live on the senate floor this morning. We want to hear from you. We are going to go first evolved from new york, new york on our democrat line. Bob from new york, new york on our democrat line. I wouldnt put too much stock in that below heart that blowheart from the republican side. If we dont get some control over it it could expand and become a greater expenditure of our gdp. I do not have all the numbers done exactly. The europeans have it under control that medical dollars do a huge portion of the economy. Are you calling your member of congress . What you think they should do in this fight . We are less than five days now from a Government Shutdown. The democrats need to dig in and let this run its course. Because you must hold forward with reducing Health Care Costs for the country. Host bob from new york on our democrat line. He will now go to our republican line from idaho. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. I live here in idaho. On tva lot of debates about the healthcare law. Roll ity need to do is back for everybody so they can make it work for everybody. That is what it is for. That a bit of compromise that youre seeing . What are you saying to your member of congress . They need to compromise. They need to fix it and make it work for everybody. And wehe loft the land have to obey by it. Lets make it right. Wethe law of the land and have to obey by it. Lets make it right. What about the American People . The front page of the Washington Post we are talking about this potentials shutdown this potential shutdown. Senator tied a cruise has been talking senator ted cruz has been talking all night. Next from lancaster, pennsylvania on our independent line. The morning. Caller good morning. Behink they should not filibustering in the senate, but that is not the proper way to go about it. I agree that obama care is not the way to go. But i think that this was probably an improper way of getting rid of obamacare. They should go ahead and vote on it. Going to take a section of defunding obamacare, take it back to the house and let the house deal with it there. Republicans are going to have to wait until november of next year when we kicked the democrats out. Lets bring in alex bolton, a congressional reporter from the hill. Tonk you for joining with us talk about this ongoing effort on the senate floor. Is this officially a filibuster . The leadership say this is not a filibuster and the democratic argument is that ending the vote on debate to proceed to the bill will happen later today because it is already locked in, this discussion, this 14hour talk by lay cruz is not going to deal anything, therefore it is not a filibuster. It certainly seems like that. Republicans agree, it is not a filibuster. Yre calling it a speech showing are currently senator marco rubio of florida, a republican talking on the floor pit he got some help in this effort. On the floor. He got some help in this effort. Caller this morning he got help from rubio. As he was walking to the capital he noticed the flag over the senate was still flying which meant the senate was still in session. So he joined them on the floor. Lets talk about the schedule on this funding bill and what happens with provisions theerning obamacare, Affordable Care act that was sent over to the senate by the house. Guest sometime this afternoon there is going to be this vote the motion to proceed. This is the first step to getting on the bill. Vote, likely up a tomorrow, on the motion to proceed itself. At that point the senate will then be on the bill tomorrow. Right now there is no indication that senator ted cruz and others are going to yield back time. They have an opportunity to make their case to the American Public and their colleagues that it should not be voted on second voted on a second time. Arry reid is going to offer couple of amendment. One of those amendments is something he unveiled yesterday. That is going to be to strip the obamacare language out of the bill. Is not raiseimit next month, the u. S. Annothe fault on its debt. The point of that provision is the debtthe danger of limit next month, lower the fallout and reduce the fallout. Then theres going to be another culture devote to end the debate on the bill itself and move to a final vote. This is the key vote in the view of ted cruz and senator lee and jackson. Has filed his bill to strip the obamacare language, the culture vote is voting to give harry reid the keys to gut the bill. Couldrve vote happen friday, it could happen saturday. Right after that we will have the vote on the amendment to strip the obamacare funding. It only needs a simple majority to pass. Over all it is still pretty. Raumatic pretty dramatic we did see a vote either saturday or sunday, sending it back to the house. Host one change senator harry reid is looking for is the timing of what that funding measure would be. He talked about that yesterday. Why would he want to shorten the length of this continuing resolution . Guest he wants to shorten it by a month. Cr idea is it is the shorter that will put more pressure on the House Republicans and negotiators as well to reach 80 broader budget deal. They want to get that broader budget deal by midnovember so that the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee will have time to actually write this out over the sinks giving and early part of december over the over thanksgiving and early part of december. Host thank you for joining us. We are talking to our viewers on this idea of compromise in this current battle over the budget and the Affordable Care act. A few tweets that have come in on the subject one other this morning several editorials on senator ted cruzs efforts on the senate floor this morning, this one in particular from the Washington Times that is ben carson. This editorial from the New York Times we go to al now from maryland on our democrat line. The morning. Good morning. Caller i am fascinated by this whole thing that is going on. I have to agree with the New York Times about senator cruz. I used to work for the United States senator. I am now living 50 miles south of you. I do not understand why he is doing this. The battle is over. This is law. The Supreme Court upheld the law. We are not using the alamo as a reference to senator ted cruz, that is a little ridiculous. I do not understand what he is doing this. He is trying to put more doubt into the minds of people. I do not understand the law completely. Why a lawnderstand that has been passed by both house and congress, signed by the president , upheld by the Supreme Court why are they still battling this and trying to take that out of the budget . Host have you called your member of congress about this, have you expressed her concerns . On saturdayved here. I am from congressman woodalls district three you dont want to hear anything i have to say. Ict. Oodalls distr you dont want to hear anything i have to say. I used to work for senator biden back in the 80s. I do not think this is one of the issues that the i know are the congressmen know where the congressmen stands. This is kind of an embarrassment. Host bob is waiting from texas on our republican line. Good morning. Have been up all night but i am still charged up from senator ted cruz. Aredisappointed you parroting these personal attacks from the Washington Post and the media. They cannot address the facts. Aboutas elegant addressing the shortcomings of obamacare. As our as compromising goes far as customizing goes, as compromising goes, he is either going to die trying or win. Everyone should hang on and prepare. Chandra is up next from leesburg. Last i agree the agree with the last caller. Was there are two issues that concern me. People are spreading this lie are Government Employees exempt from obamacare, that obama has exempt them. That in fact is not true. Cruz is so eloquent peopele believe it. They have been kicked on the Exchange Just like everyone else. Senator grassley try to get it to the government. That is why they were looking to some of the employees some of the employees were looking to leaving. Talk to your member of congress about this issue . What are you telling them in terms of what they should do and terms of the next five days what they should do open a days . Do over the next five days . Caller i find the truth to be brought out. Talking point should not be repeated. Host on twitter if you want to watch senator ted cruz and his allies in the senate floor, that is over on c span2. Politico notes in a piece from senator tedout cruzs remarks we are taking you through a wrapup of how his talka thon is being perceived. With the should note president is doing on this issue of the Affordable Care act. On tuesday president obama talk with former president bill clinton about his Public Relations campaign on the healthcare story. This is from the Washington Post we are taking your calls and comments this morning. Mary is up next from charleston, South Carolina on our democrat line. As you look at this fight on capitol hill, are you asking your member to stick to his or her beliefs or to compromise . Caller i think it is very embarrassing. We all know it is not about obamacare, it is all about obama. They do not care anything about health care. They just want to keep fighting obama. The president hink needs more to compromise with some of his critics on capitol hill . I think we lost her. We will go to al from wisconsin on our independent line. Good morning. I am struck by host we will move on to diane from greenville, texas. Good morning. Theer i am disappointed by editorials and the newspaper articles and those in the so called media who are slamming senator ted cruz and who have hisably not watched much of filibuster, for lack of a better word. Itave watched every hour of since 1 40 yesterday afternoon. He has been brilliant, has been absolutely eloquent, just educational. Just to correct the caller from virginia earlier, he hasnt said that federal employees are exempt. He said the congressional employees, both in congress and their staff, are exempted from it. He has named all of those that have been exempted from it. He has explained so much about it. Brilliant. Do not give him short shrift. Those who are accusing him of doing this for political or dramaticreasons or reasons, they dont understand. He really is trying to get them to listen in d. C. Over 16 hours, a lot lot of time to fill on the senate floor. One of the things senator ted cruz did last night during his speech on defunding obamacare was take the time to read a bedtime story to his two dollars two daughters, who are watching back home from texas. [video clip] that sam i am, semiam, i do not like that sam i am. Ham . U like green eggs and i do not like them. Would you like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. I do not like reading eggs and ham, i do not like them and green eggs and ham, i do not like them, sam i am. House, ilike them in a do not like them with a mouse, i do not like them anywhere. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them semiam. Am. Not like them sam i would you eat them in a box, with a fox . I would not eat them here or there, i would not eat them anywhere, i would not eat green eggs and ham, i would not eat them sam i am. Host that is him reading a bedtime story to his daughters, you can see a picture there of them watching their father last night. He read the dr. Seuss classic as a bedtime story as part of a thon than 16 bhour talka on the senate floor. We are getting your thoughts and comments as we move five days away from a possible Government Shutdown. Carlisles from pennsylvania. Good morning. Caller thank you for taking my call. The reason i am calling is i want to know where the alternative is. That we havere today cannot be sustained. Both sides of the aisle agree to that. The democrats have come up with a plan, the Affordable Care act, better known as obamacare. Where is the republican plan . If you are going to do away with something, i want to see what youre going to put in place up. I have not seen that. The republicans have to come up with a plan to replace it with. You cannot do away with having no plan. Quit trying to do away with something if you dont have a plan to replace it with. A few tweets that have come in on the subject. Lay low rights and layla writes in one other tweet, this from we will stay on the subject for the next 15 minutes. We want to show you other headlines, stories from around the country. Theis the front page of Financial Times today we will play you a bit of president obama appearing in that speech yesterday. [video clip] the danger of the world is not an america that is too eager to emerge itself from the affairs of other countries or to take on every problem in the region as its own. The world is that the United States, after a decade of war, is rightly concerned about issues back home and aware of the hostilities that ever engagement has engendered throughout the muslim world may disengage. Creating a vacuum of leadership that no other nations is leading itself. I believe such engagement would be a mistake. I believe america must remain our own security but i believe the world is better for it. Some may disagree. But i believe america is exceptional. A part because we have shown willingness to the sacrifice of blood and treasure to stand up not only for our own narrow selfinterest but for the interest of all. Honest, we are far more likely to invest our energy in those countries that want to work with us, that invest in their people instead of a corrupt few. That was president obama talking about iran and this most recent effort. The Financial Times has noted plenty of reaction to the president s remarks about engagement with iran. Some views in usa today the headline is some reaction from around the world. Today as whe usa ell opposing the engagement effort among that story in usa today. We are talking about this issue of senator ted cruzs all n ight talkathon. Your views onr whether member should stick to their beliefs are compromise on this issue. Have you talk to your member of congress . What had he said to them . Frame it is up next from massachusetts on our independent line. I just think it is ludicrous. I do not know why he is doing this. Ive voted republican and democrat at certain times. This is not going to go anywhere. It is just a complete waste of time. Lets work on things that are really got that have really got to be done. There are a lot of things that have to be done, that is not going anywhere. Why waste the senate time . That is all i have to say. Host raymond from massachusetts. , written equals bliss in on twitter here is one of the lead editorials today on the Washington Post close quote editorials today from the Washington Post we will go to our republicans line. Joe is in hanover, pennsylvania. Good morning. I just wanted to call to say that i think ted cruz is a true patriot and is trying to do the right thing. I believe he is trying to get the American People give the American People a heads up. Hes not getting the benefit of a doubt. That is all i want to say. Host glenn is up next on our democrats line from tennis from tennessee. My comment is about the media and Republican Party as a whole. I feel the Republican Party should be investigated for racism. Host lets stick to this current battle on the floor of the house. Cture ofhowing a pi senator ted cruz, his effort to talk about obamacare. Do you think theres any room for members to compromise . Caller yes, they should be compromising. Turn off thehould tv or where theyre getting their information. This man is reading to his kids. That is not the place for it. Want if you headlines we to make you aware of, some electoral news from last night via politico one other story we want to point you to in this ongoing fiscal ,ebate and looming deadline this is from the wall street journal about time for a few more of your calls on the subject of your message to congress. Bob is from el dorado, kansas on our independent line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Costseve that health care do need to be controlled. It, this should have originated when obamacare came up, this should have been debated and all of these issues brought up. Bill, we have to pass it before we can see what is in it. Host is there room for members to copper mines or have they position themselves unable to compromise . They are playin