Call. Republicans you can weigh in on social media. Or send us an email. Here is one of the many stories this saturday morning as the Senate Remains in limbo here. Nomineesll from the are at issue as senators try to wrap up the 113th congress. The story comes from alex. Alex all us from folsom. Caller harry reid wants to move a batch of 20 nominees. He has been saying for weeks now that these nominees will get done in the lameduck and republicans dont want to provide any expedited consideration. The democrats have the votes because they changed the precedent one year ago. They only need a simple majority to get these guys past and they havent but republicans are not cooperating. They are not giving back anytime. We are going to have a votes throughout the day today. Perhaps as many as 40 procedural votes. Its justally pettiness. This is something that these nominees will pass anyway. Reid said he would vote on them but republicans dont want to speed it up. We will be voting throughout the day starting at noon and possibly going until 1 00 a. M. Sunday morning when the senate will take up the spending bill. Host talk to us about the spending bill itself. But that legislation is still problematic . On the democratic side of the aisle, what lawmakers dont like is this provision that would soften the 2010 dodd frank wall street reform bill. Eliminate, get rid of the prohibition on fdic from trading risky derivatives. Elizabeth warren has been leading the charge on that. She says by allowing governmentbacked banks to trade these risky derivatives, which Warren Buffett called the weapons of mass destruction, you put taxpayers on the hook for future bailouts. She is pushing an amendment to strip that provision and has cosponsored it with david bitter. Apparently wont get it appeared on the republican side, Jeff Sessions of alabama and ted cruz ng to theare objectiv president s executive order. They say this bill should defund that executive action. Theyre pushing an amendment that would do that. That is not going to get a vote either. It provides a great opportunity for democrats and republicans to make their points loudly. It would probably get more attention of the Government Shutdown were imminent. I dont think thats going to happen. Itemsother legislative option out there. What are they . Caller in addition to the on the best, you have a package of tax extenders. This would extend a variety of expired tax provisions. That is fairly noncontroversial. A oneyear extension. Ron white, the chairman of the finance can we try to get a twoyear extension. He will make those tech specs permanent. That did not go anywhere. We will get a oneyear extension for a variety of tax breaks. That is certainly going to be approved whenever it comes to the floor. In addition, we are more obligated, the terrace Risk Insurance act. 2010 doddoftening the frank reform bill. They say the extension will not go anywhere. Theyre looking to amend it and pass it before your path and. Years and. End. Host anything else we should be looking for today or tomorrow . Things the of the Senate DemocraticLeaders Office was highlighting is this split between ted cruz and mitch mcconnell. The democrats thought they would get a deal to postpone this work until monday and they thought mcconnell was on board with it. , sothen ted cruz objected cruz is saying forcing the senators to vote throughout the weekend. Interesting to watch what he says on the floor very carefully as he pushes for a vote on a constitutional point of order objecting to obamas order on deportations. How many shots will he take at his own partys leadership for not fighting harder against what he calls amnesty . Host thank you for the insight. We appreciate your time. Caller thanks for having me. Host you can watch the senate live today on cspan2. We are taking your calls this morning on this spending agreement and the senate in general. Before we get to your calls and comments, we want to show you a bit of the dialogue, a bit of the drama from the floor yesterday. Mike lee came up and on his mind with the immigration issue. Senator read wanted to send folks of what the weekend and come back and start a new on the monday. [video clip] a postcloture to make remain on the motion to concur. Is there an objection . Senator cruz. Reserving the right to havet, the American People great concerns with the president s decision to take action unilaterally with regard to executive amnesty. This is an action that is rather unprecedented and rather unsupported by the law. It is an issue of concern to a great many people. Right now, we are being asked to punt our activity until monday at 5 00 p. M. To dot see any reason this. I dont see any reason why the United States senate should operations while the American People are waiting for us to act. I dont see any reason why we should wait until monday at 5 00 p. M. I certainly dont see any reason why we should agree to move forward then and not have any assurance we would have at least have an opportunity to vote on an amendment that would impose a spending limitation of the president s ability to implement his executive amnesty action. Would respectfully request if the majority leader would modify his request to assure us that we would receive a vote on a spending limitation amendment that we could have in connection with the cr omnibus when we reconvene. Im unable to do that. Host this current schedule was put into place by the majority leader. Meeting at new today, possibly up to 40 procedural votes involving nominees. Immigration issues, dodd frank issues, the point when 1 trillion bill, tax extenders the 1. 1 trillion bill, tax extenders. New jersey. Democrats line. Caller i just wanted to alert the citizenry of some of the Dangerous Things in this bill. Husbandne, to me, my was a Union Sheet Metal worker. I understand there is a pension cut back. Trustees of the multi employer plans make cuts s provisions and their Pension Plans come up to 60 . That is very bad. If you go to the other publications like the christian science, less money to fight climate change. Why are we going backwards and fighting is putting more money the irs funding being cut. A lot say the irs is a bad agency. It is to cut down on the fraud. I pay my taxes, honestly. Sometimes, it does hurt. It needs to be done to run our country. , it cuts downanks on the dodd frank act. There is a lot more in this bill that we needed to look at before it is so hastily and sneakily passed. Host thank you very much. One of the other headlines today, Senate Funding measure hits delays. The house passed a few more days of temporary funding. Yet yet as for the senate to do the same thing today. As of right now, the government went out of monday at midnight tonight. Kathleen in chicago. Democratic caller. Caller im sick of hearing what g these republicans saying what americans want. I think god for the republicans this morning. I hope and pray that these republicans stick it to the s and independents and democrats that crossover. They told us they were going to do this. Holetold us the campaign. It is sad that the people who voted democrat and try to keep these programs that we have paid for like Social Security and pensions we have to sever along with you. Stick it to them. Have a good day. This time, if the bill upon thepass, its dems backs. It is fitting for congress right as one of the least productive in modern history, a chaotic and the session filled with bitter. Artisanship michael in lancaster, california. Pelican. Republican. Caller good morning. Im from the longterm caregivers union. September, they signed up 327,209 getting access to Quality Health care through the Affordable Care act because they cant get it because they are undocumented. We are footing the bill for all this. This union is a fraud. It is rapid here. I can get a job because i can speak spanish. It. Had host back to the issue of , a bit of insight from roll call this morning. A senior Senate Democratic aide said democrats wanted to confirm 20 nominees before adjourning for the year. Republicans oppose murphy because they believe he is unqualified and the nra opposes reporting than control policies. Policies. Trol the list also includes some investors and nine judges. On friday, senator grassley who will be the judiciary chairman said he opposed letting judges getting confirmed were nominated after the election. Julie from california. Caller good morning. Byirst want to start out talking about a comment by the gentleman about immigrants coming to america to make money. I was in construction most of my life. Even though they dont have Social Security cards, they pay taxes and by our goods and shop our stores. Its not like they are just taking. Of what we are talking about here, i think both haverats and republicans been on a spending spree for quite some time. It is a matter of how they want to spend it. Wouldstance, republicans like to probably doubled the military Industrial Complex while the democrats would rather take care of the people of the United States. I want to thank cspan. I think its the only its the best newscast there is because you hear it from the horses mouth. Thanks again. Host kevin from iowa. Democratic line. Say, the just want to lady from california is right. Last night, i was listening to ted cruz and Jeff Sessions blaming obama for this and stuff like that. You never hear the republicans and say anything about the big banks getting a freeforall again. We did that in 2008. Now, were doing it again. Now, they basically get the freeforall to do whatever they relaxed and do moneyer so they can lose and taxpayers can build them out. Bail that out. Why should we do it again . The executives who make the mistakes with big bonuses calling,nk you for kevin. The numbers are on the bottom of your screen. At twitter, linda writes she is talking about the headline related to this topic in the New York Times. Wall street wins a round in this dodd frank fight. When they sense opportunity, they pursue it with a sharklike intensity. Elizabeth warren who had a strong voice on this topic has made several trips to the floor in recent days. The democrat from massachusetts spoke yesterday. [video clip] a dangerous provision was slipped and we must pass funding bill at the last minute to solely benefit wall street. Prohibition against federal government bailouts of swaps entities. On wednesday, i came to the floor to talk to democrats come asking them to strip this provision. On thursday, i came to the floor to talk to republicans. Republicans and say they dont want bailouts, either. I asked them to vote the way they talk. If they want bailouts, they can take out this provision that puts taxpayers right back on the hook for bailing out big banks. Today, im coming to the floor not to talk about democrats or republicans, but to talk about a third group that also wields tremendous power in washington. Citigroup. In recent years, many wall street institutions have exerted extraordinary influence in washington. Citigroup has risen above the others. Its grip over economic policymaking and the executive branch is unprecedented. Host Elizabeth Warren from yesterday. Washington post has this editorial. Push out, push back. Jeffrey from michigan. Democratic line. Caller good morning. Thank you for letting me get on cspan. I want to make three comments. This spending bill all the ,aste and corruption going on thats the first priority. I want to say to some as long asans he says he did some kind of deal i told youns about this man. He turned his back on you protesting against police brutality. Host moving on to andy in any abou indianapolis. Caller my son work at Goldman Sachs in 2008 when they went through that whole crisis. He signed off on a lot of those credit default swaps and derivatives because he knew they were backed up by the government. We are going right back to the same thing again. Host the New York Times has a little chart here on page a10, talking about berries issues involved in the legislation. Doddpoint out. Frank. Ampaign finance several callers talking about pensions. We had a pension related guest on yesterday. There is an epa provision that cuts funds for the epa prohibiting the agency from regulating the lead content of ammunition for fishing tackle. One more point about health. 5. 4 billion dollars to fight ebola in the u. S. And abroad. The Affordable Care act largely intact. We are a lot about what is inside this 1 trillion piece of legislation. On the line from a, virginia. Independent. Manassas, virginia. The amount of control of the banks for using their riches , this is the reason why the Financial System came down in 2008 and almost brought this country to its knees. I dont think it will back away from it im so disappointed. I wish he had a backbone to stand up. Giving in to been republicans. He gives in and gives in and still gives in. Im so disappointed. Ofpplaud senator warren massachusetts for standing up the way she did. I really applaud her effort. Go on, senator warren. Host lets hear from gail from irvington, new jersey. What do you think about all this in washington . Caller i agree with what the callers have said about the amendments. What i dont understand is there were over 100 amendments. Why could they have not just and give themhem back some from the beginning and focus on the appropriations bill itself . There is a lot of stuff in the bill we are not aware of. Times, it is of wasted. This is my first time watching the political process. Thisly not that much would be way better. Were not talking about give and take. About comingmore together where possible. You said this is the first time you are watching the political process. What got you in front of the tv or papers this time . Thingsat got me bad in the area i live. A lot of where things were happening. People seemed to be upset and fearful. Things like that. I just wondered what was going on so i started watching the tv news programs every day. Host thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. To the Elizabeth Warren piece we just showed, here is jody at twitter following senator warrens remarks, Lindsey Graham came to the floor as well to respond a bit. [video clip] we will address the executive amnesty action and the response next year. We will not deny our troops the money they need to fight the wars they fight. He will not deny those working the money they need to protect us all. We will not deny the Infrastructure Improvements that have been long overdue. Colleagues,atic welcome to my world. Tempting to go the road of least resistance, but you will regret it. It hurt our party. It will hurt yours. If you do whats best for the country, over time, it will work out for you. To my colleagues on this side cover remember last year . Did we learn anything . I hope so. I will make a prediction. The voices on my site that Saint Bernard out and blow it up and start all over again burn it down and blow it up and start all over again because they are mad about executive amnesty. The voices from this side saying because weve done something for wall street that we should not have done, most of us will put this in context. Most of us will understand there are things in this bill we dont like, but we have an overriding duty to our country to govern. Host Lindsey Graham from last night. The senate back in at noon eastern time today you can watch it live on cspan2. Votes. See up to 40 once the time expires, it could be as late as midnight or 1 00 in the morning. Gabriel from california. Independent. I am an american citizen. Im very grateful that we have had the show presented this evening. Thatt to thank the essence had got a good message to the world. I dont want to take up too much time here. I want to say maybe we can look into state prisons in california , maybe florida, federal prisons. There are some in his people in all kinds of prisons. Ive dont know they will get to the world prison in england. Something be probably that im confused on. Nonetheless, i wanted to say thank you for hearing my voice, america. Usa. Host david on the line for michigan. Democratic caller in michigan. What do you think about the lack of agreement on this spending bill . Im curious about the Republican Party being against annexed a burden on the American Public through taxes, but it when it comes to billing out the banks, they have no problem making us carry that loaded for their bad decisions. When grandma first but that legislation through to get rid of the glasssteagall act, the banks did all they did to cause all the problems we had. Then we tried to put some restraints on them again. I dont see how the American People have been learned that this is going to take us down the same road we just are now getting out of. It strikes such hypocrisy that the republicans will go with this. Lets keep up with their idea of not putting the burden on American Public. Elizabeth warren is right on with that. That is my comment. Host from michigan to kentucky. Ronnie from gilbert spell. Caller i enjoy cspan very much. I just want to say that those we have in congress are millionaires and billionaires and they are going to vote in a manner in which they can have money coming in from when they run for reelection. They are all hypocrites. We the American People put them in office, all of them. They were bragging about taking over the senate, but it could be reversed. Mr. Grandpas speech last night mr. Grahams speech last night, whatever, and they want stopke it is time to big money in washington, d. C. It needs to stop. Thank you. Host we will do this for 10 more minutes and then al sharpton will join us. They are holding a major rally today in w