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Bills. And we can also discuss our did i it lenses. I think differences. I think that most americans believe, as do we, neither side everything. And there is room for us too have aate and conversation. But this position is being taken by the majority leader in the senate as well as president that there will be no negotiations is not something that i think the American People would want. Certainly we should be talking. Last question. Support giving back pay to the federal workers out of the job because of the shutdown . Realize that there is a lot of pain in this shutdown. All of us have furlou...

See countries in the gulf in the middle east aligning with israel in a way that we have never seen before. And shouldnt we listen . Shouldnt we listen to the Prime Minister of israel thats the first target of iran, the country that the iranians said and have not renounced their commitment to quote wiping off the map . You think that maybe relations between ourselves and israel are at the lowest ebb . Do you think it is an accident when now saudis and leaders of other countries are outspoken in their derision of the United States lack of leadership in the middle east . Isnt it interesting final...

I wanted to follow on the question, just to clarify, is the president negotiating on whether or not to reopen the government and raise the debt limit . Our position has been no ransom for reopening the government or congress responsibility. Is he not negotiating . The president has had it depends on what you mean by negotiate. He has been having conversations with lawmakers. What he has firmly made clear again and again is give the tea party its ideological agenda wish list in exchange for Congress Opening the government or congress raising the debt ceiling so the United States doesnt default....

Of the majority, before we do something that cannot easily be undone and we have now done it before we discard the uniqueness of this great institution, let us use the current rules and precedents of the senate to end the abuse of the filibuster. Surely we owe that much to this great and unique institution. There was a conversation, which was a formal conversation, between the majority and the Republican Leaders just last january, and heres what the majority leader said. In addition to the standing order, which is what we had adopted, i will enforce existing rules to make the senate operate mo...

Vigorously prosecute offenders and hold commanders accountable for establishing zero tolerance policies. Policies. Mr. President , to say that general caseys response was disappointing, would be an understatement. I am convinced that if the military had heeded the concerns that i and others like senator mikulski raised back then, a decade ago, this terrible problem would have been addressed much sooner, saving many individuals from the trauma, the pain and the injustice that they endured. Back then, sadly, the attitude of the high ranking officials who were testifying at that 2004 hearing was ...