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One of the rules that i was thinking about is that whoever is in the Minority Party, they be given three opportunities in one year, every year you get three opportunities, the minority speaker can bring a bill before the floor. Because with the tea party and all of the other people who are moving this ship, they are closing the government down. I believe if the minority speaker would be given like three opportunities to bring a bill before the floor, i think this could stop some of this gridlock. Guest they do actually have that power today to allow that. I know as democrats weve tried to make that happen procedurally and its been moved out of order. There has been may be seven or eight opportunities for republicans to put that in order and to allow the clean continuing resolution to come to the floor to reopen government. I think its the right thing to do. When i think about whats happening not just in my district but around the ....
Doesnt appear an end is in sight but the no, maam ominous deadline has to do with the debt ceiling. Without action by congress it means the government couldnt borrow money to pay bills like Social Security or even interest on the debt. Defense secretary chuck hagel ordered most of the civilian pentagon staff back to work today. The catch no actual paycheck until the government is reopened. When that happens, its anybodys guess with neither side budging today. There is not a subject that i am not willing to en gauge in, work on, negotiate, and come up with common sense compromises on. We are not going to negotiate under the threat of a prolonged shutdown. Now the American People expect when their leaders have differences and we are in a time of crisis that well sit down and at least have a conversation. Really, mr. President. Its time to have that conversation. Reporter but ....
This is about family values, family reunification. This is about Border Security and most of all this is basic american justice. Reporter abc news, washington. An update from the investigation of the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco in july. The airline and the flights pilots are suggesting a malfunctioning device that controls the planes speed could be a factor in the crash. That device is called the auto throttle. The airlines reps told investigators it may have disengaged on its own which would have forced the plane down prematurely. Carrie kennedy is in new york as a judge is set to seat a jury for her trial. Kennedy was arrested after swerving her car in to a semi truck. The blood test found there was a sleeping drug. Kennedy said she took it accidentally instead of her thyroid medication. A woman called the ....
What is that . Rain. You happy to see it . Yeah. The close call on capitol hill. 911. Tree limb into car. The final score, tree 1, car 0. Driver and passenger, they escape injury. All of a sudden i saw a cloud of leaves, and so im like a tree that fell so. Im putting on my brakes and its nowhere for me to move. To maneuver around it. It fell on top of us. Reporter virginia rain. It usually starts there and then well, comes our way. This is what it was like on i66. Today we got rain. Thats interesting. We did. We did get rain. We desperately needed the rain. Reporter maryland rain and Prince Georges County. Now it didnt affect emergency calls or emergency responses, but some of the bosses, they ended up reading reports by flashlight. Rain, rain, rain. It was a wash down, cool down, that we really needed. Rain is good for . For plants and us and the country. And farmers. Farmers. You know a farmer . I dont. Neither do i. Its ....