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The language of the president s request for authorization, which they see as unclear and too broad. And has been the case of late. This white house talking about what the president wont be doing instead of what he will. The resolution weve submitted today does not call for the deployment of u. S. Ground combat forces to iraq or syria. As ive said before, im convinced that the United States should not get dragged back into another prolonged ground war in the middle east. Thats not in our National Security interests and its not necessary for us to defeat isil. It is not a timetable, it is not announcing that the mission is completed at any given period. What it is saying is that congress should revisit the issue at the beginning of the next president s term. So should Congress Grant the president his authorization . Righ ....
See how that works . Morning joe, Chuck Schumer was unimpressed. They are compromise because they are not eliminating it but delaying. Were compromising, instead of chopping off one arm, well chop off both arms. Arent we great. All eyes on Speaker Boehner. In two hours they will reconvene, once again strip out obama care language and send boehner another clean spending bill. The man with the greatest power to avoid a Government Shutdown by putting a clean cr on the floor and letting it pass also has the most to lose by doing so. This morning the beleaguered speaker took to the floor to urge the senate to pass the house bill. The American People are worried about their job. They are worried about their incomes rising because they are all under pressure. Worried ....
Unanimous requests. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection, so ordered. n mr. Cruz so the first unanimous consent request i would promulgate, mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h. J. Res. 72, making continuing appropriations for Veterans Benefits for the fiscal year 2014, which was received from the house. I ask further consent that the measure be read three times and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer is there objection . Mrs. Murray mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray mr. President , as the presiding officer knows and our colleagues know, i have spoken often of my own father who was a world war ii veteran who spent most of his life in a wheelchair, earned a purple heart. I know the sacrifices that our veterans make. As chair of t ....
Like, senator . R d, were in the process of producing a chart book of federal investments and some of the private sector investments as well. In terms of development, there is often a great deal and growth in private Sector Development but in the more basic forms of research. That is the sort of output for the economy that the private sector will tend not to do enough of. That is really a responsibility for the federal government to support that sort of basic research. Ill run through the list of those of you who know will know. Thank you, mr. Chairman. In listening you to, it really is striking to me we have a short term challenge that is different than long term in some ways. And the good news is weve actually begun to tackle long term and have been put in place the yearly deficit coming down by half. Good news. You talk about growing the economy and being smart not reckless in what were doing. When we look at that, it seems ....
A live check of all the mornings top stories. Thanks, sam. Good morning, everyone, happy new year. Im linsey davis. Breaking news overnight from capital hill. Working into the wee hours of the morning lawmakers in the senate have reached an agreement to reverse the fiscal cliff. Abcs Jonathan Karl reports on the details from washington. Reporter at long last, they finally have a deal. Late last night, Vice President biden went to capitol hill to convince Senate Democrats to pass it. I think well get a very good vote tonight, but happy new year. Reporter after a quick debate, the senate even passed it. The bill as amended is passed. Reporter now the big question, can it pass in the house . Technically everybodys taxes have already gone up. The tax cuts have expired. But if the bill can pass in the house in the next day o ....