tax break provision for business owners making more than $250,000 a year. that measure fell nine votes short of moving forward. republicans, meanwhile, suggested they eliminating part of the president's health care law. just 34 senators supported that idea. president obama has repeatedly hammered republicans on this issue. he did that during a series of appearances at college campuses last month prompting house speaker john boehner to accuse the white house of politicizing something that has bipartisan support in keeping those interest rates low. with the senate in recess next week for memorial day, time to find a compromise is running short. again, that date is july the 1st. now to some business news. it's been one week now since facebook rolled out its highly anticipated ipo. its market debut started with a technical glitch at nasdaq and things haven't gotten much better from there. shares of the company remain nearly 13% below the $38 offering price of a week ago. despite closing up the past two sessions. lawsuits continue to pile up