i m investing in my dog s h[soft dramatic music] [clock ticking] - but because the draconian budget cuts and punitive measures in the 2011 session are creating obstacles - senator nichols, for what purpose do you rise? - call a question of point of order on rule 4.03. - my republican colleagues had been strategizing. they knew that in the senate rules, if they could find three strikes, they could call the filibuster to an end. and they were going to find those three strikes, no matter what. it was very clear they had been assigned to take turns watching me. i could tell, as i was talking, which senator s hour
aarp medicare advantage plans, only from unitedhealthcare. [soft dramatic music] [clock ticking] - but because the draconian budget cuts and punitive measures in the 2011 session are creating obstacles - senator nichols, for what purpose do you rise? - call a question of point of order on rule 4.03. - my republican colleagues had been strategizing. they knew that in the senate rules, if they could find three strikes, they could call the filibuster to an end. and they were going to find those three strikes, no matter what. it was very clear they had been assigned to take turns watching me. i could tell, as i was talking, which senator s hour
or 30 minutes that it was, because i was being watched like a hawk. and i was just having to work so hard mentally to make sure that i was staying on track. planned parenthood will have a tough time getting state funds. - senator nichols, for what purpose do you rise? - mr. president, under rule 4.03, is the budget germane to this bill? - no. - for something to be germane to a bill, it has to contribute to the argument about that bill. it can t be completely off topic. mr. president, may i please argue my point with regard to its germaneness, and if you rule that it s not, i m happy to move on to something else? in 2011, over 70 family planning, contraceptive, and well women care clinics closed because the legislature made a decision to remove funding
[soft dramatic music] [clock ticking] - but because the draconian budget cuts and punitive measures in the 2011 session are creating obstacles - senator nichols, for what purpose do you rise? - call a question of point of order on rule 4.03. - my republican colleagues had been strategizing. they knew that in the senate rules, if they could find three strikes, they could call the filibuster to an end. and they were going to find those three strikes, no matter what. it was very clear they had been assigned to take turns watching me. i could tell, as i was talking, which senator s hour
or 30 minutes that it was, because i was being watched like a hawk. and i was just having to work so hard mentally to make sure that i was staying on track. planned parenthood will have a tough time getting state funds. - senator nichols, for what purpose do you rise? - mr. president, under rule 4.03, is the budget germane to this bill? - no. - for something to be germane to a bill, it has to contribute to the argument about that bill. it can t be completely off topic. mr. president, may i please argue my point with regard to its germaneness, and if you rule that it s not, i m happy to move on to something else? in 2011, over 70 family planning, contraceptive, and well women care clinics closed because the legislature made a decision to remove funding in order to hurt planned parenthood.