actually, it s león. ooh la la! one bank for now. for later. for life. chase. make more of what s yours. one bank for now. for later. for life. [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,
fu funds and doing away with expiration of vouchers. and gas prices are dropping now for hormore than 50 consecue days. aaa says current national average is $4.03 a gallon and experts believe prices could dip below the $4 mark this week. here is more from matt egan. reporter: this is a big deal i think psychologically but himself practically as people are dealing with high prices at the super market and pretty much everywhere. not all the reasons are good. recession fears have driven down oil prices, that will drive gas down. also turns out $5 gas, that was a breaking point, people started driving less. meanwhile inflation is also causing shoppers to pass on pricey cuts of beef in favor of cheaper chicken. tyson foods says there is a surge of demand of poultry as
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now at an average of $4.03 a gallon, nearing that $4 a gallon mark for the first time in months. and down from a peak of $5.02 in june. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans is with us now. more than 55 days of gas prices dropping in fact. will this continue? half the states are below $4 a gallon. i think you ll see that $4 national average in the next day or two. look, $4.03 a gallon down from $4.70 a month ago, but still above where it was a year ago. but well off that peak of $5. i think what it shows you consumers started to change behavior at $5 a gallon. you heard me say this, high prices cure high prices. people finding the way to use less gas. people finding a way to use the car in their driveway that s more fuel efficient. not the big suv. less demand for gas prices so we ll see gas prices come down