we ve got the jokes and also the audience numbers in the sideshow. let s start with senator jim bunning who continues his stand against the government borrowing another $10 billion for the latest spending bill. jack conway is kentucky s attorney general and democratic senator well, a candidate senator to replace bunning. let s look at what happened today. here s the senate today where susan collins of maine tried to get past bunning s blocking. let s watch what followed. and by the reaction from harry reid and bunning himself. let s watch it all. it is getting a bit theatrical in the senate. on my own behalf, and on behalf of numerous members of the republican caucus, who have expressed concerns to me, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to be in immediate consideration of the hr-4691.
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request. i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of hr 4691, that the amendment at the desk which offers a full offset be agreed to. the bill be amended as read for a third time in past and the motion to reconsideration be laid upon the table. is there objection? mad am president. the majority leader. reserving the right to object. mad am president, i m sorry that my friend from kentucky has made this so personal because it really shouldn t be the case. but let me just review history a little bit. the senator from kentucky talks about a bill we voted on and passed last week as being very
about to do that on the bill currently before us. which we call the large job bill. he soon will invoke cloture to cut off debate. he normally doesn t even allow amendments. he will file cloture, fill the tree, by filling the tree, that means the amendment tree, which allows the republicans no alternative but to vote for cloture or not cloture and then, unfortunately we have 30 hours of debate immediately following cloture. i m going to propose one more time, my unanimous consent request. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of hr 4691.
chocolate factory. there s no magical market factory. ten will be invited to three three friends on the trip around the world. that s sweet. especially because i made it. we made it. that brings us down to the wire. it is time for today s schuster showdown. senator jim bunning s refusal to back down when it comes to extending unemployment benefits and funding for federal highway projects. bunning said phones are ringing off the hook with people who support his stand and those that don t. today on the floor of the senate, bunning had to defend his position. this time against some in his own party. i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to immediate consideration of the hr 4691. long lines of people are out of work is not an emergency. that s what he believes. i believe that they are. i think it is terribly
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