should be operating in the united states of america. the vice president mike pence today also had to break a 47-47 tie on the measure to debate this bill in the senate and spending bills are extremely complex. both mike pence and the majority leader laughed at just how technical this process has become. when an agreement is reached, it will receive a vote here on the senate floor. i moved to concur on the house amendment to the senate amendment on the house amendment to the senate amendment to hr 695. [laughter] the motion is pending. after that, a lot of lawmakers headed home, some others who remain in town told me they are definitely going home for christmas, if there is not a speedy solution in the next couple of hours, this could drag on a while.
gesture, but it s not the way we should be operating in the united states of america. the vice president mike pence today also had to break a 47-47 tie on the measure to debate this bill in the senate and spending bills are extremely complex. both mike pence and the majority leader laughed at just how technical this process has become. when an agreement is reached, it will receive a vote here on the senate floor. i moved to concur on the house amendment to the senate amendment on the house amendment to the senate amendment to hr 695. [laughter] the motion is pending. after that, a lot of lawmakers headed home, some others who remain in town told me they are definitely going home for christmas, if there is not a speedy solution in the
operate in the united states of america. mike pence had a 47-47 tire measure to debate the spending bill, spending bills are extremely complex, majority leader mcconnell laughed at how technical this process has become. colleagues when an agreement is reached will receive a vote here on the senate floor. i moved to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment to hr 695. the motion is pending. a lot of lawmakers headed home. others remained in town, told me they are definitely going home for christmas, if there is not a speedy solution in the next couple hours, then this could drag on a wild.
remember this back in january? all because the democrats are unwilling to support common sense measures to address it. let s advance this legislation, mr. president. let s pass it and let s finish our work for this year. let s secure our country. mr. president, i ask the chair before the senate of the house message to a company hr 695 and ask for the yeahs and nays. there appears to be a sufficient second. clark will call the role. you heard the majority leader mitch mcconnell saying he thinks the democrats should vote for this. they are bringing up the house-passed bill yesterday. the senate passed to keep the government open with no funding. the house passed it up and added $5 billion of border wall funding hoping it will get
amendment to the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment to hr-695. the motion is pending. mr. president. the democratic leader. as we said to president trump a week ago, his wall does not have 60 votes here in the senate, let alone 50 votes. that much is now clear. democrats have offered three proposals to keep the government open, including a proposal offered by leader mcconnell that passed the senate unanimously only a few days ago. we are willing to continue discussions on those proposals with the leader, the president, the speaker of the house and the leader of the house. all five are necessary to get something done. yield the floor. mr. president. senator from tennessee is