Mr. Franken madam president . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Mr. Franken i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken madam president , i have eight unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. I ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Frank enmr. Franken madam , im just going to come out and say it. Citizens united was one of the worst decisions in the history of the Supreme Court. It was a disaster, a radical exercise of procorporate judicial activism. It was seriously flawed, both legally and factually. Legally, the court trampled its own precedence. Cases like austin v. Michigan chamber of commerce and mcconnell v. Federal elections commission, which had been on the books for years and stood for the o
Government or state than have ever come to a conference or state, so we were asking a lot of newport, but the local police and all those involved responded magnificencely. Here, here. [inaudible] my right honorable friend agrees a response to isil has to be global with the ambition of securing peace in the long term, and the response has also to include religious leaders because its not to exaggerate the facts to say the traditional Christian Communities of the levant are more threatened with extinction now than at any time in other a thousand years . I think my right honorable friend is shrill right to talk about the threats to minority commitments including Christian Communities in this area, and we should be standing up for them. Hes also right to draw attention to the role of religious leaders and religious communities, and i think its been heartening to see how many muslim and islamic leaders have come out and condemned isil and said that these people are not in any way acting in
We do have historically a policy not to pay ransoms when there are terrorist kidnaps involved. I made that point at the nato dinner and pleaded with other countries to do the same thing. No one should interrupt that as us not doing everything we can to help the family and the hostage themselves. Mr. Speaker, would my right honorable friend accept to me that the country would be delighted to see a nato restored and vigorous after the summit . What the Prime Minister tell what assistance specifically he is looking for from the sunni gulf states which assume the coalition will find it hard going. What was instrument is it was one of resolution and unity and purpose. There were none of the sort of debates that you might have had on previous discussions about iraq. There was real unity about what needed to be done. Part of that unity was not just the Iraqi Government but the support and active support going to be needed by the regional players, in particular sunni countries that not only ca
Enrolling in the program as a result. A question about the physician spending projections. You mention that your projections included the 21 i think reduction thats coming april 1st. Actually, no. Im sorry. Ill let you finish. I just wanted to clarify. Sure. The 21 reduction is in current law and thats under the Sustainable Growth rate formula. But what our projections our projections are consistent with the projected baseline scenario in the Medicare Trustees report. And in that, payment rates are expected to grow at 0 for 2015, then. 6 through the remainder of the projection period, per year, on average. These projections do not include the cut under the Sustainable Growth rate formula. In terms of the couple times it came up, the increase in highcost specially drugs and a specific mention of the hepatitis treatments that are out there. Does this analysis include any offsetting factors for someone getting cured of hepatitis and therefore not having ongoing costs in the future as a re
Angry about this money and the millions that the coke brothers are spending through many different venues. If youre just tuning in or listening on cspan radio, our focus, the mid term elections less than 60 days before voters go to the polls and early voting in many parts of the country. Ac from missouri. Good morning. Go ahead. Caller ive always considered myself a democrat. Ok. Im 56 years old. And a taxpayer. From a single mans point of view, missouri ive been clearly, cleared for medicaid. But missouri being having opted having medicaid come through. Since im legally by medicaid i am not eligible for obamacare. As a u. S. Tax citizens, as single, a 56yearold man, where should i swing my vote to get the most impact . I said this time i want to know should it go to a woman, should it go to im right now, im always considered myself democrat. Ok, im at this point in my life where maybe i need to switch my way of thinking. Host thanks very u much for the call. Nathan let me turn to you