Lest members to gather in these waning days, with wisdom, magnanimity, and a shared desire to serve our nation with a pivotal at a pivotal time for assault. Bless the efforts for all have labored during these days and forged solutions to considerable problems facing our nation. I and the end, may we continue to trust that you may not abandon those with their trust. In all may all that is done this day before your greater honor and glory. Amen. The chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announced the approval. The journal stands approved. Pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. Into the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The chair will entertain requests for one minute speeches. You cannot have cookies without milk. That was a comment from my face looks Facebook Page. The American People get it. Washington is addicted to sp
And the Old Senate Chamber behind closed doors, what came out of there that was positive . A lot of positive feedback. The issue dies down a bit and i believe you wrote about some discussions going on between harry reid and john mccain that were trying to work something out . Before harry reid decided to press the nuclear button, before that, he had a conversation with senator john mccain who had reprised the role he had already done in 2005 with the gang of 14. They talked about a similar deal. You will have your nominees for the d. C. Circuit court if you keep the filibuster rules in place. Senator reid said no and went on with it. This applies to just the procedural votes that lead up to a final vote on the nomination. The vote before the vote. The changes that have been made, the nominees for all executive branch nominees and Judicial Branch nominees with the exception of the Supreme Court. It is a big change and allows the precedent in the future for legislation. This came to a he
Involved in efforts to demonstrate are we replacing u. S. Jobs here . We are just not paying enough or something is wrong and therefore, we are turning to foreign workers. It has been proven time and time again, study after study, that is not the case. They will not do this work. Without this workforce, again, Food Production will go off seas and crops will be left unharvested in the u. S. Why are we tying the pathway to citizenship to a Guest Worker Program . I am not going to give 11 million Illegal Immigrants a path way until i get something i want. I want a new immigration system. I would not trust them to give it to me. Our democratic friends are not going to trust us to hold everything up until we are satisfied with Border Security. You live on the border. I know you are as sincere a this as possible. We have to talk about the elephant in the room. Every time we have this debate, theres always a reason the border is not quite secure enough. We spend billions of dollars and we got
Gerri hello, everybody. I am gerri willis. Ten days until we got the fiscal cliff. President obama speaking moments ago, saying that maybe some time off will give both parties perspective to drink some eggnog, sing some careless, maybe reached the fiscal cliff deal. How Speaker John Boehner is doing damage control on their plan b mess. Before heading out for the holidays. Even as americans are facing more than 500 billion in tax hikes coming on january 1. With more on this, we have peter barnes, fox business sr. Washington correspondent. What did the president have to say moments ago . John boehner did say that this would be a cooling off period. Maybe they would have some time to reflect here. The president said that he did speak on the phone to Speaker John Boehner this afternoon. He also had majority leader harry reid to avoid the fiscal cliff and figure out a passport. He said he is ready and willing to try to get a compromise package done. All at once or stuff like that. But well
Gerri hello, everybody. I am gerri willis. Ten days until we got the fiscal cliff. President obama speaking moments ago, saying that maybe some time off will give both parties perspective to drink some eggnog, sing some careless, maybe reached the fiscal cliff deal. How Speaker John Boehner is doing damage control on their plan b mess. Before heading out for the holidays. Even as americans are facing more than 500 billion in tax hikes coming on january 1. With more on this, we have peter barnes, fox business sr. Washington correspondent. What did the president have to say moments ago . John boehner did say that this wld be a cooling off period. Maybe they would have some time to reflect here. The president said that he did speak on the phone to Speaker John Boehner this afternoon. He also had majority leader harry reid to avoid the fiscal cliff and figure out a passport. He said he is ready and willing to try t to get a compromise package done. All at once or stuff like that. But well