the swamp won on this one. this president is very clear that he will not sign another bill like this but he s not going to leave our military, our troops unfunded. robinson rebounded. that s all she wrote. and the block. count the basket. that s it good sunday morning. how do you like waking up to that? i love you too. but come on. america loves her voice better. a ton of march madness going on, loyola, come on, sister jean dance in the final four. i love march madness.
isn t there something about striving, the american dream. being able to become a millionaire? especially since mall businesses are putting money to work, the biggest beneficiaries of the tax cuts. if you look at the economic indicator that i mentioned, they re putting their money back to work. if we look at hotels last year, the hotel and lodging index was up 25%. that s showing business activity. and the capital goods report that came out on friday. they re reinvesting in their business, people and goods. last week the stock market was down, are we going to have a trade war with china whab s going on. what do you see happening? the next year or two? the market shrugged off of economics last year. and what are they going to do with the treasury. there s talk about a trade war. but if you look back, we re one of the biggest consumers of china s goods, right? so they need us. we buy more from china than
rick: okay. so it s called voterama, an old senate trick apparently and it s exactly how the senate passed its first budget in four years, just before dawn this morning. at at last night s marathon negotiations would suggest, it can often be a frantic situation. we are not at carnival stage yet. let s proceed and try to use dignity. i know there is a lot of march madness going on. we would like to keep it calm on the floor so we can get through amendments. if everybody could please take their conversations to the cloak room. i know everyone is exhausted. and you may not feel it at the moment, but this is one of the senate s finest days in recent years. rick: susan estridge is a professor of law and political science at the university of southern california. i hate to laugh at the minority leader s comments, but one of the finest days for the senate in recent for those of us who don t speak washingtonian what,
hunger creeping up on you ? stash a ritz crackerfuls. made with real cheese and whole grain. don t get caught hungry. ritz crackerfuls. harris: i m harris faulkner. this is the fox report. the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. after a lot o of hours and rattled nerves on capitol hill the senate passing its first budget in more than four years. senators pulling an all nighter with dozens of votes and at times patience wore thin. i would like to call up amendment 537. madam president. madam president. the senate will come to order. the senate is not in order. i know there is a lot of march madness going on. we would like to keep it calm on the floor so that senators can be heard. i will not object but i do want colleagues to understand some of the amendments that the chair lady asked to be put in
reporter: the resolution raises nearly $1 trillion in new taxes. the government would still be in a deficit after ten years. senator patty murray argues the plan creates jobs and economic growth but, of course, during the process, patience did run thin. madam president, madam president, madam president. senate will come to order. madam president, the senate is not in order. i flow s a lot of march madness going on. we would like to keep it calm on the floor so that senators can be heard. reporter: the white house recently passed excuse me, the house recently passed the ryan budget plan which includes a $4.6 trillion deficit reduction over the next decade. these budget plans are resolutions are not bills. this week, congress did pass a continuing resolution bill which actually funds the government for the next six months. we did hear from white house press secretary jay carney, responding to today s news in a statement and reading, in part, like the president s plan, the se