To reporters about this new Republicancontrolled Congress and working with them. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] weve come to a point where we have a chance to reverse a different problem a decades long erosion of middleclass jobs and incomes, and making sure that the middle class is the engine that propels our prosperity for years to come. To do that, we have got to make some smart choices, weve got to make the right choices. We have got to invest in the things that secure faster growth and higher paying jobs for more americans. I am being absolutely sincere when i say i want to work with this new congress to get things done, to make those investments to make sure that government is working better and smarter. We are going to disagree on some things, but there are going to be areas of agreement, and we have got to be able to make that happen, and that will involve compromise every once in a while. You saw during this lameduck period that perhaps that spirit of compromise may
Unanimous requests. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection, so ordered. n mr. Cruz so the first unanimous consent request i would promulgate, mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h. J. Res. 72, making continuing appropriations for Veterans Benefits for the fiscal year 2014, which was received from the house. I ask further consent that the measure be read three times and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The presiding officer is there objection . Mrs. Murray mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray mr. President , as the presiding officer knows and our colleagues know, i have spoken often of my own father who was a world war ii veteran who spent most of his life in a wheelchair, earned a purple heart. I know the sacrifices that our veterans make. As chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee before this, i fought
Leaders essentially traveled en masse to israel for his funeral. And it all happened really, really quickly. The Prime Minister was killed on november 4th. The funeral was held two days later on november 6th. And the world essentially coalesced for the funeral. The u. S. Contingent for that funeral in 1995 was enormous. It included not only the current serving president , bill clinton, who was very close to rabin, but also former president jimmy carter and also former president george h. W. Bush, three president s traveling together on air force one for the funeral. There was also a big congressional delegation that went along, including the then speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich. And that trip to israel for the funeral of rabin in november of 1995, that trip, not the events that precipitated it, not the assassination, but the trip itself, specifically the flight, is in part how we got the 1995 shutdown of the federal government, which is the last Government Shutdown before the one w
End the Government Shutdown. Two of these democratic tricks were unveiled today. The first one they tried already and it didnt work. But the second one they are announcing. It its going to take a while but i suppose it might work. Heres how this goes. The guy on the right side of your screen here is a republican. His name is pete sessions. The woman on the left side of your screen is a democrat. Her name is Louise Slaughter. Shes the top democrat on the rules committee, and hes the Top Republican on that committee. Because the republicans are in charge in the house, that means that he is the chairman. But even though shes a democrat and doesnt chair the committee, Louise Slaughter makes the most of her time on the rules committee. Shes a bit of a schemer. Shes always coming up with something. So the first thing the democrats tried today was a Louise Slaughterbrokered trick, kind of an old trick, one that the republicans once pulled on tip oneill back in the early 1980s. Its basically a
Later on november 6th. And the world essentially coalesced for the funeral. The u. S. Contingent for that funeral in 1995 was enormous. It included not only the current serving president , bill clinton, who was very close to rabin, but also former president jimmy carter and also former president george h. W. Bush, three president s traveling together on air force one for the funeral. There was also a big congressional delegation that went along, including the then speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich. And that trip to israel for the funeral of rabin in november of 1995, that trip, not the events that precipitated it, not the assassination, but the trip itself, specifically the flight, is in part how we got the 1995 shutdown of the federal government, which is the last Government Shutdown before the one were in right now. Quote, gingrich had been invited aboard air force one to fly to the funeral. With a budget crisis pending, he expected that president clinton would take time out during