I have watched leadership struggle this year was trying to get something done. It is just very difficult. I dont really know the answer to that. One way would be to fix campaignfinance reform again, but because of what is happening i mean, i was being a little facetious when i said it, but really, the only bill that passed last year was the National Defense authorization act. Early this year, we did get get well, did we got the budget passed last year at the end of the year. That was big. At the makeup the spending bill passed this year. We have the farming bill this year. Maybe there is caused to be a little more optimistic that it will be a better year. We already have our budget number to work on is here. The appropriators will be working and i think they want to get back into the game. They have been relevant in the last few years because everyone is just waiting until the end of the year and how long the cr is going to be and that kind of stuff. With the appropriation bills done i
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Nays are 42. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk George Jarrod hayesle of maryland to be United States district judge. The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy i ask unanimous consent to yield back the time before the vote. The presiding officer without objection, all time is yielded back. The senate will tom company order. Come to order. The senate will come to order. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion works we hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of nancy l. Moritz of kansas to be United States circuit judge for the tenth circuit signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of nancy l. Moritz of kansas to be the United States circuit judge for the tenth circuit shall be brought to a close. On this vote the yeas and nays are man
If i can have your attention. I am with the alliance for health reform. Thank you all for coming. Target lowincome population from the Affordable Care act and private insurance using federal medicaid dollars. To do that, they need federal approval in the form of a medicaid waiver. Three states already have their waivers in hand and are operating their new programs. Today we are going to take a look at the experiences of two of those states and a broader look at what some other states are proposing to do. We will also look at the balance between on the one hand exposing these same low income people to additional premiums are costsharing and on the other additional im sorry additional premiums in the condition of getting it and on the other hand not getting coverage at all. So we are pleased have as a partner today the Commonwealth Fund essentially philanthropy established to promote the common good and we are doubly pleased to have is the comoderator sara collins who is Vice President f
Need 3. 6 trillion in investment and thats in all a number that includes things other than transportation but we need 3. 6 trillion in investment by the time the decade is through in order to raise it to appropriate levels. Now thats an all in number as i said. The thing is our infrastructure deficit is only going to get worse without action. We cannot meet the needs of growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more. Over the next generation this will become even more apparent because the country will demand more of this Transportation System than it ever has. By 2050 the system will need to move up to 100 million new people and 14 billion additional tons of freight almost twice what we currently do. Even if Congress Today funded our Transportation System at recent levels we would still be on the same track towards slower , less safe nation where rushhour becomes a rush all afternoon. So what we need right now is to rally around