3880, and for2585 3882. Endents, 202585 our twitter handle is cspanwj. You can drop us an email at journal cspan. Org. Here is how the story is playing out. We mentioned a sunday session in the senate today and the front page of the website of politico. Com. Writing about yesterdays action this isrichmond times, courtesy of the museum we are joined on the phone by kaitlin burns, who covers capitol hill for real clear politics. Com. Thank you for being with us. Icaller thank you for having me. Int the senate is coming for a sunday session, why is that necessary . We are getting closer to the october 17 deadline to raise the debt ceiling. Things really fell apart over the weekend with the house negotiations. The house was fairly optimistic heading into the weekend, congressional meeting that congressional leaders having met with the president. Congressional leaders having met with the president. The white house was not supportive of what republicans wanted to do on the debt ceiling and H
About. There are legitimate ways to dispute patents. These trolls are literally suing everybody they possibly can without any justification. This piece of legislation would go a long way protecting those and making sure we get legitimate lawsuits funneling up the way they should. Most americans were really surprised when the library decided they could not unlock the cell phone they owned without going to their carrier. Not right. It does not accept property rights. There is really no copyright involved. It is a way for the monopoly to ,xert their monopoly control and somebody has purchased a piece of equipment. The practice of putting unauthorized thirdparty charges on telephone bills, in other words, charging can servicefor the post they never ordered or received but sometimes do not notice. Even when they notice, they have to pay. A discussion on the Government Shutdown. This is about 45 minutes. Host we are going to get the perspective of two former congressman who went through prev
Place to solve this problem in time to get the kind of things that the senator from we cannot mention a might happen. Senator from louisiana. Let me respond. Thank you. I will have to take the chair and relieve you. And thank you for your consideration. Let me say how much again i respect the senator from tennessee. Nobody on his side except perhaps the senator from alabama and more time on budget issues. That is the senator from alabamas job. The senator from tennessee has taken it to be a leader. We are on the right page, the right chapter in the right book to talk about the fiscal issues. I do not agree that the strategy was the right strategy. We are here, no sense in pointing fingers. I do agree the senate needs to try to find our way forward because the senator from tennessee is correct. Where we are, there are no winners and losers. Its about doing what is right. I want to do it for this state of louisiana and he was doing for the state of tennessee. We have lots of people that
Few big things get done in washington without drama, and were although the precipice of a very bing thing. Today the cliffhanger. Were now at the last minute. Wlaefr we come up with is imperfect. Well work hard to get there. Getting a deal and getting it passed with democratic senator debbie stab gnaw and john ba wrasse a and darrell issa and donna edwards. Then, the country goes into 2013 without a farm bill. Think you dont care . The consumers when they go in the Grocery Store are going to be a bit shocked when ned of 3. 60 for milk to 8 pour milk. 2016, yes 2016 with matt bai of the New York Times magazine, the washgt post karen itemty and cnns Jessica Yellen. Im candy crowley. This is state of the union. If sigh lentz is golden, perhaps something is up. We havent heard much about whether a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff is in the works or out of the question. In what passes for a sign of hope, Senate Staff Members spent saturday shuttling papers presumably containing proposals betw
Year and a great 2013. My colleague wolf blitzer and the situation room up now. Deb, thanks very much. Happening now how we solve this thing, then theyve got another thing coming. Thats not the way a president should lead. This is, these are draconian effects. A fever pitch here in washington with only eight hours left before the country tumbles over that socalled fiscal cliff. Were live with the very latest. Also, cries of outrage from americans across the country. What the impasse means for Small Business owners, and whos to blame. And a blood clot lands Hillary Clinton in the hospital this new years eve. Our dr. Gupta tells us just how serious this condition could be. We want to welcome viewers from the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were now less than eight hours away from what could be a dire moment for the United States economy, if president obama and the congress cant agree on a deal to keep the country from plunging over that f