republicans court, and let s come up with a kind of a program that can allow us to extend to the end of the fiscal year so that cities and counties and states can plan better for the future. this herky-jerky stuff of approving something for two weeks and then for three weeks, then come back and look at it again, that s not the way for people to plan properly and to administer programs in an efficient and effective manner. what we re doing up here undercuts efficient sit and effectiveness and that s just not good business when you re trying to run the government. the james clyburn of south carolina, thank you for your time. i greatly appreciate it. right now a huge storm system is battering an area from the gulf coast to the great lakes and it is heading to the northeast. apparent tornado stouched down this morning in theodore, alabama near mobile. there is damage to a number of businesses there and a number of