The president pro tempore a quorum is not present. The majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to instruct the sergeant at arms to request the presence of absent senators. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be a sufficient second. There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Quorum call vote the presiding officer are there other senators who wish to vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 78, the nays are 18. The motion to instruct the sergeant at arms is agreed to and a quorum is present. Mrs. Murray mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from washington state. The senior senator from washington state. Mrs. Murray mr. President , the senate is not in order. The presiding officer the senator is correct. The senate will be in order. The senator deserves to be heard. The senator will withhold just a moment. If conversations could the senator from washington state. Mrs. Murray mr. President , when a house is on fire, the reasonable t
Start on an issue that all of us i think are coming together on, no matter what party were in, and thats whats been happening to our military families. On sunday, as noted by the senator from kansas a few moments ago, Sergeant Patrick hawkins from carlisle, pennsylvania, was killed in action in afghanistan when his unit was attacked with an i. E. D. He was moving to the aid of a wounded range whefers killed. Due to the shutdown, Sergeant Hawkins family cannot receive the death benefit freu providedo soldiers to cover the funeral and burial expenses. Today im joining theest of a number of im joining the effort after number of senators in a letter to senator hagel to provide the death benefit to the family of Sergeant Hawkins and other families. I no he that the president is working on this issue, is working with the office of mangtsd and budget in the Defense Department on a solution to this problem. Mr. President , ill move to the question of where we are now. This is a shutdown brough
Oklahoma. The chaplain lets pray. Father, i thank you for the heroic leadership that this house of representatives has exemplified in the past week during this present crisis. I thank you for the late nights, i thank you for their heroic efforts to seek compromise. But i thank you for the Creative Solutions theyve proposed. Lord, at present there is no solution. And so today, father, we confess our desperate need for you. We joyfully conquer that you are the source concur that you are the source of wisdom and all strength resides with you. You are the author of unity, even when parties are in conflict. We ask you that you would grant supernatural breakthrough. Where there is no way forward, we pray that you would forge a way. When negotiations break down, please grant fresh ideas for debate. We ask this, lord, for your glory and for the good of the American People. We pray this in jesus name, men. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces
Here to dover as well as funeral expenses. This heartbreaking impact of the Government Shutdown has now sparked a national outrage, one that washington can no longer ignore. Shouldnt we, as a body, republican, democrat, no matter who we are, shouldnt we be embarrassed about this . Shouldnt we be ashamed . Now Congress Plans to act. The house will vote today at 3 00 to reinstate the death benefits. The senate as well. The chaplain appealed to a higher power. Lord, when our federal shutdown delays payments of death benefits to the families of children dying on faraway battlefields, its time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough. No deal, no surrender. Are president obama and Speaker Boehner farther apart than ever . We cant make extortion routine as part of our democracy. Democracy doesnt function this way. What the president said today was if theres Unconditional Surrender by republicans, hell sit down and talk to us. Thats not the way our government works. And a fed first, when pre
From the sports perspective, october is the best. Youve got baseball playoffs, nfl, college football, the nba and the nhl start up. You really cant get much more than that for a sports fan. Good morning. Brian shactman, wednesday, october 9th. Kanye and kimmel, theyre set to meet after their little social media dustup. We also have maybe one of the best celebrity impersonations of all time. Well have that for you. But we begin with some historic news surrounding the federal reserve. Just a few hours from now, president obama will nominate janet yellen as chairwoman of the fed. Yellen would be the first woman ever to lead the central bank of this country. Yellen currently the feds vice chairwoman, shes been a key architect of the feds plan to keep Interest Rates near record lows and with the fed buying trillions of dollars in bonds to support the economy. Yellen would replace ben bernanke, of course, a close ally of hers whose term ends in january. We want to bring in andrew ross sorkin