Vote on a brown amendment thats pending . The presiding officer the senator is correct. There are two minutes of debate prior to a vote on brown amendment 994. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President let me first ask the presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that following the disposition of the brown amendment, which we were just discussing number 994 the next amendments in order be the following and that the senate vote on the amendments in the order listed with no seconddegree amendments in order prior to the votes. Vitter number 811 warren number 1094 lee number 855 cardin number 367 rubio number 552 kaine number 104 as modified. I further ask consent that there be two minutes equally divided between the mearption or their designees prior to each vote and that all votes in the series be ten minutes in length, an let me just say parenthetically if everyone will stay in their seats, the clerk tells me it takes seven minutes to call the roll. So if everyone
[inaudible conversations]. [bells ringing] [bells tolling] [bells tolling] [bells tolling] the bells youre hearing here from st. Patricks church. Other bells are tolling for president lincoln just as they did in 1865. St. Patricks church by the way is the Oldest Church in washington d. C. They were founded by the masons building the and doing the stone work for the white house and the u. S. Capitol. Irs commissioner john cost kins men will take questions about the implementation of the tax penalty in the health care law. Watch live coverage from the Senate Homeland Security Committee 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan3. Later in the day u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , samantha power, will testify about the president s 2016 budget request. She is also expected to be ask about yemen iraq and Irans Nuclear program. Our live coverage begins 2 00 p. M. Eastern also on cspan3. This weekend the cspan cities tour has partnered with comcast to learn about the history and literary life about st. Augus
Struggling for basic health care needs. And 80 of the Medicaid Program spending 80 of the dollars goes to seniors in Nursing Homes and in some way impacts all of us. Friends, neighbors relatives. So we are looking at a budget on the medicaid front when you combine it all up, eliminating the Medicaid Expansion and the other cuts in the budget of 1. 2 trillion trillion dollars in the senate budget. The Senate Republican budget cuts Medicaid Health care 80 of which goes to seniors in Nursing Homes by 1. 2 trillion. Now its even worse in the house. And i worry were now looking at going to conference with the house of representatives where their combined cut was 1. 7 trillion to medicaid, most of which money goes to lowincome seniors in Nursing Homes. And they would then also turn it into a block grant and cut it on top of that, and we dont even know if it would get spent on health care. Unfortunately, in budget, mr. President , while not really balancing is tempting to be balanced on the b
Additional 9,000 to its credit cards despite owing a whopping 311,000 in debt. Hardworking taxpayers are counting on us to set priorities and to stick to them because a balanced budget will boost our nations economic output and help restore the promise of a government that is more effective. A balanced budget will allow americans to spend more time working hard to grow their businesses or to advance in their jobs instead of worrying about taxes and inefficient regulations. We know it wont be easy by working together we can deliver Real Solutions and Real Progress the American People want and deserve. I look forward to working with each and everyone of you in this crucial task in the days and weeks ahead. Chairman price . I want to thank the chairman and appreciate everybodys participation. I would note that the number of senators significantly outnumbers the number of house members but were fine with that. We think we have equal firepower. So were raring to go with the Conference Commi
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 96, the nays are 3. The motion to table is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell what is the pending business before the senate . The presiding officer pending business is h. R. 1191 which the clerk will report. The clerk calendar number 30, h. R. 1191, an act to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986, and so forth and for other purposes. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the corker amendment number 1140 to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the corker amendment number 1140, to h. R. 1191, an act to aimed the Internal Revenue code of 1986. Signed by 1 senators as follows mr. Mcconnell i ask tha