some of his challengers. he waited late. hatch is trying to learn the mistakes of cassel, murkowski. he does not miss half a news sike toll send out a release on beating up the president on health care, he ll take the release and turn it into a quasi op-ed, turn around and try to get it on red state. you have to give him credit for at least knowing what s coming. because it s not a light at the end of the tunnel, it s a freight train. i know. it s stunning. he might survive. contracts with lugar. he ll also get a tea party challenge. he s going the exact opposite. luger is saying, this is crazy, forget it. i am who i am. he s not placating at all. it ill, fascinating to say, look, indiana republicans strike me as not quite as
persuade your colleagues? someone like senator luger for example, senator alexander. these are people who have a reputation as strong conservatives, many of them. why is it that they are providing the president with his super majority on this? they can answer for themselves. they will have to answer how they feel about the treaty when they vote tomorrow. each senator has that obligation and responsibility. if they vote for the treaty, it means they feel a level of comfort that there is adequate verification or adequate issues of missile defense bay the president s letter. i don t believe there is. i would rather make changes and send this back to the russians and give them an opportunity to then think and decide and vote on it at that point. i don t think we should be rushed into something, let alone bullied by a russian foreign minister, who says,
persuade your colleagues? someone like senator luger for example, senator alexander. these are people who have a reputation as strong conservatives, many of them. why is it that they are providing the president with his super majority on this? they can answer for themselves. they will have to answer how they feel about the treaty when they vote tomorrow. each senator has that obligation and responsibility. if they vote for the treaty, it means they feel a level of comfort that there is adequate verification or adequate issues of missile defense bay the president s letter. i don t believe there is. i would rather make changes and send this back to the russians and give them an opportunity to then think and decide and vote on it at that point. i don t think we should be rushed into something, let alone bullied by a russian foreign minister, who says,
they re going to support it. first you mention lamar alexander for tennessee. he went to the floor with a powerful statement of his report. he has all but said he s going to support it and today when we pressed him and pressed him he said we want to go to the floor. robert bennett of utah, he s retiring. he lost his gop primary in utah. he s going to support it and finally a release from johnny isaacson from iowa. he along with corker and dick luger voted for it. the only republicans to vote for it out of the company. now the question is, when do they have the final vote? later today probably around 2:00 in the afternoon. there will be a vote to end, a vote to break the filibuster. then the next question, the next step will be when will they have the final vote to ratify the treaty? news conference going on right now with republicans jon kyl of
oh, yeah. v8 juice gives you 3 of your 5 daily servings of vegetables. v8. what s your number? sean: last year, whopping $16.5 billion of your tax dollars spent on earmarks, also known as lawmakers pet projects. g.o.p. senator coburn introduced a bill that would have put an end to earmark spending in coming years but it was voted down in the senate. eight republicans join the democratic colleagues to defeat the measure. we want to make sure that you know who they are. maine senator susan collins. indiana senator luger.