senator mccaskill offered a motion to make sure our military gets paid. and the majority leader himself objected. the majority leader prevented the troops from getting paid. because thltd hais would have p in a minute. speaker ryan should talk to leader mcconnell, who s the only person in the u.s. senate standing in the way of paying our troops, not anybody here, we don t want to use the troops as hostages. unfortunately, some on the other side may be doing just that. we could make sure our troops get paid right now if the majority leader would only consent, or if there s pride of authorship, let him offer the resolution, we won t block it, we ll applaud it. i hope it can happen as soon as possible. the republican leader also accuses democrats of blocking chip. when he full well knows that every democrat here supports