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Indulge me for a few minutes. Because as serious as the case may be with regards to our budget and debt limit, we have another crisis brewing, one that goes to our National Security interests, one that unites us across the aisle. Thats the issue and the threat that Irans Nuclear ambitions pose to the world. The reason why i felt i could no longer wait to address this is because i believe, as many of you do, that the world is entering a crucial time in the International Efforts to stop Irans Nuclear program. On september 24 of this year i, along with a group of other senators, wrote to the president , and i expressed we expressed our concerns about reports that the administration was contemplating making a fresh, new offer, a fresh, new series of offers to in. We said that iran must not be allowed to develop a Nuclear Weapon. Understand that if, god forbid it becomes necessary, we could support the use of military force to prevent an iranian bomb. And that iran must not be allowed to in
Our systems were not designed to not pay our bills. The legal issues are many. I do not know how you could make the legal issues are many. I do not know how you could make the decisions and i do not think the legal authorities are clear at all and i do not think the administrative process would permit the system to work. We write roughly 80 million checks per month. The systems are automated tube a because for 224 years, the policy of congress and every president is we pay our bills. You cannot go into those systems and easily make them pay some things and not other things. They were not designed that way because it was never the policy of this government to be in a position that we would have to be in if we could not pay all our bills. If you were to prioritize, its my understanding, we know what youre out pay obligations are to some degree. We have a Social Security payment due and major medicare bills do. On the other hand, knowing the revenues are a little bit sketchy. Could you go
Downgrade. Fwu given all of that, take a look at the futures right now. You may not surprised to know we have some green arrows across the board. S p 500 up about 6. 5 points and the nasdaq up about 8 points on an expectation that a deal does get done today. But, boy, things could turn around. We will see what happens. Over, over to you. I know youre waiting. I know. Were watching and waiting. I know were news people. Come this afternoon, if we dont have anything andrew, when they said two weeks ago that these things will converge, the debt ceiling and the government shut down will converge, wa did everyone say . Theyll probably wait until the 17th to do it. Today is the 16th. But tonight, its midnight tonight is the no, i know. You know that theres the slightest bit of breathing room. You know that. I think theres a decent chance we get to tomorrow and maybe the house votes tomorrow. Look, and yesterday, once again, was humiliating for boehner. Remind he me of do you remember plan b .
French revolution can attest no one is pure enough that the revolution is over. And true Party Factions start going after each other. The only people we ate more than the romans [ bleep ] people. Yeah. The people splinters. We are the people front of judea. Oh. I thought we were the popular front. The tea party finds itself in the purge face of the revolutionary cycle. It was an all out attack on ted krez and me. Ron johnson is being attacked by the tea party allies. Senator, let me tell you something, if 46 of you people, you republican senators had stood up, shoulder to shoulder, the outcome might have been different. Tea Party Darlings lectures senators. And to some in this chamber, its time for a reality check. Even paul ryan isnt safe. Erick erickson retweeted this. Quote, it seems paul ryan has successfully, well say angered the right. Ive been saying for years that robust, competitive primaries make for a better political system. And now, even grover norquist. Creator of the inf