conservative, soft-spoken, professional. the people that like him really like him. the people who don t like his stances really don t like his stances. what does it do for trump? i think it was a great pick. he s a lot of things that donald trump is not. he s young. he s 57. he s got a lot of experience in government as both a governor and a 12-year member of congress. he s a social conservative, and he s a catholic. and i think those are all constituencies that donald trump needs to try to reach. so i think from the viewpoint of the campaign, it s a terrific pick. does it do at this point, both parties have to say, i ve got the right, i ve got the left. what do i do to get the mainstream? what do i do to get the people who say i don t know? does pence help trump do that? yeah, i think one of the problems with the choice of governor pence is the only thing that he s really been in the national spotlight was, if you remember, was those businesses in indiana refusin
administration from moving ahead with actions president obama himself referred to as quote ignoring the law. ignoring the law quote unquote president obama said that just over a year ago. the point is it s time to allow this homeland security funding measure to come to the floor. democrats say they want the ability to amend d.h.s. funding legislation but then they keep voting to block their own ability to offer amendments. it just doesn t make any sense madam president. so in a few moments we ll give our democratic friends another opportunity to reconsider. they can vote to allow the senate to debate the homeland security funding bill. they can vote to allow the senate to consider amendments from both sides and that s what they actually should do. that s what constituents have a right to expect. let s take this funding bill up and get to work. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: in just a few days, five to be exact the department of homeland securit