As you know, Somalia is wracked by a political crisis over the September 17th agreement.

We have shared values, and we need to point out to the peoples of the region the shared values that we have, and the difference between what we consider important and what the real costs of the engagement that the malign actors from…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll The result was announced--yeas 7, nays 92, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 2 Leg.] YEAS--7 Cruz Hawley Hyde-Smith Lummis…

Well, I just think that you are making a point in the statement which is not accurate because you are saying the formula is the same. The formula is the same, but the inputs change, and so the way it ramps down means that somebody who…

I have not seen the Tax Policy Center, but I know math, and I know as a basic principle that when you stick bigger numbers in there and you are using the same formula to phase something out, you are going to make it available to people who…

So if the same formula is used, and you are increasing the amount by $1,400 per person--so you are going from, basically, for a family of four, what would be a $2,400 payment to an $8,000 payment, and you phase that down using the same…

Well, very simply, what you are suggesting--what you are saying here is that the owner of the Washington Post, who said this is really bad policy and shouldn't be done in this way at the end of this year--is that what you are saying? That…

The Senator from Illinois makes a good point. Would the Senator yield for a question?

I think the Washington Post editorial board, in most cases, has been very sympathetic to the argument of the Senator from Vermont.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Georgia (Mrs…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), and the Senator from…

In fact, they take a liberal point of view on almost every issue. My point, very simply, is that we have a limited amount of resources. This is borrowed money, as the Senator from Vermont knows. And when we spent months--literally…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object--and let me say, through the Chair, thank you to the Senator from New York and the Senator from Vermont, the Senator from Illinois, and others here for the opportunity to spend New Year's with…

go down like a shot dog

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from…

the challenge of Biden going down will go down like a shot dog

any effort to overturn the election will fall like a shot dog

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). -