“You’re using the money twice. You’re providing cuts that you’re now telling me are used to pay down the sequester,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions to Sen. Patty Murray of Washington. (Associated Press)
Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard J. Durbin (above right) leads Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Patty Murray out of a news conference after announcing that last-ditch efforts to avert spending cuts had failed. (Associated Press)
Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard J. Durbin (above right) leads Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Patty Murray out of a news conference after announcing that last-ditch efforts to avert spending cuts had failed. (Associated Press)
During a press conference to discuss the fiscal cliff negotiations and other unfinished legislation, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., reminds his Senate colleagues to help him to get federal disaster assistance to help the people of New York recover from Hurricane Sandy, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. From left to right are Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., second from left, accompanied by fellow Senate Democratic leaders, pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, to discuss the stalled fiscal cliff negotiations and other unfinished business in the Senate. From left are, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., Reid, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (center), flanked by Sen. Charles E. Schumer (left) and Sen. Patty Murray, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, following a meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner on the "fiscal cliff" negotiations. "We're still waiting for a serious offer from Republicans," Mr. Reid said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
"The bottom line is that the Army needs to fix the inconsistencies we have seen in diagnosing the invisible wounds of war," said Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat. (Associated Press)
"The bottom line is that the Army needs to fix the inconsistencies we have seen in diagnosing the invisible wounds of war," said Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** In this photo taken, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, Iraq war veteran Army 1st Lt. Paul Rieckhoff, right, joined by, from left, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska., Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference introducing the GI benefit watchdog bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
