Nav / get_categories data pulling

i have been trying to fix this all day..
i just started with wordpress and was reading on some sites
here is what i end up having

<?php
	$args=array(
	'orderby' => 'name',
	'order' => 'ASC'
	);
	$categories=get_categories($args);
	foreach($categories as $category) {
    echo '<li><a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" class="title"  title="' . $category->name . '" >' . $category->name . '</a> <ul>';
	query_posts('category_name=');
	while (have_posts()) : the_post();
	echo '<li><a href="' . the_permalink() . '" title="' . the_title_attribute() .'" >' . the_title_attribute() . '</a></li>';
	endwhile;
	echo '</ul> </li>';
    }
?>

the result i get was ALMOST what i wanted
excluding the fact that the info that i pulled did not get placed
within these tags

an example of the outcome
<li><a href="" title=""></a></li>http://www.icc575.com/qweng/cny/?p=118White collar theftWhite collar theft<li><a href="" title="">

all the data that got pulled end up not inside the ” “
i thought it was because i echoed everything (from a noobie point of view)

so i switched it to this
and totally broke the page : (

<?php
	$args=array(
	'orderby' => 'name',
	'order' => 'ASC'
	);
	$categories=get_categories($args);
	foreach($categories as $category) {
	?>
    <li><a href="<?php get_category_link( $category->term_id );?> " class="title"  title="<?php $category->name;?>" ><?php$category->name;?></a><ul>
	<?php query_posts(); ?>
	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
	<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" ><?php the_title_attribute(); ?></a></li>
	<?php endwhile;?>
	</ul></li>
<?php   } ?>

some pointers on how to solve this would be great : )