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they hired out a moderate and independent thinking members of congress. as long as we are as heavily populated by the extremes, it will continue to be a challenge. it is entirely possible that we are going to have everything teed up for a program spending. yet we will not be able to get the bill done. at oceanside, includingsomeone, fo, w>> thank you. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> i have a question for you. going forward, what do you see your role for us as being? >> the issues are increasingly less than straightforward. if you could have witnessed the conversation that we had yesterday with the corps of engineers, it would have sounded like a foreign language to you. because we were so deep into the barrages budgetary elements and authorizations, things of that nature. the administration has handcuffed itself. i think that part of that is helping you work through that morass of procedural minutia. just trying to make a success on what is going on back there. we said we were going to do a bunch of stuff, and knowing how to interpret that with what is real
they hired out a moderate and independent thinking members of congress. as long as we are as heavily populated by the extremes, it will continue to be a challenge. it is entirely possible that we are going to have everything teed up for a program spending. yet we will not be able to get the bill done. at oceanside, includingsomeone, fo, w>> thank you. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> i have a question for you. going forward, what do you see your role for us as being?...
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does it's not buying congress and the old quid pro quo bribery where nobody is alleging and i don't believe that this congress is corrupt in the sense that rod blagojevich or randy duke cunningham were corrupt but it is buying or bending congress in the sense that as these members dance to figure out what flushes the most money into the system that then it's just doesn't happen to be the sort of appearance that makes the people have any confidence because surprise surprise the funders of the campaigns are not the people and that's the fundamental fact that makes this government so untrusting so what do you think is going on right now if we look at this deficit super committee right there only has a couple of weeks couple of weeks left until they're supposed to try to minimum of one point two trillion dollars and they've been doing it pretty secretive fashion terms of all those questions that they've had but every report that has come out shows that they're not getting anywhere but the main breakdown right now is over taxes republicans absolutely refuse to budge when it comes to rais
does it's not buying congress and the old quid pro quo bribery where nobody is alleging and i don't believe that this congress is corrupt in the sense that rod blagojevich or randy duke cunningham were corrupt but it is buying or bending congress in the sense that as these members dance to figure out what flushes the most money into the system that then it's just doesn't happen to be the sort of appearance that makes the people have any confidence because surprise surprise the funders of the...
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in 2008, you saw the time of real rethinking, and then sort of defensive work in congress. in a lot of ways, the great success of the 2008 congressional year was that no major bad immigration legislation passed. there was so much potential to do a lot of damage. that was sort of paving the way to turn the page. with the election of president obama in 2008, one of the things that we saw was a clear impact of immigrants in many key swing states. it was important to acknowledge and to lift up this idea that immigration, although for immigrants, it will not always be the top issue. economy, health care -- the same things that mattered to native- born people are the same things that matter to immigrants. it really became clear that this was an issue that was going to matter. the white house has been very consistent about saying that this is an issue that they have prioritized. although many of us are frustrated that it has not moved as quickly as we would like, at the same time, it really is on their agenda. it's difficult to stress how important that it is. it's difficult to st
in 2008, you saw the time of real rethinking, and then sort of defensive work in congress. in a lot of ways, the great success of the 2008 congressional year was that no major bad immigration legislation passed. there was so much potential to do a lot of damage. that was sort of paving the way to turn the page. with the election of president obama in 2008, one of the things that we saw was a clear impact of immigrants in many key swing states. it was important to acknowledge and to lift up this...
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if congress does something, then i can't run against a do-nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then it is notsomething, i can't run against a do nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then it's not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town. because they are frustrated. and they know we need to do something big. and something bold. now, the american people are also concerned about making sure that we have a government that lives within its means, which is why i put forward a plan that would also reduce our deficit and our debt. in a more aggressive way than what the special committees been charged with. folks want to talk about corporate tax reform, i've already said, i'm happy to engage with them on corporate tax reform. i'm happy to engage with them working to see what we can do to streamline and simplify our tax code, eliminate all of the loopholes and eliminate the special interest carveouts and potentially lower rates in the process while raising more revenue. i'm happy to negotiate with them on
if congress does something, then i can't run against a do-nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then it is notsomething, i can't run against a do nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then it's not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town. because they are frustrated. and they know we need to do something big. and something bold. now, the american people are also concerned about making sure that we have a government that lives within...
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are spending thirty to seventy percent of their time raising money to get back to congress for to get their party back into power of course it's hard for them to keep focused on what their job is supposed to be about and when they do that they lead most americans to the conclusion that money buys results in congress which is why only nine percent of us have confidence in them and you know we should put that in context there are plainly more people who believed in the british crown at the time of the revolution then who believe in this congress today so yes there's a question when is the combs when is the government actually bankrupt and want to just have to admit that it's lost the faith of the people or do you think though that it's just a perception that the people have that you know that money buys congress or isn't that the plain old truth. it is a great question to ask but i think it is pretty overwhelming that the money is distorting and bending what congress does it's not fine congress in the old quid pro quo bribery way nobody is alleging and i don't believe that this congress
are spending thirty to seventy percent of their time raising money to get back to congress for to get their party back into power of course it's hard for them to keep focused on what their job is supposed to be about and when they do that they lead most americans to the conclusion that money buys results in congress which is why only nine percent of us have confidence in them and you know we should put that in context there are plainly more people who believed in the british crown at the time...
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the president had stern for congress. any senator out there who is about voting against bill, when it comes up vote, needs to explain why they would oppose something that we know what situationr economic an urgent time for our our businesses. president said republicans who should lovetaxes the american jobs at. the debate is expected to begin the senate next week. d.c. police say a woman was by a vehicle near the national zoo. happened less than an hour the 3100 block of connecticut ave and nw. suffered life- injuries.g also causing some traffic issues. on the way to the scene. bring a new information as soon as we get it. >>> they have heard the evidence. now. to say thatxcited grandmother accused of her 10-year-old granddaughter -- deliberations are under way. -- we have been in court all day. that the jury of eight men beenour women has 9:15erating since about a.m. shortly after they gathered. note out to the judge, asking if you questions. they asked if the currency transfers from some of the testimony early on in the
the president had stern for congress. any senator out there who is about voting against bill, when it comes up vote, needs to explain why they would oppose something that we know what situationr economic an urgent time for our our businesses. president said republicans who should lovetaxes the american jobs at. the debate is expected to begin the senate next week. d.c. police say a woman was by a vehicle near the national zoo. happened less than an hour the 3100 block of connecticut ave and nw....
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any american your age, and i do not know what the top office, but we can have this conversation with congress and come up with what that ages. before that, we are going to have a transitional period. for the 25-36-year-old, we are going to have a new program created for them so that they know they are going to have a retirement program. for those of us that are approaching social security, planning on it, it will be there for us. it will -- it is not going to be a percentage of it, it will be there in total. guaranteed it will be there. do not let anybody try to scare you and tell you, this guy is talking about taking your social security away. that is an outright irresponsible statement by anyone. >> i work in health care. as of monday, nursing homes are going to be getting 11% reimbursement to their budgets. i am very concerned because of these nursing homes, they cannot cut their lights off. they cannot cut their electric bill or whatever. what is the long term range for these people? they have to cut their food and what they're eating? are they going to get orange juice are are they going
any american your age, and i do not know what the top office, but we can have this conversation with congress and come up with what that ages. before that, we are going to have a transitional period. for the 25-36-year-old, we are going to have a new program created for them so that they know they are going to have a retirement program. for those of us that are approaching social security, planning on it, it will be there for us. it will -- it is not going to be a percentage of it, it will be...
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lost how money corrupts congress and a plan to stop it or as i want to thank you so much for joining us tonight and you know we will get into what's happening right now in terms of populist movements are people rising up but first let's just start with what we're seeing our government do and our congress do or do you think that they have that they forgotten that they're actually supposed to rule by consent of the government of the governed excuse me do you think that they really represent the needs or the interests of the people anymore. when members of congress are spending thirty to seventy percent of their time raising money to get back to congress for to get their party back into power of course it's hard for them to keep focused on what their job is supposed to be about and when they do that they lead most americans to the conclusion that money buys results in congress which is why only nine percent of us have confidence in them and you know we should put that in context there are plainly more people who believed in the british crown at the time of the revolution then who believ
lost how money corrupts congress and a plan to stop it or as i want to thank you so much for joining us tonight and you know we will get into what's happening right now in terms of populist movements are people rising up but first let's just start with what we're seeing our government do and our congress do or do you think that they have that they forgotten that they're actually supposed to rule by consent of the government of the governed excuse me do you think that they really represent the...
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if congress does something, then i can't run against a do-nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then it's not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town. because they are frustrated. and they know we need to do something big. and something bold. now, the american people are also concerned about making sure that we have a government that lives within its means. which is why i put forward a plan that would also reduce our deficit and our debt. in a more aggressive way than what the special committee has been charged with. folks want to talk about corporate tax reform. i've already said, i'm happy to engage with them on corporate tax reform. i'm happy to engage with them working to see what we can do to streamline and simplify our tax code. eliminate all the loopholes, eliminate these special interest carve outs and potentially lower rates in the process while raising more revenue. i'm happy to negotiate with them on a whole host of issues, but right now we've got an emergency. and the american people are liv
if congress does something, then i can't run against a do-nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then it's not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town. because they are frustrated. and they know we need to do something big. and something bold. now, the american people are also concerned about making sure that we have a government that lives within its means. which is why i put forward a plan that would also reduce our deficit and our debt....
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cut the result of the census congress would have to reapportion and decide the congress was growing. now it is fixed in the early 20th century. it was decided to congress would be fixed but at that time the number of representatives was increasing and after each sentence conagra's would have to decide how to apportionment the representatives and figure out the ratio of people represented. initially after the first congressional election there was one representative for 40,000 people. today it's more like one to every 670,000 so i think they've changed a lot, but the basis is a number of representatives in portions of the population which forged a the constitutional convention. >> professor zagarri the subtitle is representation in the u.s. 1776 to 1850. deutsch as referenced 1850. what happened? >> guest: it was decided they were sick of fighting every ten years and is in the past and law that required that the people to the representative -- to and that the remainder of after you divided the population by the number of representatives would be a sign to the states on the basis of th
cut the result of the census congress would have to reapportion and decide the congress was growing. now it is fixed in the early 20th century. it was decided to congress would be fixed but at that time the number of representatives was increasing and after each sentence conagra's would have to decide how to apportionment the representatives and figure out the ratio of people represented. initially after the first congressional election there was one representative for 40,000 people. today it's...
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if congress does something, i can't run against a do-nothing congress. >> nobody gets everything they want. gwen: and the supreme court prepares to tackle issues of religion, indecency, immigration, and the constitutionality of the new health care law. covering the week, dan balz of "the washington post," jeanne cummings of bloomberg news, janet hook of "the wall street journal," and joan biskupic of "u.s.a. today." >> award winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol. this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washington week is provided by -- >> we know why we're here, to give our war fighters every advantage, to deliver technologies that anticipate the future today. >> protect america everywhere from the battle space to cyberspace. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together to give our best for america's best. >> that's why we're here. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by prudential, norfolk southern, the annenberg foundati
if congress does something, i can't run against a do-nothing congress. >> nobody gets everything they want. gwen: and the supreme court prepares to tackle issues of religion, indecency, immigration, and the constitutionality of the new health care law. covering the week, dan balz of "the washington post," jeanne cummings of bloomberg news, janet hook of "the wall street journal," and joan biskupic of "u.s.a. today." >> award winning reporting and...
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when congress won't act i will. >> chris: president obama launching his new campaign to work around congress and take executive actions to help the middle class. time for our sunday group back in washington. brit hume, fox news senior political analyst. plass lass of the radio. and dana perino and fox news political analyst juan williams. the president took a series of actions in the west coast swing . he announced a plan to help people who are in danger of foreclosure and helping students or exopportunities having trouble paying off their loan and tooks credits and try to get veterans hired. brit, it is reminding me of the bite sized initiatives that bill clinton took in 1996 to give him a sense that he was looking out for the middle class. can this help barack obama. >> yes, i think it could. it is clear how much it will make. he will make adjustments on the programs and benefit. and a lot of people may appreciate that. i don't think they are large enough initiatives to make a difference. that will not have a burden on the high unemployment rate. when clinton did those things, the economy
when congress won't act i will. >> chris: president obama launching his new campaign to work around congress and take executive actions to help the middle class. time for our sunday group back in washington. brit hume, fox news senior political analyst. plass lass of the radio. and dana perino and fox news political analyst juan williams. the president took a series of actions in the west coast swing . he announced a plan to help people who are in danger of foreclosure and helping...
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all of a sudden there is a deal between the white house and congress to extend them for two more years. that was not because the president's back was to the wall. the political adviser for saying you cannot do that, you are running for election. you need a campaign contributions. this is really the story of america. the market system in the global era took away a lot of the jobs they used to provide a middle- class income, especially in the manufacturing sector. instead of the government helping to create new skills, new industries and so on, the government teamed up with the most powerful, religious interests in this country, because that is how campaigns are made. since those 30 years have continued to side with the top 1%, and to ignore totally the poorest people, and once in awhile say something about the middle, but really only pay attention to the top. tavis: which takes me directly into the new text "the price of civilization." to your point now, when occupied wall street, now in a hundred cities and growing, starts to raise its voice, when jeffrey sachs writes about "called the
all of a sudden there is a deal between the white house and congress to extend them for two more years. that was not because the president's back was to the wall. the political adviser for saying you cannot do that, you are running for election. you need a campaign contributions. this is really the story of america. the market system in the global era took away a lot of the jobs they used to provide a middle- class income, especially in the manufacturing sector. instead of the government...
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and the public approval of congress is as low as 9%. does this concern you? what are you going to do about it, and what kind of personal accountability do you take for that? >> i myself would include those among who are dissatisfied about the conduct of congress. i don't know who is in favor of that how things have gone forth, because you ve seen a polarization. but that doesn't mean we pull our punes what we belie in, and it doesn't mean we don't honor our responsibility to try to find common ground. but when we don't find it, to stand our ground. we com back too the table of the package that -- you know, thehe supercommittee will put forth. i hope that we can reach $4 trillion. we're willing to make concessions to do that. i hopehe republicans are willing to as well. >> how important are concessions about the regulatory environment? this is the final question here on this murky environment that we're seeing. ceos are telng me all the time they don't know the details ofo dodd frank.k. it's theaw of the land and we're still writing the rules. it seems like we
and the public approval of congress is as low as 9%. does this concern you? what are you going to do about it, and what kind of personal accountability do you take for that? >> i myself would include those among who are dissatisfied about the conduct of congress. i don't know who is in favor of that how things have gone forth, because you ve seen a polarization. but that doesn't mean we pull our punes what we belie in, and it doesn't mean we don't honor our responsibility to try to find...
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and what congress has chosen to do in 2007 and 2008 is propose a structure by which the ninth would be split into the ninth and a new circuit court of appeals. >> i have to ask you to finish. thank you. you can finish your statement if you can and then your time is up. >> very good. the last issue you may wish to consider is appeals would otherwise be considered under another proposal, all to go to the d.c. circuit court of appeals, which has no specialization in immigration. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> geeping, commissioners. my name is bar tholmue murphy. i am the chairman for the year national immigration reform. that brings an irish voice to the immigration reform bedate. as other speakers here, the irish are in real terms a minority in this debate. there are approximately 50,000 undocumented irish throughout the united states. but we are a very vocal minority, and i thought i would share with you some of the things that has worked for us in lobbying on this issue. and to my colleagues who are here tonight on their issues, there
and what congress has chosen to do in 2007 and 2008 is propose a structure by which the ninth would be split into the ninth and a new circuit court of appeals. >> i have to ask you to finish. thank you. you can finish your statement if you can and then your time is up. >> very good. the last issue you may wish to consider is appeals would otherwise be considered under another proposal, all to go to the d.c. circuit court of appeals, which has no specialization in immigration. thank...
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won't let you now you can't hide behind congress this one's on you you have all the power to stop this thing it's an environmental disaster twenty of the top climate scientists have come out and said so several of them got arrested alongside us in washington d.c. including james hansen and so now we're waiting to see what obama's. is there a canadian i mean here's a major political movement in united states and again you know the bill because it is by and large driving although there are a lot of people involved with it. is there are. in canada because this is the source of this oil absolutely and there was a there was there was a solidarity action in ottawa even though it isn't up to our government whether this happens it's up to the u.s. government this happened our government has made it absolutely clear that if they want this they travel back and forth to washington like traveling salesman pushing this thing so we're under no illusions that our government will stop this but there was a big action in ottawa where i think four hundred people were arrested so this is happening and it
won't let you now you can't hide behind congress this one's on you you have all the power to stop this thing it's an environmental disaster twenty of the top climate scientists have come out and said so several of them got arrested alongside us in washington d.c. including james hansen and so now we're waiting to see what obama's. is there a canadian i mean here's a major political movement in united states and again you know the bill because it is by and large driving although there are a lot...
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president obama says we can't wait for congress. are his latest moves helping or hurting job growth? you'll hear from a former advisor next. check your watch, time is running out for the super committee. can the members bridge a trillion dollar gap and if not, then what? is it 999 or flat tax or something totally different? americans are desperate for answers and each gop candidate says they have the answers. are their numbers really adding up? >>> we're going to be presented with? >> 999. [ ma announcer ] the cold aisle can overwhelming. [ coughs, sniffs ] especially when you're sick. now, with new simpler packaging, robitussin® makes it simple to get the right relief for your symptoms. new simpler packaging, same effective relief. robitussin®. relief made simple. gives you a 50 percent annual bonus. so you earn 50 percent more cash. if you're not satisfied with 50% more cash, send it back! i'll be right here, waiting for it. who wouldn't want more cash? [ insects chirping ] i'll take it. i'll make it rain up in here. [ male anno
president obama says we can't wait for congress. are his latest moves helping or hurting job growth? you'll hear from a former advisor next. check your watch, time is running out for the super committee. can the members bridge a trillion dollar gap and if not, then what? is it 999 or flat tax or something totally different? americans are desperate for answers and each gop candidate says they have the answers. are their numbers really adding up? >>> we're going to be presented with?...
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congress is not bound and future congressing are not bound to follow what this congress or previous congresses do when it comes to taxs and spending cuts. decisions are made that will impact future legislature and those future legislature will create their own path and not follow necessarily what anybody decided today. >> they may keep spend keep on spending. and why bring in tax hikes. is that all we are ending up with? >> i think christian makes a good point. a lot of this is going to occur in the future, get savings from this and future plan and that's a good point. i think you have to have some tax hikes to get the congress to go along with this. you will have to balance this somehow. i suggest you take a one percent tax hike across the board and that allows the congressman to go back see, i did get tax hikes, but we got the savings it is a ploy. >> but wayne. >> it is cosmetic and you have to do it in order to get something done. >> that's what we keep hearing. we have to have compromise and i understand cheryl. 50 percent tax hike anden spending cuts. why must there be a 50 percent compr
congress is not bound and future congressing are not bound to follow what this congress or previous congresses do when it comes to taxs and spending cuts. decisions are made that will impact future legislature and those future legislature will create their own path and not follow necessarily what anybody decided today. >> they may keep spend keep on spending. and why bring in tax hikes. is that all we are ending up with? >> i think christian makes a good point. a lot of this is...
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if congress were to enact these but you need credit, too, because this is your life's work. they need oxygen in this context. the reason why you saw limited participation was in part because as you said, some banks have plenty of capital and we only got applications for about 1/3 of the authorized assistance but only half of those banks met the standards in the law. and it's less than we thought. we're a little surprised by the take-up. but you're right to point out the most important thing so have demand greater and of the products and services small business create. >> thank you mr. secretary for taking the time to be with us. one of the advantages of waiting while there's votes question get to ask the questions. so i wanted to talk to you about the china currency bill that just got passed by the united states senate and by somebody who represents a large portion of those affected i'm concerned about the ramifications this has. currently we've had little about the plans of the administration. we heard the president is going to put his veto threat throufment if this were to
if congress were to enact these but you need credit, too, because this is your life's work. they need oxygen in this context. the reason why you saw limited participation was in part because as you said, some banks have plenty of capital and we only got applications for about 1/3 of the authorized assistance but only half of those banks met the standards in the law. and it's less than we thought. we're a little surprised by the take-up. but you're right to point out the most important thing so...
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that's the best way that everybody wants to use my point is where and respect the first amendment says congress shall make no law bridging the freedom of speech and the fact of the matter is that part of that to mean of that is that you can't control the means of making a speech you have to let people raise the money in order to be able to get their message out otherwise you've affectively denied them the freedom of speech how much money will you be spending on electronic media in this campaign that is a trade secret it is an open secret that nearly three billion dollars were spent on campaign ads in the two thousand and eight election and the candidates they spent seventy five percent of their time fund raising for both candidates spent most of their time doing what races. and. where's the money go right. so we can stop those practices ensuring the candidates are given free airtime that's a very simple thing the gore commission that was done back in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine there is a proposal that the networks provide. and the licensees provide five minutes of airtime to candidat
that's the best way that everybody wants to use my point is where and respect the first amendment says congress shall make no law bridging the freedom of speech and the fact of the matter is that part of that to mean of that is that you can't control the means of making a speech you have to let people raise the money in order to be able to get their message out otherwise you've affectively denied them the freedom of speech how much money will you be spending on electronic media in this campaign...
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congress for the company, what is your thought about education? >> it is about relationships dependent context which means consistent with what most people expect. people who get into trouble of the ones who act in a way that is inconsistent with expectations for most. that is very important. a smart mentor of mine said before you do anything are you comfortable reading about it on the front page of the new york times? if you are uncomfortable or ashamed or embarrassed maybe that is something you shouldn't do. sunshine is the best disinfectant. when we think of these standards are come back to what i said in the opening comment about this relationship between innovation and regulation and the need to have expressed recognition that when we regulate we are going to limit our ability to innovate because we will make some choices that may prevent the next google or facebook or company no one knows about. a very real risk. when we look where the economy is we look at the bright spots. how do we get more of those? i am not sure -- we have the folks in
congress for the company, what is your thought about education? >> it is about relationships dependent context which means consistent with what most people expect. people who get into trouble of the ones who act in a way that is inconsistent with expectations for most. that is very important. a smart mentor of mine said before you do anything are you comfortable reading about it on the front page of the new york times? if you are uncomfortable or ashamed or embarrassed maybe that is...
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the question is how congress or will congress decide how to pay for it. host: one of the numbers we have for the like -- from the labor department said of those who have been unemployed for a year or more, only one in 10 will return to work. the caller we just talked to falls into that category. what happens to the other nine it? it cannot find work, where did they go? what do they do? guest: in terms of labor department statistics, they either remained officially unemployed or they become marginally attached to the labor force in terms of wanting a job but not really actively seeking or they basically dropped out of the labor force. we have seen some staggering numbers on the labour force participation rate over the last three years. that is the rate, by the way, is calculated as the number employed plus the number of officially unemployed seeking work/the adult population. this labor force participation rate has fallen at the fastest pace we have seen going back to the 1944 -- 1948 starting point of the data. the labor force participation rate in septem
the question is how congress or will congress decide how to pay for it. host: one of the numbers we have for the like -- from the labor department said of those who have been unemployed for a year or more, only one in 10 will return to work. the caller we just talked to falls into that category. what happens to the other nine it? it cannot find work, where did they go? what do they do? guest: in terms of labor department statistics, they either remained officially unemployed or they become...
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it has been in congress for over 15 years. we are trying hard to get it passed. >> they hope they will hear loud and clear with this. bright pink light shining over washington for the month of october. >> i got tears. >> this breast cancer ... it -- survivor says sharing this experience with her daughter is our hope for the future. >> this is something that is good. it makes me happy that i can be here. >>> pamela brown reporting. coming up, casey anthony and the new tate that gives insight into our high-profile trial. what this new video reveals. plus, bruce jenner wants to follow in the footsteps of his stepchildren. >> best friends see the humor in a serious the next election is fourteen months away. and the people who sent us here... the people who hired us o work for them... they don't have the luxuxury of waiting fourteen months. some of them are living week to week; paycheck to paycheck even day tday. they need help and they need it now. and members of congress iis time for us to meet our responsibilities. [ male announ
it has been in congress for over 15 years. we are trying hard to get it passed. >> they hope they will hear loud and clear with this. bright pink light shining over washington for the month of october. >> i got tears. >> this breast cancer ... it -- survivor says sharing this experience with her daughter is our hope for the future. >> this is something that is good. it makes me happy that i can be here. >>> pamela brown reporting. coming up, casey anthony and...
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. >> to our debt crisis, congress has four weeks left to come up with a spending deal or the u.s. government will shut down. this time it's a fight over the 2012 budget which funds the government through next september. two u.s. senators want to make sure this doesn't happen again. >>> democrat ben cardin and republican kelly iad have introduced a bill which would require congress to agree on a budget every year by a certain time. otherwise they would have to shut down and wouldn't be able to leave washington or go on recess till a new budget is passed. senators are hoping if the bill passes, it could give their colleagues more than a few incentives to get things done. >>> the super committee met yesterday and discussed the impacts of the cuts with the congressional budget office. the 12 senators and representatives have until november 23 to come up with an agreement on what should be slashed. if they don't 1.2 trillion in automatic cuts across the board will kick in. >>> college students took out loans totaling more than $100 billion last year. that's first time that amount has e
. >> to our debt crisis, congress has four weeks left to come up with a spending deal or the u.s. government will shut down. this time it's a fight over the 2012 budget which funds the government through next september. two u.s. senators want to make sure this doesn't happen again. >>> democrat ben cardin and republican kelly iad have introduced a bill which would require congress to agree on a budget every year by a certain time. otherwise they would have to shut down and...
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by this congress and by your predecessor. thank you both. i yield back. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. it is always good to share a table or opportunity with you. general, thank you for your service. i had a series of questions. i will send them to you in writing in save a little bit of time. in discussions about maintaining our industrial base, numerous questions have risen. about the outsourcing of key military equipment,the key for the missile is made in china. that raises a bit of a question. many of the components that deal with the targeting of critical weapons are also made overseas. in china and other places. this is a major concern and i will send you a more detailed questions on it. from the far left to the far right, various think tanks have been had to do with the military. -- about what to do with the military. they're very interesting matrix can be put together. it is very expensive. -- it is very interesting. i will send you that matrix. you might find it a useful exercise. and is about where those things are. there is sim
by this congress and by your predecessor. thank you both. i yield back. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. it is always good to share a table or opportunity with you. general, thank you for your service. i had a series of questions. i will send them to you in writing in save a little bit of time. in discussions about maintaining our industrial base, numerous questions have risen. about the outsourcing of key military equipment,the key for the missile is made in china. that raises a bit of...
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the combination of a loss of that income and payments that have been imposed upon it by congress has resulted in an absolute flood of red ink. >> so this is a political issue, the future of the post office. >> it certainly is. >> the white house will be involved, congress will be involved, but there are many constituencies. i live in the plains, virginia and we love our little post office. we don't need it but we love it. just by chance, i found five other post offices within easy driving distance. the furthest one is 9 miles which is not very far away. >> there are way too many post offices. when you are talking about rural areas, the dependency on the post office and the affinity for the structure, the people work there in the community, it is a pillar of the community. i know that from growing up. it was the same thing of my small home town in upstate new york. >> it gives exactly the same service at the end of a long unpaved road in ohio or iowa or north dakota or alaska as it does in manhattan or washington, d.c. it is the same delivery times and that is a phenomenon. how did it
the combination of a loss of that income and payments that have been imposed upon it by congress has resulted in an absolute flood of red ink. >> so this is a political issue, the future of the post office. >> it certainly is. >> the white house will be involved, congress will be involved, but there are many constituencies. i live in the plains, virginia and we love our little post office. we don't need it but we love it. just by chance, i found five other post offices within...
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>> it is not just the fact, but the process allows the congress to be bribed if you will. all the lobbyist get in on this and people are bringing money. for example for the solyndra situation. george kaiser who made 16 trips to the white house in the weeks before that guarantee went through. congress is being bribed by somebody else in order to do this and they are producing jobs not in the united states but over seas. who is deciding who gets the money? that's t key and where the secret is. >> that's a good point. i want to take it to regina. we saw vice-president biden saying it will create jobs in delaware and help with the laid off autoworkers. >> it has partially happened. one of the reason that the fisker ceo had to go over seas. we don't have the plant related to the price of a 90,000 which clearly i don't know who will buy. but they took 20 million and bought an old gm plant and set aside 145 million for renovation and that will open up in late 2012 so they can come back here. you don't have clear controls over where the money is going and how much is invested over
>> it is not just the fact, but the process allows the congress to be bribed if you will. all the lobbyist get in on this and people are bringing money. for example for the solyndra situation. george kaiser who made 16 trips to the white house in the weeks before that guarantee went through. congress is being bribed by somebody else in order to do this and they are producing jobs not in the united states but over seas. who is deciding who gets the money? that's t key and where the secret...
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another chance to do their jobs by looking after your jobs, so this week i am asking members of the congress, but maybe they couldn't understand the whole thing at once. >> the republicans are criticizing his tour as tax bids for his reelection bid. >> and now they will gather for a debate in las vegas. jon huntsman is boycotting the nevada debate after they pushed ahead of new hampshire's primary. cane may fine himself the target of tonight's debate and he is nearly tied with mitt romney for the lead and rick perry is a distance third. good morning sal, how is the road? >>> we still have road work to look out for on the east shore, 80 westbound, they are scheduled to be out of thereby 5:00 and it looks like from here they are getting ready to open those lanes up but we will let you know and right now there no traffic jam there and no problems getting into san francisco. getting up the highway 17 northbound 17 traffic is also looking good, at 4:40 let's go to steve. >>> the fog is out there, it's still rather shallow, it is not making a sea breeze and it is not showing itself yet, i think en
another chance to do their jobs by looking after your jobs, so this week i am asking members of the congress, but maybe they couldn't understand the whole thing at once. >> the republicans are criticizing his tour as tax bids for his reelection bid. >> and now they will gather for a debate in las vegas. jon huntsman is boycotting the nevada debate after they pushed ahead of new hampshire's primary. cane may fine himself the target of tonight's debate and he is nearly tied with mitt...
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some see this as more of an eviction notice and say there could be clashes with police also yesterday congress passed the three free trade agreements with south korea colombia and panama meanwhile they blocked obama's jobs bill two days ago so does this show us where their priorities really lie at harrison's going to join us for that one and a new gallup poll shows that support for the death penalty in the united states has hit a thirty nine year low so we're going to talk about yet another execution that's coming up where guilt might be in doubt we'll have all that fried and i am more including a dose of happy hour but first take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. it's we just wrapped up the latest g.o.p. presidential debate earlier this week where it became very clear i think who the probable front runner is going to be and yet a new poll has everybody just blown away republican presidential candidate herman cain has pulled ahead of the pack we do have a new front runner at least for this month as herman cain he's the first choice of cain with a four point lead over mit
some see this as more of an eviction notice and say there could be clashes with police also yesterday congress passed the three free trade agreements with south korea colombia and panama meanwhile they blocked obama's jobs bill two days ago so does this show us where their priorities really lie at harrison's going to join us for that one and a new gallup poll shows that support for the death penalty in the united states has hit a thirty nine year low so we're going to talk about yet another...
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his first initiative involves calling on congress to spend $35 billion. later proposals could prove to be a harder sell. >> we will ask them to take a stand about whether people like me should pay a little more. >> the bus tour winds through north carolina and virginia. a stop at a small town barbecue restaurant included takeout handshakes and photographs. >> we want the president to work with us. we want him to stop the campaign. >> some of its critics say that the president should focus more on in here and now. >> it is time that he came off the campaign trail and negotiated. >> the president's approval rating in handling the economy is only 35%. voters give him a considerable advantage over congressional republicans. >>> after tonight's stop in north carolina, the president will spend the night in greensboro. tomorrow, and he will start the day in jamestown, north carolina. the president will start when state at langley air force base and finished his tort in chesterfield, virginia. >>> lawmakers have until the end of the year to act on the extension.
his first initiative involves calling on congress to spend $35 billion. later proposals could prove to be a harder sell. >> we will ask them to take a stand about whether people like me should pay a little more. >> the bus tour winds through north carolina and virginia. a stop at a small town barbecue restaurant included takeout handshakes and photographs. >> we want the president to work with us. we want him to stop the campaign. >> some of its critics say that the...
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. >> this is all about the and goingacting congress. without congressional approval, frustrated that cannot get capitol hill to jobs apt. he says there are measures that the rest of the country. he took his plan to the most desperate state and the country. was theozen aid, this cry. yes, we can -- and 2008, this was the cry. >> yes, we can. >> the president is announcing new initiatives, like listening on mortgages held by mac.e mae and freddie it could help homeowners under by 25% avoid foreclosure, letting them refinance at a oner rate if they are up payments and have a job. they are not the only ones to go. >> 20,000, 30,000 year. >> that is a big number. >> student loans wrapped up $100 billion last year. mr. obama would like to circumnavigate congress with new making it easier for students to manage all that bad. >> it is scary because i know that when i graduate, that is on my head. >> the white house hopes these changes will not be overlooked, time, especially in nevada, were foreclosures are highest in the country. >> we cannot
. >> this is all about the and goingacting congress. without congressional approval, frustrated that cannot get capitol hill to jobs apt. he says there are measures that the rest of the country. he took his plan to the most desperate state and the country. was theozen aid, this cry. yes, we can -- and 2008, this was the cry. >> yes, we can. >> the president is announcing new initiatives, like listening on mortgages held by mac.e mae and freddie it could help homeowners under...
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so congress are caught up with as it were not going to you do that. sorry for you at&t folks and say difficult, it's too late. >> the thing that also really got me when they first did this that didn't get much publicity, and i think it's legal, but it's morally wrong, when we had our traditional pension, you multiplied a percent times your use of service, for anybody, someone making 40,000, someone making 100,000, someone making 200,000, when at&t changed it they put a knee in a curve. they said okay, you're going to get half the rate up to the social security range base, and double the rate. same amount of money in the pot, didn't put more money in there, and i just wanted to say that. unit, it's doing what you are saying. they got a pot of money and they are skewing it. >> i think you are saying many people didn't know they were unaware of this change, and you know, i think that says something in terms of retirees of the past were more trusting, et cetera. and i think it's the message going forth, you know, i don't think we could have trust anymore
so congress are caught up with as it were not going to you do that. sorry for you at&t folks and say difficult, it's too late. >> the thing that also really got me when they first did this that didn't get much publicity, and i think it's legal, but it's morally wrong, when we had our traditional pension, you multiplied a percent times your use of service, for anybody, someone making 40,000, someone making 100,000, someone making 200,000, when at&t changed it they put a knee in a...
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does something i can't run against a do-nothing congress. if congress does nothing then it's not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town. >> reporter: the white house is pulling out all the stops to try to fix their economic brand these days. even using the clinton card tomorrow. secretary of state hillary clinton guest hosts the president's jobs council meeting, brian. >> chuck todd, thanks for that. up next, as we continue, the advice that may stun millions of americans who have been told they need that routine test for prostate cancer. and now the question, what are men to do now? >>> we're back with a potential game-changer in health news and here is the headline from the new york times website. got our attention tonight. dr. nancy snyderman, our chief medical editor joins us in studio. u.s. panel advises against routine prostate test. what is this story about? >> this is a little bit of a controversy that's been spinning around in the medical arenas for quite some time. the risk benefit
does something i can't run against a do-nothing congress. if congress does nothing then it's not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town. >> reporter: the white house is pulling out all the stops to try to fix their economic brand these days. even using the clinton card tomorrow. secretary of state hillary clinton guest hosts the president's jobs council meeting, brian. >> chuck todd, thanks for that. up next, as we continue, the...
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the numbers of congress are as low as any congress has been but it will not be the foil for him when the campaign gets going. >> chris: panel, we have to take a break here. up next, the republican presidential race rolls on and both mitt romney and herman cain have to walk back some campaign misstatements. when we return from the texas state history museum in austin. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively endorsed by aarp. when you call no
the numbers of congress are as low as any congress has been but it will not be the foil for him when the campaign gets going. >> chris: panel, we have to take a break here. up next, the republican presidential race rolls on and both mitt romney and herman cain have to walk back some campaign misstatements. when we return from the texas state history museum in austin. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp......
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chris: it's not a do nothing congress. they're going to use it. >> immigration will be a bigger problem for rick perry than his debate performances. in iowa they have problem. in south carolina, he has problems on the stump. chris: giving tuition. >> instate tuition, exactly. >> mitt romney said if he were president on the first day, he would deny as china as a currency manipulator. mitt romney has complicated the life of speaker boehner who wants to suppress that bill. 179 members have signed a discharge. chris: a trade war? >> the big question of the week, if it's mitt romney versus barack obama next year, will romney's mormon faith significantly hurt him in november. be right back. chris: welcome back. this week's big question, if mitt romney is the republican running against barack obama next year, will his mormon religion cost him states in november? joe. >> only if there is an evangelical or libertarian third party that comes as a result of the fact that they really do believe mormonism is a cult. >> it will be a que
chris: it's not a do nothing congress. they're going to use it. >> immigration will be a bigger problem for rick perry than his debate performances. in iowa they have problem. in south carolina, he has problems on the stump. chris: giving tuition. >> instate tuition, exactly. >> mitt romney said if he were president on the first day, he would deny as china as a currency manipulator. mitt romney has complicated the life of speaker boehner who wants to suppress that bill. 179...
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the numbers of congress are as low as any congress has been but it will not be the foil for him when the campaign gets going. >> chris: panel, we have to take a break here. up next, the republican presidential race rolls on and both mitt romney and herman cain have to walk back some campaign misstatements. when we return from the texas state history museum in austin. daddy, come in the water! somebody didn't book with travelocity, with 24/7 customer support to help move them to theool daddy promised! look at me, i'm swimming! somebody, get her a pony! [ female announcer ] the travelocity guarantee. from the price to the room to the trip you'll never roam alone. >>> i believe based on what i read that the world is getting warmer and humans contribute to that. it is important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may be contributors. >> my view is that we don't know what is causing climate change on this planet and the idea of spending trillions and trillions o of dollars to try d reduce co 2 emissions is not the right course for us. >> chris: mitt romn
the numbers of congress are as low as any congress has been but it will not be the foil for him when the campaign gets going. >> chris: panel, we have to take a break here. up next, the republican presidential race rolls on and both mitt romney and herman cain have to walk back some campaign misstatements. when we return from the texas state history museum in austin. daddy, come in the water! somebody didn't book with travelocity, with 24/7 customer support to help move them to theool...