>> how would you kirkize your relationship wm kevin mccarthy? >> i'm not going to give any advice to the house about how to settle leadership questions. do know keffen and we have a good relationship. reporter: give than bainer is leaving in a month, are there particular things you really hope congress finishes before halloween? and if the debt ceiling -- and is the debt ceiling increase one of them? mr. connolly: we'll have to deal with all of these issues -- mr. mcconnell: we'll have to deal with all of these issues. we have a number of different

things that need to be addressed. the deadline is december 11. thanks, everybody. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> we now know that leader mcconnell has set a vote time for tomorrow morning of 10:00 a.m. eastern. news conference from earlier today also during the party lunches, we heard from democratic leaders, harry reid, talking about government funding and attempts to defund planned parenthood. mr. reid: we're one day from a government shutdown. i'm glad we have a path to avoid it on a temporary basis. but this government by crisis s no way to run a country. we've been calling for responsible bipartisan budget negotiations for months. these negotiations could have avoided this necessary crisis

altogether. once we fund the government for a short period of time i hope the republicans will finally join us and negotiate in a bipartisan way to stop the devastating sequestration cuts. they are devastating. our principles are clear. raise the budget caps to help the middle class and of course our military, and no partisan policy riders that attempt to poison the deal. the republican leader has already conceded that budget negotiations will crack the sequester caps that senator mcconnell and i appreciate that very much. i heard that he said a few minutes ago that he wanted to see if they could come up with top numbers for the next two fiscal years. that would be wonderful. both parties know that budget sequestration is bad for our country. how many times have we heard senator graham, senator

mcconnell -- i'm sorry, senator graham, senator mccain talk about how bad sequestration is? so, we need to do something about it, not talk about it. there's no reason to wait until december to stop negotiating. should say start negotiating. december 11 going to be here before we know it. and we have to also understand that in the mix of this is the debt ceiling. they have to be handled together. it's the only way to intelligently do this. so, let's start working on a bipartisan way to stop all of this crisis, crisis, crisis. there's so many of them. we can do it but only if republicans don't divert us to yet another catastrophe. mr. durbin: 3/4 of the republican presidential

candidates think closing down the government is a great idea. 3/4 of the american people think it's a dumb idea. today republicans are congratulating themselves that they just might be able to keep the government open until december 11. it's a sad state of affairs when the g.o.p. measures success on not shutting down the government. it's hard to follow what this party's thinking. this is no cause for celebration. the american people have every reason to be appalled by the republican majority in the house and the senate and unable to govern. let's assume the senate will pass this clean c.r., say tomorrow, the house does the same, i don't like to make assumptions about what's going to happen over there, incidentally. we're setting up another deadline in december. it's a holiday gift for america. the prospect of shutting down the government again. there's already talk of another continuing resolution for the rest of the year by house republicans. who aren't yet willing to come to the table. is this how they govern? when the republicans are in the

majority of both the house and the senate? if they did what they promised, it would lock sequestration caps in place, stifle growth and hamstring domestic priorities. in fact, locking these sequestration caps in place would set nondefense spending $9 billion lower than it is this year. when you account for inflation. that's a $37 billion cut from the president's budget. no growth for medical research, that's a republican answer it. would not take into account the new demands in the department of homeland security. no growth for homeland security ? and it would be devastating to the department of defense. which has never, i repeat, never operated under a continuing resolution for a full year. once congress passes this c.r., republicans have to get serious. and work with us as we've invited them to do since last june. to put together a budget agreement. end sequestration.

fund defense and nondefense fairly and let's not get into a war of riders. threatening to shut down the government may be popular with republican presidential candidates and maybe amongst some members of the republican conference, but you don't have to go far outside the building to hear how reckless this would be for america. now's the time for congress to do the responsible thing and get busy putting together a long term, bipartisan budget. is human is human well, as we look -- mr. schumer: as we look forward to the weeks ahead, we're confronting with deadline after deadline. if the past is any prologue, republican leaders will wait until there's a crisis in the 11th hour and then risk disaster. but it doesn't have to be that way. we democrats are ready to negotiate on a budget that protects our national and economic security and creates jobs. we're ready to pass a bill that ensures -- -- to ensure we don't devastate the economy and default on the debt.

we need to start working on these issues sooner rather than later. c.b.o. estimated if we lifted the sequester caps we'd get 800,000 new jobs. we're talking about jobs, jobs, jobs. and our republican opponents, our republican friends are arguing no jobs. we hope our republican colleagues won't waste any time and join us at the negotiating table. just yesterday leader mccarthy rolled out a vision for american foreign policy that relies on a strong and robust military. but every military leader from every branch has been crystal clear that sequestration harms the military. and that they support a federal budget that makes the necessary investments in the military and our middle class. well, what is it? majority leader mccarthy? you want a robust foreign policy but then you want to handcuff the military with sequestration? can't have it both ways.

democrats in and large numbers of republicans agree, which is why both house and senate leaders on the republican side have said they'll enter into negotiations to fund the government in a fair and balanced way. these negotiations are the only way we can reach an agreement to avoid a disastrous fall hurting jobs and the economy. the recovery keeps moving forward. we've made real progress in createding -- in creating jobs. an unnecessary shutdown would be a huge stepback that would deal a real blow to growth in jobs and to our economy. republicans should not let it happen. so, rather than catering to the extreme right wing of their caucus, and giving in to the same dysfunctional dynamic that has plagued the capitol for years, we hope the winners of the leadership election in the house will work with democrats to find a path forward on funding the government, avoiding default and creating jobs. instead of pledging intransigence and gridlock to pick up a couple of handful of

extra votes from the very most conservative hard right members of this entire body, we hope republicans running for leadership will reach across the aisle and try a new approach. if republican leaders continue to let the hard right tail wag the republican dog, the consequences this fall could be catastrophic. we hope they choose to work with democrats and find a way out of this fiscal maze that's ahead of us. ms. murray: here's a pretty basic piece of advice. the republicans can't seem to wrap their heads around. if you have a long time to avoid a terrible situation, you shouldn't wait until the very last minute to get to work. it's advice we give to our kids when they have class projects, it's for drivers who see dangers up on the road, and it is for elected officials and budget deadlines. for months we have been

standing here asking republicans to join us at the table. but for months they have asked us to wait. for months we have talked about this deadline, october 1, we said, there is no reason to wait until the countdown clock comes out before we get to work. but for months they have ignored us. if we hadn't seen this happen so many times, i would say it is absurd. but unfortunately it has become just the way republicans have decided to operate. even today, right up against the deadline, house republicans are far more interested in spending the day attacking planned parenthood and women's health than avoiding a crisis. they are so focused on their tea party base, so concerned about the members of their party, who think the word compromise is a dirty word, and they feel the need to engage in this bizarre theater. and wait until the last minute to do what they knew all along would have to get done.

republican leaders seem to think they have perfected the art of governing by swerving away. it is an awful way to run congress. it leaves us inches from disaster every time there's a new deadline and it needs to change. so once the senate finishes its work to keep government from shutting down and once house republicans accept at the very last minute they need to do the same, i'm hoping the next deadline can be different. i'm hoping we can avoid the drama. avoid the countdown clock. avoid the last-minute swerve and do what we did in 2013, work together, negotiate, reach another bipartisan budget deal. and i'm confident we can do it because we've done it before. it will be up to republican leaders to join us at the table so we can do it again. one more thing before i close, i watched some of the so-called oversight hearings in the house today on planned parenthood. and i don't think anyone could have called that a hearing.

because i'm confident the republicans didn't listen to anyone but themselves. but without any republicans from the house here to interrupt me, let me be very clear. democrats will not allow republicans to get in the way of a woman's constitutional right to make her own health care decisions. and the faster republicans can finally accept that fact, the sooner congress can get back to work for our families and communities as they expect us to do. reporter: senator mcconnell said he and boehner spoke to president obama last week about starting budget talks. were you aware of that? have you been invited to these budget talks? mr. reid: the answer is yes, i was aware of it. there's stuff going on as we speak. proirp were you invited to those talks -- reporter: were you invited to those talks? mr. reid: there were no talks. reporter: there were talks about setting up the talks.

were you invited? mr. reid: if there are any talks, i'll be invited. reporter: how does boehner's retirement change your calculus to securing a budget deal? mr. reid: i wasn't here but i was told by my staff that senator mcconnell said he talked to boehner the last few hours and that they're trying to come up with a top line for two successive budget years. i think that's good. i hope they do that. as i mentioned in my prepared remarks, we have a perfect storm brewing here because the crisis they've created. we have debt ceiling, we have ex-im bank, which is already closed, we have -- of course we've got to do something about funding the government after december 11. we have i.m.f. that is an embarrassment to our country, we have no money in that. we have lots of things to do.

the debt ceiling is not going to be around forever. we're run out of money. -- we're running out of money. it will come very soon and i would hope that boehner would make it easy on his people who are going to follow him to get it all done before he leaves. because the things i see in the paper, as senator schumer mentioned, that's quite frightening. people cheering for default on the debt ceiling, people hoping the government will be closed. but this is no new textbook they've written. remember, the last closure of the government, 17 days, 2/3 of the republicans in the house voted to keep government closed more than 17 days. so, i hope we can get this stuff done before the speaker moves on to whatever he's going to do.

i was going to call on you first. i thought i'd embarrass you. ok, now. reporter: -- [inaudible] -- leader mccarthy is more likely than not to become the first speaker of the house. have you had dealings with him or any kind of relationship that you've had with him? and can you start holding leadership level meetings with the big four in your office again? mr. reid: i'm going to miss the cigarette smoke. because, just to remind everyone, the first meeting i had with john boehner, i could tell he was nervous. i said, go ahead and light up. he did. he's been lit ever since -- every meeting i've gone to. i've lived in a family where a lot of smoking going on, so it didn't bother me. so i will miss john boehner for many reasons. number one, i liked him very, very much. i thought he had a good sense of humor.

all that kind of stuff. i know mccarthy's from california, but i haven't had any intense dealings with him. i look forward to dealing with him during the next 15, 16 months. ok, thanks, everybody. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> the president of planned parenthood testified today before the house oversight committee on federal funding for her organization. we'll show that hearing to you tonight, about 45 minutes, at 8:00 p.m. eastern. late this afternoon, on capitol hill, word that the house rules committee will meet. connor o'brien of c.q. roll call tweeting that house rules meets tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. to set up floor debate for the defense authorization conference report. no amendments likely one hour of debate. his colleague at c.q. wondering

too if they might add the continuing resolution as an emergency item to that rules meeting tomorrow. the house itself gavels back in tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern for their morning hour speeches. noon for legislative work. today they passed a bill that would exclude planned parenthood and other groups providing abortion services from participating in state medicaid programs. the white house issuing a veto threat. tomorrow members will likely move to debate and vote on a temporary government spending bill with funding set to expire at midnight tomorrow, same thing for the senate, they're in tomorrow at 10:00 too. follow the senate on c-span2 and the house here on c-span. the issue of government funding and republican leadership in the house a topic on this morning's "washington journal." washington journal continues. host: california republican tom mcclintock joins us now in the wake of his bombshell resignation announcement on friday in the head of the

conference meeting to discuss how to move forward. what was the mood of the conference into that meeting? >> there was a sense of relief. there had been an enormous tension building up for reasons fair and unfair. john boehner he had become a lightning rod for a lot of the ofstrations, not only republicans but republican voters. by removing himself from the equation he is giving himself the ability to take a fresh start. he will improve the morale but it will not change the underlying political dynamics responsible for that frustration. beats's today's meeting? >> there always led by the conference chairman. for.at will you be looking

a there needs to be relationship between the rank-and-file members and leadership. we delegate certain day-to-day decisions but ultimately, the conference is responsible for these positions. for theership works conference and not the other way around. one of the reasons for the external flick -- external fiction and i think he viewed his moral -- role more as a .irector that it's serving caller: i think kevin mccarthy has clearly mastered the long-lost art of listening. he is an amazing guy when it comes to being able to touch base with every member of congress. to know where they are and how far they are willing to go.

that has made him so effective over the years in finding that consensus point. >> samiti the more contentious question is who do you see as so next majority leader -- maybe the more contentious question is who do you see as the next majority leader? guest: i really don't want to take sides on that one. i have had a policy over the years, i learned the hard way that would have two friends in the race. i'm hoping the calvin coolidge maxim applies in this case says when you see 10 problems coming along the road nine are likely to run into a ditch before they reach you and i am talking to one of the nine. host: democrats can join at (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001.

.ndependents (202) 748-8002 tom mcclintock is a member of the budget committee and we are facing a government shutdown perhaps tomorrow at midnight if this budget situation isn't worked out. this playing out? >> we first have to reflect on how the last six months have turned out. the house has produced six of the 12 appropriations bills and despite mitch mcconnell's efforts to bring those up, harry haveand the democrats blocked it, holding it hostage on their demands and demanding that we bust the spending caps and spend a great deal of money that we don't have. how do we get out of this mess now that we are at the 11th hour and none of the appropriations work has been done. the only way forward is a

short-term continuing resolution. but this must be accompanied by a timetable announced by the joint leadership we will talk how we move forward push the appropriation bills. it is not only lazy man's way to fund the government but it includes all of the mistakes of the past and as you know the spending trajectory. we spent $230 billion to pay interest on the national debt. that means $2000 you said the irs this year. our interest costs will actually exceed our entire defense is.

he warned that in his ,rofessional military tune in the greatest national security threat is the national debt. budgets has adopted a that doesn't change that trajectory, that does put us back on a path. having set the course it is absolutely essential that we stay that course and the appropriations process is the only way to do so. many of the members of your congress believe this fight over planned parenthood funding would warrant a potential shutdown-fight on capitol hill. ofi have opposed the funding abortions my entire life. i have been very consistent in taking that position. , other tactics that have been suggested to planned

, it is highly counterproductive. it alienates the public at the videosen these barbaric of planned parenthood activities are changing public opinion. and it deflects the blame from harry reid and the democrats in the senate who have been consistently plucking any spending bill unless they get their demands to blow the lid off of large spending. what is the reason why you decided to leave the freedom caucus? that was the reason because there tactics had become entirely counterproductive. they had failed not only to advance those -- that cause. their decision to block the the disastrous

nuclear-iran agreement that locked the house which would've been a decisive repudiation. i think that their hearts are in the right place. host: the freedom caucus will do tactics wise when it comes to the next speaker, how much influence will they have? guest: that will depend a lot on the next several conference discussions we have on this subject. they vote that an individual cast in congress is a matter of conscience of judgment and responsibility to their constituency. that is their right and nobody expects it.

comes to the whatization of the house are the rules of the house. that is the prerogative of the majority party and that has to be decided by the majority party conference and every member of that congress has to respect that decision. the problem is we have a group that are not respecting that decision and time after time have threatened or actually combined which was nancy pelosi and the democrat. i find it very ironic that that has become a very serious problem. host: did you try to voice your concerns before resigning? >> for eight long months. i pointed out that nancy pelosi and the democrats did not get the vote in the republican conference.

188 democrats get to vote on that and i have warned these conservatives time and again that those 188 democrats are far more likely to combine the 29 most liberal members of our house, not the 29 most conservative. i was getting nowhere so i decided that the best thing to do was resign. host: let's get to our call to entrees in weatherford, texas. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. mike question to the congressman is how do you have so much belief in kevin mccarthy when he was the with. how many votes did you pull from the floor because he could not count. host: guest: with all of my hopes and expectations or kevin mccarthy,

i cannot expect him to be and to read minds. because he is very conservative area --. is been very conservative and wanting to end crony capitalism that is per ton -- that is personified by the export import bank. he is been very bold on a number of issues. i think he will continue to be a speaker. he has the ability to communicate with a very diverse spectrum of members in the house republican conference. they can move forward. i think that's going to be a very important improvement in the house. to theou know him back california state legislature.

about him as a young state legislature. the two things that strike me as most remarkable is his ability to interact with people in the where they are and find a middle ground that moves -- but, not organizationally i've never known anyone to do as much as he can. that very much driven in respect. he is making sacrifices. man ande is a family spending quite a bit of time away from his family in order to change the direction of this country. i admire that in norma sleep. -- enormously. he will be one of the farthest and fastest rising members of congress.

we are talking with tom mcclintock. john is up next. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i would just like to know where is the future of the united states? the people are tired of the same thing over and over again. we have new leadership. we are getting a new house republican. i feel that we need change. we need somebody in there to get things done. nothing gets done. i think you should try to work together. you should put money in our pockets and get things done now and not later. if we get mr. trump and their, are you going to work with mr. trump question mark --? things backet the in the united states. we want to bring it leadership. we need somebody in there to get things done.

what you going to do to help the people money back in their pockets? i hope you could do this and i know it seems to me that nothing is going to get done. it's going to be a new person and nothing is going to get done. caller: if you're expecting overnight miracle, you are going to be disappointed. i get an earful every week for my constituency. we voted all these changes and nothing has happened. my response might not be satisfying, but it's the truth. our government was not designed to turn on the outcome of a single election. it was designed not to turn on a single election. it takes a series of directions. we are well underway in those elections. we have another coming up next year.

it's all right to be frustrated. it's all right to be angry. don't you dare get discouraged. the ship of state is turning slowly. it is turning. kevin mccarthy doesn't represent a big turn. he was speaker boehner's right-hand man. isst: the majority leader elected independently of the speaker. the majority leader is elected by the republican conference. he serves the republican conference. being the number two position in the house, he is closely identified with john boehner. john boehner endorsed him on friday. guest: i think you'll see a broad conference endorse him.

the overall -- i think that's the testament to kevin's consensusbuilding ability. i think conservatives are going to be -- find him an improvement over the current leadership. they should not expect leadership haricots. that comes after a series of elections. we are well underway. president,is a new we will not be able to make the changes in law that are necessary to restore the founding principles of this country. what we have done is completely shut down the obama legislative agenda. that's why he is issuing executive orders, many of them illegal. i think the courts will strike down some of them. i think the next president will have a very busy inaugural afternoon resending the rest.

this is the line for democrats. good owning. -- morning. caller: i wanted to ask the congressman, i've been trying to understand republican logic. sponsors of portions. would you be voting to stop aid to israel? i don't know their position on public funding of abortions. that is the issue here. it is irrelevant to the question of peace in the middle east. i think that iran is only reliable in that troubled region. the survivor of israel is essential. ultimatential to the

civility being restored to that region. i think our support of israel is very important. host: martin is waiting on the line for independents. caller: my question has to do with the functioning of congress. you mentioned that now that the republicans of had control of you have mentioned specifically how democrats have been able to block votes, when the democrats had control of both houses, the republicans were able to do that? guest: they did in the senate, but not to the same extent. that 60 vote threshold is a perversion of reasonable

parliamentary principles. continueird wants to debate, it ought to continue. that assumes two things. and it actual debate assumes the debate is your main to the amy lee pending question. rule has beentary perverted over the years. that is a serious problem and it needs to be addressed. the line for republicans is up next. caller: thanks for taking my call. i am calling to speak in opposition to tom mcclintock and kevin mccarthy as the new speaker. representsock everything that is being swept

away in the republican party. the times are changing. we need a genuinely conservative speaker. we need to follow through on what republicans have promised. replacement of the obamacare. we need tax reform. we need immigration enforcement. mr. mcclintock is old school. host: who would be your pick? caller: i don't know the house well enough to select someone. it has to be someone who does represent the interest of the tea party. guest: i think i can die a happy man realizing that my leadership in the conservative movement is now considered mainstream establishment. i am very happy about that. i think you misinterpret my position and kevin mccarthy's position on that issue of crony

capitalism. the export import bank is probably the poster child for crony capitalism. the government take your money and uses it to underwrite loans for foreign companies so that they can buy products and then compete against american companies. kevin mccarthy has been an -- a critic of the bank. i join him in that. ishink the republican party taking very strong stance against the kind of crony capitalism that is crafton to the free market system. -- craft -- craft -- k rept into the free market

system. host: your thoughts on daniel webster? guest: i think he needs to demonstrate more leadership in the house are in --. people who have proven themselves in this form. this was very different than state legislature. we have the line for democrats. good morning. caller: did i hear you say

you've been in the government for 30 years? 29? i think you are part of the problem. on government for your living and you are a socialist. you are the problem. host: how long is too long? what do you think should be the maximum amount? caller: two terms. i used to support term limits. we tried that in the state legislature in california.

what we saw was the respect for the institution evaporated. it there was a huge power shift from the legislative branch to the executive branch. over theterm concern impact of policy was eliminated. the termo be in limited legislature, people would be concerned about these played well now, but what will they do in 10 years. that ended with the term limits. it did not bring about the kind of change we hoped to see. charles is up in west virginia. caller: thank you for taking my call. the first thing i want to say is in 2000 when bush took over,

that's when wgot our debt. we went to war and that's the only thing the republicans wanted to do. you've got a speaker of the house, you should have two. if the republicans don't want to bring anything up, then let the democrats or the independence. when you take away my rights to have somebody bring something up whether you are a democrat or republican, you are taking away my rights to be represented in the congress. is, congress and everybody has to bill that the college students have the right to vote and 18. peoplets out the elderly you go to these colleges and universities. money the billh

the student loans owed now, over $1 trillion. tonever you took the right the draft, you took the right to thatsomebody tell our kids respect and honor and service to the country. this is the way it everybody stays in the congress. they don't have to go to the old people. you are cutting out the old people. -- you've got to have an education. guest: we respected -- i have nothing nice to say about that. george bush ran up unconscionable debt.

my beef with barack obama is not that he changed george bush's policies, it's that he did not change them. have a national debt that exceeds $18 trillion. it is doubled in the last decade. it's now producing interest costs that are eating our country alive. with respect to the 18-year-old the, that was adopted in 1970's. law of thestablished united states and i don't think anybody seriously suggests modifying it. nobody thinks that diminishes the right of senior citizens. judy is watching us in hawaii. good morning. caller: i just wanted to say i

am glad to see that john boehner is retiring. say i don't know about mccarthy because he seems not strong enough. i think we need somebody strong to come in and i think jeff sessions might be the better choice. i wanted to ask your guests why he thinks that congress and the senate are functioning a properly? we feel like we are not represented at all in this country. we feel if the government is completely broken. the supreme court is now legislating. -- never they all aren'tcans have it, why they doing anything it with that power? why did let obama and away with all he is getting away with? guest: there are constraints that are system places on each

of the branches. there are checks and balances that should restrain the kind of unconstitutional conduct we are seeing out of this president. there is nobody more frustrated by that then members of the republican house. there are basically four checks that the house has on the unconstitutional actions. we have the power of impeachment. us that can only be invoked when there is overwhelming public consensus that does not exist. we have the power of the purse and women exercising that power to a limited extent. there are practical limitations on what we can do as we discovered two years ago during the government shutdown. the republicans passed three separate bills to fund the entire government with the

exception of obamacare. the senate simply ignored them and with the government shut down, it was republicans who were blamed. there is practical limitation on that. we have the ability to bring the courts into the process. obamacarene that on and i suspect we will be expanding upon that in future days. we have the ability to investigate, to lay out the facts. i think we're doing that very aggressively on a range of fronts. most notably, the benghazi scandal. you are going to see a series of investigations now over planned parenthood. the house has been taking action. i think the congress is taking actions very seriously.

there are limitations to it. of our constitution rests with the american people. that is why i've never been more optimistic about the long-term future of the country. people are angry, they are upset. they are engaging in the process. this is a reflection of the much broader debate going on in the american people. ont's the debate that goes over backyard fences and family dinner tables. it's on the outcome of that debate that our constitution ultimately can be redeemed. i see very strong signs that that process is well underway. host: you mentioned investigations. today at 10:00, there is a hearing on planned parenthood.

that is happening at 10:00. viewers can watch set on c-span3. you mentioned the frustration that's out there. donald trump is writing that wave of frustration. yesterday, he introduced his tax plan. i want to show some of that. >> we are going to cut the individual rates from seven brackets to four. simplification. 10%, and is zero. if you're single and earn less $25,000, or married and $50,000,arn less than if you are single and earn less than $25,000 or jointly earn less than $50,000, you will not

pay any income tax. nothing. this eliminates very strongly and quickly the marriage penalty. amt, theates the alternative minimum tax. it ends the death tax. taxation and a lot of families go through hell over the death tax. it reduces or eliminates most of the deductions and loopholes available to special interests and to the very rich. it's going to cost me a fortune. served, your assessment? guest: it would be a huge improvement over what we've got. i think we're moving toward a flatter rate tax system. that's what the congressional budget calls for, a flattening

of the tax rate. .educing the overall rate eliminated as many of these loopholes and deductions. those countries that have moved to a flat rate system have been rewarded with explosive economic growth. i think he's on the right track and host: carl is up next. caller: good morning. i just have a comment about kevin mccarthy. he is our representative in this area. realistically, we've never seen him. i get a flyer once he year. that's it. this area is very poor, high unemployment and a lot of hispanic voters. i don't think anything he does represents the people of this area.

if the hispanics would ever get vote, he would no longer be our representative. the you think you will see more of him and he becomes speaker? caller: i don't think there will be any change at all. vote republican since 1972. i have changed because of kevin mccarthy. he does not represent any of the values of his district. guest: i think that's demonstrably false. he has been overwhelmingly reelected by the people of his district. i think that's the definitive question whether he does he represent his district. outdistrict is speaking very forcefully on that. host: we have the line for

democrats. go ahead. i was just wondering, be the he not also speaker of the house? i want him to be the next speaker. guest: i appreciate that. i've got my hands full. host: jeff is in crofton, nebraska. i agree wholeheartedly with you. republicans are in a tough place when they had harry reid who would not pass anything in the senate.

he would not do it for his own democrats. then they had a president that would veto or go around the congress every chance he got. then you had the justice department that was crooked. we are trying now as republicans to pull things out. i have all confidence especially if we can get a good conservative republican in office as president. i would prefer that carson.

i do want a flat tax. i want 18% flat tax. i want to get rid of the irs. i want everything to go to the state level. guest: you can hear the frustration of the collars. they want change that they are not seen it. i think that's a healthy thing. it is propelling events that will produce those changes. we saw them in the congress. without a president who is willing to sign legislation or repeal obama care. without a president who will live within the constraints of

the constitution, congress can fight a rearguard action. we can attempt to use the power of the purse to some constraint. invoke the courts and bring them into the mix. as the broad changes that have got to be made to restore the prosperity of this country, that's going to require a republican president. i think we're well on the way. i endorsed scott walker. the moment i endorsed him, he dropped like a rock. i'm not trying to make that mistake again.

the good news is we have a very strong field. wants in his right mind barack obama's third term. that's all the democrats are offering. as long as the republicans don't make the mistake of offering the other thing he wants. fall,g as we avoid that there's going to be a republican president. host: new jersey, next. david is on the line for democrats. caller: thank you for taking my call. i believe there is a really offensive and undemocratic about where i am perceiving as the republican party subtext involving donald trump. it is almost like a bunch of grown-ups regarding a gore person with ideas not go along with the establishment as not

being legitimate. when i think he is legitimate or not, i added politically are supposed to be at the country. we come up with challenging and new ideas and people are given legitimacy and i think there waiting for him to go away and personally offended. guest: my hat off to donald trump. i think he has great issues of the other candidates were unwilling to rape, particularly on illegal operation. we have -- unwilling to raise, particularly on illegal immigration. donald trump proved that was clearly bad political analysis that it is an important issue to americans and that the message he brings is resonating. my concern of donald trump is there are times when i wince at some of the things he to say. theeems to run afoul of all advice when he said -- when you

argue with your emotions, you never fail to delight your supporters, if you rate your adversaries, and alienate that middle ground stick to persuade. if i were advising trump, i would advise them to keep that but i think he has made a positive contribution to the campaign and my hat goes off to him. host: last 30 seconds with the question -- what were john boehner's greatest accomplishments and elders and how would you grade him? a big question. it takes more time for history to get the perspective on that. i think he will be remembered as doing the best he could under difficult circumstances to resist undramatic turn to the .eft on this administration i think he will be remembered for producing the largest republican majority in the house

in nearly 100 years. --hink his greatest feeling aliens or inability to communicate with the american failurend and -- [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> in 2 hours, at midnight eastern on wednesday, september 30, the 2015 fiscal year will come to an end and unless congress comes up with at least some sort of short term spending measure, funding the federal government, parts of the government at the senate look at to work on that tomorrow. they take up the continuing resolution. their version lead include funding for planned parenthood. senators last week attempted to move forward with a measure that would lock the funding, but failed to do so. a clean cr coming before the senate tomorrow morning. in the