the job of white house press secretary requires a good working relationship with the white house press corps. that relationship is now perceived as far from harmonious. the press sees gibbs as smug, sarcastic, and disliked, if you believe the remarkable reporting on gibbs behavior in a front page four column out of six above the fold 2500 word recap by reporter horowitz in the influential "washington post." and the press/gibbs relationship is ted to be -- said to be degenerating by the day so much so they are expected to meet with exchange availability. unlike other press secretaries, pat, who would make rounds of calls to reporters as they neared deadlines, gibbs is notoriously tough to get on the phone. his is a little low qis are full of "first and foremost," and "i will say this." and he relies on escape hatch promises to check and get back to you, unquote. then there's this. check out the web, the white house. it all turns out to be a suite of social networking tools. youtube, white house tt gov, twitter that mixes noin vation. on the morning of march 12, gibbs broke major news in

sablan: i move the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1182. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 11le 2. resolution congratulating radford university on the 1200th -- 100th anniversary of the university. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from marianas island, mr. sablan, and the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs. biggert, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from marianas island. mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i request five legislative days during which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on house resolution 1182 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house h.res. 118 which celebrates radford university for 100 years of leadership and service in higher education. radford was originally

house now. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, bishop fred simms, beckly, west virginia. the chaplain: father, we ask you to strengthen the courage of the representatives and congress. sent here men and women to do what a right. make it plain, father. we lease the same wisdom that brought these 50 states together to form this great united states of america. allow it to fall fresh among this great governing body as they make decisions affecting over 300 million americans. father, at this time we join our hearts, minds and spirits for our

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the clerk: house calendar number 186, house resolution 1300. resolved that at any time after the adoption of this resolution, the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 5013, to amend title 10 united states code to provide for performance management of the defense acquisition system, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 21. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on armed services. after general debate, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended b

we have the white house, we have both houses. we've got a majority of governorships which means we're now the governing party, the american people took the keys, put them in our hands, said we don't like the other guys are running things. we want you to run them. we tried to build the d.n.c. it is to take this historic election and to convert it into a transformative presidency. that's what america needs. that's what the world needs. and the better the president does the better it is for democrats everywhere. and so we're working not just with democrats but with independents, politically unaffiliated, disillusions republicans who want to see the change agenda that the president campaigned on made real. it's been a very exciting year and a half and a challenging one. we've seen, you know, some huge, huge victories. the president walked into the toughest economy since f.d.r. in 1933 with two wars to boot. and after a lot of very, very tough work and heavy lifting with congress what we see is, you know, jobs, the stock market, econo

city housing officials said they will now investigate the 2001 transaction on the house. they are looking for possible violations, they say, of the terms young's sister agreed to to get the tax subsidy. >> it is the official is not allowed to use the city taxes to pay for creigh or benefit from it. housing officials said they were not aware of the changing ownership to include the council president until we ask about it. the deal also required his sister to live in the house for 10 years. anything short of that will demand repayment of the loan. we asked whether the sister lives with the council president in the house. she has not answered our e-mail. >> councilman young himself has not answered our questions. his spokesman said earlier that young should have been on the deed of that house in the first place because he and his sister both owned the house that had been demolished. there was no response or questions about the taxpayer funds. live from the newsroom, i'm jane miller, wbal tv 11 news. trex a new development in the trial of a 17-year-old accused of shooting a 5

housing finance crisis. in 2007 to 2010, was not merely a housing crisis. we witnessed the market collapse, a collapse of the only market that the gse's were in. starting in 2007, the financial sector grappled with what most observers view as the worst conditions ever seen in the modern capital markets. in the midst of turmoil, virtually every other housing sector investor fled the market, and the gse's were specifically required to take up the slack. through the spring and summer of 2008, my colleagues and i worked with government officials, regulators, our customers in the banking system, housing advocates, and others to maintain the excruciating balance between providing the liquidity to keep the market functioning, and protecting fannie mae's regulatory capital. until the time the government imposed confer nestorship, ofheo stated fannie mae had maintained regular standards and we were still the principal source of funding to the mortgage market. based on ongoing examinations and frequent if not daily meetings into late august 2008, our regulator contin

the clerk: house calendar number 184, house resolution 1248, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 4715, to amend the federal water pollution control act, to re-authorize the national estuary program and for other purposes. waving -- waving -- waiving a requirement of clause 6-a of rule 8 with respect to considerations of committee on rules and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote.'s s's the speaker pro tempore: on this motion the yeas are 235, the nays are 171. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, i have the honor to transmit here with a copy of a letter received from the honorable kirt s. brownie, secretary of state, state of florida, indicating that according to the unof

and every single house republican voted against reforming wall street here on the floor of the house.two of them were absent. but all of those that voted voted against it. now, they want to change the subject back to health care, except they lost that debate too. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to speak for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. issa: mr. speaker, i have heard both sides talk past each other. mr. speaker, the american people, they get it. they get it that in fact cap and trade will increase cost of doing business. that health care, which is also too big a piece of the family budget, is going up, not down, that government is increasing spending at a time in which the revenue is far less than what we're spending. in fact, 40% of the budget is being borrowed. and now we're having the human being russ to call financial reform -- huberous to call financial reform something a bailout guarantee. under president clinton and a republican congres

so i wasn't his source in the white house. the part i was referring to on countdown was the fact that the last story is about the fact that one or more tapes have a potential erase sure onyx son's -- on nixon's secret tapes. on "the washington post" story as opposed to the book when you compare the two, all five sources in "the washington post" story are white house sources. since we now know it's felt, it strikes me -- and that seems to be the only piece of information that felt gave to woodward is because felt -- woodward doesn't know where felt got this information. and it may have been that felt said, listen, i heard from somebody in the white house, and i'll tell you how that could happen, that one or more of the tapes might have erasures. and then they got four other sources that confirmed that, so they may legitimately all be from the white house. now, what happened? when rose woods discovered that she had erased what she thought was five minutes and then later turned out to be 18-and-a-half minutes, i'm sure he talked

democrats pick up 30 seats in the house and control the house. 6 senate seats and control the senate. big old election pushes them way up. then you had the 2008 election. now, president obama -- excuse me, president bush's approval rates weren't in the 30 ratings. they were 26%. the war in iraq was getting better but oh, the economy had collapsed. the time for change movement was just as pervasive. republican voters were still lethargic and not particularly energized by senator john mccain's candidacy. democratic voters were hypermotivated. and you had young voters and minority voters that were particularly worked up and energized and exercised. and they were voting for barack obama. and while they were there they were going to vote for anybody with a blue jersey on. and then independent voters swung by an 8-point margin in favor of president obama. and while they were there they were generally voting for democrats, too. and lo and behold democrats picked up another 21 house seats on top of the 8 -- the 30 they picked up before. they picked up 8 senate seats on top of the 6 before. an

and the white house, and when it's the white house it's the president of the united states, mr. speaker, dictated to the bankruptcy court exactly the terms that he -- merged from the bankruptcy courts in general motors and chrysler. that situation is appalling and breathtaking when you think of the nationalization that's taken place. and, mr. speaker, when you look at the beginning of this is at the end of the bush administration, henry paulson, secretary of the treasury, came here to the capitol september 19, 2008, and asked for $700 billion in bailout money that he would deal out the way he saw fit in an attempt to stop what he believed was a potential or maybe an impending meltdown of the world's credit that he thought could occur, come all crashing down, he couldn't guarantee if it was a fix. he said if he give me new ideas it won't be as good as my own. in about october of 2008, and then another $350 billion that was approved by a congress that was elected later and by a president who was elected later and that was president barack obama who supported and approved all of th

but now houses more than 1,300. the inmates considered the most dangerous of all are housed in this unit. it is called seventh block. >> translator: there are other housing units here. they call this building a prison within a prison. >> vladimir is serving four years for theft. he will says he is housed here because of conflicts with other inmates. >> translator: well, i had some problems when i was in general population since there are a lot of bad people here. there are a lot of what we call rats. if i had stayed there, i could have ended up with six more months in prison. nowadays, if you break somebody's nose or jaw, they immediately give you more time in prison without any discussion. >> but it's outside of seventh block in the general population area that the uniqueness of zabala is most obvious. >> you walk out into this courtyard that was beautiful. they had this very large fountain. and i was a little shocked, turned my head and saw peacocks. the further we got on to the prison grounds, everywhere you look

the house will be in order. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. cantor: i ask to address the house for one minute for the purpose of inquiring about next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . cantor: i thank the speaker and i yield to the the gentleman from from maryland for the purposes of announcing next week's schedule. mr. hoyer: i thank the republican whip for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: will the gentleman suspend while the house will be in order. the house will be in order. mr. hoyer: thank you very much, madam speaker. our former colleague is on the floor, the governor of puerto rico, congratulations to him. on tuesday, the house will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business with votes postponed until 6:30. on wednesday and thursday, 10 a.m. for legislative business. on friday, no votes are expected in the house. we will consider several bills under suspension of the rules. the complete list of suspensions will be

the republicans controlled this town and house and senate, the house never would have had it. >> guestno question it was political. there were some perfunctory actions that might not even -- where the u.s. attorney might have taken things. one of my thoughts is it will be handled in a grand jury, i didn't look to shoot down nixon. it resulted in a i got lucky if you will otherwise it could have been different but had congress not put the pressure on nixon would have done all eight years. >> host: what is your next book?

the house fell down on you? >> yeah, the house fell down and our roof was like this on my head. >> reporter: a steel door crushed mary's leg and broke her foot. her leg is badly swollen and she came to the clinic because she's afraid of losing it. where do the tears come from? is it from the pain or the sadness or both? >> i don't know. >> reporter: even a simple x-ray would help the, to thes figure out why her thigh is so swollen. >> you can't get a c.t.? >> no. >> reporter: but there's no x-ray machine here and mary can't afford the $15 it would cost at the public hospital in port-de-paix. the earthquake crippled the health care system already desperate for a government overhaul. but the disaster incapacitated the government, too. 49 of the 80 public hospitals in port-au-prince were damaged. an estimated 10,000 nongovernmental organizations, or n.g.o.s, have stepped up to care for the two million haitians living in tents. >> this is the best formula for disaster. that's what i've said since the beginning. >> r

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order.s before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. april 20, 2010. i hereby appoint the honorable rick larsen to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2009, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with eacher party limited to 30 minutes and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. stearns, for five minutes. mr. stearns: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. stearns: mr. speaker, last friday the s.e.c., security and exchange commission, filed fraud charges against investment bank goldm

chu: i the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1222. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1222, resolution supporting the goals and ideals of national library week. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlelady from california, ms. chu, and the gentleman from tennessee, mr. roe, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. chu: mr. speaker, i request five legislative days during which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on house resolution 1222 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. chu: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for as much time as she may consume. ms. chu: i rise today in support of house resolution 1222, which encourages all americans to take advantage of the numerous resources libraries make available. across the country, libraries help develop communities by bringing people of all national yilts, ages

here's the enemy-- they're right there, go get ¡em, just going house to house. >> narrator: the marinestook control of fallujah after four weeks of heavy, close-quarter combat, and kilo company had been in the thick of it all. >> kilo company in fallujah performed magnificently. they took heavy casualties, but they just kept going and going and going. >> narrator: now many of the same men were primed to face a similar situation in haditha. >> all our intel reports and everything had initially said that this was going to be, you know, a full-on, like, fallujah- type style clearing the city and whatnot. and so we were all amped up. >> narrator: but they were surprised by what they found. >> the night that the battalion set up to go push through haditha and start clearing it, all i heard was crickets. >> no one attacked us. no one did anything. we just... we found a abandoned school and then we set up there. >> narrator: the marines renamed the school "sparta" and made it their base of operation. sergeant frank wuterich, who would later be at the center of the haditha incident, was on his

for the white house. it's not like you're important like a garbage collector or something. >> i'll give you my white house beef. my white house beef is timing. briefings by chance or appointment, you simply cannot have briefings that are scheduled that we're told about are going to be noon then decide to hold them at 3:30. that is absolutely unacceptable. >> why is he so bad at time? obviously the bush people made a point of being on time. but when it came to press briefings, clinton's people were not bad. but this is a a joke. >> robert, in addition to being spokesman for the president is special assistant to the president. he is in the room when obama is doing things. he's much closer to obama than any of the previous press secretaries were. >> i think mike mccarty was fairly close. i watched them on several trips with the clinton administration. you could see they were banging each other, laughing, sharing a joke, probably an off-color joke. >> let me just make a point about that administration. there

i have a house in washington dc for the first time. i voted for public housing my whole career. i never had any idea it was going to be this good. i have finally come to realize how screwed up this city is. it has a language of its own. for example, a deep background means you will be quoted in the game change. senior white house official whimeans rahm. reconciliation means war. only in washington. but actually it -- you did not believe the president saying he would rather be with you, ed did you? come on. y'all ought that slow. it is good to be with you. i admire the skills required to be an anchor, a commentator, a talking head. i think you have a pretty tough job. but occasionally i am surprised by your lack of self awareness. for example, when dick morris is quick to point out every time i put my foot in my mouth -- at least it is my foot. [applause] by the way, rahm was only pointing fingers. look -- i know you are going to get mad, but i think you are a little rough on the republicans for causally repeating the mantra "the health care bill is 222 pages long." put yourself

the house bill. the house bill that he said would he repealed. i cannot believe, and i would like to put each of the three of you what the result will be in terms of seats in the house. >> the results of the campaign for repeal? >> yes. >> well, first of all i think the democrats are certain to lose seats in congress in both, certainly in the house and almost certainly in the senate, and they could suffer pretty large losses, but i don't personally think the health care bill is going to be the most important factor in not. i think a big factor in it is structural. it is a midterm election that the president's party almost loses seats in the midterm election regardless of what else is going on, and secondly the democrats are at a high water.right now. they have gained over 50 seats the last two elections. they have democrats sitting in a lot of republican leaning districts so they are bound to take some pretty big losses are likely to take some pretty big losses in any event. secondly i think the econ

in his white house in the first three months.the so-called on moon period which he sad and clinton did not have. in the first three months they took president bush and made him go around the country and make statements on public policy to demonstrate he knew the issues. two, they kept the vice president highly experienced behind closed door this is the shadow and during the first three months, every major decision made, the white house leaked it to one of the prime news sources that it was the president that made it. he established himself in the presidency despite the election at the end of the first three months, and then he was able to get his tax cut through. then there was something he didn't anticipate the de text of james jackson from the senate turning it over to democrats. the economy was getting in some trouble and he waffled a bit. he came back early to fix the economy and 9/11 came and he redefined his presidency. host: what can prepare a candidate for the first year of presidency? anything? first year of presidency?

of the house. i urge all members to support this resolution and support father coughlin. i would like to add myself that i first of all i would like to mention that father coughlin is the first roman catholic to serve this house. and is not necessarily the best roman catholic in the world. i will tell you that i have the deepest appreciation for what father coughlin has done for this house and both our chaplain and also as a friend in service to this country. i have had many occasions to have personal discussions with him and i will tell you in my personal opinion that if more of our religious leaders had the same demeanor, the same personality, the same open heartedness, the same attempt to understand the differences between us, and the same obvious willingness to forgive our differences and our difficulties, i think this world will be a much better place. i will tell you that i not just want to congratulate him on his 10 years i also want to personally thank him for the many services rendered to

house so? >> he is one of those guys whose positions have gotten forgotten, and he has become viewed by partisans on both sides as somebody who was really a straight shooter, who told the way it was, who had the respect of a wide spectrum and as history has passed, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with him at the time, you look at him now as somebody who really had the best interests of the country in mind and spoke his mind and that has a certain charm and well -- good reception with the average voter's. there's a nice comparison. >> admired for his principles. is there someone on the national stage today to the barry goldwater? >> i am looking for him. i am not sure there is. there are people who speak their mind but he became a unique figure in american politics because of his outspokenness and he took a very unpopular position at the time. conservatism was very young when he started the movement and made it very sensible, common-sense the office of separatism. we don't have someo

if they are going to give a house to you and your wife, that is $52,000 that the dalia of the house can be transferred to you tax free. anything above that, they would have to file a gift tax. above $13,000 a year, everybody gets $1 million of the gift tax. if the parents die why thehile e only house -- if they pay $50,000 and it is worth to under $50,000 and the child inherits its, there would be no tax on the $150,000. if it is a gift given while they are still alive, the $150,000 could be taxed. it gets tricky. you have to think about those things with a gift like this late in life. the key thing is to be careful, not to be scared. if you have not filed, you should. most people have a refund coming. refunds drive me crazy. the average american will get $3,000 back. they took that amount out of their paychecks then they should. what is your agi and how big is your refund? more allowances should you be claiming to get your moneyr >> tomorrow on "washington journal," a look and what to expect when congress returns from easter. following that, at international atomic energy agency depart

housing loans. it was going up during that time we are talking about between 2005 and 2007. let's consider the things that i was referring to before. this question of the market share. the chairman made a reference to the presentation by tom lunk in june of 2005. in there he said we are facing a choice. we either meet the market, which meant we will have to change the way we do business, we will have to go after more of these subprime loans, because that is where things seem to be going, or we should stay the course. he considered whether you had the resources to do that, not the financial resources, but whether you had the resources of personnel. he said no, lack of capabilities, we lack the capability to go into this market, we lack the willingness to compete on market price. we lack a value proposition and we lack a conduit capacity. there are also regulatory concerns. basically he says, realistically, we are not in the mission to meet the market today. therefore, we recommend something you have

house.hey return with legislative work that includes a resolution honoring civil rights leader benjamin hooks to died last week. live house coverage now on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: lord, our god, continue the work of your creation, you shape our history and establish your realm of equality and justice. the beauty of spring puts to rest our fears that winter would last forever. the movement of the moon and the stars removes the season of dark memories. nature commands us to adapt to an ever-changing world of light and hope. not called to master other peoples our the currents of time, not called to master nature but only uncover its secrets, not called to master other nations we will find peace. created in your image and likeness, lord, we struggle to be unique persons of distinct integrity, finding ourselves in the land of freedom, we are ever learning how to live in community. simply calle

we have a lot of abandoned houses. there are many vacant houses that the city has purchased. during the height of the housing boom -- i do not hear too much about the appraisers that came into the properties. you put in about -- a new kitchen cabinet and your place is suddenly worth 20 grant mod more. the amount of appreciation during the housing boom -- how fast did it go up compared to prior years? my general feeling is that appraising may have been skewed to maximize the value of the home. guest: i think appraising definitely went haywire, but people were willing to pay. prices were going up at a record rate, and this is simply something that they were responding to. this housing boom was unique in the amount of fraud involved into it, but they now have new rules including a code of conduct ethics. what they have done that is put a middleman in between so that the lender cannot said i'm going to hire my own appraiser and that way i am going to influence how much this house is worth. right now, the middle man could be somebody in cleveland appraising a home here in washingt

speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. please take your conversations off the floor. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, this is a matter that belongs before the committee on standards of official conduct. and i yield back the balance of my time and move the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion to refer. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. mr. hastings: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i ask for a recorded vote, the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on the motion to refer will be followed by a five-minute vote on the motion

white house council, former white house counsel greg craig hired by goldman sachs to defend them in allof this. big irony? >> irony. revenge is a dish best served cold. he is serving it hot. >> bret: that is it for the panel. stay tuned for a very tough story to cover for perfectionists. oh! blue! i touched the ball before it went out, coach. come on, alex, the ref did not call that! it's the championship game! i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team! alex! good call. >> bret: finally tonight, the ash cloud from that volcano in iceland caused major problems for flights all over europe stranding tens of thousands of people. it's a really big story. the official name of that volcano is tough. >> >> the name of the volcano. >> the. >> eyjafjallajokull. >> fiddle faddle banana ramah show no, sir signs of abating. >> bret: wel

are funding an in housing bubble that's about to explode on our economy.he d.c. home bailout that could lead to more bailouts. >> new home sales surging 27% last month. the biggest jump in 47 years, before you celebrate, hear this, one of america's top housing guys calling it a new mini bubble. one the government is creating with bailouts and tax credits to spur the buying. even worse, there's a 50% chance it will blow up in our face again. toby, what do you say about that? >> well, it's a fact. as a matter of fact, you know, if the federal government's giving 90% the home mortgages out the last 18 months which is true and number two the cash for clunkers, except it's cash for clunker for a house, that he have' created the market and when that goes away real key manned will find itself and it ain't this level and would i say this i want our 13 billion dollars back. they threw it in there and didn't ask us. i want the 13 billion back. >> brenda: 1.8 million households, 13 billion bucks, mark, was it worth it? >> absolutely, it will not cause a housing bubbl

megyn: new questions today about a protest at the white house. we're trying to learn who exactly made the call. it sent reporters packing when they tried to cover this event. here the yelling? park is closed, laf ehet park, right across from the white house. we'll talk to a fox news reporter who was right there when it happened. >>> plus, we're getting more on our top story. the voice behind the geico commercial, now in trouble for a nasty voice mail attacking a tea party group. >>> and now we've got it cued up. hear for yourself. >> hey there, i'm doing a paper about freedom works and i was wondering if somebody could give me a call back, i'm wrapping up and i just have one more piece of information i need to get from you guys. just need to know what the percentage is of people that are mentally retarded who work for the organization, and are members of it. i just need to know the percentage of people that are mentally retarded who are working for freedom works and are following it. and oh, and one final thing, also, wondering what your plans ar

the house will be in order. the house will be in order. does the gentleman from west virginia seek recognition? mr. rahall: yes, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does? mr. rahall: it was one week and one day ago that a devastating blast in a coal mine -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rahall: one week and one day ago that a devastating blast in a coal mine outside of my home town took the lives of coal miners, one more is hanging on in the hospital. i ask that we have a silent prayer for those who have lost their lives in the tragedy. the speaker pro tempore: the house will observe a moment of silence in respect of those victimized by the tragedy in west virginia. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentlewoman from california, ms. chu to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1042 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house r

and i'm guessing that they probably had a stable housing market, there wasn't as much housing built onspeculation or they didn't suffer say the subprime mortgage crisis or bad loans were not made in as great a number as, say, states like florida or california. and as a result, you're not going to see, say, the same high numbers of foreclosure rates in those counties, say, as you are in the states where the housing bubble was the biggest. and, you know, what the stress map really does show you is that the economic stress kind of came in waves. and the first wave seems to be related to the housing crisis. and so you saw it in florida, california, nevada, and then after, say, october of 2008, roughly, you see it becoming really hitting manufacturing communities, where the demand has dropped off. and so you're seeing a lot of layoffs in these communities. and so i think that's what you're probably seeing in ohio and western pennsylvania. and you're seeing pretty high unemployment rates, but you're really not seeing the foreclosure rates that you see, say, in the sun belt states. host: like

the former white house counsel to president nixon. he is an author of 10 books including an updated edition of "blind ambition." that is sunday at noon eastern on quality "booktv." all this month, south carolina the wonders of the student cam video documentary contest. students submitted videos a one of the country's greatest strengths or it's a challenge the country is facing. watch the top winning videos every morning on c-span at 6:50 a.m. eastern, and just before washington journal. during the program, meet the students who made them. for a preview of the winners, visit the web site. c-span, our public affairs content is available on a television, radio, and online. and you can also connect with those on twitter, facebook, and youtube, and a sign up for our schedule alert e-mails @ c- span.org. >> the federal government has a new effort to implement workplace flexibility programs that are being used in the private sector. the first lady spoke earlier this week in a conference on this subject. she is introduced by the senior white

he bought a house or two and sold a house or two.nd he's not a housing guy and he's looking for protection on his overall portfolio. but puts on the s & p 500 and they were expensive at the time and he was looking for something to hedge himself. and peligrini, said, i don't know you might want to think of these credit default swaps and they sound complicated but they're not really. they're basically a derivative. it's a way to kind of insure yourself and you can do it on any kind of debt basically. if debt defaults and you buy that debt and you got believe insurance, this credit default swap insurance then you're protected. peligrini said to paulson, boss, you should look at this credit default stuff. it protects your downside and just like any kind of insurance contracts your downside is protected because you pay a certain amount for a protection like anticipate insurance premium. you pay an annual kind of fee and you're protected. so paulson was like, wow, i don't know much about this. i vaguely heard about this credit default swap

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 419, the nays are one. without objection, the motion is adopted, without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? mr. skelton: mr. speaker, pursuant to the instructions of the house on the motion to recommit, i hereby report back h.r. 5013 to the house with that amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. skelton of missouri. mr. skelton: i ask that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the question is on adoption of the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on engrossment and third reading. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: united states code, to provide for performance management of the defense acquisi

since i came to this house 30 years ago, have always felt that the house is at its best when it is unitedn order that unity can be maintained, i have decided that i would relinquish the office of speaker on sunday, the 21st of june. this will allow the house to proceed to elect a new speaker on monday, the 22nd of june. that is all i have to say on this matter. order. questions to the secretary of state for the commonwealth affairs. >> michael martin became the first speaker in 300 years to be forced to resign. the expenses scandal had claimed its highest profile victim three more were to follow. the following month, there was a contest for a new speaker. >> 593 ballots were cast. the number of votes cast for each candidate was as follows. john burke told, 322. 271. [applause] >> the new elected speaker was symbolically drag to the chair to become the 157 to speaker of the house of commons. >> i should like to thank and they -- and pay a heartfelt tributes to all the candidates who stood in this election. [applause] >> mr. speaker-elect, you have an enormous challenge and opportunity befo

more live house coverage at 6:30. what role the investment banks and goldman sachs in particular have in the recent crisis? scheduled witnesses include several former and current members of goldman sachs quitting the chairman and ceo, lloyd blankfind. what's that on c-span 3. -- watch that on c-span 3. one of the newest members of the commission, mignon clyburn, and what the comcast decision means for net neutrality. >> c-span. our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on line. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. signup for our e-mail sat c- span.org. >> community bankers are holding their annual policy conference in the nation's capitol. political analyst charlie cook address some of the issues this election year. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> charlie, i already did your introduction. [laughter] >> it was great, by the way. my mother appreciate it. >> you thought they were teasing about the latest information. this is something that literally did just co

the house will be in order. the house will be in order. . on average, a person is sexual assaulted in the united states every 2 1/2 minutes. in my own state of wisconsin, we've learned that nearly 93% of sexual assault survivors are violated by someone they know and trust. . and trust. tragically, oftentimes as youngsters before they reached the age of 15. nationwide, we know that children and young adults are most at risk. 44% of sexual assault victims are under the age of 18 and 80% are under the age of 30. it estimated that 20r% to 25% of women attending college are raped or assaulted over the course of their college career. these statistics are staggering and unconscionable. yet, as is often the case, statistics alone cannot adequately convey the urgency of a future where no child, no woman, no man is ever sexually violated again. last fall, i got a chance to hear from a courageous woman from wisconsin who was sexually assaulted in 1993. i'll call her carry. she was walking from her home to meet her husband at a party in milwaukee. she w

desire for the senate to operate more like the house. the senate is a messy place. the house is a very structured controlled environment where the majority has absolute iran control. the senate is not a body that functions that we historically. it is a body that largely does its business by consensus. most of the work we were involved and with rare exception got done by consent with the leaders would essentially agree with the structure was going to be and what you are going to get on the rules you are able to get it done, and at the end of the day you essentially work to try and come to closure. there is less sense of that now. whether it's the nature of the individuals and the body and the lack of sort of history with some of them. i can think of the members that were on the finance committee when rod and i first went on the stuff and they were people like a broker calls and jack hynes was on, chafee, just sort of people that have long histories with the institutions. is that the difference today? i don't honestly know the answer to th

when will the white house come to the rescue? and send me your thoughts. you can find me on twitter at mitchell reports. [ crowd cheering ] [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices every day. ♪ right now, walmart has rolled back prices on top lawn care brands like poulan pro, brute by briggs & stratton, pennington, scotts and spectracide. along with thousands of others all over the store. it's rollback time! save money. live better. walmart. >>> first health care, then financial reform, now immigration. president obama says it points to the need for washington to stop avoiding the issue. >> our failure to act responsibly at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsibility by others and that includes, for example, the recent efforts in arizona. >> but anthony's

>> they got a number of what they call house gifts, individual agreements with countries. >> house gifts. >> health care reform, public option. >> it does matter. >> change. ukraine agreed to send back all of its weapons grade uranium and canada and mexico, all of these different countries had agreements. the problem is, of course, agreements are only going so far. one agreements they signed here is with russia to get rid of plutonium they no longer need. i was in moscow in 1998 when they first made that agreement with president clinton and president yeltsin. it's been 12 years since then. they still haven't done anything with that agreement. this was the agreement that put in place the agreement they made 12 years ago. >> even the start treaty has to be ratified by the senate and there's been noises that maybe that might be a little more difficult. >> it could be challenging. the republican is still trying to figure out whether they want to attack it for not doing too much or doing too little. it's a real question there. some republicans, conservatives like jon kyl, the number two in th

a statement today, white house officials say that the white house is declining comment on the blagojevichawyer's subpoena to president obama. that's that june 3rd file, and we just heard from pete williams it is not unprecedented but unusual for a sitting president to be subpoenaed. >>> airports in scandinavia are closed right now as shifting winds again sending volcanic ash over norway and sweden, creating more flight disruptions just as the debate heats up whether flights should have ever been canceled. nbc's chief science correspondent, robert bazell, live in iceland. there is a big debate. there has been a huge economic impact on the airline industry and they're saying the government leaders acted too precipitously. >> reporter: well, and rhea, absolutely, this is an issue where the regulators got out ahead of the scientists. what happened was that there were a few instances as recently as 1989 where aircraft flew into volcanic plumes, but they flew right over the volcano and the ash knocked out the engines on the airplanes. fortunately, nobody was killed in those incidents, but nobod

this house began on the house side by ron paul, to what the federal reserve. barney frank and his cohorts regret the whole thing and included it to audit the federal reserve, but now on the senate side senate got has no mention of it. this is another power grab to get more control, to handed over to the federal reserve. it is the old story like bearair rabbit -- don't throw me into the patch. i wish you'd have a program on how the fed has nothing to do with the federal government. it is a private group of bankers and they are controlling the american economy more and more. host: thanks for the suggestion. from the best seller list in light of the economy, number one this week is "the big short" -- my guest michael was featured sunday night -- the people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. that is number one this week on "the new york times" list. caller: good morning. host: you are calling on the democrats won. caller: i certainly am. we have to have regulation even if the republicans feel there is not enough or too muc

the banks and the housing crisis. but first with the other news of the day, here is kwame holman in our news room. >> holman: the ousted president of kyrgyzstan came under new pressure today to step down. kurmanbek bakiyev fled the capital, bishkek, last week. he fled south, to his home village near the city of jalal- abad. today he addressed a rally of 5,000 supporters. later, he laid out his conditions for resigning. >> (translated:) in what case would i resign? first of all, a guarantee that in kyrgyzstan there are no more people walking around with weapons, no more seizure of property or redistribution of property. also naturally my own security and the security of the members of my family and those close to me. >> holman: the interim government has balked at giving any guarantees to relatives of bakiyev, accused of corruption. and the interim leader, roza otunbayeva, warned today time is running out for bakiyev to leave the country. she said pressure is mounting to throw him into prison instead. >> (translated:)