it becomes the front door opportunity for the new housing. the housing is full of color. the blue is the retail that was mentioned already overlooking ocean avenue, with a slightly lighter blue at the corner, which is hopefully a cafe. the -- the other colors represent point of entry and -- social -- social support services and the gray in the center manages the automobiles. 0 i know this is very tiny, but the intent is to -- to say a few words about context. the proposed housing development is in the middle. and you can see that it is massing -- and basic characteristics of very much in harmony with the proposed avalon housing which is immediately across lee avenue to the west. to the right of the proposal is the new plaza and the firehouse. good. this is the blowup of the footprint. the blue is retail. the plaza is to the right. you could see notation for community room, which would be shared with the community. at large. above that is a -- a green color which represents where people can enjoy entering the building off of the plaza. lobby and the support services and th

, market rate housing, and other. this is very much a public- private partnership. we meet all of the time, literally every week, with the housing and redevelopment agency's. we have seven city agencies that join us through the interagency council to look at services and delivery note and teams that are actively talking to us. and this will affect the redevelopment and rebuilding. they have really stepped up on the efforts to bring philanthropy to the table and help us. there are some that are a part of this effort. back in the day when we were looking at this, the housing authority fiscal needs, millions of dollars on a million -- on a regular basis. this was not the resources, and it was a long type of -- in the meantime, these eight sides were part of a larger story which was about families in crisis and where were families in crisis living, and as they went out to work with those, we were not 26 us for helping families of we were not able to do anything about the deterioration and concerns the people had, particul

, market rate housing, ownership housing and rental housing. that's a form has that i think works really well. in fact, this is a really good use of in lieu fees. it is -- it is a good argument for the fact that you don't necessarily have to provide all of your affordable housing on site, if you could provide a blend of market rate in close proximity to each other, you're doing the same thing and probably in a more cost effective way. i think that's good. for some of the other concerns. -- it speaks accurately about parking. i'm not sure the fact that you're only providing four parking spots, i forget the number was for 71 units here, in that range, maybe a couple more, might be unrealistic. i don't know that the assumption that because it is 100% affordable project, there won't be cars may not be an assumption that is justified. housks that's what is proposed. that can be tried and then i would like to see the city keep an eye on it and see what happens with -- with the project and others like it? what is the real ratio of car ownership? are w

. >> also, why are house democrats feeling unloved by the white house? >> we have no problem with the tea party. we have a problem with them tolerate racism in their ranks. >> the naacp takes on the tea party. >> we have always denounced racism and recall it out whether it is tea party crashers from the left are members who have attended our events. >> these are the toughest restrictions on banks since the great depression but some people say it does not go far enough. three republicans on board came 22 months after the lehman brothers collapse threatened to collapse the entire economy. democrats say it will bring more oversight and transparency. republicans said the federal government is extending its reach deep into the private sector and will drive financial sector jobs overseas. who is right? >> there republicans, of course. >> thank-you. >> margaret. >> the democrats, of course. it was watered down to get enough boats but thank god for something. >> probably a little bit above. >> i knew that was coming. >> but, in the last analysis, we have had 30

president chiu: same house, call? this ordinance is finally passed with a vote of 9 - 2. >> the memorandum of understanding with the municipal organization. president chiu: same house, same call? this ordinance is finally passed -- >> it was supervisors mirkarimi and -- president chiu: roll call vote item 18. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: no. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor supervisor mirkarimi: no. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are 8 ayes and three no's. president chiu: in motion by supervisor elsbernd seconded by supervisor maxwell. she will be recused. can we get a roll call vote? >> i have not yet call this item. it is an ordinance adopted amendment no. 3 to the 200712-12 understanding. president chiu: we just recused supervisor chu, can we still -- >> yes. >> it wasn't clear with the same provision with reference to the other mlu's included in this item. i j

, housing for people with disabilities, housing for the chronically homeless, holders of housing. >> we love redevelop it, but we are going to have to do some development ourselves. that is what we want the city to do. let the people year, starting with the people out here in bayview, to the development here. at the shipyard, whatever it is. you do not need anybody out there. you give me all about lead, i could get the money to develop it. >> first of all, we have a very public and open process. when you look at a public the size, you are looking at a national developer to have the wherewithal, the resources, the expertise and the finances to really complete a project like this. >> the residents of this community said they needed very affordable senior housing because many of their residents were aging in place in the community. that was a response to what the stated community needs were. in addition to the senior housing on the front, we are also looking at building affordable homeownership projects. this is 132 units of first-time home buyer units. that again will be affordable to

, low income housing. the services affiliated with a lot of housing programs have grown in the past number of years as their additional housing units are put on line, services are required that increase the cost of the overall baseline amount. i think that you would see a gradual increase over the last number of years. >> if the board were to take any action actually allocate the surplus, they would need a majority vote. do we have any authority over the baseline with this charter amendment? >> the way the charter amendment is written, the rainy-day reserve would not come into play with this appropriation. what we do when we calculate the baseline, we look at the total aggregate discretionary revenue that the city has, and we calculate the baseline requirements to the children's fund, the mta, library, and so forth. that residual amount is what goes into a fund balance which is considered surplus to be used in the subsequent fiscal. -- fiscal period. supervisor avalos: that is what we would establish with

that includes housing and infrastructure. potrero, sunnydale, and westside courts have all, i think, tremendously successful community engagement processes around the site planning. i think we have all gotten good public use, but you are on the planning committee, and i believe we have achieved strong consensus on potrero and sunnydale. we have had a minimal, if any, significant negative uproar, if you will, from the public. it has been phenomenal. chair maxwell: i would have to say, members of those communities have been really partners with the folks living in those developments. they have come to meetings and wanting to be a part of it, but the meetings were on site. they were there. if they were off site they were there. it has been a great community building tool. >> exactly. thank you. and hope s.f. revitalization has attempted to do community neighborhood. there are three ways. we have kecked existing residents to the existing services that will help them stablize their lives and meet the needs of their families. some

house there and make a quick buck. by the 1920's, they're mostly gone. there's just a couple here and there. >> so, woody, sometimes the railroad seems to be finding old cars and rebuilding them. have -- are any of these actually rebuilt and used again? >> some of them they have saved because they've popped up now and then. like the ones on ninth avenue. those three cable car trailers. they were saved by ed zelinski who took them and donated them to the maritime museum. think one still sits in a warehouse waiting for somebody to do something with it. but other old cars have been rescued and taken to parks where they've been restored. there's one down in san jose in kelly park. it's an old horse carrie stored that runs around on the weekend. -- car restored that runs around on the weekend. on the one hand, you're in this foggy neighborhood, there's not much insulation. on the other hand, you've got 30 windows, and the sunshine in the day could just make the place broiling. and at night all of those windows let in the co

the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1463. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5604rk the service transportation savings act of 2010. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 311, h.r. 5604, a bill to rescind amounts authorized for certain service transportation programs. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from virginia, mr. perriello, and the gentleman from tennessee, mr. duncan, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. perlmutter: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members -- mr. perriello: madam speaker, i as

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 410, the nays are zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order will members remove their conversations from the floor. will members and staff please take their conversations off the floor? the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. levin: mr. speaker, pursuant to h.res. 1495 i call up the bill h.r. 5618, to continue federal unemployment programs and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5618, a bill to continue federal unemployment programs. the speaker pro tempore: we will have members and staff please take their conversations off the floor, the gentleman deserves to be heard. members, please. the gentleman f

and then came back to the house. the house concurred and amended it one more time, went back to the senate, they concurred and the bill was finally passed. so i point out that that process involved in that case both houses, both houses had ideas on how to improve this legislation. but apparently this year while a bill -- similar bill was introduced in the house, there's only a hearing in the judiciary committee, we have no hearing on the incidents of crime in our committee which i think probably would have provided some insight. i only bring this up, mr. speaker, to say that the process in passing legislation should improve both houses and not just one house. but i find it rather curious in this instance where those on the other side are saying the senate did all of the work in this wonderful process. i wonder if anybody on the other side of the aisle feels the same way about the other issues pending here where we seem to have a problem getting concurrence like on major issues like the supplemental budget, for exampl

a little unusual house i saw on commercial street. that's all we see right now of the belli building. i couldn't be get behind it. this an old brick building that in some ways survived the 06 quake. >> a lot of the buildings did and i have a client that still owner its. right around the corner there are two buildings there and this area did survive the earthquake and the fire. >> one of the things that is most unusual about this and built on a raft of redwood logs. >> one this way, one this way and one this way and it floated on the bay. >> and they're doing a major renovation now and involves house nothing the building so i am sure they will put a real foundation. >> it worked for 150 years. >> originally built as a tobacco warehouse and of course the famous -- and then it was a meloggian and crab trees and one of the great entertainers in san francisco. i couldn't talk about unusual buildings without talking about chinatown and it's one of the reasons that people come to san francisco and see a representation of a whole different wa

i these are the four houses. it shows from north to south what is a picture from another angle that was on the cover shot that i provided to you. this is a picture of the rafter tales -- tails that are an ornamental cut. these will be taken down. they are in the entire perimeter of the house, which are very unique. i don't have them on mine, i would love to have them, and they are a nice distinguishing feature. just to let you know, this was the alpha house. nobody else got stained-glass windows. i would like to hit least let you see some of the problems we have had with the dormer and the fact there is actually a kitchen here that is vented up through the top and it would take its path in front of the legal dormer. -- of the illegal border. that comes into my windows and my living space. we have lots of issues to talk about, and nobody seems to be interested to involve the neighbor, so we are here to talk to you. thank you. president peterson: thank you. we can hear now from the permit holders. >> good evening.

house of representatives.] . host: on your screen is congressman john tierney of massachusetts. a report on contract thing in afghanistan. the famous phrase that an army moves on its stomach. we have a $2.1 billion contract there. what are we getting from it? guest: yes, $2.16 billion for contacting that goes through everything from food to supplies. they are getting the goods delivered. there is no argument on that. but there is a failure on the side of authorities to know who they are paying in these contracts, wh impact that might have in terms of waste, fraud, and abuse, and in terms the counterinsurgency mission in afghanistan. host: that last part is what you seem to emphasize in your report. guest: we are not really traina lot of these companies. and they go and hire trucks and drivers and security companies, which in manyinstances, turned out to be warlords. they do whateverhey need to to get the goods to where they need to be, but they are all set extorting -- also extorting to get th

house members always feel not respected compared to the senate from the white house. that was true when the republicans had control. it's true now. but i guess i would say what did they expect? i mean this was entirely predictable. they passed a series of bills that were major pieces of legislation but which were unpopular. i think the strategy from a lot of democrats was we're going to take our hits but over the next generation we'll have health care, we'll have financial reform, we'll have the big spending that comes out of the stimulus. we'll have all the stuff but we'll take hits. that is the calculus we're going to make. it has been obvious for a year or two that this stuff was unpopular and would cost democrats in the fall. >> lehrer: unpopular you mean in the larger country. >> in the larger country. so this was the decision made, and so the country has reacted as the way it was obviously going to react from the past year, people were very suspicious of the increase in spending and the increase in the role of government and they're going to take it out on the d

what that translates to is $62,000 per housing unit. looking at it a different way, this means construction can start when housing prices are $62,000 less expensive per unit than what would be needed today. that is a pretty big impact. overall, this $18 million to probably expedite things about two years. let's look impacts for the city. one, jobs. there will be approximately 800 union construction jobs created. two. fees. $80 million in fees, and finally, property taxes. a new condo towers here will pay $3.2 million more than a vacant piece of land is right now. this is an annual payment, so if products are its two years earlier, we're looking at 16.4 million extra dollars. the development community, the building community would like to commend the mayor and the board for this first step, for this legislation, and we urge them to find a way to get the second deskilling so we can start bit of -- the second piece billing so we can start building and hopefully we will have the groundbreaking back here soon. thank you. >> thanks, mark. rea

house is convening for general speeches. this is like house coverage on c-span. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. july 26, 2010. i hereby appoint the honorable laura richardson 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. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. today. >> we will return to capitol hill for more live coverage of the americans with disabilities act commemoration. this is taking place on the 20th anniversary of its passage. >> -- to the very things we need to make all this other stuff happen and work. i will look for all of your support, but most especially in the u.s. congress to work with us to get this bill fully funded, and let's get people back on those of buses and back into the community. >> thank you very, very much. [appl

i want to show you my house. chair maxwell: why don't you continue. >> well, my house is right on the corn he, and it is the place i might be residing after retirement. i'm not really sure. as several speakers have indicated, when you go there, there is no parking. even though if you count on that block there were only 15 houses on that block and they are planning to put 24 behind it. if you can't park there already and you put 24 in the back, it really impacts the traffic patterns, not 0 mention the fact of access, if that is a oneway -- one-way street, and the fact there is a fire department within 500 yards of where they would be entering. i think this would impact our safety issues. i am speaking in opposition to this zoning amendment. i thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is danny sepperer. the history is my father bought the lot in 1959 with the origin tent of building homes and passed away before that could come to fruition. during that time, while my mother was raising us, it stayed vacant.

if i have a house, no one can move in next door and put a smokey factory next to my house or perhapsuild a 10-story condominium next to a residential house. so it is the case that property rights are supported and respected and the government can't just come along and take your property. but they certainly can regulate. so most of the disputes they've -- for exammle, if you own property along the california coastline, they haveea series of regulations that say for example, you can't block people of the view of the location and you can't build a 10-story high-rise. so those are regulations on how you use the property. that's what iment about this divide between environmental legislation ann property rights. host: we have this email from an anonymous viewer who writes the essential problem with the citizens, it follows or allows c.e.o.'s and boards of corporations to exercise political influence with other people's money. the investor's money can be used to promote a candidate without consent or anything resemi-aling a vote. your thoughts? >> that's a good argument. but you know, the r

. ♪ >> and now from london, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons.avid cameron acknowledged those killed five years ago in the july 7 bombings. later, acting labour party leader, here it harmon challenge and over funding for local police departments. >> as the house will be aware, today is the fifth anniversary of the 7 july terrorist attacks on central london. i am sure that everyone in the house and people in the country will remember where they were, and what they were doing, when that dreadful news came through. our hearts should go out to the families and friends of those who died. they will never be forgotten. our thoughts are also with those who were injured, physically and mentally, by the dreadful events of that day. it was a dreadful day, but it was also a day that will remain -- i believe -- a symbol of the enduring bravery of the british people. >> hear hear. >> this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in the house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> will the prime minis

we have matches from the cliff house and see gul.u know the sea gul, it's not there anymore, is it? we have candles. be careful with lighting candle until you've dealt with the gas leak or the -- >> or the after shocks. >> after shocks. something i think you really need is note pads and marker. i went somewhere and be back disbloon if you're not there an they come look for you, they're going to kick in your door. >> more markers. >> maybe a little money stashed there. >> now there's other stuff you really should have in here. money, you should go to your at and get yourself now a couple hundred dollars in 20s and put it and hide it in your house because the atm's aren't going to be working and it will be a cash economy for this 72 hour period. >> at least 72 hour period. >> right. >> i like the idea of buying a couple of cost co's flash light and leaving them in the kit and forgetting about them. >> across the street, here's th whole thing four floork lights with batteries , 9.99. how can you go long. this week's special, 13.99 for m

he's celebrating his 40th anniversary in this house. he likes to -- he likes to point out he was elected before the counselor of exchequer was actually born. [laughter] >> and he brings enormous experience and good humor to all our counsels. i'm excited the right old lady has brought up the issue of my mother who served on the bench for many, many years. i have to say one of the biggest challenges she had and the most often -- as well as me. [laughter] >> and one of the -- and one of the reasons she needed to hand out so many short sentences was mostly to badly behave protesters outside of green commons. [laughter] >> so -- i don't know if she was there. if the right honorable lady wants to have more episodes with listen to mother, that would be fine. in terms of the home office, of course, we have to make savings. we have to make savings across government. it's not going to be easy but absolutely. we must make sure that we do everything we can to protect the front line. but i simply don't believe when you look at the home office budget

headlines on fox news am i the only one who finds the fact that fox news fires people at the white house disturbing i'm asked radio host tom hartman for his opinion and then we have to ask is there an evangelical hold over u.s. politics the message of american exceptionalism is extremely influential so we'll look into its influence on everything from domestic politics to foreign policy and next we'll find out what the hold up is over using alternative sources of energy we all know the options are out there yet we still rely on oil for everything here in the u.s. so is this just a sign that we're too lazy or too weak to change our lifestyles and will look into what country would love to see us fail and new research shows that the seven year itch is a myth but that doesn't mean that marriages are safe now you just have to last twelve years until it all falls apart so what happens is that point the make lever stray away from each other i mean discuss it with relationship expert diana falzone but now it's move on to our top story. fifteen million americans are out of work and yet extending u

for house members, individual house members. they feel that this president and this administration is too focused on the senate. host: it might seem to people watching from the outside that this is just another washington who shot joe back and forth. but how does the politics of this affect policy? caller: if they are not on the same page, it makes it very difficult to get anything done. back-and-forth politically will make a tough climate even tougher when it comes to trying the have any kind of legislation before election day. making it more likely that the next four months will be more difficult in terms of getting things done. host: thank you very much in bringing us up-to-date on this story. nancy pelosi wants obama more involved in the house races. "politico" has posted a memo yesterday that categorizes the efforts made. in your time. caller: thank you. host: our press issue is raised by a theory and professor of politics in washington, cameron lynch. could obama really want to lose the advantage of the house to end advant

i don't think they're going to lose the house. but again, when george bush did things that were ununpopular but right you called that brave. i think that she's taken a big calculated risk to do the right thing. and we should -- >> but let me ask you, in 1994, the year newt gingrich became speaker or the next year, rather, but the election when he became speaker and took over the house for republicans for the first time in 40 years, there was all this, there was the contract for america. there was all this anti-incumbent sentiment. and 90% of house incumbents in this sweep year were re-elected. >> right. >> how bad do you think, compared to '94, how bad are democratic losses going to be now in november. >> well, look, i don't have a crystal ball. i don't know if republicans are going to take the house or not. i don't think there's any doubt they are going to make some significant gains based on what we see today. and it's to the because there is more republican voters out there than there were just two years ago. when you look at t

, low income housing. the services affiliated with a lot of housing programs have grown in the past number of years as their additional housing units are put on line, services are required that increase the cost of the overall baseline amount. i think that you would see a gradual increase over the last number of years. >> if the board were to take any action actually allocate the surplus, they would need a majority vote. do we have any authority over the baseline with this charter amendment? >> the way the charter amendment is written, the rainy-day reserve woul

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 38, the nays are 372, four members voting present. the resolution is not agreed to. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from -- the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. observe,y, to suspend the rules, received from the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 4899 and concur in the senate amendment on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4899, an act making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules, recede from the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 4899 and concur in the senate amendment. members will record their votes by electronic device this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made po

the ayes have >> the house finished their business for the week, and the house could discusses house extension program and take up this extension. live house coverage always here on c-span, in a few moments, president obama to speak about unemployment benefits. and in about 10 minutes, procedures for benefits. and after that, >> good morning, everybody. right now, across this country, many americans are sitting at the kitchen table, they're scanning the classifieds, they're updating their resumes or sending out another job application, hoping that this time they'll hear back from a potential employer. and they're filled with a sense of uncertainty about where their next paycheck will come from. and i know the only thing that will entirely free them of those worries -- the only thing that will fully lift that sense of uncertainty -- is the security of a new job. to that end, we all have to continue our efforts to do everything in our power to spur growth and hiring. and i hope the senate acts this week on a package of tax cuts and expanded lending for small businesses, where most of a

my edition of my house is 400 square feet. i'm sorry about ankle and i only chose that picture because it is in the sun and i thought the house looked very nice. we have not been able to come to having the owners of this property actually work with the neighborhood. they did not want to hear about it. they did not want to hear about any of the legal work they did. the remodeled the attention -- a remodeled the kitchen down to the studs. i did not turn the man. that is the neighborly thing, you don't turn in your neighbors. that is why i did not do anything when i first saw the construction. i figured that was the city's responsibility, not mine. as it became clear there were problems with the legal structures, i thought now is the time when they're going to revise their house, i will bring it to their attention. i did not get any response that they wanted to make any adjustments in their plan. they did not want to legalize anything, they did not want to admit all the work they had done, and as you can see, there are plumbing i

i'm henry alvarez from the housing authority. very simply, it is someone who has not been formally evicted for any reason. we haven't evicted anyone in over a year from hunter's view. but if you are not in that process, then you have the right to return. and we are tracking every individual who has lived there from the beginning of this process so that if they have to move out for any reason, whether it is medical or it's a disability or we can't accommodate on the site, later when the buildings are put back together, we can give those families an opportunity to return. that's what formalizes -- that was formalized in a board resolution by the housing board. so it is not only our intent, it is the board's policy. >> and out -- president maxwell: and out of all the people who have moved from hunter's view, how many have left the site? >> to our knowledge, there have been several who left the site for medical reends or to accommodate their disability. when you think of that, it was an opportunity for people to get closer to the med

happens in the house. you talk to white house officials they say that's not the case at all the gwen: look at al -- all the campaigning we've done, the money we've race -- raised. >> right. that's all out there. >> so what does president obama have to do to mend the faces? does eff to -- to hit the campaign trail for them? or rein in gibbs? >> one is he has to get out there and make the case. he has started to recently. his trips to nevada and missouri he started to frame the election in the way they want, that this is a choice, not a referendum. but the house democratic leadership was pretty strategic during this week and got further commitments for more visits. they're getting a fair amount of money. the three national party committees are getting $25 million from the d.n.c. to help, so there is stuff they're doing but they've got to do more. >> there's horse trading in washington? gwen: yeah. so let's go back a bit. often overlooked in the back and forth over the economy is the sound of dominoes falling

we bring stability to house prices. we help prepare the huge damage done by the housing market and you still say it's in a lot of distress. we brought a measure of stability to house prices. interest rates have come down dramatically. millions of americans have been able to refinance and take advantage of lower rates which is much more money in their pockets and we've put in place a very carefully designed mortgage modification program to help people who have a chance to stay in their house take advantage of that chance. now, we'll make sure we continue to do what's necessary to again repair the damage of this housing crisis but we have to reform the system. we have to bring to fannie and freddie and to the broader housing finance market a better set of policies to make sure we can deliver affordable finance for housing without leaving the economy vulnerable to this kind of crisis. >> the housie ining goals which big part of what fannie and freddie were doing guaranteeing the mortgage debt out there in the country and t

house. the announcement today means the veteran democrat will be tried before a house ethics panel. the charges stem from his financial, tax and real-estate dealings. but rangel said he's ready to defend himself. >> i feel extraordinarily good that my supporters over 40 years will be able to evaluate what they come up with. and i don't have any fear at all politically or personally what they come up with. >> sreenivasan: rangel stepped down last march as chairman of the powerful ways and means committee. senate democrats gave up today on an energy bill to cap carbon dioxide emissions. the measure would have charged utilities and other industries that contribute to climate change. today, senate majority leader harry reid said he cannot muster the 60 votes needed to advance it. president obama has now apologized to shirley sherrod, a former agriculture department official in georgia. she had been fired this week over race-tinged remarks at an n.a.a.c.p. event. they later proved to be taken out of context. white house senior aide david axelrod told the "newshour" that the president spo

it's not just three houses, it's not 30 houses, it was 30,000 houses that this happened to. so again, these folks, knowing that this was a big part of their lives, had $249,000 worth of insurance. their insurance company was slightly more generous than the previous two times. and offered them $10,000. now, mr. sessions points out that, incorrectly, that maybe government shouldn't be doing this. well, maybe he doesn't talk to his folks in his state capitol often enough because if he had he would know that his state is already doing this. the industry insurance pulled out, left a vacuum, people had to have some form of wind insurance, so on a state by state basis the state picked up that obligation. ms. slaughter: i yield the gentleman four more minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four more minutes. mr. taylor: in the gentleman's state of texas, the texas wind pool in 2004 had an exposure of $20.8 billion. that has expanded to $58.6 billion. that's not private sector that's going to pay that bill. that's the texas wind pool. they are on the hook f

in the neighborhood, and you found there, as well, the closer the house -- a house they own is to aforeclosed house, the more it's likely to lose. within a quarter mile you lose up to two percent in value. within 250 feet, you could lose up to seven percent in value if you're that close to a foreclosed property. does that surprise you? >> it was surprising. if you benchmark our estimates and say what's the indirect effect of a foreclosure, you have to remember that each house surrounding a foreclosure is affected. depending on the density of the neighborhood. the effect can be quite large. we found indirect effect is larger than the $50,000 i quoted for a typical area in the state, each foreclosure impacts the value up to a $100,000. that's $2,000 rouchl per house within the distance of say a football field away. >> let me sku a question about the impact of this study. what's the importance of the study? why quantify this impact of foreclosures in a neighborhood? >> i think there's two thing that is are important to remember here. the first thing is we "all things connecticut" forec