republican congressman aaron schock.itor and co-author of "all the devils are here," the hidden story of the financial crisis, now out in paperback, bethany mclean. and senior political analyst for "time" magazine, mark halperin. welcome to all of you. mark flew in. everybody else is more or less local here. so we appreciate you being here. i want to talk about the economy, the president's prospects, and i spoke this week to vice president biden about all of the above. particularly this issue of how they're going to deal with republicans, with your party in this climate. this is what he said. >> your view is you talk about whether the jobs bill is going to be passed is that this president does not have a partner among republicans on capitol hill. >> i think he does have a partner. in the bulk of the leadership. but they are seriously hamstrung. look, i can tell you, without in any way violating the confidence, i think john boehner would tell you, i think eric cantor would tell you, we had a much bigger proposal. that i w

thank you, congressman aaron schock. i agree with you about road building.et's do it. >>> up next, obama derangement syndrome. the latest example. hank williams jr., i don't believe this guy, referred to the president as hitler. that's the way they do it these days. how far over the top will the talk about president obama get? is there anything they won't say? is there anything their sanity will not permit? that's ahead. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> president obama's looking to take a bite out of some of that argument republicans may try to make against him. the president says republicans aren't better off than they were four years ago, but they say his administration has made steady progress to fix the economy. the new cbs poll finds nearly seven of ten say the president has not made real progress on the economy versus just a quarter who said he has. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] a simple gesture can spark romance anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for

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. -- we did this with aaron schock in a funny sort of way. we interviewed him. we were going to make him at the brody jenner of washington, d .c. i think the cameraman is --colin here? your the cameraman who did that. his press secretary called me up and said how dare you. i said you will call me up in a few days and apologize. we got this video on cnn and fox news and nbc station in chicago and peoria where he is from and the bottom line to this is we did a series of stories about him that more personality-driven. i went to dinner with him not too long ago and he said before we go, come to my office. we will do a telephone town hall. the easily get 50-100 people prayed he had like 12,000 people on the phone. he will be very open about this. he talks about this and says that tmz did more for me to get people interested in who i am and now i can talk about what i am interested in and it will actually listen. i think there is a way of getting a lot of people involved in politics on that personality level and then we will do other things. that is what i want to do

thank you, congressman aaron schock. i agree with you about road building. >>> up next, obama derangement syndrome. the latest example. hank william jr. referred to the president as hitler. that's the way they do it these days. how far over the top will the talk about president obama get? is there anything they won't say? is there anything their sanity will not permit? that's ahead. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. about the same, even though i'm a great driver and he's... not so much. well, for a driver like you, i would recommend our new snapshot discount. this little baby keeps track of your great driving habits, so you can save money. amazing! it's like an extra bonus savings. hah-hah! he's my ride home. how much can a snapshot discount save you? call or click today. >>> president obama's looking to take a bite out of some of that argument republicans may try to make against him. the president says republicans aren't better off than they were four years ago, but they say his administration has made steady progress to fix the economy. the new cbs poll f

signed sincerely, aaron schock, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause twafe of rule 2 of the -- 20-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives i have a letter received from the white house on october 19, 2011, at 11:56 a.m. and said to contain a message from the president whereby he transmits a notice concerning the national emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centraled in colombia. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will read the message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, section 202-d of the national emergency act, 50 u.s.c. provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless prior to the anniversary date of its declaration the president publishes in the federal register and transmits to the congress stating that the e

. -- we did this with aaron schock in a funny sort of way. we interviewed him. i think the cameraman is --colin here? your the cameraman who did that. his press secretary called me up and said how dare you. i said you will call me up in a few days and apologize. we got this video on cnn and fox news and nbc station in chicago and peoria where he is from and the bottom line to this is we did a series of stories about him that more personality- driven. i went to dinner with him not too long ago and he said before we go, come to my office. we will do a telephone town hall. the easily get 50-100 people prayed he had like 12,000 people on the phone. he will be very open about this. he talks about this and says that tmz did more for me to get people interested in who i am and now i can talk about what i am interested in and it will actually listen. i think there is a way of getting a lot of people involved in politics on that personality level and then we will do other things. that is what i want to do and we will eventually do a >> it. can you give us a timeline [lau