americans. but he said that's an agenda for everybody and not just for african-americans.d that's i think, i don't think we'll see any change from the. >> host: that is a source of discontent among some african-americans, myself included while we have upon his presidency. we have such a big unemployment gap from the other things, if it were appalachians who had 15-point a person in a playwright which african-americans you, don't you think he might did attention to this appalachians? >> guest: that might change. it might be more of an african-american agenda he would develop in a second term. but i wouldn't expect it now, and i think, i mean, he seems to be drawn in some ways this idea of seeing our economic problems or class sources than racial profit i think you could make a case that so that at least is true. but, you know, if you look at, there's this new report out about this not only unemployment rate, the education, the issues of crime and so on, there does appear to be especially in the african-american community for some programs to do with the sorting. what presen

but - -- i asked specifically whether he thinks an african american agenda per say such as racial profiling, dealing with problems of the city's african-american unemployment, which is higher than 15% the national average, nine, 9.5%, very high, he said no, at this point his overall policies are what's best for african-americans and he doesn't think that he should adopt a specific agenda. he did argue his health care law would benefit african-americans particularly in his proposals on education to allow young people to go to school with federal help more than they have in the past would help african-americans but he says that is an agenda for everybody and not just for african-americans and that is i think -- i don't think we will see any change in that. >> that is a source of discontent among african-americans, myself included while wheat applaud the presidency as i say when you have such the unemployment if it were appellation that had the unemployment rate which they do, don't you think that he might pay attention? >> guest: mabey so, but i did say if he is really liked it that might cha

but i think -- i asked specifically whether he thinks an african american agenda per say, such as racialprofiling and dealing with problems in the cities, african-american unemployment, which is higher than 15% of the national average being nine, 9.5, very high, is the diprete? he said no, at this point the overall policies are what's best for african-americans and he doesn't think he should adopt the specific agenda. he argued the health care law would benefit african-americans particularly with his proposals on education to allow people to go to school with federal help more than they have in the past to help african-americans but he said that's an agenda for everybody and not just for african-americans and that's i think we will see any change in that. >> host: and that is a course of discontent among some african-americans myself included weigel we applaud his presidency. when you have such a big unemployment get, if it were appellation who had a 15.8 unemployment% which they do, don't you think he might pay attention to the appalachians? >> guest: i think so, but i would say if he i

i asked him specifically whether he thinks an african-american agenda per se -- such as racial profilingdealing with problems of the cities, african-american unemployment which is, which is about to go higher than 15% whereas the national average is between 9-9.5%, very high -- he said, no. at this point his overall policies are what's best for african-americans, and he doesn't think he should adopted a specific agenda. he did argue that his health care law would benefit african-americans particularly, that his proposals on education to allow young people to go to school with federal help more than they have in the past would help african-americans. but he said that's an agenda for everybody and not just for african-americans, and that's, i think, i don't think we'll see any change in that. >> host: and that is a source of discontent among some african-americans, myself included. while we applaud his presidency, as you say, when you have such a big unemployment rate gap, so many other things, if it were appalachians who had a 15.8% unemployment rate which african-americans do, don't you

it is concern for american agenda. and i think there is an opportunity for black and brown kids to benefit if the country starts to get concerned about some of how we have failed our poor. >> i think your point is an interesting one because i do not know if this is true for -- the socio-economic strata. when you're at the middle or upper end, as your affiliation is strong with your racial and ethnic group as it is with your economic group? what i hear you talking about is at the lower level, do we need to build more of a sense of the economic unity rather than a pure racial or ethnic separation? that concept may not benefit the folks at the bottom as much as it benefits the folks at the top tier >> given the realities of the family breakdown, especially in of the minority communities, there will have to be some way in which society compensate if we want to rescue those children. to the racial structures that exist now, the civil rights organizations, do they speak to those needs or are they speaking to the old conversa

former associate deputy attorney general under president reagan and now the president of the american freedom agenda he says those peddling the war use former defense secretary donald rumsfeld's concept of anticipatory self-defense with strong rhetoric and talk of the need for war makes americans think might know said i'm hussein is about to attack as there are some of bin laden in a little cave now in afghanistan is about to overthrow the government because allegations and the defense department its work that beer and when they do the defense contractors win big. now a handful of lawmakers are calling this seemingly endless cycle into question both republicans we spent a trillion dollars in iraq that was a trillion dollars of waste and democrats we're going to have health care for all or we can have war. we can never education brah. well we could have war the budget bill before the house this week calls for the complete elimination of mortgage counselors people that help the five million americans facing foreclosures the price tag the same as funding eight hours of u.s. operations in afghanistan a

misdemeanor so here to discuss it with me is former reagan administration official and chairman of american freedom agenda bruce thanks so much for joining us here and writing first of all of honest office of legal counsel released on our end of this week where basically they gave their legal explanation for why they think it's fully within the president's powers to conduct this type of limited intervention without congressional approval so why can't everybody agree on this on the legality here because obviously you disagree with them well the memorandum style by the office of legal counsel is an arm of the department of justice and what's remarkable about the memorandum is that it doesn't cite anything with regard to the language of the constitution the constitutional convention the ratification debates the federalist papers that amplified on the meaning of commander in chief stating as the founding fathers understood commander in chief men you could leave the army in the air force at the time and it was described as an inferior power to even governors who could lead the militias it was explicitly said u

to thank you because i believe this agenda, if it's known to our republican colleagues fully and our democratic colleagues, but much more importantly, to the american people, it's an agenda that i have found has the support of eight to nine of every americans who shake their head and say, yes, that's the deal. i don't mean that the one or 10% are against it, it's just that about 85% say, yes, that's what we need to do. america can compete, america can be again the center of manufacturing and growth and the creation of jobs, we know that we've lost some eight million jobs over the last few years, three or four years. we know that americans are struggling to find employment. well, if we want to find employment for them, we need to create jobs for them. we need to focus on creating jobs and i'm hopeful as we move on in the coming months that we will in fact start focusing on jobs. on job creation. we've created, as you know, 1 3/4 private sector jobs but that's not enough. it's progress, but it's not enough. and so i congratulate the gentleman and thank him for his leadership and i thank ms. sutton for hers as well. two giants in focusing on an agenda

this is about an american agenda and we will fight and we will make our fight a victory. mr. president, i yeeltd floor. -- i yield the floor. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington is recognized. mrs. murray: mr. president, i want to thank all of my democratic women colleagues and speak so passionately as senator mikulski has just done. you will hear from all of us we are outrageous that the price tag for a vote on the continuing resolution is to attack votes on women's health. i yield to the senator from california for five minutes. mrs. boxer: i want to thank, mr. president, senators mikulski and murray, senator cantwell and shaheen and stabenow and landrieu. i'm going to really name every single democratic woman. they - have been unbelievable. our republican friends in the house have insisted this debate is about spending. well, i've got to tell you, we went all the way to them about 70% plus on spending cuts. we understand we have to cut, but we're not going to cut foolishly. we're not going to cut into the heart and soul of our cou

this is about an american agenda and we will fight and make our fight to the victory. i yield the floor. >> mr. president, i want to thank all my democratic women colleagues for coming today and speaking so passionally. you'll hear from all of us because we are outrageous that the price tag for a vote on continuing resolution is two attack votes on women's health, and i yield to the senator from california for five minutes. >> i want to thank, mr. president, senators mikalsky and stabbennow, and lan drew. they have been unbelievable and since the beginning of this budget bat battle our republican friends in the house insisted that this debate is about spending. well, i got to tell you, we went all the way to them about 70%-plus on spending cuts. we understand we have to cut, but we're not going to cut foolishly. we're not going to cut into the heart and soul of our country, and that includes women health programs. women's health programs, mr. president, title 10, planned parenthood funding for every tax dollar they fund $4. that's how great the prevention is and yet st

it is concern for american agenda. and i think there is an opportunity for black and brown kids to benefit if the country starts to get concerned about some of how we have failed our poor. >> i think your point is an interesting one because i do not know if this is true for -- the socio-economic strata. when you're at the middle or upper end, as your affiliation is strong with your racial and ethnic group as it is with your economic group? what i hear you talking about is at the lower level, do we need to build more of a sense of the economic unity rather than a pure racial or ethnic separation? that concept may not benefit the folks at the bottom as much as it benefits the folks at the top tier >> given the realities of the family breakdown, especially in of the minority communities, there will have to be some way in which society compensate if we want to rescue those children. to the racial structures that exist now, the civil rights organizations, do they speak to those needs or are they speaking to the old conversa

american technology at this point. the second aspect here and this brings us back to the inherent contradictions in the internet freedom agenda and american law enforcement and intelligence gathering want the internet and they want to engineer it and its easier to listen in conversations and engage in surveillance and you got the director of fbi recently touring silicon valley asking the same silicon company that's supposed to promote internet freedom around the world to build back doors, you know, into the systems and so what you end up with is, you know, governments concerned about the fact that american technology may simply be unreliable and it may eventually lead to washington. and, you know, their conversations may actually be, you know, monetary. and so as a result, i think what is happening is that there is definitely an effort and i think it's a trend that i see like russia and china and russia and turkey where you mentioned where they use a lot of talk about trying to replicate some of the key functions and, you know, the information society it's, you know, email search, maybe social networking but email and search,

this is about an american agenda and we will fight and we will make our fight a victory. mr.president, i yeeltd floor. -- i yield the floor. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington is recognized. mrs. murray: mr. president, i want to thank all of my democratic women colleagues and speak so passionately as senator mikulski has just done. you will hear from all of us we are outrageous that the price tag for a vote on the continuing resolution is to attack votes on women's health. i yield to the senator from california for five minutes. mrs. boxer: i want to thank, mr. president, senators mikulski and murray, senator cantwell and shaheen and stabenow and landrieu. i'm going to really name every single democratic woman. they - have been unbelievable. our republican friends in the house have insisted this debate is about spending. well, i've got to tell you, we went all the way to them about 70% plus on spending cuts. we understand we have to cut, but we're not going to cut foolishly. we're not going to cut into the heart and soul of our coun

it is concern for american agenda. and i think there is an opportunity for black and brown kids to benefit if the country starts to get concerned about some of how we have failed our poor. >> i think your point is an interesting one because i do not know if this is true for -- the socio-economic strata. when you're at the middle or upper end, as your affiliation is strong with your racial and ethnic group as it is with your economic group? what i hear you talking about is at the lower level, dwe need to build more of a sense of the economic unity rather than a pure racial or ethnic separation? that concept may not benefit the folks at the bottom as much as it benefits the folks at the top tier >> given the realities of the family breakdown, especially in of the minority communities, there will have to be some way in which society compensate if we want to rescue those children. to the racial structures that exist now, the civil rights organizations, do they speak to those needs or are they speaking to the old conversati

necessarily although nativists are and realists are but they're certainly anti--american agenda. that is another way to think of these schools in policy terms in policy terms. maybe i can sharpen it. what are the policy implications for the united states if this came through? correctly there should on three colors own the slide. first color being the school. second color, second sentence, second color being basically, you know, very short and sweet. where do they stand on the u.s. and the third color being what should the u.s. do about it or think about them? so we see here the nativist deeply hostile to the americans. what should we do? ignore them, basically but be aware of them because they represent, i would argue, very deep strands of thinking in chinese society and china's foreign policy is increasingly reflecting strand in society. the realists, they seek to challenge the united states and to above all strengthen china. that is their main goal. and, so, what does that mean for us? well it means that those that argue for strategic hedging argue that's the best way to deal w

they want to but there and ideological agenda before the american families.height of men that does -- what they are cutting in this bill are safety net for poor, at risk women. for pre cancer screenings, for prenatal care, for early detection of testes, for all of the safety nets that keep our families safe. it is unacceptable, and we would all a line. >> our democratic center leaders wanted to be here. let me make this clear. we note that we have to keep the government opened. we are extremely concerned for the millions of americans that will be impacted, but we are not going to throw women under the bus to give them an agreement to keep the government opened. you have heard the anger and frustration and the reality. that is where we are. >> is it your understanding that house republican opponents of planned parenthood believe that federal money is [unintelligible] this is an approach to show their opposition to abortion? is that valid? >> if you have to ask them how they use their rhetoric. the reality you just heard. the vast majority of this funding goes

americans from all walks of life in their economic freedom more importantly. our freedoms having successfully steered protesters through revolt against the high obama agenda in the name of freedom faced who was to succeed with the cloaks and file on tonight's. to build a free market movement capable of staging a revolution at the ballot box to find out more i went on to cover as a fighting fiscal conservative. i first start with the training session for tea partiers held by the competitive price institute. what is the theme to the tea party what is the tea party about is it about just opposing this is opposing that opposing this or is there if agreed to be and that idea i submit to the idea i want to show you one today is the idea of the rights of man the basic issue of status of the destruction of the rights of those who produce in the united states and the tea parties of course are the battleground. we are today cousin or me we are the thin line between freedom and the status they want to create freedom is a wonderful thing to fight for it's time for us to join the army and that's something people. in nashville i met up with a collection of libertarian groups

american community specifically. we will be talking about the unfinished agenda, the out migration report, so this is a very informative meeting. we would like the city and county to pay close attention. because without a doubt, you may not be listening to me, but without a doubt, this is institutionalized out migration. u.s. tralee is the only one that has on record documented the inception from the current mayor, the out migration report. and i want to announce whoever sits in that seat, including the current mayor, and from then on, this is institutionalized, and without a doubt, you may not like it, and it seems that we are few in numbers, but blacks are leaving this town. not only this town, but it is occurring throughout the country. yours truly has been studying this from the unfinished agenda of the way to the current out migration report. therefore, i am here to tell you i am on a mission and hope that i can have somebody come out and take a listen. >> glad to have the opportunity to do good to all men, especially those that are [inaudible] i have written with my own hands a letter. as providence would have it

support soon after americans for prosperity announced plans to spend a staggering forty five million dollars on elections they ran ads attacking politicians supporting the obama agenda. but by much tried to back key sing at being a corporate front in more than a dozen speeches but if you're in the battleground state right now you are being bombarded with negative ads every single day and nobody knows who's paying for these events they've got these names like americans for prosperity meanwhile in a test kinds known as citizens united supreme court which included two judges who had attended secret. corporations were afraid to anonymously invest as much as they wanted in front groups like i have a. republican operative seized upon the decision creating new groups and flooding the airwaves with canes of millions of dollars in ads for unknown toenails. on the grassroots summit i have paid dusted off their glasses launching their november is coming campaign i s p and freedom works also used a considerable budgets to try and move the us the tea party army identify your voters in a merger devo bring about a vote that's it the tea party was ready to strike hard laugh than th

we secular americans don't emphasize his agenda of columbus is, but is chronicles are full of it, his wish to bring europe to jerusalem. as the ottoman empire lost its way and opulence in the 18th, and 18th centuries, the noble sanctuary in the center of jerusalem remains the touchstone of the islamic conscience and distillate defining note of the islamic conscience. and 110 years after columbus when those parents settled in new england or came to new england, what was it that they said they were doing? they were found in a city on a hill, jerusalem and the settlement that they found it after that sermon when they got off the boat was sailing, not boston. another word for jerusalem. the centers of sailor moved on. what if they go? the christ border into it's not new hampshire and establish their own settlement. salem, new hampshire, less than 50 miles from salem, massachusetts. ceylon, jerusalem, science, the most commonplace means of the united states of america. what is this? the american ideal of the city on a hill as a measure against which we still check the requirements of reali

and the american public won't stand for this extreme agenda. not one federal dollar goes to fund abortions. not by planned parenthood, not by anybody. the last speaker was just plain wrong when he said this resolution would not reduce money for women's health. it would cut millions of dollars from women's health. let me tell you about a young woman from my district in denver, colorado. she hasn't ever had health insurance but she took responsibility for her own health care and she had her first annual exam and pap smear at planned parenthood when she was 18 years old. now, she's pregnant and she depends on planned parenthood for her prenatal care so she and her baby can be healthy. and planned parenthood is her only health care provider that she's ever had. vote no on this extreme resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the the gentlelady has expired. the gentleman from mississippi. mr. nunnelee: thank you, mr. speaker. i like to yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from n

week's election compared to last november's election this shows is that the american people are fed up with the radical anti-union agenda that the republicans are pushing all across the nation you call it a widespread fever of voters who are more. but i think there's something more important going on here and it's really pretty straightforward and that is that again we have machines counting votes as as i mentioned earlier i just just spent the last five days in germany in germany they vote on paper in fact the only country in europe that tried electronic voting machines was holland they try to do a couple of years ago they said these things don't work or not reliable you can't trust them you can't audit them and they dump them canada tried them for a year they got rid of them now in germany for years and years i lived there for your back in the eighty's for years and years just like in the united states for decades the you knew i remember back you know if in the if in the sixty's the fifty sixty seven long before there were voting machines everybody voted on paper my mom was one of these volunteers that the you know th

republicans are committed to putting americans back to work and our democratic colleagues continue to pursue a reckless agenda that puts more americans out of work, drives business overseas, all the while limiting u.s. energy production and use. madam speaker, today, the republican party is on the floor of the house of representatives with good news not just for the taxpayers, but for the american people. in particular, not just consumers, but those who have lost their job or who are underemployed. we believe that what we're doing today is a jobs saver bill. the house natural resources committee reported last month that the obama administration policies have caused domestic oil production to drop by 16% versus projected levels and future prosections show continued decreases in domestic production and more -- future predictions show continued decreases in domestic production. a recent rasmussen poll from march of 2011 shows that three quarters of americans believe this country does not do enough to develop its own oil and gas resources. so whether through greenhouse gas regulation, permit delays or permitting

americans to be poor. >> i think that the agenda that we have seen, we know that 63% of all households have seen a majorecline in their personal wealth, a decline in their personal income, and an increase in their debt level. that's all attributable directly to barack obama's principles. i think barack obama's getting exactly the outcome that he hoped for. all of us, i think, are perhaps giving the president too much credit thinking, well, he probably just doesn't understand that liberalism actually makes people poorer. i actually think that this is what the president wants. >> i have to say, one thing i think she would agree is the president wants to be re-elected and what's the number one to be re-elected? a good economy. it's the single best indicator of whether an incumbent president gets re-elected and guess what. this guy really wants to get re-elected. i don't think he's doing whatever it takes to get everybody poor. >>> finally, civics on the house floor. not civility. civics. this week, republican majority leader cantor he said that if the house passed the quote government shutdown prevention a

agenda. also again within a game r.t. explores where the fighting in the middle east and north africa is actually part of an american strategy to slow the rise of china experts claim destabilizing countries will suffer a touch china's energy security in preventing it from becoming the new superpower. and a sick russian prisoners request for a mercy killing prime fresh debate on whether you think mazing it should be legalized while some call it murder others insist it should be a basic rights of terminally ill patients. russian police say dozens of militants have been killed in security raids in the north caucuses over the past few months indeed the region's been the main terrorist hub from where deadly attacks have been carried out nationwide the head of the chechen republic ramzan kadyrov told r.t. what's being done to combat extremists. well mr condit thank you very much for having us here in chief a simple thank you for calling us noble arrested but there have been many unconfirmed reports lately sitting there the man behind the bombing and my dear the great what is debt. yes i'm going with you put your your thought i wou

agenda. >>pam: a radical rally showing that republicans need to fight. americansew. >> ludicrous they are trauma queens on the capitol hill of the old to get a little bit. they are--, queens. >> i work on programs and of the gallup poll is showing that 50 percent want a compromise and 43% say do not even give and even if it means a shut down. furloughs for 800,000 furlough employees and eight and a thousand government jak the census bureau, the national park service. however, the justice department come home and security, nasa will continue functioning. and veterans will continued to treat patients, medical checks will go out in the post office will be there to deliver them. again, the deadline is looming for midnight tomorrow night. after that there'll be a partial government shutdown. will have that more covering ec. the minute to win it. law and order, special victims unit will 9:00 p.m. and kron 4 news at 10:00 p.m. after that. we will be back. much more news after the break. the absolute lowest -- only $3.99! even exclusive liz claiborne spring handbags are 5

but i would like everyone in the country to know, including muslim americans, that the agenda being set by people trying to radicalize young muslims here in america is just as bad for the most american community as it is for anyone else. it may be the worst offender law, someone who practices the faith, but rejects their ideology. people in the middle east who are trying to separate themselves from this radical minority movement within the muslim faith need our help and that is why we need to help those people in libya who are trying to replace gaddafi. we need to stand by these young people in egypt were trying to chart a different path. you'll never convince me that the young women who went into the square in egypt want to replace mubarak with the muslim brotherhood or al qaeda. it is a very complicated and interesting time. but it always helps to keep it simple. the simple thing for americans is to understand that, if we cannot accept differences among faith, then maybe yours is next. it is a simple thing for every american to understand, that we are at war with an ideology that has

agenda. the game within the game lawsuits by the fires in the middle east and the resulting in american strategy to slow the wrong use of china x.-prize claims in stabilizing countries will suffer thomas tried is that if you security prevents it from becoming the new superpower of. a sick russian a business request for a massacre in imports fresh from based on what they consider major should be legalized one song called it the others insist it should be a basic why should there be ill patients now it's been a tough year for russian fallen as author of last year's record drought and destructive wildfires next the man in charge of the industry tells r.t. how the site say it's recovering. bringing you the latest in science and certainly some of. the future. how again a welcome to spotlight i'll do you know then today my guest on the show is william that spain. in today's world great export is run the main indicators a country's economic might but last year's catastrophic drought forced moscow to impose and then bargain on exports so will this year's harvest the any better than last year and what ar

if they mature republican gets the agenda that is pro-american and not anti-corporate, but surely ableo control our institutions, letting them work for us instead of the reverse, that republican would have my support. host: coming out, we will talk about the deadline that is looming for the government to keep itself running. friday. we will be right back. ♪ >> the c-span video library has just one a peabody award for its contribution to history, scholarship, and public life. now one year old, you can watch every program archived since 1987. it is washington, your way. >> throughout the month of april, we will feature the winners of c-span's studentcam competition. what of winning videos every morning on c-span, just before "washington journal." stream any of the winning videos online at any time at c- span.org. >> you are watching c-span. every morning, "washington journal." connecting you with policymakers and journalists. weekdays, coverage of the u.s. house. weeknights, supreme court or arguments and policy forms in congress. saturday, "communicators," and you can also watch program

an unbelievable list that every american should see to see what the true agenda is on the other side of capitol hill. now is the time to set aside these games, these ideological riders. now is the time to set aside these attacks on the core programs that strengthen our communities. we are pass the -- past the time to have the ability to do a six-month extension of our programs here in the united states of america so we can go on to debate fy fiscal year 2012. not everybody isied for that serious debate. we've been hearing a lot of chanting at rallies that folks, they do want to shut down the government over these ideological riders. indeed, april 5th, "the washington post" reported, "republicans gave the speaker an ovation when he informed them to begin preparing for a possible shutdown." they want the shutdown because they want this ideological fight. so after having proceeded through devastating mistake after devastating mistake that increased our national debt from $5 trillion in the year 2000 -- and remember it was headed down toward zero -- to nearly $15 trillion, we still can't

the american people deserve better than to have their government held hostage by an extreme ideological agenda. let's keep the doors of the federal government opened and as we look to next year's budget instead of making seniors and school children bear the sacrifice, and instead of dismantling medicare and cutting education, instead of threatening women's health, why don't we restore fiscal sanity by finally bringing our troops home? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. womack, for five minutes. mr. womack: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to add my voice to those calling for agreement on funding the government for the remainder of this year and avoid the consequences of a government shutdown. i don't want the government to shut down. our conference does not want the government to shut down no one i've talked with wants the government to shut down. and talk of such a shut down is weighing heavily on consumer confidence in an already fragile economy, not to mention its confidence in this body. we can do bet

s agenda will not lead to a cleaner environment. american manufacturing will be hurt and our manufacturing capacity will be replaced by foreign competitors with weak environmental standards. this amendment will allow individual states to keep existing policies in place by permitting them to regulate emissions as they see fit. this amendment also enables the e.p.a. to focus on the important purposes of the clean air act, which i strongly support. the clean air act must be used to protect the public from harmfuharmharmful pollutants. the clean air act was not intended to address climate change concerns. finally, let me address a myth that we keep hearing. some have stated that the supreme court is forcing the e.p.a. to take this heavy-hand heavy-handed, backdoor cap-and-tax approach. this is wrong. the supreme court stated that the e.p.a. can decide whether greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. many senators bring the supreme court's interpretation of the law is wrong, yet e.p.a. made a political decision based on the court's ru

ellison: i believe that the republican no-jobs agenda is a serious affront to the american people.illion woodall: let me reclaim my time. i appreciate the gentleman's support for making sure we don't get paid if we are not doing our work. there is a divide in this town, madam speaker, there is a crowd that believes government creates jobs. and the more government activity that takes place the more jobs there are. there is another crowd in this town that believes that only the private sector can create jobs. and this bill will put more capital into the private markets, it will create jobs. as this bill will provide much needed certainty that we cannot have under these continuing resolutions, this bill will create jobs. as this bill goes to complete the work that should have happened last congress but did not, this bill will create jobs. it is a cruel april fool's day joke on the american people, madam speaker, that instead of debating the underlying resolution, and i have a rule i'm prepared to bring to the floor that will allow time to debate the underlying resolution, we are inste

they have very strong agendas that a lot of the american people do not agree with, and why should we fund it? there are lots of other organizations out he all over america that do what they think to be good things that aren't funded by the united states government. so let's just look at it a little bit. i was sort of surprised, actually. in 2009, the last year we have gotten the report, planned parenthood reported providing 332,278 abortions in the united states. i didn't know that. 332,000? this is the highest total ever recorded, and the 15th consecutive year that the number of abortions they have provided has increased. overall, though, abortions in the united states are going down. you see that sonogram and you see that unborn child and other things, whatever. the mood of the american people are getting a lot more uneasy about this idea of -- of life and taking of unborn life. soverall, abortions have decreased, decreased by almost 25% in the past two decades nationwide. voluntarily been reduced by individual decisions by americans, yet during that same time, planned parenthood a

agenda. >> reporter: and in virginia, greg josephs sums it up with one word. >> frustrated. >> reporter: our poll shows 70% of americans say the nation is on the wrong track-- the highest since president obama took office. the country's leaders get low marks. president obama's approval ratings are slipping again, down three points since last month. 46% of americans approve of the job he's doing. 45% disapprove. republicans fare no better. only 32% approve of house speaker john boehner's performance. 41% disapprove. congress brings up the rear, a full three quarters of the american people disapprove. as mad as people are, they're deeply divided on who best understands the issues they care about. among republicans, 89% say president obama doesn't share their priorities. >> he's too weak. he's too eager to satisfy too many people. >> reporter: but 79% of democrats say it's republicans in congress who don't get it. >> they don't care. >> reporter: and those key independents, they're unhappy, too. a clear majority say neither obama nor republicans in congress understand what's important to them. for americans, the main conc

american foreign policy. when it started in 1971, we were-- china and the united states were brought together by a common adversary, and so that produced a certain agendahat time, china was a very underdeveloped nation. and the idea that one day one would talk of it as the second largest and potentially largest economic power would have been inconceivable in 1971. it's only really in the last 10 years that china has, merged as an economic superpower and, therefore, has a capacity to participate on an international scale. which did not exist before. so now both of our countries have a huge challenge. normally, the emergence of new powers has led-- has been characterized by-- and there are points where we impact on each other. in a way that could generate rivalries. on the other hand, there is no constructive outcome to a long, drawn-out contest between the united states and kleina. so both of our countries have an obligation to try to put instruction into national environment in which parallel revolutions, i don't say necessary, but parallel evolutions, we continue to peace to peace and progress, and that has difficulties because our societies have had

we're seeing the same old ideological agenda where they want to extend tax breaks for the wealthiest americansey want to extend tax breaks for special interests and then go ahead and cut other important investments in education and other areas and they want to end the medicare guarantee for seniorss. what that would do is force seniors off the medicare program into the private insurance market where their cost of health care are rising. so the entire risk of health care would be borne by the seniors. now... >> ifill: aren't the seniors grandfatherd? anyone 55 years and older grandfathered in under this plan? >> certainly not under the medicaid portion of this plan. because under the medicaid portion of the plan, what the republicans would do is block grant a fixed amount of money which shrinks over year relative to the demands for support and sty governors here's the money. now, the reality is block granting is just code for cutting deeply. the medicaid program already gives governors a lot of flexibility and when they say look, we're going to help you out by sending you all the money what the