. >> i have been interested in americorps and other related programs. from what i can tell, you do not support it or talk about it very much. the tea party is advocating limiting national service. president obama campaigned to expand to 250,000. senator kennedy helped to pass the expansion. i was wondering what role "the nation" can play in helping to support the program. >> we've done a lot of work around expanding doctors into rural community centers. americorps is a good program. all of those should be supported. we have not done as much. there has been controversy at the magazine. i am more of a supporter of teach for america than my colleagues. they are good programs. >> what could we do collectively as the next up for occupy wall street? -- next step for occupy wall street? >> what is your main interest in the issues raised by occupy wall street? if it is money and politics, you should join with those who are occupying the supreme court, fighting in states for clean money reform, and fighting for an amendment strategy to overturn the citizens unit

they'll ask what's americorp? what's it do?he speaker can start the process if he has the discipline to adhere to regular order and exercises his control -- neil: running with their tail between their legs, running scaredded, lost the election, doesn't mean they lost the backbone or resolve or whatever used to be in their dna that showed some discipline. they lost that now, and seeded it to a president who talked up entitlements in the speech, talked the merits of government spending, strongly as ronald reagan did, the dangers of government spending, and these might be new times. how do they challenge them? >> well, again, i think they challenged them by getting back on to the floor, get a budget, force a budget to be out there, debate the budget, put the budgets up for across the board vote. make the press deal with the realities of our nation and the size of the government and the tradeoff decisions that must be made, but let the house right the narrative. neil: the media won't play that fight fairly, and republicans, in orde

the spencer, ceo of the corporation for national and community service, federal agency that runs americorps, a senior corps and social innovation fund is here with us today as i announce the first annual mayor's day of recognition for national service. i am pleased to share that she mentioned to me earlier that 90 mayors have signed up across the country and agreed to join us on april 9th, on april 9th, to recognize the passion, the impact, the cost effective problem-solving that comes from national programs and cities all across the country. let me conclude by saying this. the strength of this organization should never, ever be doubted. great leaders like vice president scott smith, second vice president at johnson and all of you, great leader tom cochran and staff, each and everyone of you working together, we can and more importantly we will make a difference in the lives of millions of americans across this country. we represent central cities, suburbs and rural areas of all shapes and sizes and all parts of the country. some of us are democrats, some are republicans, some are independe