i do not blame max baucus. it is clear that they want to ram this through.dments now. i think we could've gone to very few amendments had they brought this of in a normal course. we are against the taa. you know, this is where we are. we have exercised our rights. i believe that hopefully the what house will wise up, sit down, get these agreements through. you can imagine what it would mean to our friends in the southern half of the hemisphere to have us do this. we all want these agreements. >> thank you, senator hatch. let me in detail on two items to support what senator hatch said. in the past, the trade promotion of authority in the same legislation as the trade adjustment assistance, tpa and the taa. why is that important? republicans have generally supported free trade agreements in the process [no audio] first of all negotiated and then brought to congress. that is what the exhilarated provisions of the trade promotion of authority have been very helpful for us to get these agreements through. democrats have wanted to add to these various agreements

third round of sanctions as they crack down on protesters continue but and you will actually as brian baucus says western powers want to replace the damascus regime with a proxy that will set their interests the e.u. if it adopts these new sanctions the third wave of sanctions there incrementally as school lady in the u.s. and western european intervention into syria i think that we're going down the road as we when libya where one step leads to another step there climbing the escalation letter they have a very sort of selective concern for the lives of protesters and democracy movements or movements that call themselves democracy movements you take bahrain they're they're they're condoning the crackdown on peaceful protesters i think what's really happening is that syria syria has been targeted by the united states and also in principle lead by. france and the u.k. for regime change and i think they see this growing protest movement in the possible slippage of the country in the direction of civil war as an opportunity to overthrow what has been considered to be independent government in sy

one that everyone is worried about is the state of supply and that is why some of our banks like baucus have been reducing our liabilities and spying because clearly the property slump in spain is much bigger than the spanish government is telling people places and even a drop of eighteen percent of the radio shows in spain people losing seventy percent sixty percent in the fire you have their homes and their developments spain will be the next one to topple but why should we u.k. taxpayer pay anything the german taxpayer paid for the inec should choose of the greek government. plenty of other stories for you online check out our t. dot com for the latest here's what's a click away right now. i know why the promised land of israel doesn't seem so promising for many israelis as they're opting for passports of other countries plus the. celebration turns to sorrow when dozens of wedding guests are injured or for an accident in the north caucasus. and check out our investigation to egypt's disgraced former finance minister who's proud and safe haven in london despite been delighted by cairo

through all of that fringe media max baucus original you'd already only the mainstream media tells you what you don't need to know is good for hamster cage absorbs really well so i guess max we're helping wall street here we've got to stay focused ok next headline australia g.d.p. falls most since one thousand nine hundred one australia's economy shrank in the first quarter by the most in twenty years as floods her exports gross domestic product fell one point two percent from the previous three months exports slumped eight point seven percent subtracting two point one percentage points from g.d.p. growth so massive floods climate catastrophes all over the world you have floods in australia you have then the next headline un warns of food riots and developing world as drought pushes up prices and so you. see massive droughts in france france is the biggest producer of wheat in in europe kansas is the biggest producer of wheat in america they're being hit by extreme drought now. so you don't have anything to say that it's want to change and now everyone there's a ten you know thousand c

states and the federal government because it also applies to other political issues as well well said baucus i do i think when she is utah has the ability to stand up for states rights as outlined in the bill of rights there are certain powers that were given to the federal government of very very limited basis and the states actually have all the power beyond those limited abilities of the federal government christo cameras usurp our kinds of power really outside the purview of the car solution you trust so say wait a minute states rights no state solve the issue any. but cool and sober for peanuts yet that's the law were implemented were prudent the law. one thing i like to dress max you probably get through anyway a good. gresham's law you know the idea that well why would i state it will corn its value versus the theocracy this new. value because of that fact you know how much traction will get in this you know of this move more cold in utah yeah well that's a good question that seen it raised on the blogs and people are suggesting that all this is a way for the state to hat get people t

who is also a documentary filmmaker sam thanks so much for joining us tonight can you first of all baucus through exactly what happened from the moment you entered the building or whatever you know interaction you may have had with the police officer up until the moment where the two of you were being arrested. shared greeting thanks for having me on. so on monday. there is a large parade around the wisconsin state capitol more than a thousand people turned up despite the fact that it was monday at noon to ninety degrees and many people decided to go in monday marked the first state supreme court hearings. to hear about scott walker's controversial but you're paired bill and the legality of how that was passed so i went into the state capital to do my job which is to this day was to go in and see what was going on i need to cover the supreme court hearing in in part if possible but generally just you know i had been filming earlier i'd been filming that the the march around the capitol and walked into the state capitol there was a police officer who was already clearly escalated from the

baucus: mr. president, christopher reeves once said that a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. i today want to call attention to five montana heroes. every day, folks making the super heroic effort to help their friends and neighbors. i enjoy sharing these stories, i'm proud of these stories because they tell the story of what it is to be a montanan. with all the flooding that's going on, mr. president, in my state of montana and other states of the nation, i just want to mention it can happen mentioning the names of many montanans, many montana heroes who have been rising above and beyond the call of duty and are following christopher reeves' definition of what it means to be a hero. we in montana might say -- pride ourselves in helping our fellow neighbors. i know that's true in all states all across our country. i don't want to say it just in the state of montana, but i can say that in our state it is really special.

. >> well, thank you, chairman baucus,. i appreciate the opportunity. there's some who would argue the united states is moving too fast on financial reform, that we should slow it down, wait to see what other countries implement. i don't agree. by moving first and leading from a position of strength, we are eellating the world standards to ours. with financial markets that are more globally integrated than ever, we need reforms that are globally convergent than ever. while we don't need to be the same across all issues, there are a few in scope that are needed to succeed. arbitrage carries real impact. it means a race to the bottom for standards and protections, and it means a potential loss of jobs in the american financial sector. if firms move overseas, and it may increase the possibility of future financial instate if riskier activities migrate to areas with loose transparency and a lack of supervision. agenting in concert is the best way to address arbitrage and the concerns of the american firms about competing fairly. the sooner we level the play

we had an excellent hearing in chairman baucus' committee yesterday on simplification. get this, the middle class person has essentially gone through bureaucratic water torture on this alternative minimum tax. they have to fill out their taxes twice on two separate systems. so what senator coats and said said is -- have said is let's repeal it. that will put some of the money back into the coats of middle class folks. as senator coats pointed out, middle class folks won't have to spend all that money paying out accountants and all other kinds of people paying the alternative minimum tax forms. so it will put some money into the pockets of the middle class that way and senator coats and i advocate nearly trimming the -- tripling the standard deduction for all of our taxpayers, which would be a boon for the middle class consumers and with it a job creation. so i'm very glad that senator coats zeroed in on the consequences of underconsumption by consumers and i think i would next probably like to have my friend go through some of the benefits that we would like to provide

democrats in the senate, senator inouye, the chairman of the appropriations committee; and senator baucus, the chairman of the finance committee. we're meeting and progress is being made. there is no question we should be closing tax loopholes, and i'm sure that vice president bide bayh den is leading the -- vice president biden is leading senators and the house members toward that end. closing these tax loopholes, madam president, here in the washington, d.c. area, as i do my morning exercise, i walk past a station right off the waterfront, gasoline $5 a gallon. i haven't looked at it in the past week, but that's what it is. it is over $4 a gallon all over the united states in many, many different places. we shoulding focusing on that instead of ending medicare. so i would tell my friend, the ranking member of the budget committee, come and talk about the republican plan to end medicare as we know it. what about the subsidies for these oil companies? shouldn't we get rid of them. it's time republicans ban in their -- abandon their ideological plan to medicare and work with us to strength

senators daniel inouye and max baucus and jim clyburn and vice president biden leading those talks. more on "the wall street journal" if you're interested in that. also this morning, obama is pressing to create one million jobs. that's a headline from his event yesterday. plans include training and cutting red tape. up to 100,000 new engineers. about that event, this is the headline in the "washington post." their take on it. for u.s. jobs council a foreign focus. says five of the biggest company's on obama's jobs council, ge, citigroup, intel, proctor & gamble and dupont rely on foreign revenue for majority of their sales. a shift that occurred just in the past several years for most of these firms. as other country's economies recovers more quickly these corporations have taken advantage, earnings at ge were up 77% in the latest quarter. intel is enjoying record profits. and then also this morning, something you will hear about today, probably is the story about congressman anthony weiner and whether or not he should resign . .abouy over congressman anthony wiener. >> here in wash

men and women in uniform, it introduced the protecting servicemembers act cosponsored by senator baucus, blumenthal, boxer senator hagan platenburg, leahy, merkley kolsky, senator nelson, pryor, reid of rhode island senators sanders of another test repeatability of the next noncriminal double penalties for violations of current foreclosure protections. it would also extend the make permanent foreclosure coverage after military service offended. current laws amendment to protection under military service. order provision is due to expire in december 31, 2012. servicemembers will make it 90 days of foreclosure protections. my bill would permanently extend foreclosure protection beyond nine months. i hope senators on both sides will come together and join me in supporting legislation and a thank you again for the opportunity to speak on this important issue. unfortunately chairman murray, and members of this committee to pass legislation from which i believe will discourage phone service from further violations and hope protect the financial and emotional well-being of our military familie

senator baucus and i are talking on this issue. we've had a meeting with both parties.ou have to get up and do your job and at some point get there. a lot of people say, how do i get this bill passed? you do your homework and build a consensus and move forward. there are a lot of people who are calling out for fundamental tax reform. there is a lot of people in the administration, the president at times says the right things about this issue. the secretary has. there is a lot of that coming together. for me, i was doing this when i was ranking member before i became chairman, but when i went to the tax deal at the end of the year, there were to have the provisions that we were trying to peel the onion back on each one of them and understand why did these get extended and what is happening -- it was clear to me that is not a workable way to have employers, individuals, families understand what their responsibilities are. we got to make a change. it was driven home through that experience, and that is why i feel strongly about this issue. it is something i am working hard

baucus: mr. president, i rise to express my strong support for s. 782, the five-year reauthorization of the economic development administration, which frankly i am proud to have cowritten. abraham lincoln said the legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but it cannot do it all or cannot so well do for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. end kwoefplt that is what the economic -- end quote. that is what the economic development revitalation act will do. it will help americans achieve what they cannot so well do for themselves. e.d.a. is the only federal agency charged solely with job creation. each dollar e.d.a. funding leverages nearly $7 in private-sector investments. from 2005 to 2010, during the administrations of presidents from each political party, the e.d.a. awarded $1.2 billion in construction-related revolving loan projects. according to estimates, more than 314,000 jobs resulted from those investments. e.d.a.

baucus: mr. president, i ask to speak as if in morning business. mr. baucus: i suggest that further proceedings of the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: mr. president, i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: the book of matthew chapter 23 verses 1112 read, the greatest miewng will be your servant, those who humble themselves will be exalted. i rise today to recognize five of montana's great servants. our state has faced severe flooding, unrelenting flooding for the past several weeks, water levels rising, montanans across the state stepping up to help. this is the essence of what it means to be a montanan, stepping up to help ordinary montanans, ordinary folks doing extraordinary things for their friends and neighbors. we're all in this together. that's why i'm calling attention to montana heroes, going above and beyond the call of duty in the floods that we are experiencing in our state today. i want to recognize pastor kathy moorhead of the unit