one important things that alice rivlin did and it was the working definition of what remains to be non-partisan, she said the cbo will not make recommendations. it was described to be one somebody's attic you ask cbo how much something costa they will tell you. fasten if it is a good idea they will tell you how much it cost. so even though i do agree with you of the budget process being dysfunctional i am not sure how much they can do about that other than to eliminate the effects of the failure to engage in various policies whether deficit reduction. >> what do you teach at the university of maryland? >> guest: a general course of public budgeting which covers all levels of government and policy programs and i teach the course which is required of most turns and we have a semester course the federal budget. i also teach a semester course on the federal budget which simultaneously makes the students more illuminated and disillusioned than they were 37 you worked at the cbo a one point*? >> guest: i did work at the congressional budget office 19,913th 96. the resend -- 1991 through 1996. because

david axelrod will head an new institute of politics at the university of illinois it will be non-partisan with aims to train students to take part in public service and civic life david axelrod will take over as director early next year following his official announcement this afternoon there will be a panel discussion about the 2012 presidential race moderated by abc's george stephanopoulos and participating will be mayor rahm emanuel ... >>police believe 22 year-old darrion grossley is responsible for a string of armed robberies happening near madison and pulaski last year they say that he threaten someone with a hand gun and threatened to victims after robbing them he is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault and armed robbery ... >>the beating of a high-school senior maybe in retaliation for cyber bullying ... robert palomino is charged and a bond hearing was set with $100,000 ... the boy's father says that it all began with a bullying incident ... >>it was a teenage dispute that escalated to a physical altercation in october and a subsequent revenge altercation this past wee

in doing so, she may have gotten the church which under the tax laws which is suppose to be non-partisan you tell me. did she get political? >> i think the fact that we all sleep a little easier at night knowing usama bin laden and his lieutenants are not plotting a terrorist attack against the united states. [applause] and i think back on my recent trip home to chicago over the christmas break. is a walked through the airport i saw so many soldiers in the airport returning home from their last tour of duty in iraq in time for the christmas holidays. and teachers and firefighters and policemen whose jobs are now in jeopardy because congress -- let me be specific -- because the republicans in congress [applause] the president has taught me to choose my words clearly -- because the republicans in congress would not pass the american jobs act. megyn: joining me now jonna spilbor and arthur aidala. this is interesting. the law says what about what a tax exempt organization like a church can and cannot do. >> it's all the not for profit organizations. in american ease and simple ease. you can

support for inequality opportunity should be a non- partisan issue. it is hard not to bemoan the fact that because of rising inequality, the happenstance of having been born to poor parents makes it harder to climb the ladder of economic success. there is a cost to the economy and society when children from low income families do not have anything close to the opportunities to develop and use their talents as the more fortunate can from better off families who can't attend better schools, receive college prep tutoring, and draw on a network of family connections. one would think it inexcusable that public policy has exasperated this trend, but that is exactly what has happened over the last decade. as i mentioned, income-tax changes has made the distribution of after-tax income more unequal -- not less. moreover, the drastic cut in the estate tax will produce economic mobility in the u.s. going forward. as the tremendous resources accrued by the wealthy can now be transferred to their heirs at much lower tax costs. two men have suggested a second way

support for equality opportunity should be a non- partisan issue.t is hard not to bemoan the fact that because of rising inequality, the happenstance of having been born to poor parents makes it harder to climb the ladder of economic success. there is a cost to the economy and society when children from low income families do not have anything close to the opportunities to develop and use their talents as the more fortunate can from better off families who can't attend better schools, receive college prep tutoring, and draw on a network of family connections. one would think it inexcusable that public policy has exasperated this trend, but that is exactly what has happened over the last decade. as i mentioned, income tax changes has made the distribution of after-tax income more unequal -- not less. moreover, the drastic cut in the estate tax will produce economic mobility in the u.s. going forward as the tremendous resources accrued by the wealthy can now be transferred to their heirs at much lower tax costs. two men have suggested a second way in

support for equality of opportunity should be a non- partisan issue. it is hard not to bemoan the fact that because of rising inequality the happenstance of having been born to poor parents makes it harder to climb the ladder of economic success. there is a cost to the economy and society if children from low-income families do not have anything close to the opportunities to develop and use their talent as the more fortunate can from better off families, who can attend better schools, receive college prep tutoring, and draw on a network of family connections. one would think it inexcusable that public policy has exacerbated this trend, but that is exactly what has happened over the last decade. as i mentioned, income tax changes have made a distribution of after-tax income more unequal, not less. moreover, the drastic cuts in the state tax will reduce economic mobility in the u.s. going forward, as a tremendous resources accrued by the wealthy can now be transferred to their heirs at much lower tax cost. robert reich and otehrs have suggested a second

be there, too. we're definitely non-partisan. >> i've been arrested twice. i was -- the democratic party once at the iowa democratic party headquarters, i occupied obama's office for two days. obama's headquarters two days and arrested at the democratic national committee -- >> what's the goal with that? arrested here, but what's, the end goal, to be able to say, and we accomplished -- what? >> reshaped political and economic discourse that is currently being conducted. >> conversation? >> absolutely. starting about real issues. >> if we had the candidates all sitting right here, you've been trying to break into their campaign, brought them here. so what would you say to them? what is the conversation that you feel they're not speaking to? >> first of all, they're just not speaking to us, period. we invited them to come speak with us. that's what the caucuses are all about. candidates come to talk with us. so we would assume they would have wanted to talk to us, but they didn't. so we came to them. >> will you disrupt the caucuses? >> no. that is not at all

be there, too. we're definitely non-partisan. >> i've been arrested twice.tic party once at the iowa democratic party headquarters, i occupied obama's office for two days. obama's headquarters two days and arrested at the democratic national committee -- >> what's the goal with that? arrested here, but what's, the end goal, to be able to say, and we accomplished -- what? >> reshaped political and economic discourse that is currently being conducted. >> conversation? >> absolutely. starting about real issues. >> if we had the candidates all sitting right here, you've been trying to break into their campaign, brought them here. so what would you say to them? what is the conversation that you feel they're not speaking to? >> first of all, they're just not speaking to us, period. we invited them to come speak with us. that's what the caucuses are all about. candidates come to talk with us. so we would assume they would have wanted to talk to us, but they didn't. so we came to them. >> will you disrupt the caucuses? >> no. that is not at all our agenda. >> it app

the democrats would be able to rally their liberal base of support around this baseless and expensive recall effort. >> reporter: the recall is now in the hands of the non-partisanaccountability board, which is in charge of elections in wisconsin. the signatures were transferred to an undisclosed state building, where temporary workers, under the supervision of g.a.b. staff, are working 15 hours a day to scan the petition sheets into a database. no one else will be allowed in until all the sheets are scanned. in the meantime, the world can watch through a live web cam. >> we've done a lot of planning on security. we're confident with the help of the capitol police. >> reporter: kevin kennedy is the executive director of the g.a.b. after scanning in the petitions, staff will begin reviewing the signatures, with at least two people looking at every signature. the normal timeline would require them to certify the signatures in 31 days, with governor walker only getting ten days to challenge fraudulent or duplicate signatures. but the g.a.b. will ask a judge to extend their timeline due to the overwhelming number of signatures to check. >> right now, i can't tell yo

group called the tax policy center in washington which is a non-partisan kind of watchdog group about tax policy. plan ay santorum's would be to supply the tax bracket down to two brackets. so romney has not put out such a bold or detailed tax reform plan. and then rick santorum would repeal the estate tax. santorum would set the tax rate on capital gains and dividends at 12%. he does not have any income threshold for that. that would benefit the rich and others. he would cut the corporate tax rate in half for any corporation but all of z toero for manufactured -- but all the way to zero for manufacturing companies. host: we are talking with mark trumbull with "christian science monitor." we will go through more of the details for other candidates. but first let's get to the phones and hear from the republican caller in chattanooga. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i want to congratulate ron paul for taking the third place after being beat up by every pundit. everyone of them has beat him up like nothing else. no other candidate has gone through that. to bring troops home and to bring money home and to go

called the tax policies center in washington, which is a non-partisan kind of watchdog group about tax policy, and they say the santorum plan would be to cut, simplify the income tax down to just two brackets, a 10% rate and then a 28% rate at the high end, so mitt romney i think has not put out such a bold or detailed tax reform plan. and then santorum would likely repealed the estate tax. rick santorum would also set the tax rate on capital gains and dividends at 12%, and he does not have any income threshold for that, that would benefit the rich and others, and he would cut the corporate tax rate in half for virtually any corporation but all of the way to 0% for manufacturing companies, so he has a very particular emphasis on trying to rebuild the american manufacturing base. host: we are talking to an economic reporter for "christian science monitor," and let's get to the funds and hear from a republican caller from chattanooga. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. host: go ahead. caller: i want to congratulate him for doing so well. no other candidate has gone through that. but as far as your guest, ron paul plan

and non-partisan activities, rallies, debates or activities as a spectator when not in uniform and when no inference or appearance of official sponsorship, approval or endorsement can reasonably beeen in and out of the military in recent years. he went back in because he was convicted on a burglary charge in florida and the judge said he would end his probation if he reenlisted in the army. we contacted the military and they have not decided what punishment if think he will face for wearing his uniform at that campaign rally. megyn: the raid that killed usama bin laden set to hit the silver screen. but did the filmmakers give too much access to possibly classified information? that's what the cia and pentagon want to know. peter king has news on this and he joins us live right after this break. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's w

legislative candidate against another and on those issues the non-members may have a very strong partisan and ideological objections so why should they not be given the notice at that time? and the opportunity not to give what would be at a minimum an interest-free loan for the purpose of influencing the election campaign. >> do it depend, justice alito i think in your hypothetical one might be able to say it might be more fascinating but one might be able to say that what was occurring is something that could not be anticipated reasonably the person who got the notice. in this case however and this is crucial to this case notice in 2005 told every nonmember that of our 38 million-dollar budget, we spent 43.6% of it on non-chargeable the activities. and if you do not object, we will spend whatever amount out of the world roughly 40 million-dollar budget in the coming year for the various activities as we perceive including the mount initiatives as mentioned in the notice as one of the things to spend its money on. now -- >> this was a very special initiative. that is what the water pitchers of justice. this wasn't a sort of run on the court

be taking more cuts than the navy in this budget. host: talk about what it is that you do. guest: we're a non-partisan think tank. we focus on issues of strategy. the conduct a number of studies looking at how we should think about warfare and threats in the future. i focus on the defense budget, all aspects of the budget, and what things like sequestration will mean in the coming years. host: rish is a democrat from baltimore. caller: i would like to ask c- span to please us and guests that are not what -- war- mongering propagandists. i stand behind people in the supermarket you are on food stamps. i watched the base relocation fiasco. these people are rolling in money. it is a sick jobs program. we cannot keep up the stupid military spending. host: todd harrison studies and assesses the military budget. one thing she brought up was the base realignment and closure. that was asked for in the military budget. guest: the 2005 round of base closures cost of more than $30 billion, more than the pentagon expected. there are long-term savings when you close facilities. it will be more than a decade before we actually

be continued this evening. which is cool. i have to say as a person who enjoys partisan politics, also cool they are non-partisan tonight. you see members of the supreme court entering. chief justice john roberts in the front. we'll have at least five, six members of the supreme court. looks like five. justice scalia makes an austentacious point of not coming. five justices altogether who are here. this is a remarkable night. one of the seats that will be held empty tonight is for senator mark kirk of illinois. a young man, a fit man, naval intelligence officer suffered a stroke. he was due to sit with the democratic senator joe mansion of west virginia. he put out a moving statement talking about the fact he will keep his seat empty for him tonight. first lady michelle obama entering the chamber now. >> we're getting close. >> to a wide, wide round of applause. you see her there greeting some of the invited guests and jill biden, who will be sitting in the first ladies's box seats. big hug from mark kelly, gabby giffords husband. we are getting close to the entrance of the president into the chamber at this point. some

be at the college of charleston -- charleston this morning. we will have that at 11:00 eastern. at the same time on c-span to, everything by a non partisan national campaign to double the number of women in congress. speakers include former u.s. ambassador to austria, and the former massachusetts lieutenant governor. also this afternoon, rick santorum is part of the republican national committee chairman of the southern republican leadership conference joining the republican national chairman and herman cain. that will be levitt 2:00 eastern here on c-span. >> lead up to saturday's of carolina primary, c-span is road to the white house coverage takes to live to the events of this week. >> every time you turn around, this is an administration against american business, jobs, american energy, and then they seem not surprised that they are putting people on food stamps and think it is an accident of nature. >> there is no reason we cannot compete making cars. you are making bmw's here in selling them are around the world. [applause] this idea that we cannot manufacture is wrong. we can compete. foreign companies are coming here in right to

there are non-partisan veterans groups that have access to military installations. the rules that prevent them from beingble to conduct voter registration drives -- i'm not saying all groups should have access to these bases, but veterans groups should have access if they want to. i don't see any reason why that cannot be done. this is from a legal standpoint, the one difference between -- i had a texas judge once that referred to it as avocado. [laughter] the voting rights has it, it's that those laws can be enforced by the justice department. if the justice department isn't enforcing them, you have a private right of action. it does not have a private right of action. i can talk to appear for a long time about the mistakes doj made in the 2010 elections and things they didn't do, but private groups should be able to help members of the military sue states and others when they don't comply with the law. there is actually a bill that is introduced in the senate but it hasn't gone anywhere. information.ss and if you can't access the ability to register your vote andhe

being done by people without points of view. people who are seeking truth. i like to think of myself as that. i have worked for the last 36 years in it deeply non-partisan, what ever my personal political bent is. there are a lot of places that define research. even places with some biases, whether it is in barman or libertarian or conservative or liberal, the often produce information that is useful, so long as you take it with a little grain of salt. we cannot have too much research. what we have to have is good research. host: next call comes from delaware, brandon on our independent line. caller: how are you doing? good show today. i would like to mention about felons of voting. if you can give me a little history on that because i know most people to think that felons cannot vote, but in every state is different. to my understanding, most can vote after a certain period. can you give a little information or history on that? because you can even have a business in the past and you can vote. they pay taxes and things of that nature. and have the knowledge that people think you cannot vote. host: all right, we got the point. curtis gans? guest: it is

being done by people without points of view. who are seeking truth. i like to think of myself as that. my work for last 36 years has been deeply non-partisan.herever my personal political ben this. there are a lot of places that produce -- and even the places with some bias environmental or libertarian or conservative or liberal they often produce information that is useful you know so long is your ticket with a little grain of salt. we cannot have eat too much research. what we want to have as good research. >> next call comes from dover delaware. please go ahead. >> yes. how're you doing? i would like to mention about felons voting. if you could give me a little history on that because i know most people think that felons can vote, but in every state its different. you know, to my understanding most can vote after a certain time. can you give little information our history on that? because you can even have a business as a convicted felon in the past and even vote. you pay taxes and days of that nature. everything as an american citizen and live amongst these issues and have the knowledge of thinking that you can vote. >> we get the point

being done by people without points of view. people who are seeking truth. i like to think of myself as that. i have worked for the last 36 years in it deeply non- partisanwhat ever my personal political bent is. there are a lot of places that define research. even places with some biases, whether it is in barman or libertarian or conservative or liberal, the often produce information that is useful, so long as you take it with a little grain of salt. we cannot have too much research. what we have to have is good research. host: next call comes from delaware, brandon on our independent line. caller: how are you doing? good show today. i would like to mention about felons of voting. if you can give me a little history on that because i know most people to think that felons cannot vote, but in every state is different. to my understanding, most can vote after a certain period. can you give a little information or history on that? because you can even have a business in the past and you can vote. they pay taxes and things of that nature. and have the knowledge that people think you cannot vote. host: all right, we got the point. curtis gans? guest: it is a