this goes back to the meeting that was just held with vice president biden. we know that big media is a source of big money. we know that biden as a member of the senate judiciary committee has disposed as many legislators are. even so, agencies heads, big media lobbyist, representing companies which think fair use is theft. and companies that want the providers to spy on you, all in one room. not to mention the chief lobbyist and attorney general who might have to review a little deal nbc has cooking with comcast? >> first of all, if i were them, i would never do a release of the entire cabinet of the united states. we're not going to win very many friends by taking on the chief people who run our government. i would say if they wanted to call me. the fact of the matter is there is an important issue. the movie industry alone employs the people. this is a time when our country is losing jobs all over the country. the unemployment rate is straggering. particularly with the underreporting of unemployment with respect to people who are off the rolls. i just saw

joe biden when he was a senator was chairman of the judiciary committee, he was very involved in issues of intellectual property, so it's natural for him to continue his interest in it. >> host: what are the main issues the industry is facing when it comes to theft, piracy, intellectual property? >> guest: historically, it was always what you call physical piracy, it was the dvds or the cds on the streets, and you still see them in various parts of the world, including the united states. but more and more the issues relate to internet piracy and internet theft. the ability to transfer information on the web is instantaneous. the web is ubiquitous, and when it gets on somebody's screen, a lot of people -- particularly younger people -- think it's theirs whether it's there legally or not. so we're facing this issue in a multitude of different ways, obviously, trying to enforce the law against the criminals who put this stuff on the web is one thing we do, but we're also involved with education messages, dealing with the technologically as well as a whole new era of providing this content

vice president biden pushed for greater use of drones and special forces. i think there are limits to that. as attractive as it sounds, a lot of the military comperts i've heard talk about this are dubious that that can do as much as the caller as suggested. host: if you could give historical perspective to this. we had the debate of guns versus butter, president johnson pushing strong on his domestic budget initiative, president bush pushing hard for his tax cuts in addition to funding the war in afghanistan and iraq. and now president obama. he's trying to create jobs, stimulate the economy, and also fund the war in afghanistan even though we are reducing our troop levels in iraq. guest: president johnson fudgesed with the budget numbers so he didn't admit to the country how much the vietnam war was costing. host: how did he do that? guest: by creating what was called the unified budget so that social security then -- and until recently was taking in more every year in our fica taxes than it was paying out -- became viewed as the total budget so the defic

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table and in the center on each side, one side was president obama, the other side was vice president biden. and almost all of the 60 senators were president. i believe everybody else was present. and during the course of that session the president expressed himself and this has also been publicized that if action was not taken now that it would discourage anyone from the foreseeable future, from undertaking health care reform. if now with both houses and 60 members of the democratic party you can't get it through the senate and get a conference and get it enacted. and some of those who were most vocal urged most vocal in the favor of the public option urged those in the caucus who disagreed to reconsider their positions. and i would renew that request, that they reconsider their position. and the people who would classify themselves as most progressive in the democratic caucus have swallowed hard and announced publicly that they would support this bill, even though it doesn't have the robust public option, doesn't have the medicare expansion. and that may -- that may shift a shift yet. but

so "the times-picayune," this is the fancy website that joe biden would blow us all away -- and boy it has -- the communications director for this fancy new website that's going to detail everything, how will this work? this is the great accountability model of transparency of the democrats. he said, we rely on self-reporting from recipients for the federal money. it is transferred to recovery.gov and no one -- get this -- no one checks to verify its accuracy or to take note to the fact that utah -- here's another example -- really doesn't have seven congressional districts. utah has three congressional districts. south dakota, well, they had a 10th congressional district of south dakota. see, folks, south dakota has one congressional district. louisiana doesn't have 15 congressional districts. it has seven. so even lesco here could know. we get back here on some examples of some of that free money quote-unquote that went out. in my home state of oregon, we have actually five -- count them on one hand here -- five congressional districts. that's one, two, three, four, five. and yet on

say senator kaufman from delaware because his predecessor who now has another job in government, joe biden was of course instrumental in passing of vawa. the landmark walk filled a void. to many victims -- too many victims. it had strong bipartisan support. i would compliment senator biden and senator orrin hatch, who were chairman and ranking member respectively who works so hard to get this passed. of a fort to working with members of the committee and -- i look forward to working with members of the committee. the victim of service providers. most importantly,ht the women ad families who were threatened with violence. we have an extraordinary panel with us. first will be catherine pierce. see is the acting director at the justice department. of course karen tronsgrard- scott, who i've known for many years. she is the leader in for montan vermont. i mention karen because people think of for mvermont with low e rate and everything else. we have domestic violence in every state. every state, every situation. ççsometimes in more ruralt( a, it is more hidden because it is something people

host: vice president joe biden is arriving. he will be presiding. can see his motorcade arriving on capitol hill. go ahead and finish as we watch him a ride. guest: they are bringing him in for this big boat and the rare case of a tie, the vice- president who will be presiding, and cast the deciding vote that would give 101 votes in the senate and he would be number 51. i don't think we are expecting any protest votes at this point from the liberal democrats. there was discussion that the liberal democrats or conservative democrats would cast a protest vote against the bill but i don't think that will be really happening. host: how many votes are needed for passage of this bill? guest: all passage votes are 51. we talk about 60 which is a procedural vote and that is to end filibusters. that is the big men remember we have been looking at previous to this. we will look at that once more in january or february for a conference report. host: do you know of many senators who will not be here this morning? guest: there has been talked to some of the repu

senator biden and night for the co-sponsors of that bill. what was successful in deterring potential steroid abuse, a new products were developed to circumvent the reach of federal law enforcement. and while not technically anabolic steroids, the steroid precursors act in a similarly dangerous manner once inside the human body. we've updated the law and pass the anabolic steroid control act of 2004. mr. chairman, i recall you being supportive of this legislation. i personally appreciate it. this is not controversial legislation. it passed the senate unanimously, and the house of representatives passed it by a vote of 408-3. the laws that gave the dea the authority to schedule new precursors easily without this difficult process of proving that the product builds muscle mass. it eliminated -- and identified androstendione as a controlled substance, clearing up any confusion. senator harkin of iowa and i have spent considerable time urging the the government to ban andro as it is called. this places significant controls on its use, including s

from vice president biden.ning, a congress has turned to a a congress of brivery. that's all i have to say. host: ok, betty from illinois. caller: good morning, i just really have one thing to say. the republican party has had a chance time after time after time. and they still have not voted for health care reform. they have never even brought it to the floor when they held the senate and the house of representatives. now they just keep saying no.w3 i don't really care how many amendments will be put in this bill just for them. drop the public option, whatever, they are still going to vote no. mitch mcconnell says so. and to those senior citizens out w3there who are decrying th bill, please, please feel free to give up your medicare and your social security. they are after all government programs and i would t(implore you to please give it up. host: on twitter, joe writes that reform doesn't mean it will hurt the deficit, those taxes could be used for other purposes. going to barry from massachusetts. i think

so we need to realize that american politics schwab filled with emotion and maybe the time when joe bidenn a duel we'll have matched what byrd and hamilton felt for each other, so realize that ticks is a very important -- politics is a very important part of the business. and what's in the tool box or the gear shift for american legislation and when the congress looks at an issue, what can they really do? and they really have three things. congress is mostly a status quo, crisis activated Ñisystem. they're good in a crisis. we holler at them and it's messy watching them, but they're pretty good. 9/11, for president bush, came out with a tarp and $700 billion and number picked out of the air and admittedly picked out of the air, congress delivered, a lot of hollering, but they delivered. president obama shows up and he needs a stimulus, $700, $750 billion, out it goes. in a crisis, recently within the last year, congress has thrown $1.5 trillion out on mostly hunches and guidance and leadership from a president in term of response to what they see as a national crisis. congress is pretty g

. >> reporter:ice-president joe biden made aare appearance in his formal role as sene president. and senators also honored e memory othe late edward kennedy, aong-time champion of healthare reform who died in august. >> with nator ted kennedy's booming voe in our ears, with his paion in our hearts, we say, as said, "the work goes on, the cae endures." reporter: and then came the ng-awaited vote on the bill extend coverage 30 million people. >> mr. akaka. >> aye >> mr. akaka, aye. reporter: the outcome produced no surprises, fling along party nes, 60 to 39. >>r. alexander. >> no. >> mr.lexander, no. >>eporter: clearly exhausted from weeks of marathon negotiatio, majority leader harry re mistakenly voted no before realizing his mista and changing h vote. >> mr. reid nevada. >> no. ( lahter ) ( applause ) >> mr. reid nevada. aye. >> the yays are 60, the naysre 39. r. 3590 as amended-- the patient prottion and affordable ce act-- is passed. ( applause ) through 24 days of grueling debate, republicans had do everything thecould to stop the bill, and th warned it's not over. minority l

senator biden and night for the co-sponsors of that bill. what was successful in deterring potential steroid abuse, a new products were developed to circumvent the reach of federal law enforcement. and while not technically anabolic steroids, the steroid precursors act in a similarly dangerous manner once inside the human body. we've updated the law and pass the anabolic steroid control act of 2004. mr. chairman, i recall you being supportive of this legislation. i personally appreciate it. this is not controversial legislation. it passed the senate unanimously, and the house of representatives passed it by a vote of 408-3. the laws that gave the dea the authority to schedule new precursors easily without this difficult process of proving that the product builds muscle mass. it eliminated -- and identified androstendione as a controlled substance, clearing up any confusion. senator harkin of iowa and i have spent considerable time urging the the government to ban andro as it is called. this places significant controls on its use, including s

he told us he would be taking it to president obama and vice president joe biden. is an opportunity. we started this process three years ago. at the time we started this, michigan was in a one-state recession. we really felt that it was not about michigan, but it was about leadership coming together in the early months of a new presidentialçó administration ia way to be helpful. that is what we have done. we have an opportunity to go back to artourÑi speakers, moderator's, and participantsçó. we are unveiling the findingsñrs we speak. secretary gary locke is taking them to go administration. in the early months of 2010, we will figure out where we go from here. host: what does the secretary tell you about the administration's efforts going forward? guest: he said that the list was very aligned with president obama's priorities. health care is certainly front and center these days, and manufacturing is very important. we're all very pleased that this administration is embracing the notion of manufacturing. host: let's dig a little bit deeper into some of these. when

in september a senator, which escapes my name, he came out with a bill with senator biden, they cameith a bill and had an amendment which was shot down, how can you say that the leadership doesn't want to work to get a good bill? guest: i think you're talking about the wyden-biden bill, and it's been around for several years now. and that is -- i think that's being acknowledged by leaders on both sides as being a really big change to the system. it would basically get rid of the employer-based insurance system and say that everyone would have -- would go out and get their own insurance. it's a very popular bipartisan bill. i think it's gotten about 20 co-sponsors. 10 democrats and 10 republicans, and there are a lot of people who are -- a lot of academics who hailed it as a really very far-reaching idea on the congressional bodget office said it would pay for itself. it's still a popular concept but i think it's not been given such a chance because it would be such a big change to the system and i think there's been an acknowledgment, really, on leadership on both sides it would be a

united states to have a member of our senate to go in the same way that it would if the rate or joe bidenarbara slavin with the washington times and author of "bitter friends and busom enemies." jonathan broder worked for the associated press, nbc news. senior editor of foreign policy. on to the phone calls. barbara from palm beach, florida. caller: i'm sorry, we are living in an age when we have to start thinking outside of the box. i know what i'm trying to say may sound a little radical but we've to face the fact that any figure for any other group who teaches from their religious book to go out and kill someone who is not of their situation, we have to have an international law that will be in force that these individuals themselves must be killed. they have to be taken out. it is like cutting out the cancer. as long as they teach another individual that they are wise and their religious per situation says you are doing -- persuasion says you are doing a good thing to go out and kill someone we have to face up and it has to be a global effort. and it has been in the universities, any

in september a senator, which escapes my name, he came out with a bill with senator biden, they cameh a bill and had an amendment which was shot down, how can you say that the leadership doesn't want to work to get a good bill? guest: i think you're talking about the wyden-biden bill, and it's been around for several years now. and that is -- i think that's being acknowledged by leaders on both sides as being a really big change to the system. it would basically get rid of the employer-based insurance system and say that everyone would have -- would go out and get their own insurance. it's a very popular bipartisan bill. i think it's gotten about 20 co-sponsors. 10 democrats and 10 republicans, and there are a lot of people who are -- a lot of academics who hailed it as a really very far-reaching idea on the congressional bodget office said it would pay for itself. it's still a popular concept but i think it's not been given such a chance because it would be such a big change to the system and i think there's been an acknowledgment, really, on leadership on both sides it would be a b

kerry bernstein, economic adviser to vice president biden, will focus on green jobs. we will talk about defense spending with republican representative jack kingston of georgia. and a reporter looks at the debate on health care and other issues. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> booktv this weekend. timothy carney suggesting that president obama is really an advocate of wall street. get the entire weekend schedule at our web site, along with a list of best books of the year from around the country. >> on the date federal reserve chairman ben bernanke was named time magazine person of the year, bernie sanders reaffirmed his opposition to that chairman serving a second term. this is half an hour. >> let me thank all of you, and there are a lot of you. i am pleased to be joined this afternoon by william black, over there in the corner. he is an associate professor of economics at the university of missouri, active for years and years on government financial issues and the co-director of the campaign for america's future, one of the

the government adviser to vice president biden, what he just said.ntracting out to foreign governments, military contracts. making humvees in germany and now they are talking about making the earth force tanker in germany also. for him to say they are serious about creating american jobs is ridiculous. until we get rid of the 100 billionaires' and the united states senate and put normal people up there, this country is never going to change -- the 100 billionaires' been at the united states soenate. host: russell on the independent mind. caller: two points to make, one of the previous guest and the other related to the tax credits and things. i don't understand what the government issues tax credits on corporations based upon profitability. why aren't those federal tax credits related to job creation, job credits? that is something the irs could monitor very easily based upon what corporation the person works for on the tax return. and as far as job zones and things, i think that should be just a local type of things. the federal government -- can pa

. >> president obama and vice president biden came up this afternoon to meet with the democratic caucus. it is a critical moment in the debate over health care. the president was looking to essentially rally the troops over the issue. >> can you tell us who was there with president? >> it was the president, vice- president, and secretary salazar, the interior secretary who used to be a senator and the secretary of health and human services, among other administration folks. >> and the democratic leaders? >> every single member of the caucus. the senate stayed in session, and republicans actually presided over that senate so that every member of the caucus could attend the meeting. >> did any news come from the meeting? >> not really. members came out talking about how the president focused on the big picture. he did not get into details. some of the more liberal members who were looking for him to get behind the idea of a public option came out saying that he did not do that. he did not talk about policy issues are way in on approaches going forward. he talked about this being the bigge

screening and monitoring, not invitations, to provide security, there were no security lapses at the biden breakfast. can you explain why the secret service considers a ticket a crowd control mechanism and not a security mechanism? >> i think it all depends on how those tickets -- and again, i'm not sure of the conditions and how those tickets were distributed. many times tickets are mailed out unilaterally to hundreds of people. i'm not exactly sure, sir, how those tickets were distributed. i'd be more than happy to look into that and get into it with you. i guess i'm not familiar with that. >> okay. and you've already stated that essentially a white house security was breached. there was an agent near the president when he was in the receiving line and met the salahis. what one might think of as the president is with the rope line. >> not as loaf as they were in the rope line. if you watch our men and women on these type of photo lines, people have to pass by an agent on one end. there's other agents on the other end. and we are monitoring these people. we're watching these people.n@ yo

the only people in congress that seriously made an effort at that were senator biden and senator bennett in a bipartisan way in the senate and jim cooper in the house. i hope at some point, the coffers -- the conference or somebody will go back and look seriously at the recommendations about how you try to conserve. i will not be critical of our president until he does something to be criticized on, the final version of the health care bill. if they pass a bill that is as bad as you infer, then it will become part of the political dynamics in a big way in november. >> on that happy note -- [laughter] i want to thank our panel and i want -- and i think it deserves applause for the work they put in. [applause] i thank all of you for good questions. i'm told that if you want to read this report and not want to take down any trees in the process, you can go to www. budgetreform.org. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> has this panel comes to a close here of the national press club, we want to

vice president biden is leaving the senate. you can see his motorcade leaving. we'll take this west call from michigan in support of the bill. go ahead. you with us? i think we lost that call. we'll move on to kathy from mississippi. go ahead with your comments. caller: i'm sorry. this is richard from new orleans. host: i'm sorry. go ahead, richard. caller: i'm so happy to see this bill pass. the gross amount of money that's in it for this much money to be thrown out or rejected. that alone tells you why these republicans are fighting so hard for this bill. their contribution also drop so dramatically but now the american people will get a fair shake because it has been ridiculous because of the preem yims. i woke up and saw the vote. i'm thrilled to death. thank you for taking my call. host: what else do you have for us. the senate did pass that extension, here is the reporting. the senate voted to raise the ceiling to $12.4, a massive increase. the political problem promised to address next year. 60-39 follows the health passage last week. the bill permits the

and in the center on each side, one side with president obama and the other side was vice president biden and with all the 60 senators present. i believe everybody else was present. and during the course of that session, the president expressed himself and this has also been publicized, that if the action was not taken now that it would discourage anyone from the foreseeable future, and the president from undertaking health care reform. now, with both houses and 60 members of the democratic party you can't get it through the senate and get it conference and get it enacted. some of those who were most vocal urged, the most vocal in favor of the public option urged those in the caucus who disagreed to reconsider their position. and i would renew that request, that they reconsider their position. and the people who would classify themselves as most progressive in the democratic caucus have swallowed hard and have announced publicly that they would support this bill even though it doesn't have the robust public option, doesn't have the medicare expansion, and that made, that makeshift yet. bu

only doing things that regularly invited guests didn't want to do like hang out with vice president bidenw can they be funnished? madam speaker, how ironic. the government panics about two white house trespassers while the thousands who illegally trespass across our boffereders -- borders are completely ignored. and that's just the way it is. . chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk will report. the clerk: an act making appropriations for the departments of transportation and housing and urban development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? ms. jackson lee: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you, very much, madam speaker, and i rise with a very sad duty today as the chair woman of the transportation security committee and infrastructure protection committee on homeland security, i rise to pay tribute to the late edward joseph kelly iii who

end of biden quote. that doesn't sound like a call for more of the same. but, once again, members on the other side of the aisle seem quite comfortable investin investing $2.5 trillion in more of the same. that's taxpayers' dollars that we're talking about. and i think if i asked most iowans how they feel about the government spendin spending $2.5 trillion, premiums will still increase fast or faster, they'd say that was a pretty bad investment. well, i'm not going to argue with what our qepts woul constid say on that point. i agree with them. this congressional budget office tells me that we're debating a pretty bad investment. our constituents want lower costs, that is their main concern. but this bill fails to address that concern because it raises premiums. and despite offering new ideas throughout the committee process and on the floor, republicans are being accused of supporting the status quo. well, c.b.o. has spoken and it's pretty clear that my colleagues are not only okay with the status quo, they're okay with making things worse. higher taxes, h

senator biden? >> welcome to both of nominee is. ms. wagner, it seems there are various -- very serious problems facing homeland security intelligence unit and your response to several of them i will ask specifically but i will start reading it excerpt from the report that the committee approved unanimously earlier "the committee has raised a number of concerns with reports issued by the department of homeland security office of intelligence and analysis that inappropriate analyze the legitimate activities of u.s. persons part of a repair it -- raise fundamental questions about the mission of the office of intelligence and analysis and use to search and questionable open source information as a basis of their conclusions. that committee is not talking about one instance but a pattern enlists report was approved unanimously by the entire committee. my first question, if you are approved what specific takes -- steps to make sure the office stops the inappropriate analysis of legitimate activities of law-abiding americans? >> senator wyden

. >> joe biden. >> i find all vice-president just to be puppets. >> shy. >> needs to go to charm school. >> a train writrider. >> adviser. >> open now, insert foot. >> what does he do? >> nancy pelosi, a word or phrase. >> abrasive. >> very abrasive. >> egomaniac. >> polarizing. >> arrogant. >> i do not find her terribly offensive. >> i think she is a strong woman. >> queen bee. >> very aggressive. >> harry reid, how many people know harry reid? we have seven. >> wheeler dealer. >> politician. sarah palin. . whack job. >> cannot handle leadership. >> future leader. >> immature. >> imager. >> ridiculous. >> at joke. >> crazy. >> attractive. [laughter] michelle obama. >> admirable. >> i love her. >> first lady. >> that is the position. give me a feeling. >> strong character. >> poised. >> i would say poised, too. >> she takes a good picture. >> a very strong woman. >> inspirational. >> refined. >> indifferent. >> within the republican party, is there a person that you respect and admire? >> mitt romney. >> anybody else? >> i would go with either mitt or alan keyes. >> i like john mccain.

he is joined here by vice president biden, by the way, who was present at the vote in his role as the president of the u.s. senate. >> good morning, everybody. in an historic vote that took place this morning, members of the senate join their colleagues in the house to pass a landmark health insurance reform, legislation that brings us toward the end of a nearly century-long struggle to reform america's health-care system. ever since teddy roosevelt first call for reform in 1912, seven presidents, democrats and republicans alike, have taken up the cause of reform. time and time again, such efforts have been blocked by special-interest lobbyists who have perpetuated the status quo that works better for the insurance industry than it does for the american people. but with passage of the bills both in the house and senate, we are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional security to the american people. the bill includes the toughest measures ever taken to hold the insurance industry accountable. insurance companie

he is joined here by vice president biden, by the way, who was present at the vote in his role as the president of the u.s. senate. >> good morning, everybody. in an historic vote that took place this morning, members of the senate join their colleagues in the house to pass a landmark health insurance reform, legislation that brings us toward the end of a nearly century-long struggle to reform america's health-care system. ever since teddy roosevelt first call for reform in 1912, seven presidents, democrats and republicans alike, have taken up the cause of reform. time and time again, such efforts have been blocked by special-interest lobbyists who have perpetuated the status quo that works better for the insurance industry than it does for the american people. but with passage of the bills both in the house and senate, we are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional security to the american people. the bill includes the toughest measures ever taken to hold the insurance industry accountable. insurance companie

that many members of the obama administration are very critical that it was reported vice president biden walked out on them. you certainly were critical of him for not taking action. you have had your own difficult meetings with him. now he is the acceptance leader of afghanistan. what is the challenge in working with the government of afghanistan in this context? is it possible to work successfully with president karzai? is it possible to work with other levels of the afghan government to perhaps bypass this, and how can you do that if karzai promotes the ministers and governors? >> i see no problem with him. he was elected. it was a messy election. i said repeatedly it would not be perfect. hillary clinton said eloquently that to ask the country to hold an election under these circumstances, that the talabani said they would cut off the fingers of anyone that voted, it was a daunting task. no country had such a low level of education, war for 30 years, had attempted anything like this, so it was likely -- it was difficult. it was always clear he would be the heavy favorite. no one doub

so i asked vice president biden and others to make sure to the extent humanly possible that the investmentsthe next 6 months than we saw in the last 6 months. even so, there are many more worthy projects than there were dollars to fund them. i recognize that by their nature these projects often take time, and will therefore create jobs over time. but the need for jobs will also last beyond next year and the benefits of these investments will last years beyond that. so adding to this initiative to rebuild america's infrastructure is the right thing to do. third, i'm calling on congressç to consider a new program to provide incentives for consumers who retrofit their homes to become more energy- efficient, which we know creates t(çjobs, saves money for famil, and reduces the pollution that threatens our environment. çand i'm proposing that we expand select recovery act initiatives to promote energy efficiency and clean energy jobs which have been proven to be particularly popular and effective. it's a positive sign that many of these programs drew so many applicants for funding that a lot

joe biden. >> yeah. >> just -- >> what -- what -- >> needs to go to charm school. >> charm school. >> pamela. >> train rider. >> and tim? >> advisor. >> anybody -- >> vick? >> open mouth insert foot. >> what does he do? >> outspoken. >> outspoken. >> and that's it. >> interesting. okay, pelosi, word or phrase. quick. >> abrey bracive. >> very abrasive. >> and ego maniac. >> polarizing >> arrogant. >> i would say everything. >> i think -- i think she's -- i don't find her terribly sensitive. i don't. >> and -- there is a positive way to express that. >> i think she's strong. >> queen bee. >> queen bee. >> and pamela. >> okay. >> lisa. and assertive. >> william. >> aggressive. >> very aggressive. >> okay. and can -- and we used whack job, so we can't go back there. >> and harry reid, how many people know harry reid? okay. say it. we got one, two, three four, five. harry reid? >> wheeler, dealer. >> politician. >> anybody else? >> balanced. >> aged politician. >> and sarah palin? word or phrase. >> whack job. >> okay. lisa. >> can't handle leadership. >> william. >> unstable. >> and patr

for abuse in a program of this magnitude at a fast pace was enormous purpose of ast vice president biden and others to make sure to humanly possible extent that investments were sound, projects were the. this means we will see even more work can workers on recovery projects in the next six months then we saw in the last six months. even so, there are many more were the projects and there were dollars to fund them. i recognize that by their nature these projects often take time and will therefore create jobs over time. but the need for jobs will also last beyond next year and the benefits of these investments will last year's beyond that. so adding to this initiative to rebuild america's infrastructure is the right thing to do. third, i called on congress to consider a new program to provide incentives for consumers to retrofit their homes to become more energy-efficient which we know creates jobs, saves money for families and reduces the pollution that threatens our environment. i am proposing that we expand the recovery act initiatives to promote energy efficiency and clean energy jobs

this includes remarks from labor secretary hilda solis and vice president biden. this is 30 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> i want to thank them for asking me to be here today. i want to thank all of you for joining us in this very important and vital discussion on jobs and economic growth. of the past 10 months, at the obama administration has taken a number of steps to break this. we have word to stabilize the financial system, revise lending to small businesses, and prevent responsible homeowners from losing their homes. taxes for the middle families -- middle-class families having cut. we have created and saved more than 1 million jobs. as a result, we have moved back from the brink in the economy is now growing. at the bottom line for people is jobs. jobs could paychecks in pockets. even though we have economic growth, it has only lead to a slowing of job losses not yet the job growth that we urgently need and want to see happen. the unemployment rate stands at 10.2%. the day when these numbers comes out is always a re

table, and in the center on each side, one side was president obama, the other side was vice president biden. and almost all of the 60 senators were present. i think senator byrd couldn't be there because of his ailment, but i believe everybody else was present. and during the course of that session, the president expressed himself. this has also been publicized -- that if action was not taken now that twos discourage -- that it would discourage anyone in the forseeable future, any president from undertaking health care reform. if now you can't get it through the senate and get it conferenced and get it enacted. and some of those who were most vocal urged -- most vocal in favor of the public option urged those in the caucus who disagreed to reconsider their position. and i would renew that request, that they reconsider their position. and the people who classify themselves as most progressive in the democratic caucus have swallowed hard and have announced publicly that they would support this bill, even though it doesn't have the robust public option, doesn't have the medicare expansion. and

the issue came up yesterday, the jobs summit at the white house, joe biden referred to it. have -- >> we have never faced an economic dilemma like this in a lifetime of the people in this room. a new and invigorated platform that we can lead in the 21st century, that is what this is about at rock bottom. no more bubbles. you cannot sustain a world leadership based upon a housing bubble or a .com bubble. host: if you take a vice$zmÑpr'u make sure? host: it is interesting, larry summers has been saying all year that he is worried that our economy has been nothing but bubbles for the last decade. first there were tax stocks, then housing. part of the political platform here is to talk about creating an economy built on a more stable foundation. it is worth saying that there was a tech bubble, but it is incorrect to say that technology was not a solid foundation for the economy. it got overdone in the late 1990's, but it is an important part of the economy. host: we have one chart that has four different grafts, bigger booms and busts, housing and tax stocks -- tech stocks. exp

table, and in the center on each side, one side was president obama, the other side was vice president biden. and almost all of the 60 senators were present. i think senator byrd couldn't be there because of his ailment, but i believe everybody else was present. and during the course of that session, the president expressed himself. this has also been publicized -- that if action was not taken now that twos discourage -- that it would discourage anyone in the forseeable future, any president from undertaking health care reform. if now you can't get it through the senate and get it conferenced and get it enacted. and some of those who were most vocal urged -- most vocal in favor of the public option urged those in the caucus who disagreed to reconsider their position. and i would renew that request, that they reconsider their position. and the people who classify themselves as most progressive in the democratic caucus have swallowed hard and have announced publicly that they would support this bill, even though it doesn't have the robust public option, doesn't have the medicare expansion. and

that the american people would be able to track every dollar and even said that vice president joe biden would be in charge of tracking the money and the american people would be able to go to a website and see where that money from that stimulus bill is being spent and how it's creating all these jobs. and of course you and i opposed that bill because we knew it wouldn't create jobs. in fact, we knew it would help lead to more unemployment because it would add so much more money to our national debt, money that we couldn't afford to spend and money that was going to hurt small businesses and in fact did hurt small businesses. mr. akin: maybe if i could reclaim my time, i think the points that you're making are very, very good. i just want to recap what you're saying and that is that i had, just as we got started, talked about things that kill jobs. and one of the things that kills jobs is excessive government spending and the first thing that you came to ironically was the supposedly stimulus bill which the president and the democratic leadership thought was going to improve the economy

transparency and accountability, remember, this was the website the president and the vice president, joe biden, said, by golly, you're going to see it all, see it all out there. so louisianans visiting recovery.gov found themselves not just skeptical but truly puzzled to find money going to louisiana's eighth congressional district. there are not eight, just seven. and listed the 45th, the 14th, the 32nd and my favorite, oo. i don't know if that's oo 7 or -- i don't know. according to the director of communications for recovery.gov, it rely on self-reporting by stiplants of the money. this is oversight? this is transparency in i mean, this is a government that can't figure out who's going to the white house for dinner is spending your money and this is transparency, pounds that information from federal reporting.gov has been simply transferred to recovery.gov and no one checks to veryify its accuracy. or to take note of the fact that utah doesn't really have seven congressional districts, it has three. south dakota has one, not 10. pound, we're not certifying the accuracy of the information. w

we just need to realize american politics have been filled with emotion and maybe the time when joe bidenakes geithner across the potomic and kills him in the duel we'll match what burn-hamilton felt for each other. you have to realize that politics is a very intense business. the second part i want to go through a little bit -- what's actually -- what i consider to be in the toolbox or the gearshift for american legislation and so when congress looks at an issue, what can they really do? and they really have three things. congress is mostly a status quo crisis-activated system so they're good in a crisis. we holler at them and it's usually messy watching them but they're pretty good. 9/11 for president bush, we came out with a t.a.r.p., $700 billion, a number picked out of the air, admittedly picked out of the air. congress delivered. a lot of hollering but they delivered. president obama shows up. he needs a stimulus, $700, $750 billion out it goes. so in a crisis, recently within the last year congress has thrown a trillion and a half dollars out on mostly hunches and guidance and lead

it was reported that vice president biden walked out on him, maybe on more than one occasion. as a columnist in the "washington post," you certainly in one of your columns that i read were critical of karzai for not taking action in, i think, regard after some abuse. you've had your own difficult meetings with him. now he's the accepted leader of afghanistan. i think it occurs to me many of these were, the discussion, that he was going to be the prevailing leader of afghanistan. what is it working in the government of afghanistan in this context -- is it possible to despite this difficult history work successfully with president karzai? and is it possible to work with other levels and strata of the afghan government to perhaps bypass some of these problems? and how can you do it if karzai appoints all the ministers and governors. >> i see no problem working with president karzai. he was elected. it was as president obama said, it was a messy election. we knew it would be. i said repeatedly before the election it wouldn't be perfect. hillary clinton said very much more eloquent

president obama, vice president biden, have been talking for months about the need to create green jobs. well, green jobs, purple jobs, whatever kind of jobs, jobs are jobs. and i don't object to the creation of green jobs. in fact, what i'm talking about is some of these green jobs. president obama recently has held three public events in recent days to highlight his concern about the economy and the need to create jobs. yesterday, the administration apparently announced billions more for tax credits and renewable energy and energy conservation efforts. i'll bet when you look at that list, i'm going to support most of those because i believe a national energy policy involves capturing whatever we can of -- of petroleum and fossil fuels we have available for a short period of time because we're never going to get rid of them in the short term. we need conservation and we need renewable and alternative energy. those three things make a comprehensive energy program. so obviously if i'm for that comprehensive energy program, i'm for renewable energy and alternative energy. it seems like ne

that many members of the obama administration are very critical that it was reported vice president biden walked out on them. you certainly were critical of him for not taking action@@@@@@ it was understood he was perhaps going to prevail, but what is the challenge in working with the government of afghanistan in this context? is it possible soon, despite this difficult history, work with president karzai, and is it possible to work with other levels of the afghan government to perhaps bypass some of these problems, and how can you do that gives karzai a point of the ministers and governors? >> i see no problem with working with president karzai. the he was elected. it was a messy election. i said repeatedly it would not been perfect. to ask the country to hold an election in the circumstances under war with the taliban saying they would cut the finger off of anybody with the purple ink on it -- it was a daunting task. no country has such lol level of education, infrastructure, war for 30 years had attempted anything like this, so it was difficult, but at the end of it is an undisputed pr

kathy and some vise own true value hardware in vice president biden's hometown of wilmington, delaware. they employ 28 people, most of whom they consider family. they cover hundred% of the costs for the employees and half for their families, but they have seen huge increases in premiums over the years with a 36% increase just this year after an employee got sick. each year they are forced to shop for health insurance, but they continue to have limited choices due to an uncompetitive market. unfortunately, the democrat bills won't fix the problem or help kathy and tom continue to provide their employees health care. mr. president, if we really want to get out of this recession, if we really want to address the problem of affordable and accessible health insurance, then the majority party needs to take a hard look at health care reform. number one, we need to allow small businesses to go together and purchase health care, to purchase health care across state lines so they have true competition and so they can lower costs. we need medical malpractice reform that would cut cut $120 billion