bob greenstein joins me later. barack obama recognizes it for what it is, nothing but a one-day stunt that has no chance of becoming law, so the obama administration are still talking positively about the possibility of raising the debt ceiling. this morning, president obama said he, and republicans leaders were "making progress in the negotiations." and treasury secretary tim geithner said this on cnbc this morning. >> you've seen the leadership of the republican party in the senate and the house definitively take default off the table as leverage for a deal, and that's encouraging. geithner remains adamant that revenues be part of any deficit reduction deal. >> it's also going to require, through tax reform, some modest changes in revenues so that we're not sustaining tax breaks for the most fortunate 2% of americans, tax breaks we can't afford. we need to have a balanced package. everybody who's looked at this knows we need to have a balanced package. no deal in history that needed to have a balanced package. >>

the head of the non-partisan center, bob greenstein, issued a scathing verdict on this new republicanlan. house speaker john boehner's new budget proposal would require deep cuts in the years immediately ahead in social security and medicare benefits for current retirees. the repeal of health reforms coverage expansions or wholesale aviseration for vulnerableç americans, it is tantamount and could well produce the greatest increase in poverty and hardship produced by any law in modern u.s. history. this may sound hyperbolic, but it is not, the mathematics are inexorable. rejected john boehner's plan today because it doesn't go enough. he said "while i thank the speaker for fighting for republican principles, i cannot support the plan that was presented to house republicans this afternoon, the senate should resume debate on the cut, cap, and balance act, amend it if necessary and pass it so we can provide the american people a real solution." joining me now is house democratic whip, maryland congressman, steny hoyer, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> good to be with you,

here's how the head of the nonpartisan center on budget and policy priorities, bob greenstein, a frequent guest on this show, described that plan today. house speaker john boehner's new budget proposal would require deep cuts in the years immediately ahead in social security and medicare benefits for current retirees. the repeal of health reform's coverage expansions or wholesale evisceration of basic assistance programs for vulnerable americans. the plan is, thus, tantamount to a form of class warfare. if enacted, it could well produce the greatest increase in poverty and hardship produced by any law in modern united states history. this may sound hyperbollic, but it is not. the mathematics are inexorable. on a night when the democratic president and the republican speaker of the house both had the chance to address the american people, it is worth remembering why the american people stand on the issues at hand. a pew poll released just last week shows 50% of republicans, 53% of independents, and 72% of democrats say we should maintain social security and medicare instead of reducing the

bob greenstein sounds like a lone voice in the capitol, making this point as something to consider inse deficit reduction packages. >> yeah it's a different way of thinking about it. instead of saying a rising tide lifts all boats, people on the bottom, you'll come along, instead you focus on how to make things better on the bottom with the assumption of raising that floor will bring everybody up. these questions about economic equalities also reproduce themselves on health outcomes, so we see this huge wealth gap, but the wealth gap looks similar in the racial health gap, so if you, for example, take just african-americans out of the overall american population and look at them as a nation on questions of infant mortality, for example, african-americans as a group are doing far worse than any industrialized nation on infant mortality. you can do the same thing on diabetes, on heart disease, so these have real impacts for the whole life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness piece. >> and these are indications of crisis conditions that we're talking about here, and yet it is very difficul

here's how the head of the nonpartisan center on budget and policy priorities, bob greenstein, a frequent guest on this show, described that plan today. house speaker john boehner's new budget proposal would require deep cuts in the years immediately ahead in social security and medicare benefits for current retirees. the repeal of health reform's coverage expansions or wholesale evisceration of basic assistance programs for vulnerable americans. the plan is, thus, tantamount to a form of class warfare. if enacted, it could well produce the greatest increase in poverty and hardship produced by any law in modern united states history. this may sound hyperbollic, but it is not. the mathematics are inexorable. on a night when the democratic president and the republican speaker of the house both had the chance to address the american people, it is worth remembering why the american people stand on the issues at hand. a pew poll released just last week shows 50% of republicans, 53% of independents, and 72% of democrats say we should maintain social security and medicare instead of reducing the

bob greenstein says that this is one of the most ideologically pieces of legislation to come before the congress in years, if not decades. how would like unanimous consent to in his entire statement into the record. the white house has issued a veto threat. mr. chairman, let me ask are you here asking for an open rule? >> note. >> what kind of roller you asking for? i would like to insert a letter of the budget committee who calls for an open rule. you do not favor that. [inaudible] >> a request a pre-printing requirements. >> are you asking for an amendment to be made in order? [unintelligible] >> you are here representing one of the committees under jurisdiction. how many hearings were held on this bill? how many witnesses came to testify? >> this bill was just introduced last week. >> so there have been no hearings and no witnesses and no markup. this is been put together this last week. >> and we are dealing with a deadline of august 2nd. >> so the committee scheduled is thrown out the window. this is a born stuff we're talking about, the future of our economy. >> i wish we were not

bob greenstein says that this is one of the most ideologically extreme pieces of legislation to comebefore the congress in years, if not decades. i would like unanimous consent to admit his entire statement into the record. the white house has issued a veto threat. all like to have that in the record. mr. chairman, let me ask -- are you here asking for an open rule? >> no. >> what kind of rule are you asking for? >> i will leave that to the -- >> i would like to insert the letter of the budget committee who calls for an open rule. you do not favor that. [inaudible] >> he requests a pre-printing requirements. >> are you asking for an amendment to be made in order? [unintelligible] >> you are here representing one of the committees under jurisdiction. how many hearings were held on this bill? how many witnesses came to testify? >> this bill was just introduced last week. >> so there have been no hearings and no witnesses and no markup. this has been put together this last week. >> and we are dealing with a deadline of august 2nd. >> so the committee schedule is thrown out the window. t

as bob mentioned my name is michele greenstein. i'm the deputy director of the office of criminal justice and partnership in the bureau for narcotics and international affairs commonly known as inl. it's a large organization all of which is dedicated of different aspects of supporting anticrime and counternarcotics, activities abroad using a variety of operations and fora. today i would like to give you a preview overview of inl and what we do and some of the innovative approaches we are taking in foreign police development which are also -- which we are also mirroring in the corrections and justice sectors such as directly partnering with state and local agencies to access the most current expertise available in all aspects of law enforcement. within the state department, inl is the lead on international narcotics and law enforcement issues. the inl bureau assists countries around the world in their efforts to develop their own capacities to fight crime, administer justice and safeguard the rule of law. these are all priorities of