and i thank congressman bobby scott on the congressional black caucus budget. released last week, congressman ryan's proposal entitled "a path to prosperity" includes more of the same proposals that the american public rejected at the ballot last november. same proposal, different cover. i cannot possibly imagine how this regressive tax structure that it contains is a way to lead to shared american prosperity. i also cannot imagine how this budget will balance in 10 years and not hurt medicare beneficiaries over the age of 65. as it has been in the past, republican ryan's budget offers trickle-down agenda, the same agenda tried during george bush's presidency, which resulted in the widthering of the middle class and the total collapse of the economy. this budget shares in the same failed policies of the past and in a nut shell, it is unrealistic, unreasonable and unfair. first, mr. speaker, while the ryan budget is clear on its harmful proposed cuts to children, education and health care services for seniors, the budget blueprint is particularly light on detail

mayor, and barbara for you to be part of it, is to bring bobby scott out to talk about the violence issue. those questions have been raised over and over again and he has been a champion on this issue. it's the promise act for reducing violence and increasing opportunity for young people in some of our leading communities and i think that would be an appropriate follow-up to this at some time in the near future. with that i again thank you all very much for coming. all of you are leaders in the community one way or another. as staff said, we absolutely have to get this done. now, it's going to be hard. big money, senator feinstein will tell you big money on the other side misrepresenting the facts. we want evidence-based solutions that get the job done that are sustainable and our president said i'm going to give this my all. so we have great leadership on the issue and much of it is in this room today. thank you. (applause). >> thank you, everybody. if there's anything i got out of this, i have more belief about this. we have need to have a lot more people conversing about this issue. i

we had a hearing on juvenile justice and ideas that our colleague, bobby scott from virginia, who has been a long leader in the area of juvenile justice, to talk about some of his concerns and some of the ideas he has. we had a hearing on mental health issues which another one of our task force issues, a california task force member, grace natalitano from sonoma county, they have an early intervention program. they trained community volunteers, they trained school interns and they are very, very active and it's been very productive. we had law enforcement, we had hunters, we had one hunter who came from the other side of the political spectrum who was invited by our colleague, a florida contractor who made all of his money or a lot of his money building schools and told us not only how ridiculous it is to suggest that you arm every school teacher, it's just not going to work in a school, but he also said he had 150 guns and has hunted all around the world. but he believed there were some things we can do that responsible reasonable gun owners believed in, like universal background che

i have to thank congressman bobby scott and the budget task force and all the staff for their tremendous work and their support for putting forth and writing a budget really that speaks to the aspirations and to reigniting the american dream for all americans. thank you and i yield my time and thank you again for your leadership. mr. horsford: mr. speaker, can i confirm how much time we have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 21 minutes remaining. mr. horsford: thank you. at this time, i'd like to yield to the gentlelady from california, representative bass, who as a former legislator, like myself, has dealt with these type of brutal, across-the-board cuts proposed and having to work across party lines in a bipartisan way to find commonsense solutions. i think it's that commonsense that we need a little bit more of here in washington, d.c. i'm pleased to yield the time to

one of the interesting things that happened, in recent months, paul ryan, marco rubio, bobby jindal, scott walker, a number of other party leaders, have come forward with very interesting speeches, talking about the future of the party. i think this is a constructive process and i see a lot coming out of it. one strand in most of these speeches, the republican party has to change from being a party of green eye shades to being a party that stands as a party that emphasizes economic growth and prosperity. that allows us to make our argument in every corner of america in a powerful way. an coming from voices, like from bobby jindal and marco rubio gives us greater credibility. >> look, i think there are great things in that report and i think it got it right on the tactics. and i agree with karl. the problem is, and this the entire point, they didn't lose 72% of latino votes because of tactics. and they didn't lose women by double digit because of tactics, outreach, they lost it because they're wrong on the issues. they no longer speak to a majority of americans. a pew poll came out this mor

. >> you said if you wanted to have it be a serious version of cpac, chris christie, bobby jindal, scott walker, even paul ryan with his unserious budget, but at least he's in congress with responsibility and putting himself on the line, even if it is bad ideas, but he's putting himself on the line with ideas that he thinks can help the republican party being a governing party. that's >>> good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show." my favorite senator has a plan to protect the big three and a major announcement that will have america buzzing. this is the ed show. let's get to work. >> it is morally wrong and economically bad policy to balance the budget on the backs of those people who are already hurting. >> bernie sanders has had enough. he's threatening a filibuster on the grand bargain to protect the big three. >> greed, wreckless, uncontrollable greed. it's almost like a disease. >> tonight, bernie sanders brings us his democratic plan to protect the middle class. plus, there's a radical takeover of city government in america's heartland. james hoffa is outraged and here t

bobby scott from virginia. mr. scott: thank you. and i thank you for yielding. but most of all i thank you for your leadership in the firearms task force, the prevention of gun violence. did a tremendous job in bringing diverse views into focus to respond appropriately to the children who were murdered senselessly in newton, connecticut. i mean, young people, babies, bodies riddled with bullets. finally i think we have concluded that we have to do something about these murders in response to the murders. and one of the things we have to do is to reduce violence generally and violence prevention. this week i'll be introducing the youth promise act which has a proactive approach to make sure that young people get on the right track and stay on the right track. we have to deal as you have indicated with the mental health challenges. those with mental health challenges have to get services because if they're allowed to roam the streets with untreated mental health problems, you have a lot of difficulties. but there have to be some fire-arm -- firearm-specific situat

joined in with myself, chairman goodlatte, former chairman jim seven seven wrenner, jerry nadler and bobby scott wrote again to the president to renew our request for all legal opinions related to drone programs. i am pleased that we've reached a clear pi partisan consensus -- bipartisan con consensus on this issue. this committee requires those documents to fulfill its oversight responsibility. this isn't a witch hunt. this is an inquiry. and we're all cleared for top secret. and we'll work together to convince the administration to satisfy our requests. let's examine a couple issues here. targeted strikes against united states citizens, targeted strikes generally and, three, the odious so-called signature strikes. now, the need for oversight is clear. i'm not convinced and the title of the hearing before us suggests by the administration's legal rationale for the targeted killing of any united states citizen overseas. the white paper describes a balancing test for the fourth amendment on lawful seizure of a person or a life, the fifth amendment -- due process which tilted so far in favor of go

. >> you said if you wanted to have it be a serious version of cpac, chris christie, bobby jindal, scott walker, even paul ryan with his unserious budget, but at least he's in congress with responsibility and putting himself on the line, even if it is bad ideas, but he's putting himself on the line with ideas that he thinks can help the republican party being a governing party. that's how you do a serious cpac. >> we will be covering that next week. jonathan capehart gets the last word. >>> ryan shrugged. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. in washington. let me start tonight with this. you know the book "atlas shrugged," it's what happens when the elite of the world, people calling the shots go on job action. decide to walk away from their position, stop being captains of industry and let the country fall all around them. today, paul ryan, a total believer in "atlas shrugged" philosophy did it like in the book. mitt romney's running mate came forward with a plan that gives the biggest tax rate in the world to the richest. paying for it with huge slashes in progr

i want to thank congressman bobby scott for your tremendous leadership in putting together the congressional black caucus' alternative budget and congresswoman marcia fudge in her bowled vision in helping -- bold vision in helping to move this forward. i had a chance to really get into the weeds of the republican budget, and i can say with certainty that i strongly support the congressional black caucus budget because it is pro- growth, pro-american people. i want to talk about congresswoman moore who so eloquently stated the jobs provisions of this bill. let me just -- of this budget. let me just kind of show you the chart with regard to the five million jobs that this budge creates. when you look at the fact that without the congressional black caucus' budget it will take us into, what, april, 2015 to create enough jobs that takes us back to prerescission employment. that is not acceptable with so many people in our country unprovided. this budget enhances medicare, medicaid. it cancels the devastating sequester, and it raines in bloated pentagon spending. we actually end the overseas cont

, he said he has to make hard decisions some in his party may not look and virginia congressman bobby scott said the solution to sequester are about as bad as the sequester itself. when does the president said, ok, this is how far i will go. >> the president made clear he does not support budgetary practices that claim as their goal putting our fiscal house in order that ask all of the burden to be borne by senior citizens or middle class families or the most vulnerable among us. he will not support that approach. i think that has been consistent throughout the several years we have had this debate. what he has been willing to do is make clear that if we take a balanced approach, we can enact spending cuts in our discretionary, nondefense budget that are serious but allow us to continue to invest in key areas of the economy like education and research and development and education and clean energy technology and we can do that in a way that still bricks our discretionary, nondefense spending to a level it has not been since dwight eisenhower was president. if we do it in a balanced way, we

the white house or being urged to address cpac are jeb bush, louisiana governor bobby jindal and wisconsin governor scottr who share cpac concern that the republicans not abandon core principles and misguided overreaction to last year election defeat. some including mitt romney, sarah palin, michele bachmann, newt gingrich and even donald trump plan to share lessons learned from past campaign defeat for those mulling over future contest. rick santorum has not ruled out running again. neither has fellow 2012 con zesttant rick perry who says he supports legitimate government. just not unlimited government. two popular governors were snubbed by cpac. new jersey governor chris christie for praising the president's response to super storm sandy and expanding medicaid in garden state. virginia's bob mcdonald who raised taxes to pay for overdue transportation projects in his state. cpac officials make no apologies for not inviting christie or mcdonald saying they hope that next year they will deserve an invitation to cpac 2014. one other thing, bret. the night before last in my report on the federal employees d

del movimiento conservador, estÁn ellos dos, tedd cruz estÁ surgiendo, estÁ gobernados scott walker, el gobernador bobby>> terminando con esto, ¿cuÁntos aÑos lleva usted como republicano? (risa). >> mucho, tres dÉcadas. >> tres dÉcadas. >> sÍ. >> de estas tres dÉcadas, ¿siente que por fin el partido estÁ cambiando? >> indiscutiblemente. bueno, yo sentÍ que el partido durante la Época inicial de ronald reagan, y la Época inicial de george bush, tenÍa ese compromiso para empezar a hacer ese, ese adelanto por nuestra comunidad, pero fueron Épocas muy cortas y despuÉs pues se perdiÓ el rumbo, creo que ahora por fin nos hemos dado cuenta con estos devastadores resultados electorales de que primero es lo correcto, y segundo que hay que hacerlo. >> muchÍsimas gracias, se lo agradezco. >> encantado. >> gracias. >> al cÁrdenas, en al punto. al volver vamos a hablar con la abuela de ana grace, quien usted recordarÁn es la niÑa de seis aÑos de puerto rico que muriÓ en la masacre de masacre de newtown, connecticut. volvemos. ♪. >> todas las personas que estamos aquÍ. >> ok. creiamos que el >> seÑora mÁrquez, vamos.

bush will speak later today and so will louisiana governor bobby jindal, and wisconsin governor scott walker and then texas senator ted cruz who speaks tomorrow. so far, though, when it comes to 2016 hopefuls even the play list has been a study in contrasts. >> senator marco rubio! ♪ ♪ you're insecure >> thank you. >> so, while rubio was introduced to cheers by british boy band one direction, rand paul arrived on stage to metallica's "enter the sand man." can just see the jumping up and down there. rubio may have called criticisms of conservative infighting foolish but he took a thinly veiled shot at romney saying the gop should fight for average people. >> our people have not changed. the vast majority of the american people are hard working taxpayers who take responsibility for their families, go to work every day, they pay their mortgage on time. >> senator rand paul said the party needs a major makeover with younger voters, saying the new gop will need to embrace liberty in both the economic and personal sphere. >> the filibuster was about drones but also about much more. do we ha

broadcasters, like glenn beck and hannity, and despite the success of populist-ish governors like scott walker and bobby jindal and despite the effectiveness of the tea party in corralling conservatism in a grassroots cause, the movement has been successfully demonized by liberals as plutocratic, corporatist, anti-other and anti-poor. i believe both are unfair characterizations. if politics is perception, then conservatism is failing on both fronts. the good news is the job of revitalizing both the movement's hitch history of intellectualism and every man tradition has two very capable applicants. the bad news is, they will need to work together. rand paul and marco rubio are often pitted against one another competes for influence and authority, at times they seem to encourage this and may, in fact, end up competing in 2016. but their differences now and until then should be exploited in productive ways for the party that addressed those two deficiencies. paul's ayn randian highly intellectualized conservatism is informed by libertarian and federalist principles, not a visceral populist impulse or evang

donald trump gets 14 minutes, which is one minute longer than the time granted to bobby jindal, rand paul, rick perry, scotthey each have two more minutes than are scheduled for marco rubio and paul ryan. rick santorum clinging to the wreckage of his political career is now worth seven minutes at cpac. joining me now, jonathan capehart. cpac isn't serious, they just want to have like a comedy festival they want to have there. >> they can't possibly be serious. sarah palin's description, you left off best selling author and reality television star and soon to be author of a christmas book. they can't be serious. did you put that ted cruise is getting the most? >> he is getting 33 minutes for the keynote address. >> he is give and huge platform. one week marco rubio is the savior, this week ted cruise is the savior of the republican party. today we talk about the ryan budget plan, something that's not serious at all, you have to wonder whether the republican party, particularly the conservative wing of the republican party is serious at all about being a major national party any more. >> ted cruise, by the wa

a lot of them who will be at cpac, governor scott walker of milwaukee, former governor jeb bush of florida, bobby jindal, marco rubio, a different group of people that chris christie will be the competing against and competing as a governor from the liberal northeast, i think it's an uphill battle. >> i still think right now republicans should be taking a big tent approach. this is one of the most popular governors in the country. democrat or republican, he's forcing some people to take another look at the republican party, independents in particular, and this is not the time to be putting in place litmus tests who is viable presidential material. we're three years away from iowa. >> now what, jason, he has never come to the cpac conference in washington. he's been invited and never shown up. and there's nothing new this year except they disinvited him. >> paul: the christie record is mixed 9.6% unemployment, one of the worst in the country and a tax cap on property and endorsed a tax-- and better than bob mcconnell, who have had by virginia, just did that. and how much has the christie record do

bobby jindal and rand paul, rick perry, scott auguwalker get 13 minutes apiece.s, donald trump gets 14 minutes. and sarah palin, yes, sarah palin, gets 16 minutes. the keynote speaker, senator ted cruz, for 33 minutes. and chris christie, the most popular republican in the country, not even invited. i mean, this is unbelievable. sarah palin got kicked off of fox news. she practically got kicked out of the party. and the reality show birther king donald trump, they get more time than rubio and ryan? >> reverend, i will be there tomorrow. wearing my shorts and with a stopwatch to keep very close track of all this. i particularly love that they're allocating minute by minute. because they're fight over this increasingly irrelevant share of the electorate here. as cpac becomes less and less relevant, as the movement shrinks, it seems that all these actors from the past want a bit of it. i think we should have some sympathy for the movement at this time. if you look at the agenda, what they've got going here, it's like november 2012, an autopsy, should we shoot all th

23%, and single digits support went to rick santorum, chris christie, paul ryan, scott walker, ben carson, ted cruz, bobby jindal and sarah palin. joining us now, nbc analyst and mccain senior adviser, steve schmidt, analyst and obama re-election campaign adviser robert gibbs and huffington post editorial director howard fineman. robert gibbs, this is your debut performance on the last word. we have a motto that's very republican. it is not what you say but how you say it. keep that in mind. >> i have to say that lead in provides an exceedingly low bar for which i can roll right over. you know, chairman priebus may have cued it perfectly. >> months later, he figured it out. >> might have spent less paper figuring out the two or three things they did right in 2012 rather than all of what they did wrong. i think they have a herculean task on their shoulders because it isn't about how you say it. obviously spending $10 million to do outreach with the same message will result in the same outcome. they have a huge problem in what they say, not in how they say it. and i think the biggest problem for the chairma

scott walker, car maryland johns hopkins carson, ted cruz, 4%. ted cruz, bobby jindal, louisiana governor, 3%. sarah palin, former alaska bobby jindalvice presidential candidate, 3%. other? 14%. by the way, former florida governor jeb bush, a speaker at be placed on the ballot. question. how could the recommendations in the gop report change the playing field for the gop 2016 contenders looking ahead? >> well, one of the most important recommendations is the one aspect that the party really controls, which is the primary schedule. they're talking about changing the primary schedule in a way that really favors the more established candidates, and would hurt up and comers smaller candidates who need the primary system. >> i don't get it. why does the change do that? >> because if there are fewer primaries and fear debates, it favors those with the more money up-front. doesn't give as much time or as many opportunities to break out -- for breakout candidates like rick santorum. >> you mean more getting to know you time. >> exactly right. and the smaller primaries,

one interesting thing that has happened is if you look at the recent months, paul ryan, scott walker, bobby jindal, they have come forward with interesting speeches talking about the future of the party. this is the process that each party goes through after losing a presidential election. it is a constructive process. be strain is that it has to a party that stands for the right of every american and a party that emphasizes growth and prosperity, and i think that is right, it allows us to make our argument in every corner in america in a powerful way. coming from voices like bobby jindal and susanna martina's, it gives us greater credibility. host: what is the role of people like karl rove in shaping the future of the party? guest: it is whatever the industry wanted to be, no doubt about it. he has been a staple in side of the rnc infrastructure since his days as a college republican in the basement of the building. he is a great tactician, there is no doubt. but what i hear there is that even he recognizes that there has to be a transition now and that some of the old strategies, even the

rick scott tried to do it in florida. although others, rick perry, bobbyindal are saying absolutely not. how much of it is about the plan in how much of it is about politics. >> the real fight is over implementation. and it is over whether governor also accept the medicaid expansion. we see 33 states have already done that. but there are still, there are these incremental battles that conservatives who are opposed to obamacare continue to wage. and they will faebt the overall impact. plan, pause the more people who enroll, you have the sort of greater critical mass of buying power. and the plan can be more successful because it drives costs down. the fewer people enroll the higher the costs will be. so these incremental fights over the practical implementation will affect the fights. because if it's going poorly in 2014 you could see republicans making it a big issue. that has he i think practically i agree with liz, obamacare is going into effect. . and it's going to be very unlikely for it to be repealed in congress. >> so when we look at states, the ap

bobby jindal because he's a bright, intellectual young leader of the party. selected scott walker because he's doing great things in our view in wisconsin. >> all the guys you mentioned are given less time than donald trump. you giving him 14 minutes. 13 minutes to the governor. why more time for the birther of the country? you're laughing. why does michael steele get more time as a conservative? i think he's nutty on this issue. he's a smart guy. he's nutty on the issue of birtherism. that's what he's known for now, not building buildings into the sky. >> the characterization can be put behind donald trump. >> he won't put it behind him. >> chris, he hasn't been talking about that. >> he talks about it every time he gets a chance to talk. >> wait a minute. let's make the point. let's see what the man says tomorrow, number one. let's go -- i think a couple things. one, donald trump is going to reframe the arguments -- >> how do you reframe the birther issue? >> you don't talk about it. chris, nobody's talking about it but you. you're the only person bringing it up. you did

bobby jindal , former florida gov. jeb bush and wisconsin gov. scottsenate committee is ready to approve an assault weapon ban. but once that happens, even a measure sponsored concedes that it faces a difficult path for koppers. once it gets to the full senate, and probably next month, the measure seems unlikely to survive because of the opposition from republican as a moderate democrats. it also stands little chance of it for the gop run house. the sponsor, senator dianne feinstein says she will be all the help shooting dead because you'll be facing a 800 lb. gorilla, the powerful national rifle association. >> the cha newly unsealed documents that reveal that the man charged with threatening to kill state senator leland yee allegedly sent an e-mail to calling himself a trained marine sniper with 39 confirmed kills and afghanistan. the e-mail says do not make me get to 40. >> this is everett bashman from an earlier court appearance. the e-mail came following senator yees work on gun control legislation. the suspect as pleaded not guilty to a dozen cha

paul ryan got 6% and scott walker got 5% of the vote. ted cruz, bobby alaska governor sarah palin also received votes. next, president obama speaks to the group called organizing for action. then a conversation with bob edgar of common cause. then the weekly addresses with president obama and congressman paul ryan. >> what the public isn't paying as much attention as i am and you are and those of us who are part of this political party. there is a political community. it is about -- probably about 10 million people. it is the people who watch c-span, they watch "meet the ess," they watch fox news, cnn. they care about politics a lot. but, you know, we had 130 million voters. most people just get a lot of what goes on in politics is background noise. the background noise comes pretty much from the mainstream media. people form an opinion of romney -- bama and so on, it has fox news doesn't reach most of those people. fox gets great ratings and they have a loyal audience. o'riley"he shows "bill show is the most popular show. it gets two to three million v

scott walker, john kasich, susana. >> he mentioned paul ryan, but not louisiana governor bobby jindal, oi primary opponent rick santorumheir pitches for the 2016 race. while romney talked about reaching across the aisle, santorum warned a rapt audience of changing too much. >> for those who want to abandon the moral underpinnings so we can win, permit me to paraphrase a great teacher and ask, what does it profit a movement to gain the country, and lose its own soul. >> even party stalwarts like mitch mcconnell say it's time for new messengers to carry the republican message. >> don't tell me democrats are the party of the future. when their presidential ticket entds up looking like a rerun of the golden girls. you know, we had rand paul, we've got marco rubio, and a slew of smart, young and energetic governors ready to take america into the future. >> now, wolf, the big act tonight is jeb bush. he will be keynoting this dinner. a lot of republicans would like to see him throw his hat in the ring for 2016. he did not throw his hat in the ring for the straw poll here which a lot of folks pay attention to here at cpac. he

scott walker with five percent. also receiving votes, dr. ben carson, texas senator ted cruz, governor bobbyisiana and former alaska governor, sarah palin. weeks tosident obama the organizing for action. then, a conversation with water after of common cause. and the weekly addresses -- bob edgar of common cause. and weekly addresses with president obama and paul ryan. video onkes' unemployment in america won first prize for his entry. a middle school in knoxville, tennessee, won first prize for their documentary on public transportation. watch the winning videos next week guns -- next month on c- span. >> on wednesday, president obama spoke at a gathering hosted by a group called organizing for action. the nonprofit advocacy group formed by people who worked to reelect him. the president told the audience that his priorities in his second term include immigration and gun violence. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> good to see all of you. i missed you. let me first of all thank jim and john for organizing this. i want to thank all of you. i have got a bunch of friends in this room, peop