of congress very well. kennedy was very scared of letting him have too much power he gave johnson, the more he -- kennedy was very scared of letting him have too much power because he assumed the more power he gave johnson, the more he would use. certainly makes the case that johnson could have improved some of kennedy's success in his negotiations with congress. they controlled all of the committees. they were very conservative. they were against a lot of the bills democrats were pushing and even if vice president johnson had a greater role before the civil rights movement gained full steam in 1964 kennedy would have had trouble getting these bills out. >> when you are listening to these phone conversation what is is going through your mind? >> i lose myself. i listen with earphones and listen to every single one. i am thinking about the difficulty of politics and absorbed by the subtle negotiations taking place. all of the figures that he interacts with, some great and horrible. the humanity is important

shared on tv by members of congress recently. but try to get them to put their votes where their mouths are, and nothing. we're still waiting to hear from congress about what president obama proposed a year ago. on the same day that he announced the house republicans' lawsuit against president obama for taking way too many actions on his own. you might remember house speaker john boehner was asked in that same press conference if he had a role. if john boehner had a role in deciding what kind of action the united states should take in iraq. here's how john boehner answered at the time. >> you opened up with iraq. i'm curious if you have any suggestions for what the president should do there. >> well, what he should do is have an overarching strategy to deal with the growing threat of terrorism. >> don't you feel, though, that you have some responsibility here, to say, here's what i think that we should do? here's what the president should be doing, to be giving counsel at that point? >> i called for more increased u.s. activity a

that is not what congress did. congress added qualifiers that limited and help define what is being referenced throughout the statute. and as it turns out, the irs never actually engaged this inquiry when it looked at the statute, but it turns out when one looks at the state, we see that in every place it appears, it is a provision that either serves to provide an incentive for state cooperation, or help facilitate cooperation between state exchanges and, for example, other entities like medicare and medicaid and the like. there's -- congress uses different terms in different places and there is a pattern to his language. we often refer to this as the chevron two-step. it is a two-step inquiry. did congress speak to the precise question at issue? if so, that ends the matter and "gives effect" to what congress did. we look at the statute and other objective indicators of statutory meaning. and we see whether congress answered this question. we don't have to see what the agency thinks. the courts are very clear on th

that is not what congress did. congress added qualifiers that limited and help define what is being referenced throughout the statute. and as it turns out, the irs never actually engaged this inquiry when it looked at the statute, but it turns out when we seeks at the state, that in every place it appears, it is a provision that either serves to provide an incentive for state cooperation, or help facilitate cooperation between state exchanges and, for example, other entities like medicare and medicaid and the like. congress uses different terms in different places and there is a pattern to his language. theften refer to this as chevron two-step. it is a two-step inquiry. did congress speak to the precise question at issue? if so, that ends the matter and "gives effect" to what congress did. we look at the statute and other objective indicators of statutory meaning. whether congress answered this question. we don't have to see what the agency thinks. the courts are very clear on this point. the laws that congress en

so when a new congress happens, it's the architect that works with the congress to enable the appropriate committees to make space decisions on where people go, and in the house we work with the speaker's office to manage that process on their behalf. and it's done in the house by lottery. so two years ago there were 90 members that were out and 90 new members in the house, right? so 90 new members ultimately results in 220 or so office moves in the house, that we do in 30 days. so when 90 members are out, that means that there are 90 vacant offices that the rest of the members can bid on and move their offices, and we do that by seniority order. and we manage that process on their behalf. and then we go about moving them, one office to another. and when you go about moving them, you never know what you're going to find in their office and whether it's a bear or a totem pole, and these things are really important to members that they show off the wonderful treasures from their state and bring their constituents in and they brag a little bit, and they're proud of it as they should be. but

the i'd yf suing congress, getting even with the suit of the president by the congress.t president obama should turntables on the don't do anything congress, which last week decided to sue him. i think he should sue them back. american people are in just the mood right now. hence the numbers. 57% of american people say there is something out there that makes them so angry they would carry around a protest sign if they could. democrats of course of paul say they protest that their signs would say stop the war. raise minimum wage. keep obama care. republicans said their protest signs would say things like stop abortion. close the borders. impeach obama. here is one more for you, i think, your protest sign sue congress. joy and john, let me give you a number here. not only 3 out of 5 people say they carry theory a sign, 3 out of 5 people say the problem with what they are so unhappy with, they feel they are still in recession, the lack of those in washington gotting things done to improve the economy. saying this is great place it live. no one saying there is great work bei

congress not very , many. those that existed were repeat multiple congresses. since i had an article -- the violence against women act had an article. the original bill had an article. a few -- it is not very many. there is one for equal employment rights for gay people. >> the employment nondiscrimination act. >> yes. there are about 10 or so. they preexisted us adding. >> bills that have come up year-over-year, they had articles. and sometimes, they would accurately represent one congress and the next bill in the next congress, and so on and so forth. but as for systematic reporting on major legislation from congress, virtually none. a bill would go by without any article at all on wikipedia. now we are getting them there. and as michelle said, we need to get those articles fleshed out so there is more information available to the public. >> or take the national defense authorization act. there is one of those every year, as i recall. they have articles on many of those, but one particular year, the article will be 5000 words. you know, fairly lengthy. and th

>> we have had debates in congress as long as we have had congress. on both sides of the aisle. as much as we think this is a we had to deal with the bill of rights. detection for women. whatpresident is doing others have tried to do. move the ball forward and say i'm going to do some things. some of the things he has proposed are good for america, even though people are opposed. i think because of his politics, because he he is a democrat. he is going to try to make sure things are going to happen. he is going to wait for the court, if they are going to overrule what he is doing. let's think about the affordable care act. this is not new. every time we have, up again, this has been important. room for 1993 -- remember 1993? they called it the larry care -- hillary car? e? >> whatever happened to her? >> she is running for population. she will be the first woman elected president. more than 50% of our population is women. there is no question people are enthusiastic and supportive. my colleague and friend, senator elizabeth war and, is also -- warren, iselizabeth also a great de

and we have an entire chapter about eric holder in the way he has misled congress to lie to congress and shoals and other content for congress. doesn't care about upsetting congress are replying put their requests are for major oversight one of the only things that congress can do is try to use the power of the purse to make their upset with him known. that would mean doing a very targeted cuts that they think you're going to annoy the attorney general or make you understand there are upset with what he's doing. that means -- by targeted cuts you don't do just the general cuts to the department of justice's budget, but you cut out of his travel budget, you know, or something like out. that is the kind of targeted cut that in the past congress has used to make its anchor known. you all may know that the attorney general is the first and only attorney general of the united states history to be held in contempt of congress because you refuse to give over documents and operation fast and furious, probably the most reckless of stupid law enforcement operation ever conducted by the u.s. ju

>> we have had debates in congress as long as we have had congress. on both sides of the aisle. as much as we think this is a troubling time, we had to deal with the bill of rights. detection for women. this president is doing what others have tried to do. move the ball forward and say i'm going to do some things. some of the things he has proposed are good for america, even though people are opposed. i think because of his politics, because he he is a democrat. he is going to try to make sure things are going to happen. he is going to wait for the court, if they are going to overrule what he is doing. let's think about the affordable care act. this is not new. every time we have, up again, this has been important. room for 1993 -- remember 1993? they called it the larry care -- hillary care? >> whatever happened to her? >> she is running for population. she will be the first woman elected president. even though more than 50% of our population is women. i think there is no question people are enthusiastic and supportive. my colleague and friend, senator elizabeth warren, is also

you can be an employee of the congress., unfortunately the world has changed since then and 9/11 happened and our security posture is much different than it was in those years. today, there are a number ways to get a tour of the capitol building. many members of congress provide those tours themselves through their offices. if you call up or e-mail your member of congress, many of them do self-guided -- not self-guided, but they will put a staff person with you and to her -- tour you through many areas of the capitol building. that is a perfectly acceptable way to tour the capitol building. another way to do that is coming through the capitol visitor center and being on a guided tour with one of our professional guides. either way is perfectly fine. but those are really the only two ways you can do it today. thank you. >> during the extensive restoration of the dome, what do you plan to do with the statue of freedom? >> the statue of freedom is really in great shape today. many of you may know that the ninth architect of th

the first address to the joint session of congress. it was three days after he took the oath of office, following president richard nixon's resignation. this video is about 30 minutes. [applause] >> we are going to have to extend your remarks. mr. speaker, mr. president, distinguished guests, and my very dear friends -- my fellow americans, we have a lot of work to do. my former colleagues, you and i have a lot of work to do. let's get on with it. needless to say, i am deeply grateful for the wonderfully warm welcome. i can never express my gratitude adequately. i am not here to make an inaugural address. the nation needs action, not words. nor will this be a formal report of the state of the union. god willing, i will have at least three more chances to do that. it is good to be back in the people's house. but this cannot be a real homecoming. under the constitution, i now belong to the executive branch. the supreme court has even ruled that i am the executive head, heart, and hand. with due respect to the learned justices -- and i gr

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but congress has made a judgment and congress has given the statutory entitlement. and that entire amount is to women and includes contraceptive coverage. and when the employer says, no, i don't want to give that, that woman is quite directly, quite tangibly harmed. >> well, i think you could say the same thing about my bible hypothetical, but i have one last thing to say about burdens. not all of these burdens are created equal, and that is borne out in this court case. in the most relevant factor, some alternative way for the government to ameliorate the burden? two types of accommodations. title seven was a narrow accommodation. you have conscious parses that allow medical providers including for-profit medical providers not to provide abortions. each of those as a burden on the parties but i would suggest they differ. in the case of the employee subject to racial discrimination , even if they can get another job, that racial discrimination is a unique injury that you cannot remediless utility employers cannot discriminate on the basis of race. in the context of

wouldn't during the session of the congress. it's clear from the language that the framers of this contemplated the possibility to explore within three days within sessions because they provide a mechanism to get permission to do it. >> but you're relying on adjournment that, that could not have the word recess. >> that's right. but i'm going back there to think about what session means in a recess appointment clause where the session is also used. i would submit it means the same thing as a means to come which is the full session of the congress. >> if it means the same thing, ithen you are tying the two together which might have some validity. but wouldn't that require the definition of a recess to be integrated in which both houses have chosen to consent to an adjournment? >> now i don't think so, -- no, i don't think so because the dictionary definition in and out of recess is a suspension of business. and you could have recesses of that kind, suspensions of business within sessions. that's jefferson's parliamentary manual r

in congress. if he is considering airstrikes against syria, should he go to congress now for that approval? kevin in maryland. independent caller. caller: good morning. i agree that he should go to congress and i also believe that he should be working more with the leaders in the middle east to defeat the problem altogether. host: bob in kansas. democratic caller. caller: good morning. i believe that the president should go to congress. i believe he ought to bring the to instate a war tax to pay for it ahead of time. if we are going to go at this with both parties agreeing with that, we might need to read and consider -- reconsider reinstating the draft . so people vote for going to the war, they have the money up to pay for it and the lives of their families and children in line to pay for this. host: have you changed your mind in recent months or since last in thisut syria or iraq thread of the islamic state? have you come to this decision -- caller: i was against the fact of going into syria fo

effective in the congress. congress and congress alone had the right and the duty to judge whether the united states was justified in making or not making war in cambodia. president nixon usurped that right. can we be silent about this violation of the constitution? can we impeach a president for unlawful wiretapping but not impeach a president for unlawful war making? can we impeach a president for concealing a burglary, but for not for concealing a massive bombing? many deceptions were carried out on the congress itself. in april 1970 the secretary of the army told a senate subcommittee that no military aid had been given to cambodia. in may 1970 general wheeler gave misle misleading testimony to a committee of this house. in 1971 the secretary of the air force reported to the senate that no bombing strikes had occurred in cambodia prior to may 1, 1970. those who assert that the president has the power to bomb cambodia and keep it secret for years has the burden of justifying the deception of congress to the

the fact that states might not make that choice the way congress did in 2010, the way congress might want now, the way folks might want now really shouldn't matter because not only can congress fix the statute but states really have a lot to say about how to ultimately -- how it ultimately it affects their citizens. >> hi. first of all, i'd like to thank both of you for the tremendous work you've put into this issue over the past several years. i'm struck by the same thing michael. every time i see articles by these liberals, they addressed that in health affairs two years ago. i think you guys have been phenomenal on all aspects to this and kudos to you on this. following up on these states' fights which i think will start in earnest next session. i don't think the liberals will wait for a court resolution. i think they'll start major pushes to protect people from the big bad conservatives on the supreme court and things of that nature. and they're going to parade through people who could potentially lose their tax credits and say do you want this person to suffer and so on. michael

i would have a long tradition of congress defining what the session is. this is the 113th congress. i think something like that. they had the first and second session. that is how the records are based. this is considered judgment of both houses of the legislative range as to what session means and it seems to me that has very powerful bearing on the question of inter-and intra- session appointments. and so why don't we defer to congress as to what the term session being and say that this gives us guidance as to when there is a recess. there is a recess between those sessions. >> i don't think that is an interpretation that really could be squared with the body of contemporaneous evidence from the time of the framing. start with the text of the constitution itself in the adjournment cause that page 91 and eight of appendix to our brief. one thing it says is that neither house during the session of the congress shall without consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days seems clear for not language the session of the congress is referring to do. that commences on the constit

congress was asked -- congress sort of made a gesture towards starting to answer then went sile silent. now the president may be about to ask for renewed authority again to go strike in syria. it would be for a different purpose but the ball still and always is in congress's court on these things. honestly, i think the white house knows that. i think they are willing to push it take little bit but they know this is a congressional decision. >> i completely agree they think they do know that. but i think one of the odd kinds of pressure they get, congress doesn't want to make the call. they are vulnerable democrats angry at tim cain, another member of congress for trying to assert congress's power. the difference between that and how founding fathers thought this would work is tremendous but it does seem one of pressures here in the white house is a lot of members of congress telling them, we don't want to have to go yes or no on this, we want you to just do it. >> please let us keep complaining from the peanut gallery and don't let us be the decision makers on this which the constituti

for congress to weigh in and or that our consultations with congress continue to develop so that the american people are part of the debate. but i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. i think what i've seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where we're at than we currently are. and i think that's not just my assessment but the assessment of our military, as well. we need to make sure that we've got clear plans so that we're developing them. at that point, i will consult with congress and make sure that their voices are heard. but there's no point in me asking for action on the part of congress before i know exactly what it is that is going to be required for us to get the job done. >> colleen mccain nelson. there you are. >> do you consider today's escalation in ukraine an invasion, and when is you talk about additional costs to russia, are you ready at this point to impose broader economic sanctions or are you considering other responses that go beyond sanctions? >> i consider the actions that

let's compare this congress with congresses in the past. back in 1948, when harry truman famously ran against the do-nothing 80s congress, that group managed to enact 906 public laws. that's the blue bar all the way to the left. compare that to the 112th congress. but so far, this current 113th congress has enacted just 142 bills into law as of today. again, on tract to be the least productive ever and a lot of those bills are just -- let's make it maple sunday. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." yesterday, with republicans in congress racing to vote to sue him, president obama had these strong words, calling out the do-nothing congress. let's watch him. >> the main vote that they've scheduled for today is whether or not they decide to sue me for doing my job. they're mad because i'm doing my job. and by the way, i've told them, i said, i would be happy to do it with you. so the only reason i'm doing it on my own is because you don't do anything. but if you want, let's -- let's work together. >> you don't do anything. that

the congress is going to exert more authority. they need to find more ways to conduct day-to-day business. it has to be more efficient. we will be talking about this much more later on, when we really know what happens tonight at the white house. and we should emphasize that in all of this conversation, we are going on the assumption that the president is going to resign. that assumption is based on the fact that house minority leader john rhodes, early in the afternoon, shortly afternoon, said that president nixon would announce his resignation today. many high white house sources confirm that. president nixon has been closeted this afternoon with his speechwriter, ray price, vice president ford, after an hour and 10 minute meeting with the president this morning, then this afternoon met for two hours with secretary of state kissinger, talking about foreign affairs and a continuation of them, as we understand it. we have heard tonight that president nixon is planning to fly tomorrow with his family to san clemente, i'm not in the

i don't think congress can lead on this. the congress has to wait. the president has to develop a strategy. you can't say we are for escalation. that means nothing. 3w5078 has to articulate a strategy, give a speech, explain it to the nation and he has to bring it to congress. senator kaine is right, you might argue technically the authorization that was given after 9/11 might apply here but technically 0 are not, that doesn't matter. you cannot launch a serious campaign against isis and not have the country with you and to have it with you, you have to have a vote in congress. so i think this is essential. but the president has to articulate a strategy. and that he hasn't done. the best case scenario is that he's waiting now, he's stalling because he's lining up behind the scenes. the british and the australians who apparently would join us in the arab campaign and others who would supply the weapons. >> you think he can take action on things but not this. >> if it's in response to the beheading an american, yes. if he's going to launch a serious ca

as our strategy develops, we will continue to consult with congress, and it will be important for congress to weigh in, for our consultations to continue to develop so the american people are part of the debate. but i don't want to but the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy at. what i have seen in the news reports suggests folks are getting further ahead of where we are at than we currently are. that's not just my assessment, but the assessment of our military as well. we need to make sure we have plans and are developing them. at that point, i will consult with congress and make sure their voices are heard. but there is no point in me asking for action on the part of congress before i know exactly what it is that will be required for us to get the job done. >> do you consider russia's presence in ukraine and invasion, and are you considering other responses going beyond sanctionss? >> i consider the actions we have seen in the last week a continuation of what has been taking place for months now. as i said in my opening statement, there is no doubt that this is not a homegrow

i would rather have congress do nothing than congress do something that is the wrong thing.ost: i want to get your reaction to john boehner talking about impeachment. [video clip] talk about impeachment is coming from the president's own staff and from democrats on the hill because they are trying to rally the people and to get money for this year's election. we have no plans to impeach the president. listen, it is all a scam asserted by democrats at the white house. host: ben shapiro? guest: i think there is some truth to that. the fact that the white house wants to talk about impeachment all the time is good evidence that they are interested is using it for political gain. is guilty of impeachable offenses. nancy pelosi had the right response to this question when she was asked in 2000 six. she said, yes, bush is guilty of impeachable offenses, but we cannot impeach him. that is the right answer and destroy for president obama. even though the president may have committed impeachable are politicale realities to deal with. here is the truth -- i know people think on the rig

for congress to weigh in or that our consultations with congress continue to develop so that the american people are part of the debate. but i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. i think, what i've seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where we're at than we currently are. and i think that's not just my assessment but the assessment of our military as well. we need to make sure we've got clear plans that we're developing them, at that point, i will consult with congress and make sure that their voices are heard. but there is no point in me asking for action on the part of congress before i know exactly what it is going to be required for to us get the job done. all right? colleen mccain nelson. >> do you consider today's escalation in ukraine an invasion? when you talk about additional costs to russia, are you ready at this point to impose further economic sanctions or are you considering other responses that go beyond sanctions? >> i consider the actions that we've seen in the last week a continua

document productions to congress. the i.r.s. has over the past year made a massive document production in response to inquires from congress. in march, the i.r.s. advised this committee and the senate finance committee that we had completed the production of documents identified as relating to their investigation of the processing and the review of applications for tax exempt status as described in the may 2013 report from the treasury inspector general for tax administration. those production efforts included 11,000 e mays from lois lerner. this committee and the senate finance committee has now pages. more than 770 we are sendsing another e-mail of additional e-mails. you already have 25,000 e mays from her commuter account an more than 5,000 from other custodian's account from which she was an author or recipient. the i.r.s. expects as noted earlier in my conversation to complete the production of the remaining learn every e-mail at that time you will have all of the e mays, 43,000 of them that we have from ms. lerner's compu

congress is supposed to make a decision about this. congress is. and the president said that notification to congress that he was sending those first u.s. troops back into iraq 59 days ago. the notification is a letter, addressed to the speaker of the house, and to the president pro tem of the senate. look at the bottom, i am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the congress fully informed, consistent with the war powers resolution. public law 93-148. the war powers resolution says that the constitution constrains the president from waging a war, waging a military operation on his own say so. article one section 8 says decisions about war and peace are decisions made by the congress not the president. the war powers resolution makes clear that yes the president can act with -- the president can respond to events around the world, he has the prerogative to send u.s. forces abroad on his own say so for a limited period of time. he can do that on his own say so as long as he notifies congress he is doing it, and then those forces cannot

a congress? immigrations still on hold. what are they going to get done? >> the house has passed most of the legislation they shoululd ps every given year. weeks in two days in september to do something. they really y have no incentive to. part of the problem with congress is they do not want to vote. >> that will be the only thing it gets done at the start of the fiscal year. through the lame duck session? or are they going to kick this all the way into the next congress in january and then things get tricky? >> they need time long enough to figure out if there is anothemini sequestster deal. >> the debt ceiling issue hits again next year. >> does that mean all bets are off and we are actually living inala land?? >> all bets are off, i'm not sure where wend up. the budgetet cap could change. >> it is the n normal. we may ultimately get an actual appropriations bill for fiscal year 15 in march. i don't think it would btoo terribly surprising. >> the air fce released its 30 year strtrategy. " oper

and the congresses before you expected us to do., this committee, this committee knows there were a number of congressional resolutions introduced and referred to this committee directing the president of the united states to do everything he could to get sergeant bergdahl released from captivity. we never stopped trying to get him back to as the congress knows that. because he is a soldier in the united states army. questions about sergeant bergdahl's capture are as mr. smith noted and you, mr. chairman, are separate from her effort to recover him. because we do whatever it takes to recover any and every u.s. service member held in captivity. this pledge is woven into the fabric of our nation and our military. as former central command, commander marine general jim mattis easily put it, bottom line, quote, the bottom line is we don't need leave people behind. that is the beginning and that is the end of what we stand for. we keep faith with the guys who signed on, and that is all there is to it. end of quote. for the circumstances

congress is supposed to make a decision about this. congress is. and the president said that notification to congress that he was sending those first u.s. troops back into iraq 59 days ago. the notification is a letter, addressed to the speaker of the house, and to the president proceed tem of the senate. look at the bottom, i am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the congress fully informed, consistent with the war powers resolution. public law 93-148. the war powers resolution says that the constitution constrains the president from waging a war, waging a military operation on his own say so. article one section 8 says decisions about war and peace are decisions made by the congress not the president. the war powers resolution makes clear that yes the president can act with -- the president can respond to events around the world, he has the prerogative to send u.s. forces abroad on his own say so for a limited period of time. he can do that on his own say so as long as he notifies congress he is doing it, and then those forces ca

for congress to weigh in and that our consultations with congress continue to develop so that the americane are part of the debate, but i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. i think what i've seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting further ahead of where we currently are. that's not just my assessment, but the assessment of the military, as well. we have to on make sure that we have clear plans and that we're developing them. at that point i will consult with congress and make sure that their voices are heard, but there's no point in me asking for action on the part of congress before i know exactly what it is that is going to be required for us to get the job done. >> colleen mccain-nelson. >> do you consider today's escalation in ukraine an invasion and when you talk about additional costs to russia are you ready to impose broader economic sanctions or are you considering other sanctions that go beyond the sanctions. >> i consider the actions that we've seen in the last week a continuation of what's been taking place for mon

congress off for the exit, but few cheer. recess.for a five-week we are taking your comments and questions. let's go to thomas waiting on our line for republicans in nevada. caller: good morning. clip, they past obamacare without a single republican vote. onn, they don't pass nothing immigration or the climate. they bring up these issues when they can pass. -- can't pass. it's about equality, too. if you're going to let immigrants in from mexico and panama, let in people from other countries. host: that is thomas in north las vegas, nevada. one other story about immigration issues. a story about the state department expanding be says for afghan interpreters. isas for afghan interpreters. debra is in annapolis, maryland on our line for democrats. commenti just wanted to on the vote they did last night. process and it was an embarrassment to american democracy. allow a full and open discussion of the issues. bill tonation of the talk about how it rose back to the dream act to help the children. on the humanitarian side of it .- everybo

nixon be granted immunity by criminal prosecution by congress? >> that's a matter that has to have a very careful study. no need to hurry on this. the president will have suffered greatly simply by the resignation having to give up his office. i'm not one that wants to pin somebody to the wall so to speak. >> this is rod challenger in minneapolis. >> coverage continues throughout this evening. the president's speech due in 20 minutes from now. we'll be back with more of that special report in a moment. with president nixon's administration presumably on the hours you have to run, the reports being very strong that he will resign when he goes on the air 15 or so minutes from now. we've had no con tra indications for the last 10 or 12 hours. what about this matter of presidential power? has the lesson come through and with a balance between the executive and legislative be greater in the next administration? >> i think it will, it's natural in human events in nature that a force going a certain direction keeps going that direction until it meets an

please, members of congress, don't forget our nation's defenders. thank you. >> thank you so much, master sergeant. and we very much heed your testimony. next is dr. david chu. >> mr. chairman, -- >> welcome back. >> thank you, sir. ranking member inhofe, members of the committee, it is indeed a privilege to appear before you again this morning. i should emphasize the views i offer our and on my own and they do not this is reflect the research by the institute for defense analyses or the department of defense. i do have a formal statement which i hope might be made part of the record. the limitation asks that i focus on the evolution, special recent evolution of military compensation but how do we get to where we now are. i rg3 important forces that have created the compensation system that is the subject of discussion this one. first of course the longer history of military pay and benefits. especially explains the fact that so much of noted compensation is deferred and a substantial part is offered in kind as opposed to in cash. second, there's de

congress has already restricted presidential warmaking powers. it has already arranged for much greater authority over the budget making process as it goes along. that will make a big difference. it wants now to limit the size of white house staff, presidential personal staff, and their immunity of testifying before congress, and that type of thing. and the courts have asserted once again their supremacy in matters of law, as to what the constitution means, what the law is. they say they shall determine that whether it is the president or whoever it is that tries to act or think otherwise. this is bound to be a new balance. the congress will have to, is going to exert more authority. more lead. find moreg to have to ways to conduct day-to-day business. it has to be more efficient. >> i think we will be talking about this much more later on, when we really know what happens tonight at the white house. and we should emphasize that in all of this conversation, we are going on the assumption that the president is going to resign. that assumption is b

this president a month ago asked congress to change the 2008 law.esn't want them to pass anything because he wants the issue to be republican division. that's why this week was tough. >> the president had a chance to have immigration reform in 2010, 2009 his party passed on it. they wanted the issue. >> we have to take a break. we'll see you back later in this program. up next house votes to sue president obama for overstepping the powers of his office. it is a political stunt or a serious effort to protect the separation of powers? we'll talk with two members of the house judiciary committee with very different views. that's next. ♪ don't miss a step... ♪ nothing's missed with tenatwist ♪ ♪ don't miss a beat... ♪ nothing's missed with tenatwist ♪ ♪ oooh discover the fearless protection of tena. so absorbent even when you twist not a drop escapes. ♪ nothing's missed with tenatwist ♪ >>> house republicans voted this week to sue president obama. they allege the president's repeated use of executive action to unilaterally change laws like obamacare vio

and we have an entire chapter about eric holder and the way he is misled congress, has lied to congressand showed utter contempt for congress. and the problem you have and are system is when you have an attorney general who really doesn't care about upsetting congress or complying with the request for information or oversight, not a lot you can do about it. one of the only things that congress can do is try to use the power of the purse to make their upset with him known. that would mean doing very targeted cuts that they think are going to annoy the attorney general, or make them understand their upset with what he is doing. that means by targeted cuts, you don't do just a general cut in the department of justice's budget, but forgot to cut out all of his travel budget, you know, something like that. those of the kinds of targeted cuts in the past congress has used to make its anchorman. you may although the attorney general is the first and only attorney general and the united states history who has been held in contempt of congress? congress. he refused to give documents over passeng

from the very beginning of our legislature, from the first continental congress and the first congress, there have been legislative prayers given in the religious idiom of either the official chapline or guest chaplain that have regularly invoked the deity and the language of the prayer giver -- >> your brief is the one who brought up the hybrid nature of the body. i think it's on pages 22 to 24 of your brief. you say, it would be proper to have certain checks in that setting. for one, make sure that the entrance and exit is easy. for another, informing the people in town of the tradition so they won't be confused. but on the one hand this isn't like congress, the nebraska legislature, then you think these would be nice things to do. are you still saying just it would be good and proper or are you saying it would be necessary given the hybrid nature of this body? >> your honor, with respect to the things you identify which are similar to the ones that yates breyer recommended, more akin to safe harbors there undoubtedly advancement challenges that could be brought, and the extent the t

he goes to congress. and like unit cut the 39 to 10%. congress has no. meters a filibuster. says the president have the right to use his enforcement power to say, i don't want you to collect anything more than 10 percent of the amount of money owed by people when they file their tax returns. would that be a legitimate argument? look, and tried to save the economy. congress is not corporate. >> i would love to have than hypothetical and class. i think every student in my class would laugh and say, this person has lost his mind. in debt that the reality is a dup think it will work. i think it has a chance of working. >> i just wrote about takers at some length in the you know it -- yorker. he made a similar point. what if he says i take these epa -- the environmental rule that congress has passed his way to draconian. and going to cut unilaterally or increase the amount. what about that? >> one of the wonderful things about the hypothetical is that eds only on the surface designed to illustrate something the sounds really silly. but that's actually what the president has done