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republicans are gearing up to defeat dan burton. david mcintosh, former representative who ran for governor of indiana is looking at jumping in the race against dan burton. the last call on this topic of social security changes that are being considered and the debt talks comes from massachusetts. albert, 76. caller: when i was working, i bought the the concept that was sold to me that the social security is one leg of a three legged stool -- and the other two legs are your company's pension -- my company's pension, who i work for at the time, and the third leg is your savings. somehow or other i managed to maintain that balance. i paid a maximum social security every year, it amounted to about 7% of my income, and my company put in another 7%, and that was 14%. and then i paid about 8% of my income into my ira. that was the maximum you could put in. i could not save any more than that. i couldn't possibly live on just social security. i don't know how you could do it. a person who only has that one leg of that school will really --

congressman dan burton will be along. he is a republican from indiana. foreign affairs committee member. we'll talk about the debt ceiling negotiations and other issues regarding the rest of the world from his perch on foreign affairs. jan schakowsky the congresswoman from illinois will join us. democrat chief deputy whip. we'll also meet bradford fitch, deputy and ceo of congressional foundation. author of a book, citizens handbook to influencing elected officials. that is on "washington journal" tomorrow, 7:00 eastern time on c-span. now we go to the greek deputy prime minister. >> let me welcome all of you this evening to the peterson institute for national economics for a uniquely important and usual session with the vice president and minister of finance, of helen nick republic. the minister has been here in washington all day talking at the international monetary fund to put last parts of the current economic reform package together. he obviously comes to us after a busy week in europe last week with some very successful results that he will talk t

then inquired dan burton receive the social security check. he does pay the caller asked him why he accepted social security. burton believes he is entitled to it. this is the height of greed and hypocrisy in my humble opinion." that was posted on politico and on the have been most co -- the huffington post. what time is your conference meeting? guest: 9:00. host: and you are heading over there now. the budget debate begins at 10:00 a.m. guest: we will have the role debate -- rule debate at 10:00 a.m. and that goes for 30 minutes on each side. are two hours that will be set up for the budget control act -- vera are two hours that will be setup for the budget control act, divided between budget, ways and means. host: marsha blackburn, we appreciate you coming in to take calls from our viewers. we will keep the calls rolling. bill pascrell is next, a democrat of new jersey and member of the house budget committee. we will finish up this morning's "washington journal," yet the bond markets and the rating -- looking at the bond markets and the rat

dan burton, indiana. quico canseco of texas. chip crayaack of minnesota. john dunn can of tennessee, trent franks of arizona. scott desjarlais of tennessee. morgan griffith of virginia. jamie herrera beutler of washington, randy hullgren of illinois. there and go back to our callers. caller: i would just like to say that this is just sickening watching all of this. there has to be independence out there that are not going to be to either party or to any kind of politics. let's face it. this is just political posturing for the 2012 elections. that's all it is. it's cut-and-dried. as a veteran of the united states of america for 21 years it sickens me. and i hate to say this, but watching these guys and ladies and gentlemen debate over this just makes me unproud to be an american that we can't get something done. it just amazes me. but like i said, the bottom line is this is all political posturing for 2012 and the future. and i would love to see some independents come in -- i was a democrat for a long time. i saw on the blue dog side, your second speaker co

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dan burton who serves on the house foreign affairs committee and jan schakowsky will join us. then we will talk with bradford fitch. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning it is "washington journal," our live call-in program about the news of the day, connecting you with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. weekdays, watch live coverage of the u.s. house, and on weeknights, congressional hearings and policy forums. also supreme court oral arguments. on the weekends, you can see our signature interview programs. on saturdays, "the communicators," and on sundays, "newsmakers," "q&a," and prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. you can also watch our programming any time at c-span.org, and it is all searchable at our c-span video library. c-span -- washington your way, a public service created by america's cable companies. >> senate majority leader harry reid laid out his debt and deficit reduction plan. it takes $2.7 trillion in spending cuts wh