. >> rep darrell issa, thank you for being our newsmaker. we appreciate it. what me turn to our reporters to do a wrap up of what we heard. the first question out of the gate was about whether republicans can come to the table or are willing to come to the table to craft a bipartisan compromise on a national immigration reform bill. what did you hear? >> mr. issa indicated republicans of come to the table under willing to compromise, but there has been no republican partner who has come out and said we to get this done now. that is something definitely missing from the debate and would leave a number of members of congress to believe it is a partisan ploy to push aside obama's agenda. but republicans will say they have been working hard on this, they just cannot find a democratic partner, so it is a catch-22. >> in the senate, where is the partnership we have seen on this issue? >> exactly. you could bring john mccain and ted kennedy into this and even though john mccain was not at all of the meetings when president bush was doing closed- door negotiations on

there is a gentleman by the name of darrell issa who husband bulldog -- whenever you want to call him. -- who has been a bulldog. whatever you want to call him. he will make their life miserable over and over again in the same way that henry waxman made the bush administration's last two years very miserable. they are not looking at that. that said, they are preparing for it. keep an eye out on with a name as next budget director. they realize that this may be the single most important thing in the next six months. this person will be the center -- will be involved in the center of the issue in the first six months, the issue of the deficit. this budget director cannot be somebody who cannot speak in front of people. they need somebody who was a political veteran. they need somebody who can handle the job of crunching numbers, but also understand the politics of working with the other side. that is why they have not replaced him yet. they have not found the right person. keep an eye on that. they are preparing for this moment. >> the 1995 and 1996 congress had some positive policy res

coming up on "newsmakers", representative darrell issa talks about the challenge to arizonas immigration law. then benjamin netanyahu talks about his desire to have peace talks with the palestinians. today, on c-span, republican national chairman michael steele's speech to nevada republicans. he spoke on friday night while campaigning for sharon engle, running against senate majority here really. you can see that today it's 6:00 27:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. -- 6:30 p.m. eastern. >> -- all as a public service, created by america's cable companies. >> the justice department this past week filed a suit over immigration law in arizona. joining us is the ranking republican on the oversight and government reform committee. two reporters are here to help us. >> the administration has filed lawsuits challenging arizona's immigration law, a law that is supposed to go into effect july 29. you called it disgraceful and you said it shows contempt for the people of arizona. i was wondering if you could tell us why you disagree with this law. guest: i think when we looked at it as a failure of for de

in our conversation with darrell issa, this came up. >> michael steele, the head of your party -- the head of the national republican national committee. >> is this someone who should remain as the top executive of the rnc? >> michael steele is supposed to reflect a consensus of republican platforms and policy. if he does that, he certainly can remain. if he is not willing to do that and he wants to be a political leader on his own, there are plenty of seats open in november. i suggest he runs for one of them. i feel very strongly that he is not my leader. he does not make policy for me. the fact is that the national republican congressional committee is made up of elected republican leaders, 178 or so, and we elect our own leaders. we figure out what our policies will be going into november. we are figuring out how to get jobs going in america, get the government out of owning corporations, and distorting markets. that is what we're focused on. we are focused on jobs, the business of the people from a congressional standpoint. i am sorry that michael steele has become the news becaus

bilbray, i want to thank chairman towns and ranking member darrell issa. i urge my colleagues to vote yes and finally as the years of hard work that we pass this legislation on behalf of the american taxpayer. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah. mr. cha fates: -- mr. chaffetz: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: thank you very much, mr. speaker. my father always taught us that a penny saved was a penny earned. and of course if it's good enough for our families it's certainly good enough for our national government. i compliment the gentlemen on the development. it's an excellent piece of legislation. urge its passage and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 1508. so many as are in favor say