government running through september. >> woodruff: joining us from capitol hill is senate majority whip dick durbin of illinois. senator durbin, thank you for being with us. >> it's good to be with you. >> woodruff: senator, we don't know the long-term outcome but in the short run is this a victory for the house republicans and especially the tea party that they were able to get $4 billion in cuts in just two weeks? >> i guess they could claim a victory if they'd like but i don't think it's much of a victory. i hope everyone agrees-- republicans in the house as well as people across america-- that shutting down the government is not a good idea. this notion of when the next social security check will arrive, whether the troops will be paid, whether there's enough equipment, whether air traffic controllers will show up for work, it doesn't speak well of our government. at this point we have a two-week agreement. we'll move forward. i certainly hope we can reach a much longer agreement. >> woodruff: as you know the house republicans have won another $57 billion at least in cuts. the democrats are say

today's hearing led by senator dick durbin focuses on the rise of anti muslim bigotry and discrimination and it comes just two weeks after our next guest the highly criticized hearing to discuss muslim radicalization in the united states so is this move by your being just political pandering with no do see what you do is political pandering every morning on fox news let me get this straight hearing on violence perpetrated by by american muslims that's patriotic but here in violence perpetrated against american muslims that's and the reason this is making sense to anyone and the very very ugly republican rick man on dog santorum in a radio interviews morning santorum put his finger right on what's wrong with american social security program and why it's losing money should. the reason so security is in deep trouble if we don't have enough workers to support the retirees while a third of all the young people in america are not in america today because of abortion because one in three pregnancies had an abortion and so we are depopulating this country it's through a policy that does not sup

senator dick durbin of illinois will focus on spending at 8:30 a.m. eastern and we will speak with a "new york times" correspondent about the recent series on the risks of drilling for natural gas. host: good morning, president obama is heading to florida where he will beef -- joined by governor judd bush. economists believe the rate is about 9.1%. the continuing battle over legislation that would strip them of collective bargaining. gov. scott walker says democrats need to come back to resolve the situation. and newt gingrich has launched a website to explore potential run for president. but he is stopping short of establishing an exploratory committee. pbs, should go private? the numbers are on the screen. the front page of politico on this friday morning, the counter offer on the budget talks as the white house is putting forward its own proposal that would mean about $6.5 billion in budget cuts. we will talk later in the program with senator dick durbin, democratic senator from illinois. we will be talking with laura meckler in just a moment on th

we discuss the key issue with two leaders, the democrat number two man in the senator, dick durbin, and jeb hensarling, chairman of the house republican conference. plus, the 2012 g.o.p. field begins to take shape. we ask our sunday panel about newt gingrich's semi-announcement and where he stands in the republican contest. and our power player of the week runs one of the first programs to face the budget axe. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. the supreme court ruled this week that no matter how hateful speech in public places on public issues is protected by the constitution. before we talk with one of the leaders of westboro baptist church, fox news correspondent james rosen tells how we got here. >> reporter: at funerals and other solemn events across the country, members of the westboro baptist church showed up to wave patently obnoxious signs and chant protests against society that's grown too tolerant of sins. many of the parishioners are relative of founder fred phelps and while the action are widely condemned, the supreme court rule

despite the threat of a government shutdown next friday, senate democratic whip dick durbin says he iswilling to cut more than $10.5 billion in domestic discretionary spending. republicans want over $60 billion in cuts. but durbin says the issue has been pushed, quote, to the limit. >>> new york congressman peter king will begin holding controversial hearings this ç thursday on what he calls the radicalization of american muslims. yesterday some 300 people gathered in times square to criticize the move saying it unfairly singles out muslims. >>> defense secretary robert gates arriveed in afghanistan this morning on an unannounced visit to assess a looming troop withdrawal this summer. secretary gates told troops that u.s. military involvement there with likely continue beyond the 2014 end of combat operations. >>> the space shuttle discovery undocked from the international space station today. this is after a successful week-long mission heats expected to be its last. landing is scheduled for wednesday after which "discovery" will be donated to the smithsonian institution. >>> and sci

all over could be screwed because of it a gang of six senators including democrats mark warner dick durbin and can't conrad are crafting a proposal to cut social security benefits and raise the retirement age to reduce our nation's deficit all along republicans have been calling for social security cuts mainly because they want to turn over to goldman sachs a two point seven trillion dollar money from which they can skim billions as profits they can then be recycled back as campaign contributions is all republican how about one hundred thirty five this even though social security is projected to be fully solvent through at least twenty thirty seven and has no effect on our nation's deficit and is easily fixed by simply asking rich people to pay the same percentage of their income in social security taxes as you and me with a handful of democrats showing support for the republicans agenda it may be only a matter of time before this critical safety net begins to tear down cats can stand up to the program that they created nearly eighty years ago and what can see in. social security is not in

it's the good the bad of the very painfully oddly first the good senator dick durbin in response to congressman peter king as hearings into american muslims durbin will be launching his own congressional hearing into muslims but his hearing will not focus on the threats posed by muslims but instead the threats posed to muslims and their civil rights pointed out the surge in anti muslim rhetoric and hate crimes durbin were being hearings next week to try to improve the situation of muslims in america as durbin said it's important for our generation to renew our founding charters commitment to religious diversity and to protect liberties here and she'd buy a bill of rights. and you can start by investigating peter king the bad guy steve doocy but i can't really blame him you just reading from a teleprompter so let's give it to fox news on fox and friends this morning to see cited sarah palin's thoughts on libya and suggested that her insightful prediction shows she may know more about the libyan situation than president obama take a look the white house is insisting khadafi needs to leave on his

crusade against the evil scary muslim threats this time he spoke out at senator dick durbin's hearing into the persecution of american muslims graham had this to say the sixty's. we when you see things here at home or you do things here at home that create tension based on religious differences particularly when it's the muslim community involved putting our soldiers at risk there are plenty of muslims who wear our uniform and we need to understand that again we're all in this together. senator graham well said we are all in this together i fully can get the rest of the republican party to believe that. all right and then up is the bad the republican congressman sean duffy it seems of this freshman lawmaker from wisconsin needs a few lessons about connecting with average working folks in the state at a town hall meeting last week when challenged about the one hundred seventy four thousand dollar hundred thousand dollars rational salary he claimed i guarantee you that i have more debt than all of you with six kids i still pay off my student loans i still pay my mortgage i drive a used

my friend dick durbin refer to the irish and the italians and the lithuanians. i know exactly what he was saying. by irish ancestors faces when he first came even to vermont, now where the most tolerant states in the country. my father as a teenager faced a sign that said no irish need apply, or more directly, no catholics need apply. my italian grandparents in a small town, and a time communities were seen as different. like my mother and my uncle spoke a strange language. when they had mass, the priest would have to come to the back door and the curtains had to be drawn. vitiates had to be drawn. now, that would be inconceivable today. members of the senate of other states also opened their own experience, religious and ethnic bigotry can be easy to ignite, very difficult to a to extinguish. i agree with cardinal mccarrick, the religious freedom is destroyed by attacks on people because of their religion. and by the terrible misuse of religion to incite hatred, even justify violence. and divisive religious rhetoric issues for partisan advantage, enemies of pri

dick durbin is not going to get everything that he wants.ut if we do not work on this, the future is not bright for the country. that is what district for it is important -- that is why this report is important. this report, which your listeners should understand, this is just a look at one-third of the discretionary programs in the federal government. when i ask for this report, originally, the gao told me that it was too difficult to do. i told him i needed a list of every government program. so, i put it into the blast debt limit extension. everyone is aghast. and this is something we have been talking about for the last five years. and then minutes that were routinely voted down, and now suddenly they are acceptable. all of these programs listed here came out of someone wanting to do the right thing to help someone. poor congressional action, no metrics or valuation on what we are doing. host: yesterday in "the wall street journal," we will show this headline to the viewers. there are 80 economic development -- programs across four agenc

july the consumer -- >> charlie: where is the leadership on this, where is harry reid, where is dick durbin, where is chuck schumer. >> well chuck schumer has been, you know, the senator from wall street andn't i don't know where he is on this particular bill. >> charlie: what i'm saying is where is he on the elizabeth warren. >> that's hard to say as well until it actually happens. >> they don't want to make it happen in the first place. they don't want the administration to bring up her name. but i think that this is a really good tells. i think that this is a fight that should be worth having. >> charlie: they would send the administration to bring her up to see who is prepare to put there. >> who wants to clean up wall street, who doesn't. it's a very clear vote. and i think that at this point, durbin who is in charge of the subcommittee appropriations that deals with these regulatory agencies, really hopes that the obama administration makes this fight. he raises an important point. there is so many fights in th, it's so complicated. >> charlie: you think the administration is going to

dick durbin, jon:, kevin mccarthy, and james witt. at 4:00 p.m. we have to face the nation. bob schieffer speaks with senate members along with mary landrieu of louisiana. brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. rea errors begin again at noon eastern. listen to them all on c-span radio in the washington, d.c. area. you can download it hasn't iphoneap. >> one quarter of mortgages are under water this morning. you cannot run an expansive do everything for a policy given this reality. host: advising governments and businesses about the political and financial risks of today and tomorrow. tonight his insight into the intersection of money and foreign power. this weekend on c-span 3, ed mullah medford of the participation of african- americans in the civil war and our 30th president. and the 175th anniversary of the dade massacre of florida. the first american war fought over slavery. for a complete weekend schedule online, go to c-span.org to have the schedule e-mail to you. >> potential republican presidential contenders have been stopping in key primary

dick durbin will talk about federal spending. we of live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> the house to pick apart the the new healthcare law that requires businesses to file a tax form for every bender -- every center that sent them. -- every vendor that sends them. they said the paperwork would overwhelm businesses and the internal revenue service. this part of the debate is about two hours. e speaker pro tempore: proceed. mr. camp: today, the house considers h.r. 4, legislation repealing one of the job-killing tax increases enacted in the democrats' health care law last year. this legislation provides a pathway to achieving a goal that is shared by republicans and democrats in the house and senate alike. and by the obama administration, repealing the form 1099 reporting requirements enacted last year. before i get into the details of h.r. 4, i'd like to take a moment to recognize and commend my colleague and friend, congressman dalungren of california. he first brought this issue to light and through his hard work we are here today to vote on a bill that has

host: we want to welcome back to c-span senator dick durbin, the said it.mocrat in the cen guest: itu think we cannot reach an agreement. democrats, republicans, on how to fund government? we have big challenges ahead. we face a debt ceiling in a couple of months, literally whether or not because -- whether or not the united states of america will default for the first time in its history, which the -- which would be catastrophic for our country. we need to put together a five- year budget resolution that we think will move us toward a approach that will reduce our deficit. if we cannot fund government for the rest of the year it does not speak well for our prospects. host: i want to guess to a procedural question neither side has enough to offset a filibuster. what will happen next week procedurally, and what happens beyond those votes? guest: we will demonstrate, what i think it's obvious, that hr1, which cuts $100 billion out of our budget this year is not realistic, goes too far, and cannot pass the senate. we then hope to propose a more honest and balanced approach, cutting up t

host: we want to welcome back to c-span senator dick durbin, the said it.mocrat in the cen guest: itabby when you think we cannot reach an agreement. democrats, republicans, on how to fund government? we have big challenges ahead. we face a debt ceiling in a couple of months, literally whether or not because -- whether or not the united states of america will default for the first time in its history, which the -- which would be catastrophic for our country. we need to put together a five- year budget resolution that we think will move us toward a approach that will reduce our deficit. if we cannot fund government for the rest of the year it does not speak well for our prospects. host: i want to guess to a procedural question neither side has enough to offset a filibuster. what will happen next week procedurally, and what happens beyond those votes? guest: we will demonstrate, what i think it's obvious, that hr1, which cuts $100 billion out of our budget this year is not realistic, goes too far, and cannot pass the senate. we then hope to propose a more honest and balanced approach,

as tuesday the house is set to cast the first vote -- that is "national journal" reporting that dick durbin was asked about yesterday when he was on "state of the union." >> we are not going to balance america's budget in the next six months. we should be taking care that we don't do things that damaged our economy and a really slow down our recovery. the notion -- as the president said -- of cutting hundreds of thousands of children off of head start that this moment, cutting pell grants for college students so they have to drop out, delaying or stopping research in energy when we see gas price is going through the roof, suspending medical research for six or seven months. it goes way too far and in a direction not good for this country. i am part of a group -- six senators, three democrats, three republicans. we are looking at this in a honest and hard terms on how to deal with this deficit. not in a matter of six months but over a period of time so we responsibly cut spending and don't do what at the expense of america's economic growth. host: "the new york post" with this headline on ja

you know, dick durbin called me the night before the vote, he said, kent, what are you going to do? i said, i'm voting yes. he said, well, why? i said, the only thing worse than being for this is being against it. because, look, the country is in deep, deep trouble. i don't know what could be more clear. this thing is headed for the cliff. and we say, well, we don't know when we're going to hit the cliff, that's true. there is not a single person that can honestly tell you they know with certainty when we're going to hit the cliff. the one thing we know for sure is we are hurdling towards it. that's one thing we know with certainty. so, you know, i'd say to colleagues, please, whatever your ideology, whatever your philosophy, i tell you, i put mine on the back burner because i deeply believe we got to do something like this and the only plan out there i see that's got bipartisan support is this one. as much as i dislike it and i do dislike it. i would do this very differently. but, hey, what matters to the country is getting a result. because failure is not an option. senator sessio