passage of the fiscal cliff build with donald williamson. then thomas schatz will look at what comes in the fiscal cliff legislation. >> "washington journal" is next . >> good morning and welcome to "washington journal." members of congress are back in their home districts. the house and senate are not in session. that does not mean the debate has stopped. we will like to hear from you. here are the numbers to call. you can also find us online. end us a tweet to [video clip http://twitter.com/cspanwj. also e-mail us at journal@c- span.org. here's a headline from "the new york time.s." " -- wall street journal" -- the hill has a recent story -- this is from last week. the house speaker prepare we would like to hear what you think. to give us some context, let us listen to what house minority leader -- senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said yesterday on nbc's "meet the press." >> we have to use leverage and congress to get the president to deal with our excessive spending. what the strategy should be is we should be doing something about

tax code as a result of the passage of the fiscal cliff bill with donald williamson. the citizens against government waste look at what is in the legislation, including plug in scooters, and a senior correspondent talks about that taxes american space in 2013 as part of the affordable care act. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i think security remains a top priority because of the national security situation. we found congress failed to reach a conclusion. they remain very far apart. this industry is very opposed to any cybersecurity standards. >> i think another issue will be the auctions to create more spectrums, so the fcc has their sleeves rolled up. some of the hot-button issues on this are on a license spectrum, which powers wi-fi and other amazing devices that the technology sector is coming up with. >> net neutrality could be a big issue. the circuit court is considering the verizon challenge to the fcc rules, and it is not clear how the court will rule, but there are indications that similar issues in the part -- in the past, the

with donald williamson. thomas schatz cox about legislation review. "washington journal" live tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> there is low hanging fruit that is extremely appealing to people across all parties. it sounded to me like you were saying -- how can people on the right with a full spectrum, frankly it is totally whacked. on both sides i think we need to appeal to people on a rational and reasonable set of points, showing a series of financial bait and switch business owners stimuluses in the total joke. the stimulus package for small businesses never made it. that is a host of examples where i do not think it is that difficult to talk to people, educate people, and remind them that the two-party dynamic is within the party, the way the decisions are made and leaders are promoted. >> you look like you were about to jump in. >> my starting point is where people are. it may be that labor is a spent force and that civil-rights organizations are spent forces and the community-based organizations are narrow minded and too anxio