>> if you heard eric cantor, you heard yes. you've been covering this for years.ism is the best path to prosperity. >> it's going to take a while. >> it will. but washington can act. i'd love to have a president willing to go from slow growth policies to fast growth policies. >> andy busch, one of the great p procrastinators, they have a 60% chance of catching the senate. >> yeah. it's interesting. there's a couple of different models running around. i would say there's about 8 -- i'm sorry. 11 senate seats in play. probably 8 of those are really likely to turn over to republicans. if you're just looking at one static, look at the presidential approval rating. it's really low. 41 to 43%. that kind of drives your wave election and that's certainly what we'll get in 2014. >> nate silver, i have to give him credit. >> new york sometimes. he just started his 538 blog. i want to make one point on tax reform. that is not a 2014 or 2016 issue. it will come down to who is the republican nominee because that person has to drive this bus. otherwise, it's never going to happ

eric cantor had the nerve to come out and talk about families strugg struggling to heat their homes. >> as much of the country is seeing snow pile up today, we're reminded of the home heating bills piling up on the kitchen tables during this cold winter. two weeks ago, we in the house passed several bipartisan bills aimed at lowering costs for working, middle class families and increasing jobs. america is not working when president obama is seeking to close coal power plants causing home heating costs to rise and jobs to be lost. >> can you believe that? you know what he's talking about? deregulation. this is the problem. we're going to have five million people by the end of this year, but we've got to protect the corporations better. he ought to be ashamed of himself. the bills he's talking about would protect the coal industry from further regulation and we all know how clean coal is. cantor wants to protect the most agreegs coal companies. how about duke energy? this month, duke energy intenti intentionally dumped 61 million gallons of toxic coal ash into the north carolina cape f

and i think what eric cantor said in terms of laying out the various options and being supportive of the president was really terrific. at the same time i think when lindsey graham said his eyes roll every time the president begins to talk about these issues, it was really a disservice and very disrespectful to the office of the president in a time of national crisis when obama is trying to be very levelheaded, not trying to overreact but not trying to underreact either. and that's when there should be an opportunity for the executive branch and the legislature to come together. >> let's listen to what the ukrainian ambassador said today at the u.n. security council about what russia has told the ukraine about why they have invaded. >> we still have not received any compelling answer to the simple question, why are the military forces of russian federation illegally occupying crimea and brutally violating international law and bilateral agreements? >> david rode, how hard is it for russian diplomats to come up with some form of an answer to this country why they've rolled in? >> well

eric cantor has had an impressive posture towards the white house working out things with barack obama. that said, $1 billion is too small. the former deputy of the treasury said a $20 billion package of various things would be needed to stabilize the ukrainian economy. remember, the russians were going to buy $15 billion of bonds from ukraine to try and stabilize that. we're talking about $1 billion. it sounds big to us but it is five or six percent of the packages that are otherwise being discussed out there and that's simply not enough. we can't do this kind of nation hugging of countries that are in a true crises on the cheap. that's where i think people are falling down right now in washington. >> absolutely, but in an age of aus tearty, pretty much everything is done on the cheap. i'm surprised they came together on that. steve, thank you so much. >>> next the battle over here over the battle in ukraine. republicans are piling on the president but what's their idea to deal with the problem. >>> then the 2014 election starts today and in texas. why what is happening there is a hug

meanwhile, after four years, eric cantor says he's finally, finally working on an obamacare alternative. cantor told members at a private meeting on thursday "house republicans will rally around and pass an alternative to obamacare this year." how about that? they're going to have a health care rally, that's what they're gonna do! they're going to rally because it's taken them four years to put something on paper. i'd like to see this alternative from cantor. four years later and the republicans have yet to put anything on the table of any substance whatsoever when it comes to saving lives and reducing costs. here's what cantor's al tern stif going to have to compete with. no more losing coverage for pre-existing condition. and, of course, we're going to have free preemptive care. we're going to have no lifetime limits. we're going to have young adults on their parents' plan. these are four basics that i don't think cantor can keep up with. cantor would -- he'd have to keep on to the medicaid expansion as well. i highly doubt whether an alternative by the republicans is going to keep up

i sat down with eric cantor he's someone we should watch.s trying to pass cancer research bills. he's gone down mississippi to speak with john lewis and support civil rights. without changing the republican party's ideology, present a more moderate muzzled front and a more appealing image as they try to keep the house majority and win the senate. >> the presidential race is moving out to my home turf out west this week with the republican jewish coalition coming together bringing in three major governors who are governor christie, walker, and kasich. it will be interesting to see them speaking before a power donor. but thursday night is jeb bush speaking in sheldon's airplane hangar to an elite group of donors. it shows his status as the favored candidate going into 2016. >> of the establishment. >> a very busy 2016 week in new hampshire. ready for hilary p.a.c. made a big splash. on the republican side, bobby jindal is reaching out of trying to put together a new hampshire campaign staff and two different republicans rand paul and chris chr

. >> republican congressman eric cantor on the record deep manning pelosi apologize. >> this is why soople across the country are so sick about what goes on in washington. the minority leader in the house should really i think apologize for that statement. if that's outrageous we all want to help inner city kids. we all want to help people and the debate should be around what is the best way to help people. >> he had choice words for hecklers. >> either sit down and be quiet or get out. one or the other. we are done with you. >> the governor firing back at hecklers during a town hall meeting in mount laurel new jersey. several of them thrown out after shouting about the george washington bridge scandal and super storm sandy money. >> general connolly powell shows up he is the king of selfies. the former secretary of state posting this vintage pick. it was from 60 years ago. bragging to oscar host ellen degeneres saying he was doing self pore pratt tra-- portraits before she was born. i have been doing facebook posts dush-d -- selfies 60 years before you facebook folks. >> this was draw

eric cantor is responsible but it's not happening and therefore, it won't be a force in this election think that there's going to be an alternative health care element debated during the debate on obamacare dave camp offered the substitute that got shun away. so, look, we have an embarrassment of riches right now on the republican side and on the conservative side on alternatives that go after things to lower cost and fund high-risk pools and deal with pre-existing conditions and when you look at the opportunity that president obama has had, there was national consensus on cost and national consensus on pre-existing conditions and rather than focusing on those, he went for a big, massive plan which they have overpromised and under delivered and that's the worst place to be. >> last one, peter. in your judgment, a political question, politically, is it better to have a unified republican plan or is it just better to wait until 2016, just hammer away in the next six months on obamacare? which do you think is better? >> they are not mutually exclusive. i would say hammer away and the con

. >> you have republicans like eric cantor saying broaden this out. take a look at keystone pipeline, trade deals, house democrats are not happy about. pressure the president -- cantor saying help those unemployed find jobs and protect working middle class families from administration policies which reduce their hours and wages. that last part a reference to the impact that republicans have been focusing on they think the health care law will have on part-time work and people not working at all, if they can get health insurance. the bottom line, frame these midterm elections, president talking about economic numbers better. republicans zeroing in on health care. gretchen. >> have a great weekend. thanks. >> good to see you, too. >> lets talk about ukraine, tense standoff between russia and ukraine showing no signs of easing up. president obama and putin, they spent an hour on the phone again last night. the russian president said after the call the two sides still far apart. reiterating despite their differences he does not want another cold war. secr

eric cantor has been speaking a lot about this. marco rubio has been speaking about this. this illustrates that we have party leaders that are venturing into areas that i think our party should enter into. things look good for the republicans in the senate. in the long term picture, [inaudible] you satisfy anything with president obama the white house? way to lookno other at 2014 other than if we win the senate, that is a home run for the republican party. it is. i suspect we will win the majority in the senate. i don't think there is any other narrative. i understand your point. i think there is very different analysis in regard to our party. there is no doubt that our party is in a pretty good record in midterm elections. we have a poor record when it comes to presidential elections. i are trying to address both. want to get your point in just a second. i think any lawyer creston is. we can't as a national committee get to becoming a better presidential party unless we can build the tools, the data, the infrastructure and test what we are doing in a broad fashion and mea

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you know, i think eric cantor in the house was one who very early came on and said that they really wanted to work with the white house in cooperation, bring together into one voice and begin to respond responsibly to russia's unacceptable actions. i think we need to note -- i was just with senator cory booker who talked about working across the aisle, and ukraine, and i think he welcomes this sort of maybe moment tear, but perhaps a new spirit among some of those members of congress in both the house and senate that don't see this as a time to bash the white house. i think that's credible. i think it's important for the american public to see it. i hope senator graham and senator mccain -- and i respect both of them -- get on that wave as well. >> we've been hearing from hillary clinton, obviously, the former secretary of state, after making some waves with her comments. she went right into the issue before a crowd at ucla, and i want to play that. >> the claims by president putin and other russians that they had to go into crimea and maybe further into eastern ukraine, because they had t

up next, house majority leader eric cantor is demanding an apology from the house minority leader nancyelosi. leader cantor is here to tell you you why next. @w@wowowpg cantor is outraged that's his word outraged. he is here to go "on the record." i asked him why his party remains so opposed to maintaining vital lifelines to hungry children. his kellogg's response is tell in its blunt nature and stunning in its honesty. what he said was to the republican caucus these people you are talking about are invisible. and the republican caucus is indifferent to it them. invisible and indifferent. this is just plane wrong. >> how do you respond to the accusation republican caucus is indifferent. >> greta, how outrageous is that? you know, i have traveled almost every month to an inner city school both in my hometown of richmond and elsewhere across the country, spending time in these schools with inner city students and kids i don't look at them being invisible i look at them as inspiration. i met a young boy brian a kid never met his mom or knew who she was. the only time he has ever spoken wit

eric cantor, the broad leader of the project. then mccarthy and mcmorris-rogers.p of 30 members that meets to craft the tenets of the plan. >> isn't there a risk to some degree because you have the ability if they actually go to take pen to pain and write down ideas, even if it doesn't come up for a vote it allows the media to say, oh, hey, member x, do you support this specific thing that was mentioned in one of the plans and it differentiates from member y that might be against it? there's got to be apprehension here you would think with members that could face a primary vote in the coming weeks. >> exactly right. it is a complicated path now for republicans. the leadership acknowledges that when it comes to things like pre-existing conditions, children being able to stay on their parents' policy to anyone 26, these are parts of the current law they could support republican versions of whether they want a wholesale change, that's the message. they want full peel. it's tricky when they start trying to tweak the law wlenl insulation. the gop alternative is more of

i don't think anybody's going to go in -- you've seen eric cantor, the republican majority leader, and to keep. the question is in the long run, does this fix america's health care problem? it doesn't. if you look at a state like new hampshire where there are 17 hospitals that are now excluded by the only insurance, the single insurance company for new hampshire under obamacare. clearly that needs to be fixed. and if you look at people who can't get to their doctor for things like cancer, i think clearly there are things that have to be dramatically fixed. but even then, you know, much more profound rethinking of our health system, is it is too expensive and it creates i think long-term challenges for all of us as a country. >> i would just point out it's been four years we've been waiting for the replacement from republicans. and i think one of the problems is they know every other replacement costs more money or actually ensures fewer people or has real challenges. but i'm looking forward to -- >> some on the table. i know that. i don't think it's going to get through the senate anyt

and then, you know, because the gop have the majority in the congress, they can simply, you know, eric cantortable our motion. and that went to a recorded voted. and they win and that's the end of that. >> he's there -- so what we saw yesterday is about the best thing the democrats can do to bring attention to the country that this is how overbearing and how insulting the republicans can be, and this is the best way to call for an apology, call for protests, and do what the democrats did. but removing darrell issa, it -- it isn't going to happen. and not in the age of obstruction or fair play and gate. it won't happen. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. thank you very much. matt cartwright with us from pennsylvania. >>> coming up, if joe biden wants to give hillary clinton a run for her money, well, we've got a suggestion for him. the rapid response panel weighs in with advice. >>> later, the tides are turning in florida politics. i'm here in miami this weekend to find out where voters stand on the issues that matter to them. next, i'm taking your questions

. >> after her death last october, house majority leader eric cantor saw that video. he pushed the gabriella miller kids first research act through congress. $126 million over the next decade. >> this place can often be about politics and what we're trying to do is put the curing of disease for children above politics. >> i want people to remember that she achieved what she wanted far too young. >> her parents didn't tell gabriella she was dying until two days before she did. but she knew. her mom read a poem gabriella wrote six weeks before her death. >> i die here tonight so that you are able to go on, so that you will not stand and watch the world's children go. i go for you. she was 10 years old. and she was dying, and yet she was thinking about other kids. >> i got cancer. so not as many kids will be diagnosed. if i lose my battle, i want other people to carry on the war. i'll be with my friends and in a good place. and it won't be all that bad. >> president obama will sign the gabriella miller act into law on thursday. if you would like to learn more about the s

eric cantor, who weighed in and did everything possible to work this out in a way that we can all be comfortable with. i'm pleased for the opportunity i have had to work with him and mr. grimm, who is sitting over there looking at me, because we started this out when others believed we could not do anything about it. but having said all of that, we have come together to do something good for the people of this country. and i will retain my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from west virginia is recognized. mrs. capito: i yield two minutes to the author of this legislation and that is mr. gril from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. grimm: it's almost surreal standing here right now and i almost don't believe that i'm about to vote on something that i promised my constituents. it's surreal because i'm standing here to do something for the reason i ran for congress, to be able to lead on an issue and solve a problem and come home and tell people that we got something done that is going to change your

last week on the cover of ""the new york post"" they pick up a critical post where eric cantor singledter schools and andrew cuomo joined with moskowicz tuesday for a huge rally on the state capital. their message? charters work. >> i am committed to ensuring charter schools have the financial capacity to physical space and the government's support to thrive and to grow. >> mayor de blasio led his own rally two blocks away returning to push his plan for universal pre-k. >> we are closer than ever to opening next school year with 54,000 full day pre-k seats in new york city. that's tens of thousands more full day seats than we have today and that is a game changer for our children, a game changer for our families. >> joining us now to talk about the schools, the drama and the students we have a professor of sociology at nyu and regina dowdell a parent of a new york city charter school student. also, steve bar, founder of green dot schools and the future is now as well as university prep high school in the south bronx university and dan cantore, executive director of the working families

you know, it's very clear whether it's the tax breaks that they so diligently seek or eric cantor justalking about there are thousands of families that will be struggling to pay their heat bill and this is why we need to continue to deregulate policy for energy companies. i mean, it's insane. there is absolutely nothing about their party that says we're look out for the little guy. they're only looking out for the big guy in the yacht, in the private jet, at the hangar having the dinner, at the sheldon primary. they're not looking out for the little guy, ted cruz. come on. now. >> e.j., remember what billionaire tom perkinson last month about how the rich should have more votes. listen to this. >> the tom perkins system is you don't get to vote unless you pay a dollar of taxes. but what i really think is it should be like a corporation. if you pay a million dollars in taxes, you could get a million votes how. is that? >> christ. >> is that amazing or not? >> that is plutocracy, not democracy. i was thinking here listening to this, one of the great old new deal slogans was if you want t

house majority leader eric cantor today suggested that the house could move on at least some kind ofe rather quickly. also, as the u.s. today cut off not only military relations but also all trade relations and investment talks with russia, is the obama administration going to have domestic opposition on this, particularly when u.s. corporations start squawking about it? or are they going to have political support for those measures in a bipartisan way? and will that matter? in the big picture, as president obama tries to wield maximum leverage against russia to try to get them to stop what they're doing in ukraine, will the reflexive criticism of president obama at home by his domestic political enemies, even the praise of vladimir putin by some american politicians, will that have any effect on america's ability to lead on this issue on the international stage? does it affect our international image and our international capabilities? and does russia care so much more about its immediate geographic neighborhood that they don't much care about whatever the west can wield against the

republicans like eric cantor said they should have their open plan which will take some of those issuesrats care about off the table but give you control of your health care again and allow the economy to recover and grow. >> is rubio right the -- he has a six or eight point pro-growth plan. with everyone obsessing over obamacare, which should be obsessed over, but i'm not hearings old gop growth message. just starting to hear it from a few places. >> you're right, they have to listen to you. >> i'll be around. i'll be very busy. david, you're great. hope to see you here in new york soon. powe paul howard, thank you as always. john, you're the best of the best. >>> you know how much stocks have rebounded since 2009. but what about the overall economy? is main street anywhere near as healthy and prosperous as wall street today? we'll show you some very eye opening comparisons just ahead. it's a growing trend in business: do more with less with less energy. hp is helping ups do just that. soon, the world's most intelligent servers, designed by hp, will give ups over twice the performance,

house majority leader eric cantor said congress is going to move quickly to vote on sanctions. that. >> the house will be discussing ways that we can help ukraine's government while putting significant pressure on russia to stop the flagrant aggression to its neighbor in ukraine. the world community should stand united against this invasion, america should be leading and we'll vote soon on legislation to help aid the ukrainian people. >> what would you be supportive of, do you believe there needs to be stronger sanctions, congresswoman? >> well, first of all, yes, we absolutely need to provide immediate aid, both in terms of loans, loan guarantees, and grants so they can have open and democratic elections so that we can assist them in finding assets that may have been taken with ill-gotten money. in terms of sanctions, it's very important for us to appreciate that unless we have the e.u. with us, the 28 countries of the e.u., the u.s. imposing sanctions on russia is not going to do anything. it is not even one of our 15 top trading partners in the world. as you pointed out in a

you see, when i interviewed eric cantor recently he was talking about the so-called middle-class squeeze talking about jobs but he wasn't really articulating a broad, vigorous growth message. you see some talk about obamacare. but it's really a small ball agenda. and i think they're just trying to play it safe ahead of the midterms. and the democrats, you guys are right, the president's focused on regulations. he's focused on his pen. he doesn't think he can get anything done with this divided congress. so i think we're going to see some very incremental political bills the rest of the year. >> why can't they do -- i asked this, i asked senator mcconnell. why can't they pass a bill that would permit the export of natural gas, lng? to me whether you're republican or democrat, politics stops at the water's edge. i have done everything i can to stay behind president obama. i think he's handled himself reasonably well. but export. why won't they just go ahead and do it? >> because democrats right now, they're on the ropes when it comes to the affordable care act. you see what happens in flor

eric cantor has a plan. to me, the republicans have got to be careful. it's only march. everybody hates obamacare. i get that. the numbers are very clolow. i get that, too. but the gop has to show a path. this is the connection they didn't make in 2012. they have to show the path where the middle class will have higher take home pay and better jobs. and my question to you is, in florida, all your people running for congress and so forth, is there a better way? is there an economic message that will appeal to the middle class? >> there absolutely a better way. and in fact we're not running away from that debate, we're running to that debate. obamacare is not going anywhere. that will be around no matter how hard the democrats try to take it off the table. our growth message is simple. we're not interested in class we warfare, we're not interesting in conversations about equality. we're talking about growth. the way you grow economy is two ways. you have an education system that lifts people out of poverty and gives them an opportunity to change the trajectory of their lif

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. >> john boehner and eric cantor are refusing to extend those benefits. >> this isn't a game, they'reurting people! >> unemployment insurance moves forward in the senate but faces a dead end in the house. >> it's an effort to provide an essential lifeline. >> i don't see how it's working. >> no, i'm not doing that. i'm sorry. >> do you have a concern about the people with no cash in their pockets while you fight with harry reid, snow. >> you are driving me nuts. >> by the end of this year, we could be looking at over five million people if the congress doesn't act. >> well, let's just wait to see what happens. >> joining me tonight, congress's steve cohen of tennessee. congressman, great to have you with us tonight. we're bringing you on here because we want to know what the folks back home are saying. tennessee, middle of the country, southern portion of the united states. let's talk about the folks who have a job. congressman, do you think the folks who have a job feel this is fair play for those who are faced with long-term unemployment? sort it out for us. >> well, it's good for p

house majority leader eric cantor is postponing all votes and legislative business for monday because of the weather. the senate is also putting off all votes until tuesday. the washington area is bracing for a tenth of an inch of ice, topped by up to 12 inches of snow. >> >> we may see showers for your evening commute home. cloudy conditions and the temperatures are in the upper 40's, low 50's. we may continue with showers early tomorrow morning but the assault and storms will be the most part. future cast 4 shows you that the rain will approach just a few stray showers just north of the golden gate bridge. heavy rain by 3:00 p.m.. we will continue with the scattered showers as we head into the evening and that will later on for tuesday morning. >> breaking down your afternoon highs plenty of 60's. 63 degrees for now but in mid 60's for the south. the seven day are around the bay shows unsettled weather for wednesday but has stepped dry conditions. we will see that the warming trend for the weekend. that is something that i will continue to monitor. right now, we're current hot spot

here is majority leader eric cantor. be moving hopefully forward expeditiously, as the speaker said, to give the administration and necessary tools it needs to tell mr. putin to stand down. >> the senate is moving in much the same direction -- same sort of thing. lockstep, basically, congress and the white house, despite the criticism you hear from republicans. they are giving the president a ick he can use in negotiations. >> thank you, peter cook. peter cook will be joined by chairman ed royce. you can watch that interview at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. joining me for more is anderson add-on, an adjunct professor at georgetown university. diplomacy works, what will the ramifications of russia's actions mean for the country in a long-term. >> it is costly for russia's economy in the short and long-term. russia was heading toward stagnation. we know the decline -- the economy is likely to decline rather than stagnate this year, and monday, we saw a big decline of 12% in the stock market. today, again, the stock market in mos

eric cantor has been speaking a lot about this. marco rubio has been speaking a lot about this.now, paul ryan does as well. i think it just illustrates the fact that we have party leaders that are venturing into areas that i think our party should venture into, the war on poverty. >> the window looks very good for republicans in the senate with a lot more options out there. what would republicans do with control of the senate? in the long-term picture, is a good for the party in 2016? how could you possibly satisfy the republican or conservative base with president obama's role in the white house? is not exactly your question, but there is no other way to look at 2014 other than if we win the united states senate edits a home run for the republican party. it just is. i suspect that we will win the majority in the senate. i don't think there is any other narrative other than it's a big win for the republican party. i think i understand your point though. there is very different analysis in regards to our party as it relates to mid terms and presidential elections. there's no doub

eric cantor pointing out there's a whole bunch of things the president could be working with republicanshe keystone pipeline, going on to say, quote: house republicans are focused on helping those unemployed find jobs and protecting working middle class families from administration policies which reduce their hours and wages. that last part, of course, a direct reference to the president's health care law which republicans will continue to frame the midterms around, people going into part-time work and less jobs out there. martha: ed, thank you. we'll see you later. bill: fright anyoning -- frightening sight. a driver who is about to become a hero. >>> plus, there's this -- >> you will sit down and allow me to ask a question, i am a member of the congress of the member of the congress of the unite why are house repu"retreating," ng," and privately saying they'd rather do "nothing" on immigration reform this year? doing nothing puts jobs on ice... forces us to lose out on revenue for roads and schools. and sends a message to millions of dreamers, who study hard and want to serve our count

just beginning to understand a couple of weeks ago there was a meeting of house republicans where eric cantor the house majority leader got up and made this point and apparently from the reporting on it the some of the members in the room were kind of incredulous that they hadn't really thought about it that way that most people work for someone else and they and he was telling them that you know we have to kind of wrap our brains around this idea and speak to people where they are and the problem is i think that for so long to republican party has kind of constructed this moral hierarchy where the businessman is at the top and he's the person who whose interests need to be served and he's the person who's really. the best of us and that's why i think it's they're so attracted one of the reasons they're so attracted to these businessmen candidates who often when they get into the political arena turns out don't have that the proper skills and they end up losing their elections well you know there are hidden attitudes you've written about before the republicans are looking at this works all th

eric cantor spoke before the vote. >> it is vitally important that the united states in conjunction with. and nato allies send an unmistakable signal that this aggression will not be tolerated. together, we must be prepared to exact a significant cause for russia's behavior. if mr. putin's actions will be met with the firmest of resolve. >> legislation had been held up for a couple of weeks because of the dispute over whether to include in the bill reforms to the i.m.f. or international monetary fund. democrats wanted them, saying it would raise u.n. influence, but represents disagreed. in the end, the democrats said they wanted the sanctions and a bill to move forward to shelved the i.m.s. changes for another day. some sanctions that are part of the congressional packages are already happening because president obama signed an executive order dealing with them. congress is now codifying the sanctions and going further with the addition of the aid package. >> the house expected to pass the senate version of that bill today before the president signs it into law. >> the i.m.f. came to the

[applause] let me just say this -- i do not blame john boehner and eric cantor. blame you. 180 members are taking you for a ride, pretending on one side that we will have a special committee. they could bring in the speaker or mr. cantor and mr. rogers and mr. mccarthy and so you either put in a special committee or you were gone tomorrow. [applause] if they were serious. they are not serious. this is the problem with our politics. part of the benghazi story is the media. if the real bob woodward was alive, this would not happen. there are many who poopoo benghazi. it is not about politics, it's about the truth. it's about dead americans and 2/3 of americans believe there should be a special committee and 60% of democrats believe there should be. what the hell is going on here? the politicalelite does not want it. and i wanto tell you to react to what the future is -- we have a system designed but only has liberals and conservatives, democrats and republicans on a very flat axis. there are different paradigms. i will give you the first tenet which was syria last

i was very impressed with eric cantor's statement the other day coming out of the house majority leadership to say that the republicans there will work with the democrats on sanctions, et cetera. i think we need a little more of that. secondly, i think the ukrainians are going to have to step it up a little. for 20 years, we have had ukraini ukraini ukrainian dependence. >> i take it you are less impressed by the comments of lindsey graham and john mccain. let me ask you about madeleine albreck. do you agree with her that vladimir putin is, quote, delusional? >> well, i haven't met him. i haven't seen him in his state. when we used to deal with malolosovich, he would get his war paint on and there is nothing you could say to talk to him. he had this alternate sense of reality. i wouldn't be surprised if we are seeing a little bit of that from putin. certainly, that was the message from angela merkel to say he seemed to be living in another world. this is what often happens with these guys. their advisers are not known forgiving them contrarian advice. they get a call from someone in the wes

actually just records how the banks are going to they're all the republican leaders of the party eric cantor and the others they're all discussed they're just saying we're cutting off all the money and everybody is now telling them guess what that that policy proposal will never be enacted into law. to tell you yeah i think money talks. in american politics it may not be the only voice and after all there were those you know. ordinary people giving some money and there are more of them in the democratic party but not not in the norm of some out to make a huge bit of difference yeah i thought i'm i think there's a reason why you are in as there's a kind of feedback effect that's really kind of devastating where you get some economic inequality going maybe for i'm not going to call it legitimate i'm going to call it a genuine economic. reasons say the deregulation of finance bill that was deeply political and certainly probably launched more political contributions than any issue in american history but so you get some inequality going then you start feeding back that cash into politics and so

[applause] what tim scott and eric cantor are doing.y said, sure, let's make things a little more equal. let's let every parent choose where their child goes to school. [applause] because we believe to help every child get ahead, every parent should get a choice. take congressman graves. they want to give states more control over highways so they can build the roads they need . because we believe families should spend less time in traffic and more time at home. rubio wants to repair our safety net. he wants to streamline government programs and give working families a boost. because we believe in this country it should always pay to work. we believe in the dignity of work. [applause] take congresswoman martha roby. she has a great idea. if you work overtime, you should be able to take more time off, paid time off, if you want to . because we believe that working parents know best how to manage their own time and washington should just get out of the way. take chairman dave camp. he wants to lower tax rates for businesses and families. r

thanks to the leadership of house majority leader eric cantor, the gabriela miller kids first research act which was named in honor of a young girl from virginia passed with a majority of nearly 300 votes. i asked my colleagues on the republican side to pass it and send it to the president for his signature because i saw the positive impact designating these funds would have on peed yatd trick research. all republicans agreed to pass this bill on january 7 and today marks the 63rd day that senate democrats have failed to act although i must say i understand it has now cleared and i think that's excellent. it's past time we passed this bill out of the senate and i believe we're about to do that. this is the type of bipartisan legislation that should move easily through the senate. we should be able to pass the measure today, it's my understanding we will be able to do that and therefore, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to immediate consideration of calendar number 289, h.r. 2019. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 289,

yield one minute to our current republican house majority leader, the gentleman from virginia, eric cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentlelady and congratulate her on her leadership for this bill and making sure that we reinsert a notion of fairness back into the law for the people of this country. mr. speaker, i do rise today in support of the simple fairness act. for the past few months the president's health care law has been wreaking havoc on the american people. after the administration's disastrous launch of the exchanges, obamacare has been anything but what the president had promised it would be. it has become very clear that this law is doing more harm than good. we now know that obamacare has pushed up to five million people off the health care plan they liked. and many are now being denied the care they had. to make matters worse, many of these new plans will force americans to pay higher premiums and higher deductibles. this leaves them with a limited number of options for health

let me play for you as well -- let me read to you what eric cantor had said about this because the politics here are relevant. they haven't been too divisive, but house majority leader cantore issued a statement saying for ukrainian protesters, there should be sanctions against russian individuals who interfere in ukraine's domestic affairs. do you view that as politics or serious policy opg that should be considered here? >> i mean, the president put that on the table yesterday. we said there would be consequences depending on what russia's reaction to the current events are. i think if you go back say four or six weeks, you know, vladimir putin was on offense. he was trying to entice ukraine to have a closer economic relationship and political relationship with the east. yanukovych said a majority of the people reflected in the protest said no. now i think he's playing defense but simply raising the costs for the united states and the european union. putin was willing to write a $15 billion check to prop up the ukrainian economy. now that burden falls to international community, the unite

eric cantor who, is also growing in my opinion as a politician, has talked quite openly in the last few weeks about not wanting the republicans to be the party of no. he wants the republicans to be for at least some kind of reform. yet when i look at the issues, i'm going to very quickly run down some of the issues that are before congress this year, on most of them i see a very dim likelihood of any significant action. tax reform, you're going to see a lot about this in the next 48 hours as dave camp, the ways and means committee chairman, unveils a very ambitious bill. lots of interesting features including a little surtax on the wealthy, that might go against republican orthodoxy. he talks about maybe even subjecting muni bond income to a surtax. that is a very controversial subject. he would do away with a lot of sacred tax breaks as you know. this is something that made most republicans very uneasy. they do not want to have attention drawn to anything that controversial. and i would say that the chances of tax reform this year are at best, 10%. and i'm being generous to even say th

a joint release from eric cantor and house democratic whip, steny hoyer yesterday. urging obama to keep all options on the table. leadership.rty they write the history of delay, deception and assembling of the nuclear program raises serious concerns that they will use prolonged negotiations as a tool to secure an economic lifelong -- lifeline while they make congress towards a nuclear weapons. that goes on to note we are hopeful of the two track strategy and will convince them to change course. the latest on that front from leaders on capitol hill. five minutes to continue to talk about the president's budget being released today. a subject we will tackle in the next segment. phone, waiting in pennsylvania on the line for independent. caller: good morning. i am hanging in there. the reason i am calling is back in december they stop long-term unemployment. there has not been that much -- the last time they voted they missed it by one vote. there is still nothing being done to help those of us out of work, plus i have well over 1000 applications out there. they do not

according to majority leader eric cantor, they want to be on record. tothey pushed it back tuesday.his provides a million dollars in loan guarantees to look -- to ukraine. it will separately act on a bill that provides $10 million for pro-democracy broadcast to propaganda coming from russia in that region. host: you mentioned paul ryan's budget. are there any indications about what is likely to be in it or how it will be different from the administration's budget proposal? guest: it won't be that different. it will be similar in one aspect. saidlican leaders have that he is going to stick to the top line spending numbers. that was something he had negotiated with the senate committee chairman patty murray in december, which passed the house and senate. they are going to stick to that number but the budget is going to have much deeper cuts in the subsequent years. to stick to ang republican commitment to balance the budget within the decade. it will balance over 10 years. host: i'm sticking with paul ryan's budget. it is obviously a democratically control take -- controlled amber --

and i kind of think that there's a very good chance -- and also if you watch majority leader eric cantor, over last year, year and a half increasingly he's sort of looking and acting more like somebody that's about to take over power. and the add very star y'all relationship that -- adversarial relationship that they had four years ago is gone, and i expect that, you know, a year from today we'll probably be looking at speaker cantor, not speaker boehner. and it's not going to be that anybody beats boehner, because, you know, i don't think that's going to happen, but that baner's just going to say, you know, this has been a lot of fun, and there are golf courses yet to play. [laughter] and wines yet to -- vintages yet to sip. >> well, we've run out of time, ask i want to give my deep thanks to my two friends, charlie and greg. and few you know why i rely on them so much. i also quote them because i can't say anything that they say, but i quote them a lot because they say it so colorfully and so around tuck lately and make me a better economist for it. so thank you both, and we appreciate