after that, eric watson discusses the $1 trillion spending bill that was signed by president obama this week. a conversation with michael sing of the institute for near east policy. we will look for your reaction by phone, e-mail, and twitter as well as facebook. beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on book tv, former dispense secretary robert gates talks about his management afghanistan.n 10:00 easternt and monday 1:45. a few weeks, look at "women's history for beginners" author bonnie morris. online for the rest of january, join our discussion on "the liberty amendments." onto book tv.org and click the job -- book club to enter the chat. >> c-span. brought to you as a public service by your cable -- >> joining us for our conversation this week on "the communicators" is the senior republican on the federal communications commission, ajit pai. commissioner pai, this is the week that the net neutrality decision came down and part of your response to this -- i will read it to our audience and have you expand a little bit. >> that is my statement. first, peter, th

>> as congress begins consideration of fiscal year 2014 omnibus spending bill, we are joined by eric watson of the hill. what are some topline details we should know about? trillion inut $1 total land fleshes out the ryan- murray budget pact that had 2013. in the worked to hash out budget that encourages compromises that was originally 134 policy writers, limitations on everything from the post office, discontinuing saturday mail, to preventing the export- import dank from preventing. an important point that is in the bill. other points not in the bill, blocking all funding for obamacare. that is the issue that shut down the government for 16 days. however, they can point to the fact that it has been taken out of the obama prevention care fund, often derived as a slush fund, that they can dip into to bolster obamacare funding and overall funding held that the post sequestration level. there is no new funding for obamacare. year.4 is an important how does the omnibus handle the funding? >> $92 billion on the high and is what the house was seeking. that would help the pentagon deal with cuts

as congress begins consideration of the fiscal year 2014 omnibus spending bill, we are joined by eric watson of the hill. what are some of the details we should know about this bill? >> it is about $1 trillion in total. it pushes out the details of the murray budget pact. it was a true bipartisan cover my's. they worked to hash out the differences throughout the federal government, that includes compromises on what were originally 134 policy riders on everything from the post office, discontinuing saturday mail, to preventing the export-import bank from blocking funds. priorityan important for hal rogers. that was in the bill. the anger was not in the bill, there was no provision blocking funding for obamacare. downis the issue that shut the government for 16 days in october. conservatives can point to the fact that $1 billion has been taken out of the obamacare prevention fund. thatis a slush fund secretary sibelius can dip into to falter obamacare funding. overall, obamacare funding is held at a level where there is no new funding. >> 2014 is an important year for u.s. efforts in afghanist

meanwhile, eric watson reports congress is set to unveil a $1 trillion spending bill next week that staff appropriateness have been working on on a near daily basis throughout the holiday break. has been better than expected at the subcommittee level. the goal remains to pass the through both chambers by january 16 to prevent another government shutdown. congress returns next week and you can watch the senate on onday and the house live tuesday on c-span. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> i have been involved in politics for 40 years on one way or another. peoplenever seen so many quoting and waving around the declaration of independence and the constitution. many of you 10 years ago never gave it a second thought. now i bet it is at the front of your minds. it is with tens of millions of us. is, tensof the matter of millions of us love this country and do not want it fundamentally transformed. othere to get to as many people we can and wake them up and educate them. i am not trying to pat myself on the back, but that is the purpose of this book. i consider it par