the spear pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. dreier: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 second. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: the house is notn order, madam speaker. well, it is now. madam speaker, i think it's very important to note that yesterday and today we are continuing to hear that under the boehner proposal that cuts in medicare and social security would take place when in fact both the boehner and reid proposals have virtually identical, identical plans to put into place -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time h expired. mr. dreier: joint select committee that would in fact report back to this institution. thank you very much for helping to obtain order, friends. d madam speaker, i'm happy to yield one minute to my very good friend from houston, a member of the appropriations committee, mr. culberson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. culberson: thank you. madam speaker

myth four, expired drug cost make you expire. toss out expired prescription drugs that your life depends on. >> things like pain relievers, allergy pled sins, they are -- medicines, they're going to be good for several years after. get them out of the bathroom. hot steamy air will make them break down sooner. >> reporter: myth five, your computer becomes obsolete as soon yous you -- as you as you

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, at this time i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, a member of the committee of the ways and means, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: this republican ploy is too clever by hat. at the very same time republican senators are filibustering against bringing up this proposal in the senate. the house republicans are insisting on bringing it up here so they can vote it down. while it is imperfect and imbalanced, this reid proposal protects educational opportunities for college students, it protects retirement security through medicare and social security, and it provides more important resources for public services than the reactionary house republican budget. with house republicans still at fault for refusing to seek any type of middle ground, the reid bill is the least worse alternative to avoid default. as desperate as the

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. those in the back of the chamber will take their conversation off the floor. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield 10 seconds to the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: is recognized for 10 second. mr. van hollen: just to be very clear. what we did was eliminated the overpayments to some of the medicare advantage pns and, and -- madam speaker -- madam speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: the house is not in order. the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam speaker. we used much of those savings to close the prescription drug doughnut hole. inour budget you took the hole $500 billion, but you reopened the drug doughnut hole at the same time you are eliminating the medicare guarantee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, let me yield myself five seconds to say

the presiding officer: the time has expired. mr. paul: can we have an extension of two minutes to finish our thoughts? mr. durbin: i don't object as long as this side is given an additional two minutes. mr. paul: thank you. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: and in that series of books, the crucial conversations he encourages people to do is to find whatever common ground they can reach. i think there is common ground among the american people geney that we should balance our budget. not everyone agrees about how we balance the budget, what should be cut, b they do agree that we should balance it. that being the case, that's where we oht to focus our efforts, is on amending our law of laws, that 224-year-old document that has fostered the development of the greatest civilization the world has ever known. change it again to improve it, to restrict congress' borrowing power. the plan proposed by the democrats that's now about to come before us puts our budgeting process on autopilot, doesn't require another bug for two

the spear pro mpore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, at this time i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, a member of the committee of the ways and means, mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: this republican ploy is too clever by hat. at the very same time republican senators are filibustering against bringing up this proposal in the senate. the house republicans are insisting on bringing it up here so they can vote it down. while it is imperfect and imbalanced, this reid proposal protects educational opportunities for college students, it protects retirement security through medicare and social security, and it provides more important resources for public services than the reactionary house republican budget. with house republicans still at fault for refusing to seek any type of middle ground, the reid bill is the least worse alternative to avoid default. as desperate as the

police and fire are set to expire in july 200413. -- july 2013. in july, we believe the contribution will likely be between the employer contribution -- it will be between -- it will be between 22 and 22.5%, for an employee he he makes between $50,000.100000 dollars on a pretax basis. employees at -- between $50,000 and $100,000 on a pretax basis. employees who make less -- as i mentioned, the contracts must expire for this to apply. u c above on the chart be numbers that reflect -- you see above on the chart the numbers that reflect when the rates drop. you go up for more you have a line of zeros, 1.5%, etc., of the existing 7.5% base. what we like about this model, we think it is a sensible for many -- this sensible for many reasons -- defensible for many reasons. supervisor elsbernd: i am getting a look from the city attorney. i do not know how much we can see it or can say. fair enough. we will leave it at that. >> our proposal reaches back to am pleased to were not members of the empowerment system. we have employees in the california republi

even at b.a.r.t., we found expired permits. we found nearly two dozen permits in this state database. a b.a.r.t. spokesman says the problem is paperwork. >> it's difficult to keep up with the paperwork that goes along with maintaining elevators. the number one priority is safety, but in terms of trying to keep up with the paperwork to show you that they're safe, that can be an issue sometimes. >> reporter: why isn't the system working? california's department of industrial relations is in charge of inspecting the elevators once a year and iss issuing the permit. but it's the owners to maintain the elevators. >> if an owner doesn't call us, that elevator may experience a lag time before it gets a new permit due to our workload, due to our scheduling and on some occasions, unfortunately, we do find eleva'ton dtet g don't get caught. >> reporter: even if a building owner schedules an inspection, it can still take months to get it done. and here's why. >> right now we have 26 inspectors in the bay area. that's not a lot. each inspe

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the gentlewoman from ohio's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. lance, for five minutes. mr. lance: thank you, mr. speaker. as our nation's debt now approaches its current $14.29 trillion limit, many americans rightfully ask how did this happen. in the past decade alone congress has authorized an increase in the debt 10 times. when republicans have controlled the white house and congress it was republicans who voted for it. when democrats have controlled the white house and congress, it was democrats who voted for it. the federal government has only managed to balance its budget five times in the last 50 years. most recently with president clinton, a democrat, and a republican control in the house of representatives. washington now borrows approximately 40% of every dollar it spends. foreign investors hold half of our nation's $14 trillion debt. not only from china but from great britain, saudi arabia and other places as well. admiral mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff have cal

the variance on the proper permit is expired. but the 311 notice is the of standing issue. vice president garcia: and that is not a du jour, de facto remanding? >> they do have to go apply. vice president garcia: but we are granting them the right. i will not get into that. it is not important. you got my motion, right? [laughter] >> there had been an earlier motion by commissioner fung. vice president garcia: i worried it was my motion. i am glad to hear it. commissioner fung: i doubt it will pass but i will make it again anyway. i will move to overrule the zoning administrator on the basis that the variance and the original permit to maintain the two units have expired and arnelle and void. >> one suggestion. it is not the zoning the minister

there was another case too of money expiring to get a direct example of that. one of our food runners missed a lot of work due to to scabeys. she could not be, you know, handing customers food and having contact with them with the sores on her arms, hands and fingers. she missed so much work she had goten in trouble at work and -- for being unreliable because of her absences. she had to bring a note that showed she was getting it fixed or she was going to get fired. we had to pool money together for her. it was like $700 for her and her son. so i get really emotional talking about this because she is actually my best friend and she had about $3,000 worth of money that expired that december but she didn't have the money to go pay for prescriptions and the creams and the injections and everything she needed to get that treated for her and we all pooled money together at work and we came up with almost $800 for her from our own money. i gave her my whole entire check. i pay outor pocket for grad school. that was my tuition payment. i gave her help to pay for this

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: we're also reminded that jefferson said that the principle of spending money today that we don't have be paid for by posterity is but swindling future generations. something this republican party does not wish to do. with that i yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, mr. johnson. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2560, the cut, cap and balance act. last november the american people sent a clear and resounding message -- cut off the nation's credit card and stop spending money we don't have. today we're doing that. this act makes immediate spending cuts and forces the federal government to do what americans all over this country are doing, living within their means. this legislation also begins to cap federal government spending at levels that are historically sustainable to ensure vibrant economic growth. finally this measure forces the federal government

the gentleman's time has expired. mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from texas. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. flores: my constituents gave me a stamp that says, nonsufficient funds, denied by taxpayers. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam speaker. when we were all sworn in we were also sworn to protect the constitution of the united states, not manipulate the united states to protect special interest tax breaks for oil and gas companies or other special interests by implanting into that document a requirement that 2/3 of this body and the senate have to vote to get rid of them for purposes of deficit reduction. i also think that while we're all entitled to our own opinions, we are not entitled to our own facts. if you look at the medicare trustees report it will indicate that the healt

. >> would the bush tax cuts expire as planned? >> i certainly hope so as it relates to the higher income people. we do believe at this time when you're asking students to make sacrifices, asking our seniors to make sacrifices that the least we can do is tell the most well off in our community that they shouldn't be getting a continued tax break that was intended to expire. >> senator, your colleague froma mccull ski told "the washington post" quote when we heard reports of megatrillion dollar cuts with no revenues, many of us were volcanic. what's she referring to as far as you knowsome. >> i talked to the president today. the president was clear that revenues need to be part of the final package. look, we know there's going to be spending cuts. we understand that. we're prepared to support a comprehensive balanced preach to get our debt under control. we need to make sure it is fair. to be fair we need to have the revenues to pay our bills. >> would you agree if there are no revenue taxes it would be seen as a capitulation to the

this harry reid bill is full of >> your time has expired. >> the gentleman's time is has expired. >> they don't get the job done. i yield back. >> who claims time? which doesn't get the job done. the speaker pro tempore: who claims time? the house will be in order. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: thank you very much, madam speaker. at this time i'm happy to yield 30 second to the gentleman from mississippi mr. pa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. palazzo: the american people expect us to lead during times of crisis. house republicans have led. house republicans have provided plans and solutions to america's debt crisis. house republicans have used their voice as representatives of their district to end the deficit crisis and to balance a budget. we've done our job. it's time a the senate does theirs. leader reid and president obama is what stands in the way of helping this debt crisis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. palazz vote no on the reid plan. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman reserve? mr. m

the gentlelady's time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i'd like to ask subcommittee chairman young if he'd enter into a colloquy regarding the department of defense's future plans for data storage. the chair: i would be pleased to enter into a colloquy on behalf of chairman young with you sir. >> with the daily reports on cyberattacks and intrusions, i feel congress needs to express its concerns before there's a cyberevent that will impact and damage national security. the department of defense is the world's largest target for cyberattacks. there are many aspects of cyberdefense infrastructure but i'd like to focus on one critical piece, the phys

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: thank you very much, madam chairwoman. i am so pleased to announce three minutes of time for mr. blumenauer from oregon. he has a long history in this area and the national flood insurance act of 2004 bears his name. i appreciate his support. i yield three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for three minutes. mr. blumenauer: i appreciate the gentleman's courtesy as i appreciate her leadership and chair biggert for bringing this important legislation to the floor. it is true. i have been working in these areas for the last 10 years to make sure that the program is stable in the long term. encourage participation. and here we are raising rates where necessary to more accurately reflect flood risk. for too long homeowners in low-risk areas have been subsidizing those in high-risk areas all backed by the federal taxpayers. this bill will make the program closer to being actuarially sound. i appreciate the

myth four, expired drug cost make you expire. toss out expired prescription drugs that your life depends on. >> things like pain relievers, allergy pled sins, they are -- medicines, they're going to be good for several years after. get them out of the bathroom. hot steamy air will make them break down sooner. >> reporter: myth five, your computer becomes obsolete as soon yous you -- as you as you buy it. as long last it's not running slowly, no need to upgrade. >> you have to replace the ink cartridge when it says some. some ink cartridges are still 40% full when the indicator says it's empty. hey, with the economy hit hard, many employee perks were hit at work but one that's continuing to hold steady is discounted gym membership. companies hope it will reduce healthcare costs. employees that work out on a regular basis are usually more healthy and could take fewer trip s to the doctor's hovers -- office. >>> changing the way we look at fat tonight. not all fat is bad. in fact, some can help you lose weight. >>> move over maratho

it says right here in the owner's manual, every 7,500 miles. >> myth 4, expired drugs can make you expire. >> allergy medicine they will be good for several years after they expire. one thing you want to do to make them last longer, get them out of the bathroom. >> myth five, your computer becomes obsolete as soon as you buy it. if you shop on line and check your mail, it will work just fine. >> there is no reason to up grade. >> and myth number six, of you of the ink cartridge when your printer says so. they conducted tests and found some ink cartridges are 40% full when the indicator says they are empty. there you have it the facts on half a dozen replacement myths. >> that was elizabeth leemy. we want to take you to napa. this is the valley hospital where there is an incident that happened, apparently according to the fire department, two female workers at a vineyard at big ranch road arrived earlier hand they were sprayed with some sort of pesticide. they are conscious and breathing normally. they were taken to the hospital. they want to decontaminate them outside. that is a decontami

>> the gentleman time has expired. expired. we will have a second round rounders dimon. the gentlelady from new york. >> thank you mr. chairman. i am uncertain as to where to start here because of what i have heard. i think i will start with mr. canino. your comment was that it is inconceivable to let guns go. it is not the way the atf does things so when your experience, is what happened in the "operation fast and furious" an aberration from the usual way that atf does business? >> this is the first time i've heard of anything like this. i start my 22nd year on friday. this is the first time i have heard anything like this. >> and during the course of this operation were you advised that there was going to be -- at what point did you become aware that there was going to be a different method of operation and xp man money to put this in context. the first time i ever heard of someone accusing atf agents of actually watching suspected gun traffickers just drive away was special agent dotson on cbs. and i didn't believe him and i was very vocal about that. i didn't become

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speak. there are some things that we want to change and there are some things we don't want to change. ne of the things we don't want to change is the constituti of the united states of america. and i think many of us think it is a corruption of the constitution to write in provisions that say you can only balance the budget the way t republicans want to balance the budget, you can only do it by capping things at 18%, even if that means deep cuts to social security, deep cuts to medicare. we think it's a corruption of the constitution to write io the founding document a provision that says it's easier to cut social curity and medicare than corporate tax breaks. that is in here. we keep hearing 49 of 50 states. 49 of 50 states do not write those kinds of provisions into their state cstitutions. very few do. and for good reason, they are bad ideas, bad ideas now and ill be bad ideas in the future, which would constrain the cong

and his id was a college id card that expired five years ago. but even after an airline caught him once, he was able to get past the tsa a second time and attempted to board another flight. now many want to know how this happened. mary ann rafferty has more. >> reporter: virgin atlantic has explaning to do after a man managed to sneak on a plane last week. fbi officials say the man was sitting in the main cabin when a flight attendant asked to see his boarding pass. all he had was an expired pass under somebody else's name. >> it means there are large gaps in security. >> reporter: officials questioned him and let him go. then on wednesday, law enforcement caught him trying to board another flight using a different expired pass. the search of his bag found ten expired boarding passes, none with his name. he's been charged with being a stow away and is expected in los angeles court on friday. >> our security agencies take any situation like this seriously, and i can ensure you they are investigating this situation thoroughly. >> the more you get

contract that expires in december. -- four call for amendments to the contract that expires in december. while we know they will not implement this issue, we ask that they take some of these things into consideration as they make the new contract. we also have a landing on it that we did. we look dickie computer controls for the accounting system. there are two remaining outstanding recommendations. they are both in progress. we are confident they will implement a corporate procedures. the final -- a corporate procedures. there are two outstanding recommendations for bank of america. but asked for changes to the lease, which is scheduled to expire august 16, 2011. cash handling audit of security office -- access office. there are three outstanding recommendations. the airport has decided not to fully implement two of them due to staffing constraints. one of them is inadequate activation of duty. while again we understand we have limited resources, we are asking that the airport confined other mitigating ways to assist

andrew michael's case did not involve an expired elevator permit.make us question just how often elevators in the bay area are inspected. our investigation found that hundreds are running right now with an expired permit. we found them in department stores and office buildings, permits that have been expired for several years. we even found an expired elevator permit in andrew and jackie's current apartment building. >> i try to take the stairs when i can. >> reporter: even at bart we found expired permits. our analysis found nearly two dozen expired permits in this state database. the problem is paperwork. >> it's difficult for us to be able to keep up with the paperwork that goes along with maintaining the elevators. our number one priority is safety, but in terms of keeping up with the paperwork that show you that they're safe, well, that can be an issue sometimes. >> reporter: so why isn't the system working? california's department of industrial relations is in charge of inspecting the elevators once a year and issuing the permits, but it's the

and expiring sales tax from 2009 is the reason.y on every dollar spent adds up. >> with the 1 percent tax and dropped the key in friday, the state tax range will be 7.25% to 9.7% saving a penny may not seem like a lot but it can add up. the average price for a cup of coffee at starbucks will run you about $3 for a saving of 35. go three times per year, that is a savings of $468. now take a flat screen hdtv, if it costs $600, you will save $6 today that you would not have saved on thursday. but here is what you can see the savings, purchased a $25,000 car, that is $250 that you can stand on something else. one car dealer is seeing the difference that one penny makes. >> we had four clients come in today because the sales tax went down to 1%--went down 1%. i think we will see an increase in sales. >> they say that the drop is a win for them and their clients, a little motivation to get the customer to sign on the dotted line. >> it is not an enormous drop, but it will help me with the first payment, so absolutely any drop in tax is g

other things like this, and when we purchased it, we did not know about a violation and what the expired permit men to. -- permit meant. at some point in 2006, the landlord applied for a permit to remove the downstairs unit and make it legal, just to remove its superiot. eventually, the permit was revoked by the board of appeals, and they got a new permits that made it illegal, and that permit expired before we purchased the property. we purchased it a few months later, not knowing this, so we were going through the process of assessment, and applying for our permanent. we thought everything was going to be fine, and eventually, i reach the planning department, who had already seen our assessment, the initial plan we had, and they did not say anything then, so it was surprising to us when our permit was denied, and i guess-reaso rn the initial permit was revoked was because both parties agreed to make cakeit a legal two unit. i mean the tenants and landlords. basically we are the only ones that are going to be living there are as of tomorrow, and it is not our rental unit any more, so i

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kucinich: in a short time, the house will have an opportunity to reclaim our constitutional authority on matters of war and peace by voting to stop the use of funds for the war in libya. an agreement has been reached through work that mr. amash and i have done to create a bipartisan amendment which states none of the funds made available by this act may be used for the use of military force against libya. the amash-kucinich amendment is co-sponsored by a growing group of bipartisan activists, including representatives ron paul, lynn woolsey, walter jones, conyers, barbara lee, ted poe and pete stark this could well be a historic moment where a bipartisan coalition rally this is congress to defend the constitution an

let the bush tax cuts expire. let all the bush tax cuts expire. that's $4 trillion. it's not too complicated. it would take us back to those bad old clinton years when rich people paid taxes. and the job creators, they call them, you can't make the job creators pay taxes. it will ruin the economy. that's what they said when clinton raised the taxes back in the 1990's. guess what? wended up with 3.8% unemployment. -- we ended up with 3.8% unemployment and balanced the budget and paid down debt. but yet the wealthy and all americans carried a fair share of that burden. i'd love to go back to those bad old days. we have been now for a decade living under the theory that reducing taxes creates jobs. especially reducing taxes on billionaires. the job creators. creates jobs. not working too well, is it? nope, it's really not working at all. but the obama administration and the gang of six have apparently bought into this flimflam. let's continue the bush tax cuts. let's continue the stupid social security tax holiday that hasn't created a single job. sure, there are a lot

all timer to debate has expired -- time for debate has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois rise? mrs. biggert: i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the committee rises. mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 1309 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 1309 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to house resolution 337 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2354. would the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, kindly take the chair? the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the sta

one of the changes drivers will notice the yellow clean air decals are expiring but when is creatingsion. >> reporter: the carpool confusion started friday morning. >> the yellow stickers that are issued for hybrid in 2005, are now expired as of june 31st. >> kron4 was along with chp officer when he began enforcing the new rule. before you know it the officer pulled over a hybrid to driving in the lane. there's no grace period. notification was made. letters were filled out for the yellow sticker. >> a ticket was not issued but the driver said the will he got said something different. it stated it was through today, through jule one, i -- july 1. i thought today would be the last day. >> the letter to drivers actually indicates two different dates a the top says effective july 1, in bold it roads after july 1. >> and if you look on california state web site an alert in red text says the decals for hybrid vehicles are expiring and won't be valid after july 1, 2011. since this the july 1, 2011, where you can drive with a yellow sticker on friday is murky. the lay goes into effect -- la

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. dreier: i'm happy to yield my friend from spring hill an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. nugent: a plan is what we have here in front of us today. it's a new way forward. and i hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle recognize that and move with us. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. markey: the republican party's deficit plan is very simple. one, prolong the default crisis. two, push the nation to the very brink of economic collapse. three, repeat it all again and again until election day, 2012. the republican party cares only about political victory. they don't want compromise. they want capitulation. and if america goes into

the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. all time for general debate has expired. the rule will be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. it shall be considered in order to consider as the original bill urn the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute. that amendment -- that amendment shall be considered read no amendment to the amendment as a substitute shall be considered in order except those pripped in house report 112-72. each amendment may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be debatable for 10 minutes, shall not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject to demapped for division of the question. it is now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in house report 112-172. the ellison of minnesota amendment is he present? for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk on behalf of the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison who is recover trg a knee injury. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1, pr

>> the two issues as the allied stickers are expired data proposed expiration date of 2009 and was extended into december 2010 and then again to june 2011 there are white stickers and starting january 2012 there will be green stickers that they be issued as well. >> people that are a be a force of had better think taking data within? >> now there is no grace. as of june 30th of they are inspired if you're riding without a minimum number of occupants you will be subject to a citation >> that you for that information this morning kron 4 morning news will be back in just apartment governor riley sounded $86 billion spending package. talk about changes for the vehicle registration fees the percentages being cut in half and another $12 will be added to it. you'll notice it when you go to register in your vehicle. if you get $20,000 value car. and the other big news is the sales tax can supers making the ticket purchases will halsey the biggest difference in sales tax the sales tax drops is expected scene by the state. you will see $2.50 more for every thousand dollars you make. >> they came to a

were always intended to expire. their -- his proposal speaks about entitlement reforms and savings. i just read the letter from the aarp the petition, at least in part, which calls on us to save social security, medicare an medicaid. yet the republican proposal would include entitlement reforms and savings and again, here comes the balanced budget amendment. a budget amendment that would be required before the end of the year. and then a short term lifting of the debt ceiling. something that will not bring the stability to our economy and that would still put our credit in the world at risk. it's a two-step approach to hold president obama accountable. is that what this is all about? or are we trying to restore the good faith and credit of this nation. their two-step approach to hold president obama accountable, i don't think he needs to be held accountable, he's been a good president and doesn't need us to help him be accountable. they have cuts, they want cuts that exceed the debt hike. the hike in the debt ceilin

the expired taxes amount to about $30 on a typical $300 roundtrip ticket.e taxes expired on friday when congress failed to pass legislation to keep the faa running. while thousands of faa employees have been furloughed, air traffic controllers remain on the job and the obama administration says the shutdown will not affect air safety. >>> a musical legacy cut short. remembering amy winehouse ahead. >>> also, a loyal friend goes to extremes. why he held on for dear life. and if you think today was nice, meteorologist leigh glaser says wait until tomorrow. >> police say singer amy winehouse was found dead today at her home in london. she struggled with drug and alcohol abuse throughout her career, but police say the cause of her death is still not immediately clear. winehouse shot to fame in 2006 with the album "back to black." her blend of jazz, soul, rock, and classic pop was a global hit. amy winehouse was 27 years old. >>> a man who thought someone stole his friend's purse went on the ride of his life. it happened friday in stockton, and you can see that

"the post's" ruth markus asked president norquist if allowing the bush tax cuts to expire at the end would violate that pledge. not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase. mr. norquist told us. so it doesn't violate the pledge? we wouldn't hold it that way, he said. norquist had pointed out that republicans could allow the bush tax cuts to expire and raise government revenue by as much as $4 trillion over the next decade without violating the grover norquist pledge. the pledge to him to oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates. this made democrats very excited. >> grover norquist, the hall monitor when it comes to enforcing the republican party's anti-tax pledge, has given house republicans a hall pass. they should use it. >> i think mr. norquist has made a very, very important statement that i hope that they each take into consideration. >> less than 40 minutes after congressman hoyer praised the development, norquist appeared on this network to clarify that though allowing the bush tax cuts to expire may not technically violate his pledge

all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on energy and commerce printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in house report 112-181. each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report by a member designated in the report , shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. it is now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in house report 112-181. for what purpose does the gentleman from vermont rise? mr. welch: madam speaker, i rise today to offer an amendment to h.r. 1938. the chair: the cler

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: we're also reminded that jefferson said that the principle of spending money today that we don't have be paid for by posterity is but swindling future generations. something this republican party does not wish to do. with that i yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, mr. johnson. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2560, the cut, cap and balance act. last november the american people sent a clear and resounding message -- cut off the nation's credit card and stop spending money we don't have. today we're doing that. this act makes immediate spending cuts and forces the federal government to do what americans all over this country are doing, living within their means. this legislation also begins to cap federal government spending at levels that are historically sustainable to ensure vibrant economic growth. finally this measure forces the federal government

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho rise? mr. simpson: move to strike the last word. this has been a fascinating debate to listen to as the gentleman from massachusetts and the gentleman from virginia tell the gentleman from alaska how it works in alaska. i will tell you he knows more about alaska than any of you ever thought of knowing. the problem is, you say you are trying to save mr. young from himself by offering this amendment. we are trying to save the park service from itself. and the actions that it's taken. logically your argument is gee, if people had problems in their own areas, then you might see other amendments come like this. and we would be setting a precedent. exactly. if we can't have oversight about what goes on and what the park service does, why are we even here? you heard the story that i won't repeat what happened to this gentleman, mr. wild, on the river. we all agree that it's a problem. and in fact when the park service tells the gentleman, stops

an expiring tax hike from 2009 is the reason. there will be saving one penny from every dollar and it will add up. particularly on a large ticket items they are hoping that it will actually improve the economy for the state. >> california municipal transportation agency fare hikes. $2 increase for monthly musn featheri pass also, caltrain has increased. monthly-passes increasing cost from $8.75 to-from at&t park. >> the yellow stickers have now expired. however, good news. the zero emission vehicles. if this is a list. these are eligible for a white sticker. 10,000 white stickers have been issued. these have zero emissions these vehicles. >> prince albert and charlene a onetime olympics were from south africa. that is the french president carzi, we will be back. >> octimom, she says she cannot handle what's going on. she says i. " hate babies " they are disgusting. my older six animals are getting more and more out of control. she is facing aconviction not able to pay the mortgage. she reportedly has a deal with a reality show. a

that's more than a million dollars by the time it expired in 2015. four more years at the healm of the city schools. his previous contract, fir -- expired last night. >> there is concern of keeping that talent in baltimore city and deep commitment. >> reporter: he says they had to act fast. other school systems will take years to turn around. his new contract comes when the district is under fire. two elementary schools caught cheating on standardized tests. he signed his first contract in 2010. now this second contract adds four more years to his stay in baltimore. it is enough time to make more improvements to the school district. >> it is a big enough problem that it take more than four years to solve it. >> reporter: if the improvements are met like boosting test scores as well as attendance rate his contract has a provision in it that allows a bonus. back to you. >> thank you. his contract includes a $750 monthly payment for a car and driver. >>> first day of july is like the last day of june. absolutely gorgeous. you cannot ask for much better

the expiring tax hike from 2009 is the reason.e explain how saving a penny on every dollar can add up. >> with the california 1 percent tax stopped kicking in friday, statewide, the cells%--the state's sales percentage will be 7% to 9.25%. now the average couple coffee at starbucks may run about $3 for a savings of 35. if you go three-time to a week for a year, that is a savings of 468. now take the hdtv. if it costs $600, you will save $6 today they would not have saved on thursday. but here is way you can see the savings. purchase a $25,000 car, and that is to london and $50 that you can spend on something else to. and one senses the car dealer is already seeing the difference and what a pity makes. >> we have already seen it a couple of sales to date from the 1 percent sales tax decrease. so i think we will see an increase in our sales. >> they say the sales tax on the drop is a win for them and their clients. a little motivation to get customers to sign on the that line. >> it is not an enormous drop, but it will help with the