gabriella miller, this bill's namesake, was -- well, she was something special. she was nine when she found out that she had a brain tumor the size of a walnut. and she was 10 when brain cancer took her life. in that time, gabriella -- never at a loss for words or wisdom -- became the leader of this movement. and she was awfully good at it. "if i go," gabriella said, "if i lose my battle i'm going to want all the people to carry on with the war, and we're going to win this war." let's go out and prove her right. join us in urging our senators to put kids first and pass this bill. in this season of sweeping resolutions, here's a chance to show how one small change can make a big difference. thank you for listening. >> on the next washington journal, what advocate group have planned for 2014. a look at the war on poverty after lyndon johnson announce the initiative. james joins us. -- james jones joins us. answering the question, what is the most important issue congress should address this year. $100,000 in total prizes. the grand prize of $5,000. -- januaryue by

gabriella miller, this bill's namesake, was -- well, she was something special. she was nine when she found out that she had a brain tumor the size of a walnut. and she was 10 when brain cancer took her life. in that time, gabriella -- never at a loss for words or wisdom -- became the leader of this movement. and she was awfully good at it. "if i go," gabriella said, "if i lose my battle i'm going to want all the people to carry on with the war, and we're going to win this war." let's go out and prove her right. join us in urging our senators to put kids first and pass this bill. in this season of sweeping resolutions, here's a chance to show how one small change can make a big difference. thank you for listening. >> both chambers return from recess this coming week. to senate gavels in monday consider a three-month extension of unemployment benefits which expired on december 28. on thell continue debate nomination of janet yellen to be the federal reserve chairman with a vote at 5:30. a simple majority is needed for confirmation. you can follow the senate live o

don't take it from me, gabriella miller, this bill's namesake was something special she was nine when she found that she had a brain tumor the size of a walnut . she was 10 when brain cancer took her life. in that time, gabriella never at a loss for words or wisdom, became the leader of this movement. she was awfully good at it. if i go she said, if i lose my want all'm going to the people to carry on the war. and we're going to win this war. join us in urging our senators to put kids first and pass this bill. season of sweeping resolutions, here's a chance to show how one small change can make a big difference. thank you for listening. >> on the next "washington we begin with and a gallant of moveon.org followed by andrew ross of club for growth. then a look at the war on poverty, 50 years after president lyndon johnson first announced the initiative. former congressman james jones joins us. we will take your phone calls, e-mails and tweets beginning live at 7 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room a

we just recently passed the gabriella miller kids first research afplgt why doesn't the president join us in that? if he's got more answers or more problems or more suggestions to that bill, we're all ears. so, with that i'm hopeful to have a really productive year. i know along with our speaker leadership team, thank you. >> good morning. cl hope you're all staying warm. the president's state of the union said he had a phone and a pen. i think the first phone call actually has to be to harry reid, to talk about trade. he might want to have to get his own party in line. the pen can be used as the leader just said. as he talked about places we could grow together. there's four bills that have already passed the house and that phone call with harry reid, he say, move those forward and i'll use the pen to sign those. this conference is unique. it's a time for us to come together to debate issues, to find -- define policy of where we want to find solutions but the speakers we've had are innovators. they're not looking at the concept of a short time frame. they're looking at what the world