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mcmorris rodgers: i rise in strong support of the -- of h r. 4. there's not a sing issue i hear more about from washington state businesses than the 1099 requirement that made its way into last year's health care law. not only is this provision an administrationive nightmare for employers, it has the potential to devastate small businesses. in fact, nfib estimates that the average business will have to smit at least 95 forms under the new requirement, a costly increase from the current handful required today. en tax consultants said this 1099 is more onerous than any tax the i.r.s. could collect from small businesses. at a time when our economy is struggling, jobs are scarce and unemployment continues to hover near 10%, the last thi we should do is make it more difficult on our employers. particularly the small businesses that make up the back bone of our economy and create most of the jobs in america. the 1099 is just one in a number of policy that was created a climate of fear and uncertainty for the private sector. businesses don't know what re

. -- in h r, in i.t., and not on the streets. that is what needs to change. >> the armed forces have our total support and admiration. traditionally, they would have looked to conservative government, whether in good economic times are bad to defend them as they defend us. given the deplorable treatment that they are currently receiving, whether they -- or hard copy, what plans does he have to restore it in government? >> i think everybody appreciates that our armed forces are among the most grave of professional in the world and we can be incredibly proud of what they do. in making sure that we do look out for them, this government has introduced a doubling of the operational allowance for all those serving in afghanistan. we are the first government in history to introduce a people premiums so that the children of service personnel get extra money when they go to school. we are making sure that rest and recuperation leave is properly formed. and we are writing out the military covenant and properly referencing it in law. of all

that dump truck of a bill known as h. rone -- i mentioned on the floor that it had more poison pills ban rasputin's medicine cabinet. here we are burdened it with all this stuff and we got this language in hr1 that stops epa's renewable fuel standards for the remainder of the fiscal year. how do you deal with that with the consequences of 17-46 in hr1? >> yes sir, i think we agree that the greenhouse gas prohibitions and the riders have an impact because they are greenhouse gas-based, case -- based on a life cycle analysis compared to conventional gasoline. that is one of the consequences, as well. >> ok, i just want to make a final, and to address -- we talked a lot about the great lakes restoration, and i happen to agree. we ought to be investing money because if has immediate economic impact and a deleterious one if we do not make that investment. for with regard of puget sound, that affects the water all the way down river, and the chesapeake bay. on the chesapeake bay, we have had support on both sides of the aisle, bu

i rise in support of h r. 4. too often congress and the federal government pass an institute regulations without counting the costs to america's businesses. the life blood of our economic success. the patient protection and affordable care act's 1099 reporting requirement for small businesses will be in the words of nathan andrews, vice president of morris manufacturing, an 88-year-old company in east syracuse, a paperwork nightmare. ms. buerkle: he further adds it will hamper the ability of his company to grow an create jobs. this is indicative of a larger problem. the strangle hold that regulations have on our country. while regulations are sometimes necessary and often well intentioned, they have been increasingly becoming an obstacle to the -- to our success as a nation. by success, i mean creating an environment where businesses can flourish, providing jobs so that the american people can obtain health insurance while still benefiting from the best health care system in the world. thank you, madam chairman,

from there it was the un h r c the first commission of goldstone report. yes ok so i'm. guessing that it's fairly easy to figure out why this report was politicized criticized and embraced in various parts of the world and among various political factions in the u.s. and the u.k. is there is are there any surprises in that i mean do you did for example the people putting this together and mr goldstone did they expect it to be as explosive in controversy or was it was or did they expect everybody to say yeah we've got some problems and see if we can work together and are there any efforts now to work together in solving these or to do that kind of self-examination that the report is calling for. well judge goldstone himself said that he was surprised what he found when he arrived in gaza i mean here's somebody who considered himself a lifelong zionist he was on the board of the board of humor university in jerusalem but then he arrived in gaza and was was shocked. so in that way i think he you know he was surprised by the results of the report to this point because both t

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. >>> from the man-made disaster in libya to a natural one in japan, in just the last few h r hours rescuers pull a teenaged boy and his grandmother from their home. more than 8,100 people are confirmed dead following the quake and the tsunami. 12,000 people are still missing more than a week later. and more than 450,000 people are now homeless because of the quake and tsunami. more than 350,000 homes have no power. our scope of the disaster in japan is likely to call a tsunami week in san francisco. a week ago a japanese tsunami flooded the santa cruz harbor causing millions of dollars in damage. today the office of emergency services will host a meeting to promote tsunami awareness and preparedness. longtime residents were stunned at the harbor damage from the earthquake especially after so many false alarms. >> it's an interesting thing. i've been here through three tsunami warnings. that was the third one. none of them amounted to anything. this one was quite amazing. watching all the debris in the harbor. >> tonight's meeting is at 7:00 and the santa cruz police department experts on ge

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paperwork the petition was circulated by the organization physicians for a national health program or p n h p r dr margaret flowers with p.h.p. joins me now to talk about why doctors are on board the single payer health care system first of all i got a p.h.p. is a great organization he noted your your conference in san francisco eight years ago i think it was or thereabouts and i think the great bunch of people who are doctors and getting harmed by health insurance companies i was a you know not just working against people you know patients but right now actually it's against providers as well you're right and that's why i left practice to do this work full time advocating for a single payer system you know we go to school and train and do our residency programs and train and how to take care of patients and then what you find out is that once you've seen the patient made a diagnosis and come up with a plan that then you're talking to in terms company administrators with no medical knowledge then tell you whether or not your patient can have the care that they need so it was maybe a high school

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h m r been here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. that's. came. along and welcome across our computer lavelle a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create more just society. can. discuss of more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'm joined by brendan o'neil in london he is editor of spiked in paris we cross to john laughlin he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation and in phoenix we go to rachel alexander she is coeditor of the intellectual conservative and another member of our crosstalk team yellin one hundred all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want brandon if i could go to you in london first. we what we've been seeing in the arab middle east and say let's be very generous of the last two months do you think that the powers that be in the west that have had so much influence in these countries over the last

technical term we came up with a temporary leave of action to re-evaluate the state of the nation or t l o h t r t as o.t. n for short now these are just a few ideas but i think you guys get the point no matter what name you call it it still means the government won't have a budget and unfortunately the effects of the looming shutdown are going to reach further than just some crafty political terminology so stop fighting and figure it out. now about four thousand people from more than thirty organizations are fasting to call attention to congressional budget proposals that would make huge cuts in programs for the poor and the hungry both in the u.s. and around the world house budget bill h.r. one is the spending will that could become law if the senate can't come up with their own and it's all in the name of deficit reduction but the budget proposes cuts to the week program for women infants and children eighteen million people would be immediately cut off from the food stream that comes from international food and health aid four million people would lose access to malaria medicine and even tho

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r, h ondo, ray allen all alone for three -- rhondo to ray allen all alone for three.and the last score we have 86- 75 late in the third. >>> we take it to arizona beautiful day for baseball in scottsdale. giants taking on the brewers e brewers, and if you don't know belt's name by now. maybe you should get acquainted. look at where that ball lands. he just belted that thing. he understand -- hence the name, brandon belt. kevin cusmina did hit a home run for the a's. full warrior highlights tonight. 10:00, brandon belt remember that name. >> that's a great name. great athletic name. >> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. could one dollar bills become a thing of the past? federal watchdogs say replacing those bills with coins could save taxpayers billions of the dollars. why the switch would be so cost effective. that story coming up in 30 minutes on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. that is our report for now. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. have a good weekend. good night. >> good night.

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, it's just reported that senate leaders have reached an adwreement to vote on a house-passed bill, h r. 1, a bill passed a couple of weeks ago, to fund the federal government at $57.5 billion below current spending. all after that happening tomorrow, debate begins at about noon eastern, live coverage of the senate is on c-span2. >> with c-span's "congressional chronicle," you can follow every word from the house and senate floor online. track daily timelines, read transcripts and find information. c-span do.org/congress. -- c-span.org/congress. >> coming up, texas congressman blake tharne that will -- farne that will will talk about how the house and senate come to a compromise on the budget. tomorrow on "washington journal ," president obama's announcement to resume military trials for detainees at gahn taun me bay plus, of course, your phone calls and emails. all of that gets under way tomorrow morning at 7:00 eastern, washington journal here on c-span. the u.s. house is gaveling in momentarily, coming in for a couple of votes on bill december baited earlier today, bills designating

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it has been a tough 12 months for r-s-h. shares had been as high as $24 and below $14 earlier this month. they jumped 5% today. big volume. tomorrow radioshack said it will start selling apple's ipad 2. it will be the largest retailer yet to sell the tablet. while we hear from the president tonight about libya, oil services giant schlumberger today said the mid-east turmoil has had significant revenue disruptions, but the japanese earthquake business impact has been minimal. still, it cut its first-quarter earnings outlook by up to a dime per share. that didn't hurt the stock though. in fact, shares were up 4%, back above $90 for the first time in three weeks. saudi arabia has called on big oil service companies to help boost its production capacity. that may have led to some buying. finally, one to watch tomorrow may be shirt maker phillips van- heusen. shares were as much as 2.5% above this closing price after the bell tonight. it reported better-than-expected earnings thanks to its acquisition of tommy hilfiger. and that'

resolution 28, resolved that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider the bill h r. 662, to provide an extension of federal aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit and other programs funded out of the highway trust fund. pending enactment of a multiyear law re-authorizing such programs. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the bill shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. the previous question shall be considered as order on the bill and in the amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the me on transportation and infrastructure, two, the amendment printed in the report of the committee on rules, ea companying thisres. lugs if offered by representative mica of florida or his designee, which shall be in order without intervention of any point of order, shall be considered as read, shall be separately debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and

much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to the report on r g. h i'm arriving here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. i think it's. a low in the well from the crosstalk i'm peter lavelle the battle for libya is the so-called humanitarian intervention there so noble and straightforward must intervention lead to military occupation and human suffering and is the libyan scenario a new template for disaster. they can. discuss what's happening in libya i'm joined by david gibbs in tucson he's a professor of government at the university of arizona in london we have i bet she is a senior lecturer in international relations at the university of kent and in beirut we cross the caution he is a professor of political science at the american university of beirut and another member of our crossfire team illinois hunger all right folks this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want if i could go to london first to know if how would you describe events being played out now in libya because i've been covering

is a report on r g. h i'm arriving here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. and. welcome back to our all star computers about three mind you we're discussing the current situation in saudi arabia. but first let's see what political outcomes russians expect for the arab world why don't more infected while the people of saudi arabia catch the fools sweeping the arab world cyber activists in that country are calling for demonstrations on march eleventh and twenty to change and make the russian public opinion research center all such as what could be the outcome of mass demonstrations in the middle east thirty eight percent positive changes anything. listen to the people twenty four percent see negative prospects saying authorities will only tighten the schools and another nineteen percent say nothing will change so people are in the streets demanding political reforms release of political prisoners more employment opportunities and greater pre-games better ok i'd like to go back to washington are you want to finish off a point

my colleagues that the one proposal in front of the senate that got the most votes us the republican h r. 1. -- h.r. 1. but nevertheless they failed to give us something to negotiate against. it's their obligation in the senate at some point to have a common negotiating position. i don't know how we can sit down and negotiate otherwise. we're here because of a democratic failure in the last congress and this one. second, what does this bill do? it's common sense, it cuts and reduces 25 programs, saving $35.5 billion. most of those programs -- $3.5 billion. most of those programs the president agreed isn't necessary. it buys time but it also keeps the government running and keeps us on course to reduce spending at $2 billion a week, something my colleagues and i are committed. finally, what happens if he we don't pass this bill? there are some that want to spen more, some that want to spend less. the first thing that happens is we shut down the government, something all of us know is not a wise thing to tchosme sec thing that happens is we probably create financial panic in the country an

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my colleagues that the one proposal in front of the senate that got the most votes us the republican h r. 1. -- h.r. 1. but nevertheless they failed to give us something to negotiate against. it's their obligation in the senate at some point to have a common negotiating position. i don't know how we can sit down and negotiate otherwise. we're here because of a democratic failure in the last congress and this one. second, what does this bill do? it's common sense, it cuts and reduces 25 programs, saving $35.5 billion. most of those programs -- $3.5 billion. most of those programs the president agreed isn't necessary. it buys time but it also keeps the government running and keeps us on course to reduce spending at $2 billion a week, something my colleagues and i are committed. finally, what happens if he we don't pass this bill? there are some that want to spen more, some that want to spend less. the first thing that happens is we shut down the government, something all of us know is not a wise thing to tchosme sec thing that happens is we probably create financial panic in the country an

cantor: i thank the gentleman for raising the point that did come up during the debate of h r. 1 and i would say back to the gentleman that it is probably a very good discussion to take place within the context of the rules committee and we look forward to having that discussion with the gentleman as well. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. the current c.r. expires march 18, that we passed this week, the senate passed and the president has now signed. can i ask the gentleman his thoughts on going forward, what we might be expecting with respect to funding government from march 19 through september 30 for the balance of the fiscal year? i yield to my friend. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman. the gentleman has pointed out the house, mr. speaker, has produced its position in h.r. 1. the difficulty is the senate has failed to produce a senate position and so there really is very little foundation upon which to engage in any discussion as to how we're going to get through the remainder of the fiscal year. i know that the minority leader was recently today out saying that the position on t

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