so you have the house republican leader telling the senate to pass the bill as passed by the house of representatives. meanwhile, back to transportation because today the white house continued to pressure the house of representatives to accept the senate transportation bill. a bill passed last week by the senate, but now may have some extensions without the two-year plan passed by the house of representatives. it was the first issue that jay carney brought up at the daily briefing earlier today. >> before i take your questions, i wanted to start with a statement by the president. "last week, the senate passed a bipartisan transportation bill that will keep construction workers on the job and keep our economy growing. now the house of representatives needs to take bipartisan action so i can sign this into law. an economy built to last depends on a world class infrastructure system that allows us to transport goods as quickly as possible. that's why we need to continue to make investments that will create jobs by rebuilding and modernizing our roads, bridges, and railways. that's why my

speaker of the house john boehner saying today that the republica republicans will support this measuren the house of representatives. joining us live from the white house is the principal deputy white house press secretary john ernest. as always, thanks for being with us. what is white house reaction to this plan? >> steve, quite frankly i think the white house here is disappointed. this is very similar if not exactly the same as what congressman ryan proposed last year. and what republicans vowed to back last year. at the end of the day, the consequences for the budget plan that the republicans rolled out are very significant. at the end of the day what we're looking at here is a tax cut for millionaires and billionaires on the order of about $150,000. and making draconian cuts in things like education, basic research, opportunities in new sources of energy and, yes, medicare and medicaid. you know, ultimately this plan would undermine the basic promise of a secure guaranteed retirement for seniors. that's something that the president's not willing to budge on. now, the president actu

but many house republicans want to abolish this medicare spending board in its entirety. it's an issue that came up with house republicans andy harris from maryland, tim griffin from arkansas as they spoke to reporters on capitol hill. >> were here when passed the health care law. were all freshmen. one of the most harsh criticisms we heard about the health care law dealt with ipab. that is often characterized from a variety of quarters. knowing what you know about this, is that still a fair description of that? is there some who oppose the health care law who still describe it in those terms? >> let me address that. we don't know what it's going to turn out to be. because the bill gave very broad authority to the independent payment advisory board to control those costs in any way they saw fit. so they could, in fact, fulfill the entire requirement through end of life care. they could, on the other hand, just impose an across-the-board payment cut to all providers, which would really result in the ration that you heard about. in my rural area, it's already hard to find a

what can we expect from house republicans? what kind of reaction do you think that the gop will give to this plan? >> one of the things that's interesting about the way they're doing it this year versus last year, i think everyone recognizes based on the experience of last year that this is going to be a big symbolic fight between democrats and republicans. no one's going to be taken aback by that as they were a little bit last year. last week what we saw was a very highly produced web video unveiled of congressman ryan. he didn't give any details of the plan. but he was walking down a hallway on capitol hill and talking about generally the need to reduce debt and how this is a moral problem that needs to be addressed. >> as you pointed out in today's story, rejection of the house budget by the senate is almost assured so where does this go? >> this is pretty much a symbolic statement of republican priority in the house. if this budget gets out of the house it's not picked up by the senate, the real conversation over spending

who have a 50-seat majority there. >> the house republicans have put out a transportation bill that basically cuts mass transit funding off from a steady stream of revenue from the highway trust fund. even conservatives from urban areas are not terribly happy with that. at the same time, even though the house bill has about a third less funding for these highway measures than the senate bill does, many conservatives think it's still too much money being out there. he can't keep his own party together on this one. he's unwilling to do a bill. that includes the senate bill that if it came to the floor might 218 votes. it will probably have more democrats supporting it than republicans. >> woodruff: is there a similar dynamic at work with the paul ryan proposals which the democrats have already said no. >> one element of the ryan budget reflects some of the distinction we haven't talked about. at the insistence of conservatives, fresh menace well as some of the more conservative senior members, they've cut spending in the discretionary areas the

our house republican friends now seem to be walking away from these levels even though they agreed to them seven months ago. let's look at what they themselves said last summer. here is what the house budget committee chairman said on the house floor august 1, last year. -- >> so, last summer, our republican house colleagues were pleased to get 66% of what they wanted. on that basis, they made an agreement. the shock on its. and they passed it as law. now they are threatening to walk away from their agreement. its seems as though our house republican colleagues are on their own. because at least so far, the senate republican leadership has agreed we should keep to the spending limits that we agreed on last year. this is what senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said last month on the senate floor. "we already have that number. there is no good reason for this institution not to move forward with a process that avoids what we have done so frequently under both parties for years and years." the senate republican leader concluded, "i hope we can join together and do the basic work of g

review a chart on medicare's future under the president's approach and the house republican approach. start with the republican budget. let's look at how this budget puts medicare spending on a sustainable path. may i click? yep. my battery's working now on this. this shows you the growth rate of medicare under the republican budget over the long term. this shows you how we can do a plan where there are no changes for people in and near retirement. and how we have more choices for people in the future, 54-year-olds and below. this year's budget, it's a fact that people don't like to hear on the other side, but it also guarantees the traditional fee for service plan exists forever. these are guaranteed coverage options. now, the gentleman talks about a cap. the cbo themselves tell us they don't know how to measure competitive bidding. therefore, a i

not in place of, just alongside the republican bill. the house like speaker boehner promised would then be able to work its will. it's clear, mr. speaker, that the republican leadership is more concerned with political victories than with legislating. it is clear that the republican leadership would rather score cheap political points with their right-wing base than promote and create jobs in america. president clinton was fond of saying the perfect can't be the enemy of the good. there's a perfectly good bipartisan senate bill that would pass this house overwhelmingly if the republican leadership decided to bring it up. but, no, the republican leadership would rather play chicken with people's jobs on the line instead of actually legislating, let alone legislating in a bipartisan way. it is clear that when the far right wing of the far right wing opposes something, the republican leadership crumbles like cheap asphalt. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves his time. the gentleman fro

just a few hours ago, republicans in the u.s. house of representatives overwhelmingly passed a budget aimed at slashing federal spending. the vote was 228 to 191, sending the budget to the senate, starting what will all but certainly be a long partisan battle. a key feature of the republican budget is tax reform. darren gersh reports. >> we've got to stop this notion that we can just keep taking more and more and more from families and businesses to spend us deeper into debt. >> reporter: you can't say house republicans are not ambitious. their budget calls for a sweeping overhaul of the federal government, beginning with a trillion dollars in reductions in medicare and medicaid spending over the coming decade. it reverses much of the president's proposed cuts in defense, adding back more than $200 billion. one of the most dramatic changes is in taxes. house republicans want to flatten the tax code, replacing the current six tax brackets with two-- one at 10%, the other a top rate at 25%. the man who is supposed to turn that plan into

kent conrad, democrat of north dakota and before 245, paul ryan, who is a republican congressman from wisconsin, chair of the house and budget committee, it is an election year republican blueprint that would cut $5.3 trillion in spending over the next decade compared to the president's budget. it would also slash tax rates for house holds a enbusinesses and deal with an issue that's causing a lot of contention on capitol hill. that's the issue of medicare and medicaid. we'll have more on this story in just a moment. it it's primary day. the rare chance to weigh in on the nomination process. turnout, relative light in the chicago area, which is more heavily democrat, but heavier in the republican strong holds. we'll have more on the speeches by mitt romney and rick santorum, the only two effectively campaigning and competing in the primary. 54 delegates are at stake. we expect top hear from senator rick santorum in gettysburg, pennsylvania. also mitt romney just outside of chicago. other news attorney john henry brown is saying there's no forensic evidence or no confessions. brown saying he will travel to afghanis

tomorrow, congressman paul ryan will be unveiling his house republican proposal. in advance of that, the hill newspaper reporting that two senate democratic chairman saying house republicans will risk a government shutdown if they cut spending deeper than the caps were listed in last summer's debt ceiling deal. that statement from the committee chair. kent conrad of north dakota an the chair of the senate appropriations committee daniel inouye of hawaii. they sent a house leader urging them not to lower the $1.47 trillion spending cap. something they say they're expected to do when the house republicans releases its budget later this week. >>> news on the economy. during the 2000s "the washington post" writes u.s. manufacturing was transformed by devastating job losses according to some prominent economists. a new report out indicating that manufacturing jobs may not have been coming back as fast as some have indicated. in fact, "the washington post" writes, the job losses in the view of some economists were caused more by the declining global competitiveness of u

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senators voted to end the taxpayer subsidies for big oil republicans in the senate filibuster the bill so it couldn't go to the house for a vote or the president for his signature because of this republican obstruction well subsidies will cost you and me the american taxpayers pretty billion dollars over the next ten years just how far could that money go if we weren't giving it as a gift to big oil. if we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old and just you know lived through. i have a confession i am in total get a sense that i was contracting hip hop music and pretty soon. he was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the world without you it's played. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't i'm trying hard look at the big picture. americans are getting screwed by big oil that's the essential message coming from the white house rose garden today president obama called on lawmakers to cut off billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidi

believed was right, the balance of the -- unfortunately, we have not seen the need for balance by house republicans or by a majority of republicans in either chamber. how are you? >> good, thank you. couple questions. first on the ryan budget, since the last budget, he's made changes in approaching medicare. do those changes in the right direction? do you feel the medicare proposal this time is something closer to what you want to see prepared to a year ago? >> unfortunately no, not much difference at all in this proposal. it is still a proposal that creates a voucher system for medicare and thereby ends it as we know it, contrary to some assessments that by calling it medicare it remains medicare. we stand by the fact that medicare, as we know it, would be ended by this program. it creates basically, segments the population. one of the reasons why medicare works and why seniors in the country support and want medicare to continue is because all risk is pooled currently for recipients, and the guarantee for medicare exists for all. if you segment it into a part private, part public system, what hap

now, the republican leadership of the house is kind of isolated on this because democrats in the otherody voted for a bill to put our construction workers back to work, and republicans in the other body voted for the same bill. 3/4 of the senate voted to put our construction workers back to work. we introduced a version of that yesterday that says let's do that here, but the house republican leadership won't put this bill the floor. so instead what we're going to do is have one of our recurring debates about whether to repeal the health care bill. now, people feel very strongly about the health care bill, pro and con, but most people feel even more strongly it's the wrong thing for us to be talking about right now. if there's a bill that 3/4 of the senate voted for to put americans back to work, where don't we vote on that here today? instead, what we're going to do is vote on repealing part of the bill that talks about a committee that might or might not take action five years from now too something the way medicare money is spent. i think if you are in this country, what wouldou like

it's going to take guts for the house republicans to go along with it.s like the presidential candidates are going to support it. that's an encouraging sign for what ryan is trying to do. but make no mistake, the tough one is medicare because that's the big driver. >> bret: we should point out, there was no statement from rick santorum. ron paul said that the budget doesn't cut anything, any spending. charles, the political danger here is that democrats, obviously, and they already started today, will pounce on this and try to turn the discussion, how successful can they have doing that? will they have, doing that in this thenvironment? >> well, they already had a campaign on last year's ryan budget, the medi-scare campaign, which was in part, dishonest, it said it abolishes medicare, but in fact tamended it and changed it in different ways. they will have a harder case today because the new ryan approach makes one major tweak. he got ron widen, the democratic senator of oregon to join him in a joint proposal, where you do change medicare from a guarante

yesterday the white house releasing an official statement of administration policy urging house passage of a republican bill. we point that out because it's a rarity from a white house budget office that feels threatened to veto legislation before the republican controlled house of representatives. today the house beginning debate on six minor measures to help small businesses raise capital and take their companies public. it's all being packaged together under the title of the jobs act which is an acronym for jump-start our business startups. for the first time since the republicans took control of the house, gop leaders are claiming the high ground of bipartisanship and compromise and they're making common cause writes the new york times, with other people who have control over official washington, the president and senate democrats. so here's how the debate unfolded between democrats and republicans. scott garrett from new jersey, jim himes from connecticut. >> i also rise to express support for the jobs act today. i strongly believe that the jobs act will ease the burden on capital formation on the

house republicans have a plan for america's job creators. it's time for the president and democrats in senate to stop blocking our jobs bills. this week the house will consider the jobs act, a legislative package designed to jump-start our economy and restore opportunities for america's primary job creators. these are our small businesses, the startups and the entrepreneurs. in the state of the union address, president obama asked congress to send him a bill that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs succeed, and the jobs act does exactly that. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch, for five minutes. mr. welch: thank you. i seek permission to address the house for five minutes and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. welch: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today to discuss the proposed fiscal year 2013 cuts to the air national guard. and let me preface my remarks by acknowledging that into country does have a serious debt

house has. the republican leadership in the house has done their duty. they produced a courageous, thoughtful, responsible debt course change that will put us on the road to prosperity, not decline. their budget includes tax simplification and tax reductions even, while they are doubling the amount of savings that president obama achieves. the house budget, although it doesn't balance in ten years, and i wish it did, but it doesn't balance in ten years, but it adds half the debt in the next ten years that president obama's budget proposed. cuts it more than in half. it puts us on a path. and in the out years, it's even more positive in its effect and clearly takes us out of this disastrous course we're on. so they should be congratulating for being honest and detailed. and speaking of details, why don't we see the democratic members of this senate lay out their budget plan? why not? last year, senator reid calls up the house budget so all can vote against it. so senator mcconnell called up the president's budget. every democratic member voted against tha

seeking to cover their asses but when house financial services committee chair spencer baucus moved to markup this bill he stuck by wall street darling virginia republican house majority leader eric cantor move it sparked a lot of outrage among republicans who were obviously conscious of the p.r. nightmare on their hands but then house republicans got luckily they were tossed a lifeline when president obama touted the stock act in his state of the union speech. the insider trading by members of congress i will sign it tomorrow. so senators both republicans and democrats got to work on the stock act and suddenly stopping insider trading with the in thing to do now typical capitol hill move over lobbyist succeeded in just stripping the senate bill of all the important provisions that are forcing political intelligence agents to register as lobbyists have to do the fear of merely the build merely propose to study the issue that's washington talk for let it die just so you guys know but twitter star i were republicans that are there charles grassley introduced the registration amendment that would have allowed regulators to catch private sector actors and t

nightmare on their hands but then house republicans got luckily they were tossed a lifeline when president obama touted the stock act in his state of the union speech. insider trading by members of congress and signed into law. so senators both republicans and democrats got to work on the stock act and suddenly stopping insider trading with the in thing to do now it's a capitol hill move over lobbyist succeeded in just stripping the senate bill of all the important provisions that are forcing political intelligence agents to register as a lobbyist have to do the beer and really the bill nearly proposed to study the issue that's washington talk for let it die just so you guys know but twitter star i were republicans senator charles grassley introduced the registration amendment that would have allowed regulators to catch private sector actors that trade on this insider information harvested from congress and that amendment actually passed by a vote of sixty to thirty nine when the stock act made its way down to the house house majority leader eric cantor watered down he stripped of the gras

now, the republican leadership of the house is kind of isolated on this because democrats in the other body voted for a bill to put our construction workers back to work, and republicans in the other body voted for the same bill. 3/4 of the senate voted to put our construction workers back to work. we introduced a version of that yesterday that says let's do that here, but the house republican leadership won't put this bill on the floor. so instead what we're going to do is have one of our recurring debates about whether to repeal the health care bill. now, people feel very strongly about the health care bill, pro and con, but most people feel even more strongly it's the wrong thing for us to be talking about right now. if there's a bill that 3/4 of the senate voted for to put americans back to work, where don't we vote on that here today? instead, what we're going to do is vote on repealing part of the bill that talks about a committee that might or might not take action five years from now to do something the way medicare money is spent. i think if you are in this country, what would

of congress, representing a large number of seniors in south florida, i can tell you that the house republican budget would be devastating for seniors and older americans. this republican path to poverty would pass like a tornado through america's nursing homes where millions of america's seniors receive long term and end of life care. 60% of seniors are on medicaid, so cuts to medicaid would have a democrat matically negative impact on our seniors. the federal government made a commitment that when we got older we wouldn't need to live in poverty or force our children into poverty in order to care for us. for decades -- if i could have an additional 30 seconds. mr. van hollen, if i could have an additional 30 seconds. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. wasserman schultz: or for our children into poverty for taking care of us. we look for protection that the federal government would honor its commitment. now under this budget plan republicans are trying to back out of our commitment to seniors. we cannot go back on our promise to the greatest generation. there is beate

well back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour house republicans pass a three month extension of millions of americans on a job refused to fund the full transportation and why are conservatives so opposed to mass transit and to ensuring the safety and security of our national infrastructure also thinks the time has been all over the news lately more and more food stores are moving hamburger full of us on their shelves every day needed a stream conservative groups are still standing up for the mystery meat lobby and internets daily take rick santorum takes homophobia to new extremes but couldn't he because he's unsure of his own sexuality. the best of the rest of the news two weeks ago such as the two year funding extension for critical transportation and infrastructure programs that would keep millions of americans on the job working senate bill passed in a bipartisan seventy four to twenty two vote sinks in a compromise is a bad word of the house of representatives and conservative republicans the tea party has refused to even vote on the senate bill and said

for its time. >>> a portion of the debate that took place this morning in the house budget committee's markup of the republicans' 2013 budget. we'll have more from that markup in just a moment. right now committee member, in recess attending a series of votes in the house, and house members right now having just approved the rule for debating a bill that would end certain provisions of the health care law. two more votes in the house in this afternoon, during this particular portion of the day, and then members will return to the budget committee to continue work on the markup of the budget this afternoon. we'll have live coverage of that, and we do expect it to go until late tonight. we'll stick to it. right now, though, more debate from earlier in the republican budget proposal. this is about 15 minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member. i thought a good way to start today as we get into the details of what we're going to be discussing is to try and provide a little contrast. a little comparison between what we'll be we'll be offering on the republican side and what our colleagues on the other side

probably not a surprise since 98% of house republicans have signed a pledge refusing to close a single special interest tax loophole or single subsidy for big oil company for the purpose of deficit reduction. in keep with that pledge, the republican budget rigs the rules of the game in favor of the very wealthy and in favor of powerful special interest, and it does so at the expense of middle income americans and at the expense of seniors. in addition to locking in that portion of the bushcuts t, that benefits the very wealthy, this republican budget proposes another tax windfall for twealt. combined on average they will get $150,000 tax break for millionaire. because by cutting the top rate from 35% to25% generates an income loss of about $5 trillion based on joint taxtites. and you have to make up that $5 trillion loss if you are going to do this in what you say is a. as we will show later, youncinte super wealat middle income americans. in fact, i'd like to now art pu ofs is done in service to what has been a proven failure of an idology. trickle down economics. the notion that some

. >> will we be hearing more from it seems like the house republicans came out several times yesterday and several times today. will we hear more from senate democrats later this week? >> it will be interesting. i don't see anybody in the house republicans other than the rhetoric introducing legislation to wipe out this health care. i don't think they want to go to parents and say we're going to wipe out your ability to have your children on your policy while they are in college. i don't think they want to say we're going to wipe this out so, tough, if you've got a pre-existing condition, you won't be able to get health care and on and on. they'd rather talk about it. as they said, you know, just as we proved in massachusetts, we have to insure everybody. that's the only way it works. >> senator schumer. >> yes. >> you say if romney is the nominee that health care will be off the table as an issue. do you think that's not a good issue for democrats to run on in 2012? >> i'm just saying senator romney -- i'm just saying that governor romney was so much involved in creating just about th

house republicans say the budget is not being cut. it increases every year. today they offered up their alternative budget it. would cut more than a half million dollars from the budget. the governor's budget -- the republican budget does not rely on teacher pensions. the government wants to keep monetary things the way they are. >> the republican caulk sus is asking that we extend spending. >> reporter: the republicans say people are making more so the state shouldn't be spending more. >> make a responsible budget and give people a break. they're hrting. >> reporter: some democrats say having two versions is a good thing. >> especially when the competition breeds a better product for our budget. >> reporter: the budget is now being heard here in the senate chamber. when they're done with that, they will go to the house of delegates. they have less than four weeks in the session to get this done. in annapolis, don harrison, abc2. >> since he has been in office he has made over $7 billion in cuts. republicans disagree. >>> the first slots casino in maryland ju

his remarks are 45 minutes and took place before the house passed the republicans threw $0.50 trillion budget bill. -- $3.50 trillion budget bill. >> thank you. our next guest is the ranking member of the house committee. a reminder that he will sit down for an of year and take questions. he was elected to congress in 2002 rising to become one of the youngest members of the democratic leadership in 2008. in addition, he was elected by his colleagues in 2010 to serve as a top democrat on the house budget committee. he was also appointed to the 12 member bipartisan committee on deficit reduction. please welcome representative ben hollen. >> thank you. thank everyone for joining us today and want to thank the national journal for bringing us all together. you picked the right time to be talking about this issue since we debated budgets on the floor yesterday and we have the votes today. i want to take a moment to thank paul ryanne because as chairman of the budget committee, i think he has conducted the proceedings in the committee and on the floor with civility and with professionalism.

members of the republican house and senate. mainstream republicans don't agree with this. they don't agree with this. but this tea party driven house and senate are trying to go to the base that doesn't exist. yes. [ inaudible ] i don't know what you're talking about the house republican jobs act. i'm not going to talk about what went on with the president yesterday. that was a private meeting. that was a private meeting. and if the president wants to do something i'm sure that he'll let us know. [ inaudible ] i don't know what you're talking about. i don't know what the republican jobs bill is. i hope it's something that's good. it is i'll be happy to take a look at it. yes. [ inaudible ] let's try to do the math here a little bit, okay. let's try to do the math. let's see. 53 and we lost three. 47 and they lost 46. they lost 46. so i have the greatest respect for senator ben nelson did, what bob casey did and what joe mansion did. that's their privilege. we don't demand everyone vote the same way. we did what the american people wanted us tobyverwlming margin of democrats

the house republican budget die vests from education. the democratic budget invests in our children. the republican budget divests from our children. the democratic budget invests in america's future. the house republican budget divests from america's future. that is why we should pass this democratic substitute which invests and grows and strengthens the middle class and quit investing in and growing and strengthening tax cuts for big oil companies and corporations that offshore our jobs. i thank the gentleman. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin seek to claim the time in opposition to the amendment? mr. ryan: i do claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman virginia tech. mr. ryan: i'd like to yield one minute to the distinguished speaker of the house, the gentleman from ohio, mr. boehner. the chair: the speaker is recognized. the speaker: let me thank my colleague for yielding. let me say thanks to chairman ryan and members of the budget committee for

are saying wait a second how is it that every time dependent on spoke when there was a republican in the white house what they saw was well these are just the facts he's are just professional soldiers there appear to be politicians but now all of a sudden when it's not a republican in the white house these guys are why didn't i meet let's face it we're going to i do believe something consistently or we're not i guess we're not yeah i it's weird to really know and paul ryan suddenly became the expert and he doesn't really give any evidence to it but like i said ironic because i think that there are areas where you can actually call out our military officials for not telling the whole truth but this side this is kind of a weird way to start but one of the things that we do you know we talk about where the pentagon is heading for t.v. clee as we know that drones are here to stay right drone warfare is it's the way of the future and so what do you think about this news that we got this week that australia just might be willing to let us you know use their territory for crowds well i'm not shocked at all