host: jamelle bouie? sure it's not accurate to say that.he paul ryan plan would not serve double as -- voucherize health care for seniors. while there are 50 people that are run elected, they are confirmed by the senate, so it is as democratic as the federal judiciary. i do not think that medicare is the chief driver of the dead, and cutting medicare spending may not reduce the overall cut. host: let's go back to susan. we are glad that you held on. they keep returning your sat down. what is your comment or question? caller: it is actually of response regarding the balanced budget amendment in its potential for our nation. jamelle mentioned it would be the worst thing possible, but this is a paradox. how was it that you and i must live within our budget, our states and towns and municipalities must run with a budget, and it has been over 700 days since the senate has proposed a budget? how could that be the most -- the worst possible thing to face our nation? if we must, why must not the federal government do the same? guest: adding a budge

host: jamelle bouie? sure it's not accurate to say that.would not serve double as -- voucherize health care for seniors. while there are 50 people that are run elected, they are confirmed by the senate, so it is as democratic as the federal judiciary. i do not think that medicare is the chief driver of the dead, and cutting medicare spending may not reduce the overall cut. host: let's go back to susan. we are glad that you held on. they keep returning your sat down. what is your comment or question? caller: it is actually of response regarding the balanced budget amendment in its potential for our nation. jamell mentioned it would be the worst thing possible, but this is a paradox. how was it that you and i must live within our budget, our states and towns and municipalities must run with a budget, and it has been over 700 days since the senate has proposed a budget? how could that be the most -- the worst possible thing to face our nation? if we must, why must not the federal government do the same? guest: adding a budget is not as terribl

at 7:45, a round table will conn carroll and jamelle bouie. we will look at post-revolution in egypt with samer shehata. we will finish up with john celock about it next generation elected officials. he interviewed 90 young leaders under 35 years old about why they entered into politics and their experiences. we will have all of that, a look at the papers, york on calls, "washington journal" tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. we will see you then. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up, a senate hearing on the gulf of mexico oil spill clean-up effort. and a look at how companies and nonprofit maintain personal information about consumers. after that, a senate hearing on recent supreme court rulings. and later, a discussion of the dodd-frank act which a discussion with the president of the federal reserve bank of kansas city. sunday, on "newsmakers," senator rand paul talks about the debate over raising the debt ceiling and entitlement programs. that is at 10:00 a.m.

at the latest developments in congress and the 2012 presidential campaign with conn carroll and jamelle bouie. also, a discussion on what is happening in egypt and the middle east with samer shehata. later, john celock on his new book. that is at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> sunday, senator mirant paul, one of the founders of the senate tea party talks about the debate over spending issues and the entitlement programs at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. the president of the federal reserve bank of kansas city is quoted as saying too big to fail banks puts the system at risk. thomas hoenig made these remarks on the dodd-frank act. this event runs about 45 minutes. >> we are halfway through our 1- year anniversary event. it is time for our lunchtime keynote. it is my pleasure to introduce thomas hoenig, president of the federal reserve bank of kansas city and the senior fomc member. he is a person who is rich in law from colorado to missouri. it is a big chunk -- is that the louisiana purchase pretty much? pretty much. dr. hoenig has had a distinguished career with and t