host: our guest is jerry moran. shot clock is on the white house website. 24 days, 15 hours, nine minutes, and you can see the shot clock being counted down and that is at the white house website. ken is a democrat. caller: hi. guest: good morning. caller: i have been watching c- span quite a bit. a lot of the -- host: you have to turn down the volume on your tv. caller: ok. i wondered why politicians cannot offer to take pay cuts of themselves. that is only the fair thing to do. many americans that are suffering a today-- i am out of work. my jobs have been shipped out to taiwan. now i'm not working because of politics and the job market and the foreign trade agreements. guest: i would express my concern and care and sympathy for you and the circumstance you find yourself in. in your case, a payroll tax holiday does not benefit you because you are not earning wages. we need something that increases the chance that you have an opportunity to be a tool and job.aker, to have have a we have to get back to the point in

. >> many republicans like kansas senator jerry moran, oppose the tax break because they argue it hasn't helped stimulate the economy and drains money from social security. the split comes after gop leaders had worked hard to get members on board with their plan. sensing democrats were gaining the upper hand in the political fight. the backlash now reverberating on both sides of the capitol with house republicans challenging their leadership on the issue as well. >> i just think they're wrong. i think they're wrong. i think they're wrong. i think that unless we have the courage right now to address entitlement reform, we shouldn't be extending the payroll tax holiday. we don't have the kournl right now to do that. >> meanwhile, democrats including president obama were quick to capitalize on the republican divide. >> that's why it's so disappointing last night by the way that senate republicans voted to block that payroll tax cut. that effectively would raise taxes on nearly 160 million hard working americans. because they didn't want to ask a few hundred thousand of the wealthiest americ

julie: joining us kansas senator, jerry moran. sits on the republican appropriations and banking committee. thanks for talking with us this morning. i don't need to resolve this and soon or social security payroll tax will go up next year, unemployment benefits will run dry and doctors who treat medicare patients will have their fees cut. what will it take for both sides to come to agreement before they adjourn on december 15th. >> that is the multibillion-dollar question, julie, and a hard one for us to come up with. the ball is in the house of representatives court. what you see is exactly what leader mcconnell just said in the senate where there are political statements being made, votes being cast. last week both the republican plan to deal it with the issue of so-called payroll tax holiday was defeated. the democrat plan to do so and what has to take place here is that republicans and democrats of both the house and senate have to reach an agreement as to what that total package will take. from my perspective i voted against

a special thank you to massachusetts senator john kerry and kansas senator jerry moran for their leadership on this issue. it's unfortunate but likely true that we each know someone who's been affected by cancer. we know a survivor, we remember a victim, we know that cancer affects not just the patient but the parents, the family, the friends, the loved ones. this year more than 1.5 million americans are expected to be diagnosed with cancer. one of every three women, one of every two men will develop some form of cancer in their lifetimes. more than half a million americans die from cancer year after year after year, and in any one year more than one person every minute, nearly one of every four deaths is from cancer. we also know that behind the statistics, there are thousands of people representing thousands of friends and families and loved ones with ribbons and donations and races for the cure. these are the stories that motivate us to fight harder and to fight with one voice. there's also a story of a nation's commitment to cancer research. there is interest in dealing with environment

then republican senator jerry moran of kansas will discuss why he is opposed to recent proposals to extend -- new research on behavioral tax cuts. "washington journal, -- every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the house and senate homeland security commissions will hold a joint hearing. the discussion will include the shootings at fort hood. live coverage at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> gop presidential candidate mitt romney was endorsed by former vice president dan quayle in arizona today. that is next on c-span. then president obama in kansas talks about jobs and the economy. later, remarks from the palestinian liberation organization's representative to the u.s.. >> pay a dollar now for your labor, have no health care. that is the most expensive single element. have no pollution controls and no retirement, and you don't care about anything but making money. there will be a giant sucking sound going south. >> ross perot spoke out about trade issues during the 1992 presidential debate. the billionaire businessman made two attempts for the presidency, the first time getting over 90 millio

an issue that we will talk with senator jerry moran about when he comes out here later in the programdent obama's speech yesterday in osawatomie, kansas. random lake, wisconsin, stephen makes $150. >> caller: good morning. under the bush tax cuts the middle class received the biggest benefit and was over 5.7%. if you made $50,000 you would be getting back or saving $2,500. he wants to take that away and give us $1,000 wooley? he struck out. and he should quit his spending and do like a governor walker did in this state and quit the spending and get the economy back. the u.s. house of representatives have sent 20 bills to the senate but harry reid and the president do not want to bring them up. it is all about cutting spending and saving money. >> host: give us an update from wisconsin on a recall effort against governor walker. >> caller: it is going ahead. >> host: do you know when it is scheduled? >> caller: i see many lies given out by the unions, the greedy big unions that are running it. running false ads. >> host: have you seen any hole? >> caller: haven't seen any polls but fro

i go as jerry moran does, every time bob goes down to the world war ii memorial, his memorial -- he won't say that, but that's whats it is. he's a rock star, an absolute rock star. and these folks come in from all parts of kansas, and they have young people with them, and they write down the memories of these veterans that have never really talked about this before, put it in the paper, and that history is preserved. now, i've been waiting, and i know that you either stay away from him quite a bit and say there's bob dole, or you stand right with him, and then you're part of the rock star group. what is it in a man, what is it in a man that would have people come to him from that memorial, some walk, some walk pretty slow, some don't walk and come up to him with tears in if their eyes and say, there's bob dole. look, look, look, look, look, guys, there's bob dole. and they swarm to him. bob, you have a gift. you have a gift. you have touched so many lives and made them better, and we thank you for that. god bless you, sir. [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] where is it, mi

. >> reporter: congressman jim moran and congressman jerry conley describing a breakthrough they hopeff the congestion early next year. that's when 5,000 employees report for work at the new mark center office complex. a big influx of workers, along with their vehicles was expected soon. today, they announced legislation that would cap the number of parking spaces that could be ud at 2,000. roughly, the current level. >> it's not going to get worse than it is today. it's only going to general rat half the traffic that it otherwise would have. this is major progress. it's responsiveness to what the neighborhood was rightfully demanding. >> it would stay in effect until road improvements could be made. the limit could be lifted if current traffic congestion improved significantly. it's unlikely. residents who live near the building are thrilled with the news. >> we are elated. i tell you, i know my neighbors and i have been pushing for the parking cap for over two years now. it's fantastic that it's finally been put into place. >> reporter: this man who drives his kids to two schools in