you are on with jim jordan.ler: i have always been a democrat but i have changed and become a republican. guest: you have seen the light, god bless you. caller: well, i am having my doubts about that now. when you passed this bill, republicans got with the democrats and put earmarks into the bill that is just swine, crazy stuff. i wonder why the republicans signed this bill, approved it, knowing all this money was being no?t and not say and that is why i became a republican. guest: well said. i could not have put it better. by the way, there are two bills. there is a tax measure and the big spending measure. the tax measure does have some costs to it, but you are right on both accounts. there is new spending in both bills. the election in november was to stop the spending. i could not have said it better. host: chrisnbama tweets -- guest: we are at a point in american history where if we do not deal with our entitlement plan and -- paul's those of us who support it, is about saving social security. that is a pro

. >> about 45 minutes, republican congressman jim jordan of ohio followed by a democrat anthony wienerf new york and a look at the earmarks. ♪ host: congress is working on spending bills, tax bills, and the nuclear arms treaty among other things. it plans to work this weekend, extending the lame duck session. this morning on "washington journal" we want to hear

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> on tomorrow's "washington journal," jim jordan of ohio and anthony wiener of new york. also looking at the earmarks in the trillion dollar omnibus earmarks bill. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this sunday on c-span, in her first televised interview, the new supreme court justice elena kagan on the confirmation process, if her adjustment to the court, and her relationship with john roberts. an unprecedented, on the record conversation on c-span. >> i am the education program specialist here at c-span classroom. we conduct of video documentary contest called studentcam. we asked people to think critically about the issues facing our nation. we chose this topic because we would like to explain how the federal government has affected an issue or an event in your life or committed. select a topic that interests you. once you get your top becoming you can begin your research. fully developed in researcher topic. provide different points of view, and include c-span footage to support your theme in the fiv

also joining us from arkansas, jim guy tucker, william beginsburg joining us, the attorney representing ms. lewinsky. leon panetta, also vernon jordan. >> thanks, larry. >> larry, i am so glad to have this opportunity to discuss -- >> also joining us is marshall lewis, the mother of monica lewinsky and charlie tree is with us. in additoin, jning us from washington as always brent perry, the attorney for paula jones defense fund. and maria, a democratic fundraiser. donovan campbell, the attorney for paula jones, katherine willie is with us. danny ferguson, the state trooper, and finally bruce lindsay. everyone, thank you for joining us. >> good to be here. chris: when we come back, "time magazine" is out with their top 10's of the year. what were the top 10 political gaffes. plus "scoops and predictions." be right back. chris: welcome back. "time magazine" is out with a raft of top 10 list this is week beating the rush we thought we would take a look at their top 10 political gaffes of the year. a couple stand out. -time's number one was vice president joe biden congratulating president obama on the passage that day of health care. i

[laughter] >> republican congressman jim jordan of ohio and anthony wiener of new york. they will look at the year marks in the spending bill with paul singer. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. booktv, the life of a spy executed following a failed plot to execute adolf hitler. on hisrds, nhugh shelton new book. he will be honored -- he will be interviewed by william cohen. sign up to get our schedules e- mail directly to your in box with our booktv alert. >> we continue with interviews from the oral history project. this weekend, the camp david conversations and his reaction to the so-called smoking gun debate. carl anthony talked-about the first lady, grace coolidge. richard francis on and why the judges at the salem witch trials recanted the guilty verdicts. american history tv, telling america's story every weekend. you can have our schedules in mailed to you. >> look back at the public life of richard holbrooke on line at the c-span video library. nominated for the nobel peace prize seven times, he served under four presidents and was on a ma