you are on with jim nussle. caller: good morning. mr. nussle is a shield for the one percent or's. when he came to congress in 1993, he promised to cut government, it grew to one point $6 trillion. all their good intentions turned into having an organization like the clinton global initiative for you can make a speech and get $500,000. they have a movie called "american hustle" about congressman getting their bread buttered on both sides. we have a guy that can save the deficit is going from $17 trillion to $18 trillion to $20 trillion 110% of our gross national product. as long as he gets his pay everything is fine. take the qe2 money going to wall street, put a penny for every $100 traded, that could generate income to pay for stuff so people can have guaranteed insurance -- host: i think we got the point. are you ever going to come back, you are getting beat up. guest: he has got a point. there is no question -- maybe in a calmer way there were times when republicans lost their way and when congress loses its way. you have got to hold their feet to the fire. i am proud i was par

you are on with jim nussle. caller: good morning. mr. nussle is a shield for the one percent or's. he came to congress 1993, he promised to cut pointment, it grew to one $6 trillion. all their good intentions turned having an organization like the clinton global initiative for you can make a speech and get $500,000. they have a movie called "american hustle" about congressman getting their bread buttered on both sides. we have a guy that can save the deficit is going from $17 trillion to $18 trillion to $20 10% of our gross national product. as long as he gets his pay, everything is fine. qe2 money going to wall street, put a penny for every that could, generate income to pay for stuff so people can have guaranteed insurance -- host: i think we got the point. are you ever going to come back, you are getting beat up. guest: he has got a point. there is no question -- maybe in timeser way, there were when republicans lost their way and when congress loses its way. you have got to hold their feet to the fire. i am proud i was part of the team that did balance the budget for the first

will talk withwe the former irishman and white house budget director jim nussle on the two-year judget to pass by the house and senate and then a look ahead to the congressional agenda for 2014 and next year's elections. the center for american progress joins us. later, a discussion on health 15-year-old u.s. students score against their international peers in math and science. buckley fromjack the national center of education statistics and robert rothman from american education. host then -- the senate passed a budget deal. nominateden has been to be head of the fed. the senate will turn -- will adjourn by the end of the day. here are some of the recent news articles about capitol hill and congress. on obamaaches deal nominees. the senate reached a deal on several key

jim nussle served in congress for how many years?16 years, chair of the house budget committee from 2001 to 2007, then white house budget director 2007 to 2009. he is from iowa. a law degree at lake university in des moines. for the next 40 minutes or so. numbers are on the screen. david is the first caller from mississippi. please go ahead with your comments. i want to know why we said so much money overseas -- sent so much by overseas, and we cannot protect people's lives in america. we can send so much money overseas for people that we don't know, and things we have no idea about. guest: that's a great question. it's always a balancing act when you're trying to determine the priorities in the budgets, and how much goes to programs that help people who cannot help themselves or people who are and are between jobs, balancing the priorities of our foreign policy is an example. arerying to ensure that we safe and our interests around the world are protected, and we have influence in those areas that are important to us as a nation --

host: jim nussle, some twitter followers reacting to your comments about the budget. va_texan.jim is in bed with the big taxers. way to go, jim. a pragmatist, not some limbaugh ideologue. guest: wow. i am glad no one is asking me to comment on miley cyrus or "duck dynasty." host: i may ask -- guest: please don't. i do not know how to twerk, i have only seen "duck dynasty" once. we are trying to see the whole budget act without all the tools in the toolbox. i am not for increasing taxes. i also know that if you take the tax code off the table and you say we are not going to talk about it, you are suggesting that you like the tax code the way it is. it is the most ridiculous, underperforming code you could imagine for raising revenue for the federal government. no matter where you come down on how the money should be spent or how it is spent or whatever. it is those kinds of things. if you open your toolbox, open the entire toolbox and look at all the tools, do not try to do it with one arm tied behind your back. host: lydia, texas, republican line. caller: good morning. i have a