jeff, go ahead with your question or comment for kevin brady. guest: a, mr.dy, how are you doing? hey, mr. beatty, how are you doing? guest: how is taxes? -- how is texas? caller: it is a little cold, but we are ok. when i was young my mother and father were besides themselves because i did not keep one job. i always switch jobs, and now people that are 46 have problems finding a job, that i will not have a problem finding a job. i will not have to have a job at mcdonald's. andou are 40 years old working at mcdonald's, it is not my fault. it is your fault and regardless of the government or whatever. if you did not see 20 years ago that there were going to be problems with holding just one job, you are shortsighted, and it comes back to not looking far enough ahead to plan. now, all of us that did are now paying for all of those that did not. you could pick up any paper in the country and find coming jobs, construction jobs. these people are not willing to get off of unemployment and go get them because they are making $300, $40 a week of unemployment. -- $40

host: chris in west virginia, you are on with representative kevin brady from texas. are you with us? caller: i'm here. representative brady, there is going to be no extension of unemployment? the job market went south on us. host: actually there is. workers who are unemployed can receive 26 weeks from unemployment in the state. if it is rising, they qualify for another 20 weeks of unemployment. for coal miners, unfortunately, washington, especially the white house, has played a role in losing the jobs because of their focus on removing coal as an affordable source of energy. i think our focus ought to be helping people who are out of work. that is the best help we can provide. host: kevin brady, does this budget deal throw in the towel for republicans on the affordable care act? in the sense that it funds it and it is not a defunding mechanism. a lot of groups argue to vote against it so that it would be a defunding mechanism. guest: i think the house has successfully defunded about $55 billion. i think this is the long -- the wrong solution for health care. what we

i worked for ten years and he did a great job in getting a that along with congressman kevin brady into the bill and we worked together to keep in the conference report said the next two years or the next year we would be able to dig up the sales taxes in the federal income tax, which will mean a lot to texans and those that live and other states that don't have an income tax the do have a sales tax. i do think that we have to point out some of the other things that are being done. there was another tractor that i wanted to point out because this was the only chapter that i had the kind of battle with my editor and publisher and that is in the women's art section. i profiled mary anderson of course a great impressionist author born in pennsylvania and came from a very wealthy family in pennsylvania but she had an artistic tendency. her father was horrified she was going to be an artist and heaven forbid live in france and he didn't give her any support or encouragement. but she prevailed. she knew with her heart and of course was the most recognized artist of the time and was a wonderfu

. >> kevin brady from texas joins us now, and congressman, what i saw was a democrat who is extraordinarilyppen to the party come the mid term elections and the president watching a basketball game and didn't have a care in the world. which one is right? >> well, senator manchin, all of this was predicted several years ago on the passage of this bill. the coverage gap is real, the goss to americans who have been forced out, texans in my district forced out f the health care plan that they want and like and unable to get coverage, new years day, not sure if they can go to the hospital or to that life saving medicine that they need and so, right now, i think because the poor enrollment at the beginning, the white house has to be enrolling 100,000 americans each and every day, every day of december to prevent that coverage gap. obviously, i think they're probably covering maybe 1/10 of it. congressman brady, no doubt about that. now, here is the thing when the botch originally happens they blamed governors in red states i think maybe one or two blamed bush. where does the g.o.p. find itself? i

pitts: i yield one minute to the distinguished the gentleman from texas, subcommittee chairman, kevin brady. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. brady: let me thank chairman pitts for his leadership of the health subcommittee on energy and commerce. i rise today in support of the pathway for s.g.r. reform act. this important bill is to make sure our local physicians who treat our seniors don't face a drastic cut in their reimbursements on new year's day. the ways and means committee voted to advance a bill that begins the process of a permanent, reliable solution to our seniors can continue to see a local doctor when they need them. it is not easy to bridge the gap and pay for this legislation, but until we can complete the right solution, we had to make some difficult -- >> the gentleman deserves to be heard. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend, the ouse will be in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: bridge the gap until we complete the process of a permanent solution, we had to make some

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our guest will be congressman kevin brady. 8:45, representative when more. -- gwen moore. >> on this vote the eyes are 100 32, -- are 332. the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. ♪ with that vote, the house finished its work for 2013, it is now up to the senate to debate the budget agreement. this morning on "washington journal" we want to get your reaction. the house passing a two-year budget agreement last night.

brady! >>> the cincinnati bengals took a beating from the pittsburgh steelers yesterday as the punter kevinst of it. blindsided by a block and completely leveled. he suffered a broken jaw on this hit, guys. ouch! the steelers get a must win over their division rival and stay in playoff contention. >> the youngest heisman ever at 19 but no surprise when jameis winston's name was called on saturday night. the florida state quarterback won in a landslide by the seventh largest margin ever. 80% of the voters went with him and 118 left him off their ballots most likely because of the sexual assault investigation where he was never charged. he has a very successful year on the field but quite a trying one off for both him and his parents. guys, the national championship game and he has all of next season because he has to play as a sophomore and he is the front-runner to win the heisman trophy again next year. >> that is awfully hard to do winning it back-to-back. who is the guy that did it -- was it griffin? >> archie griffin, yes. >> in the '70s of ohio state. my head is still ringing from that

. >> kevin landrigan who in two and a half minutes worked in a wizard of oz reference and a tom bradyu, sir. do appreciate you. >>> from football to march madness. college hoops is getting presidential attention in december. time now for the poli side bar. the first family took time out of their hawaiian vacation sunday to attend the diamondhead classic college basketball tournament. matchup pitted oregon state coached by first lady michelle obama's brother. they were playing akron. oregon lost 71-83, breaking its 4-0 good luck streak with the president in the stands. >>> meanwhile, former pro baller dennis rodman back in beijing after his most recent trip to north korea during which he said he did not meet with pyongyang's leader. rodman was there to train local players for an exhibition game next month to mark kim jong-un's birthday january 8th. >>> it took him 12 years but outgoing new york mayor michael bloomberg finally making his "saturday night live" debut this weekend proving as the butt of his own joke that he can hold his own. >> and what's next for you, mayor bloomberg? >>