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host: mike pompeo, your thoughts about what kent conrad had to say. is the balanced budget amendment to make or break to you? guest: you hear the difference between people who had been here too long and those who have just arrived. i consider myself a very serious person and he suggests that i am not. i came at thi with very serious intent. i am deeply troubled at the state of all our fiscal house. there were many democrats who supported a balanced budget amendment before. this is not a partisan affair. it is simply common sense that you have to balance the budget. the state of kansas does it. families do it. churches do it. there is nothing radical about putting it in the constitution that you would just and the money that you have. i look at him and recognize that his time has come. host: our first call for mike pompeo comes from westmont, virginia. rosy. caller: i was wondering what's the person is going to do with their rent and stuff. i think the senators need to get together and get the package that will pass some people have their income coming

mike pompeo and tim ryan offer their perspective on the debate.rnal" alive today at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> you're asking me to be direct with you about a public -- the political situation. i will not be predictable to say the right or the left is always right or wrong. i'm going to see if they can agree. we may have points of disagreement but i will give you my honest assessment of what is taking place. >> sunday juan williams. his new book is "muzzled." >> the house approved john boehner's bill, providing a $900 billion increase in borrowing authority which obama administration officials say is essential. also calls for $917 billion in spending cuts and any future increases would be contingent on congress approving a balanced budget constitutional amendment and sending it to the states for ratification. during the final debate of the day, speaker boehner spoke on the house floor. the gentleman is correct. the gentleman is recognized. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i yield the remainder of my time to the gentleman from ohio, the speaker of the h

the guy mike pompeo, we as koch industries lawyer. shouldn't democrats be blowing these guys out of the water? sitting there defending oil subsidies? >> i think the reason you heard so much whining yesterday -- i love it, right? the republicans say we are not like sasha and malia. and to prove it, they went out and threw a temper tantrum. obama called them out. he exposed who they really are. that's why they are screaming bloody murder today. he showed -- i mean, to force them, he forced them to defend the corporate jets, oil companies, hedge fund manager. and millionaires and billion airs in addition to try and kill medicaid. >> let's agree -- >> let's agree that president obama just did a magnificent performance yesterday, okay? but that still does not get back to the fundamental point that the republicans have the whip hand here. and when they take those -- >> nonsense. >> no, they don't. >> hold on. then look, if they are the ones that passed the bill with the debt ceiling on there, and raise that and 1.6 trillion, why aren't they