mr. dicks: will the gentleman yield? mr. culberson: i will. mr. dicks: the gentleman and i work together. i have great regard with them. i just want to mention a couple of facts and if we have time i will try to get you more time. 67 new water well permits have been issued since the implementation of new safety and environmental standards on june 8, 2010. permits have averaged more than six per month over the last eight months. compared to an average of eight per month in 2009. just three of these permits are currently pending with eight having been returned to the on rator for more information. -- operator for more information. why can't we ask them, on the ones they're doing the report, but the ones they have approved, wouldn't the gentleman have all that information? mr. culberson: well, the permits that have been approved are a matter of public record. if -- the ones that have not we want to see that language and why it's been denied. it shines sunlight in many of the corners of this process. for many of these permits have been rejected for rea

mr. dicks: mr. chairman. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. dicks: i move to strike the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. dicks: i rise to support the gentleman's amendment. it would realign $10 million to support additional work within the strategic environmental research and development program. the program was established in 1990 and is jointly planned and executed by the department of defense, the department of energy, the environmental protection agency and other federal agencies and industry. the program provides d.o.d. mission readiness and environmental performance by providing new scientific knowledge and cost-effective technologies in the areas of environmental restoration, munitions and response, resource conservation and weapon systems and platforms. sdrp enhances military operations, improves military systems, effectiveness, enhances military training and readiness, sustains d.o.d.'s training and test range

mr. dicks: mr. chairman, i believe this is an important debate in the house today as we appropriately authorize congressional oversight in the use of force an the cost associated with our presence in libya. the president's initial commitment to support the international effort was appropriate and certainly within his power as commander in chief. in march, the president clearly outlined the rationale for involvement in the military action. now, if i were advising the president, i would have said, send up a resolution and get approval from the house and the senate. there's no question that would have been the pevered course of action. the u.s. effort was undertaken in concert with the broad coalition of nations and it followed a resolution adopted in the united nations security council authorizing all necessary measures to protect libyan civilians attempting to overthough the -- overthrow the oppressive -- oppressive regime of gaddafi. the gaddafi administration's response was to use force and the bru

mr. dicks: i yield. mr. hastings: of course there are political risks in doing whatever we're doing in this body. we all face that. after all, this is the people's government. but the point is, it needs, we have been saying over and over, the e.s.a. needs to be updated. mr. dicks: i agree. we should look at how to improve the e.s.a. i don't like to hear these examples of where this is -- the process has not been able to be worked out. i've had to go through this as you have in the pacific northwest. there's a spotted owl, the marbled salmon, etc. these are starting to recover. we're making some progress. but i still believe we can make this act better. i just think by taking out the ability to list, to have critical habitats, we're risking some of these species that are close to extinct. remember this, it's also about biodiversity. the web of life. we don't know how all these things relate and whether something can be created, a medicine that could save lives in the future and that's why trying to protect th

mr. dicks: we don't have a copy of the gentleman's amendment. we're going to start out this way, without -- mr. king: mr. chairman, i might point out i didn't yield. mr. dicks: we'd like to have a copy of the amendment. mr. king: i'll personally deliver it to you. this version is -- the chair: the gentleman from iowa is recognized. mr. king: thank you, mr. chairman. this year we'll see more water come down the missouri river than ever before in recorded history and the result is the corps of engineers is releasing 160,000 cubic feet per second from the gavins point dam, that's the lowest of the six dams. what it brings about is a massive flooding all the way down the river for a sustained period of time. now i'm not here to talk are take issue with the design, the engineering or the management of this river, but what this amendment does is it takes $1 million out and puts $1 million back in and what i'm asking is to direct the comp engineers to conduct a new study and come back and let us know

mr. dicks: will the gentleman yield? mr. lipinski: i yield to the gentleman. mr. dicks: i think the gentleman brings up a good point and i look forward to working with the gentleman to make sure that classified data is protected from misuse and theft. the department of defense itself is hit 250,000 times per hour which is unbelievable, but it's true. so we need to work on this. i'm glad the gentleman has taken an breast in this important subject. the chair: does the gentleman yield back? mr. lipinski: i do -- mr. lipinski: does the gentleman yield back? mr. dicks: i do. mr. lipinski: i want to thank the gentleman. i know the gentleman is also concerned about cybersecurity. i yield back. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk designated as number three. the chair: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: amendment number three offered by mr. flake of arizona. by reducing the amount made available for research, doment, tests and evaluation, navy, by reducing the amount made available for research, development, tests

mr. dicks: will the gentlelady yield? mrs. christensen: i'll yield. mr. dicks: i will work with the gentlelady on d.o.d. lung cancer research which we have $10.2 million in the budget this year and money for other forms of cancer. and treatment efforts in light of the serious problems facing military members. and this is a very serious problem and i'm glad that you've called it to our attention and i look forward to working with you on this important issue. mrs. christensen: thank you. with that i would yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. kinzinger of illinois. at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to research, develop, manufacture or produce or procure a newly designed flight suit or integrated air crew ense

let me say that i agree with mr. dicks. we are more than happy to work with you to work out this problem. and thank you for yielding. mr. holt: i thank both gentlemen. and this means a great deal to the people of new jersey whose lives -- to whom we owe a great deal for their military work. with that understanding, mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. the chair: without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. mr. young: mr. chairman, five minutes to 11:00 p.m., i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee do now rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the motion is adopted. the committee rises. the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 22319 and has come to no resolution. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman fr

so thank you, mr. dicks, for doing a great job. mr. dicks: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. rogers: they are a model of civility and working together for a common cause. thanks for a great job. i yield back. mr. visclosky: again, thank the staff very much and yield back my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order -- amendment number 26 by mr. cole of oklahoma. an amendment by mr. cohen of tennessee. an amendment by mr. gosar of arizona. an amendment by ms. kaptur of ohio. first amendment by mr. flake of arizona. an amendment by mrs. capps of california. second amendment by mr. flake of arizona. an amendment by mr. scalise of louisiana. amendment number 81 by mr. broun of georgia. amendment 63 by mr. broun of georgia. amendment 76 by mr. landry of louisiana. first amendment by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. second amendment by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. amendment 53 by mr. hare is of maryland. an amendment by -- mr. ha

moran, mr. dicks and each member of our subcommittee for their active participation and bipartisan spirit. regardless of our positions on this bill i sincerely appreciate their constructive contributions. mr. chairman, we're living in a time when the federal government borrows more than 40 cents on each dollar it spends. we're living in a time of record deficits and debt. while reductions in discretionary spending alone will not totally erase the deficit we know that reducing federal spending is the first step. the fiscal year 2012 interior and environment bill is funded at $27.5 billion which is 7% below the f.y. 2011 enacted level and $3.8 billion or 12% below the budget request. funding in this year is with 2009 spending. the subcommittee has made some very difficult choices in preparing this budget proposal. in total 235 members of the house submitted over 1,700 programmatic requests to the subcommittee for consideration. while it makes significant spending reductions across many agencies and prog

mr. dicks: we agree with the gentleman's position on this and oppose the amendment as well. the chair: does the gentleman from california yield back? mr. calvert: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question son the amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana, mr. fleming. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk, number 39. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 39 printed in the congressional record, offered by mr. pompeo of kansas. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. pompeo: thank you, mr. chairman. let me say thank you to the committee chairman for running a great piece of legislation. i think this bill will go a long way toward creating a pro-growth economy. we've done a great deal of work to reduce spending on this bill an

mr. dicks: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from washington yields back the balance of his time. who claims time? for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. moran: madam chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the title -- designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 9 printed in house report 112-173 offered by mr. moran of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 359, the gentleman from virginia, mr. moran, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: thank you very much, madam chairman. madam chairman, at the beginning of the year, the house did away with the composting program that had been part of the green the capitol initiative. it had been -- it had been a success. people around the country were watching it, and in fact following the example that we set. but at the beginning of the year, as i say, the house of representatives instituted the use of polystyrene

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mr. dicks: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to -- the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized for five minutes. mr. dicks: to the kucinich amendment. first of all, the president has made a very strong case for this, for our military action in this. i think as commander in chief he has the authority to do what he did. we had a u.n. resolution, the nato allies were involved, the arab league. there are -- there is another option. the other option is the war powers act, and i hope at some point the president will ask for congressional support of his initiative in libya. the idea that we're going to pull out of this thing unilaterally, undermine the nato alliance i think is a terrible mistake. though i have the greatest respect for the gentleman from ohio, i am strongly opposed to his amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from ohio. the gentleman from florida. mr. young: mr. chairman, i move to strik

culberson's support and mr. dicks' support. and mr. visclosky's support as well. and with that i yield back. thank you. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. reid of new york, page 27, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert increase by $41 million. page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount insert, reduce by $21 million. page 35, line 15, after the second dollar amount insert, reduce by $20 million. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. reed: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of an amendment that i asked my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and that which mr. higgins from the other side of the aisle has joined me on this amendment but all due respect to the chairman of the appropriations committee, the subcommittee chairman, i believe this amendment is wise, it is an appropriate amendment and that is because what

mr. dicks: i yield back. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. broun: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. it's number 63, as recorded in the congressional record. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 63 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. broun of georgia. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house of the day, the gentleman from georgia, mr. broun, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: thank you, mr. chairman. i will also be expeditious and comply with my friend from washington's request not delay this. this amendment simply prohibits the department of energy from spending money to implement the vehicles technologies deployment program within the energy efficiency and renewable energies clean seas program. earlier i offered an amendment to cut funding from this program and transfer it into the spending reduction account.

mr. dicks: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition today to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. dicks: and before i start on my discussion, i want to say that i have great respect for congressman cole who serves on the defense appropriations subcommittee. one of our most thoughtful members. the nato-led mission to defeat gaddafi and protect the people of libya was undertaken in concert with a broad coalition of nations. including the arab league and it followed a resolution adopted in the united nations security council authorizing all necessary measures. this amendment would end our involvement unilaterally. i believe this could materially harm our relationship with nato, who is also playing a major role in this. we will undoubtedly require support in the future in our dealings with nato, and we get support in afghanistan today. i do support a wider debate and greater oversight of the use and cost of u.s. military forces engaged in the libya opera

mr. dicks: i thank the ranking member, mr. honda, for yielding me and i'd like to thank chairman crenshaw, chairman rogers and the staff on both sides for what they've been table do to accommodate the priorities of democratic members as they assembled the bill this bill would fund the legislative branch, minus the senate, at $3 ppt 3 billion, a 4% reduction from 2011 and a 9% reduction from fiscal year 2010. i appreciate the overview that congressman honda has provided and would like to join him in expressing serious concern on behalf of our colleagues regarding security for our district offices and for official events involving members as well as the general public. after the tragic shooting in tucson, congress was left to re-evaluate security in members' districts. while it is one of the most -- of the utmost importance to ensure that members have -- that constituents have access to members of congress, the tucson event is a reminder that we must be vigilant in providing security to staff and have itors who attend our events

mr. dicks: i rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. i'm glad that the sponsor of the amendment has arrived an we will let her talk about this. section 8127 limits spending for military bands to $200 million for fiscal year 2012. now that's a lot of money. when you think about -- and i'm a person who believes in music, believes in our bands. i've been at fort lewis, out in my part of the country, you joint base lewis-mccord, and there's no doubt that the music adds to the event. but we're in a tough fiscal period here during the full committee markup, this was agreed to by a voice vote. the amendment parallels similar language included in section 599c in the house-passed national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2012. we had the authorization committee look at this, we've had the appropriations committee look at it. and i think -- i think that the -- we ought to support the position that came out of the full committee and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from washington yields back the plans of his

mr. dicks: thank you for yielding. i just wanted to have the american people understand why we are opposing this amendment. the united states botanical garden is rooted in the nation's heritage. during the late 18th century, george washington, thomas jefferson, and james madison shared the dream of a national botanic garden and were instrumental on establishing one on the national mall in 1820. now in continuous operation and opened to the public since 1850, the garden moved to its present location in 1933, a complex located along the north and south side of independence avenue bordered by first street and third street. the garden includes the conservatory, the national garden which opened in 2006, the bartholi park created in 1932. a plant production, and support facility opened in anacostia in 1933, includes greenhouses, bays, and maintenance shops. this is a very important thing to the american people when they come here from all over the country, they want to go see the garden, botanical gardens, and i just feel th

so we've tried to do the best we could there but there are other geographic programs that mr. dicks is concerned about and that mr. moran is also concerned about and we'll work with the gentleman in conference in trying to address the concerns expressed by the gentleman. mr. clarke: i ask the gentleman to yield time back, please. mr. simpson: i'd be pappy -- happy to yield. mr. clarke: i offer this amendment because of what's at stake. it's a $7 billion industry in the great lakes fishing industry and right now metro detroit and the state of michigan's in very hardhit economic times, you know, by our industrial base being eviscerated. this is the one saving grace in our state and in that region is the fishing industry. that's the reason why i'm asking for this right now. it's emergency action. we found asian carp d.n.a. in lake michigan last week. i believe i've got to do everything in my power as a representative of not only michigan but of that entire region to stop that carp from getting into the great lakes system which would destroy our fishing industry. i urge your help. mr. s

mr. dicks: we object to that until we know what it is he's trying to do. the chair: would the gentleman submit his modification to the desk. mr. scalise: i'd be happy to, madam chair. the chair: the clerk will report the modification. the clerk: modification of amendment offered by mr. scalise of louisiana. strike the second instruction. the chair: without objection, the amendment is modified. is there any further debate on the amendment? for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. moran: madam chair, i rise to strike the last word since it's now a different amendment. the chair: the gentleman's recognized for five minutes. mr. moran: madam chairwoman, this is a distinction without a difference. the money still goes away. the argument that was made by the chairman of the committee still stands. as far as i can see. so even though the amendment be worded a little differently, the reality is that the money is lost. and we don't see that this would be a constructive amendment anyway so we would oppose it. >> would the gentleman yield? mr. moran

they're being told to do it and then it was of course because why are they being total total dick because mrs merkel wants to throw some bones to have members of parliament saying look we've got x. our reading shooting themself in themselves in the foot they can be killing them let's extend those loans but in reality it was mrs merkel is doing she's misleading her parliament in precisely the same way that mrs bush on that it was misleading his parliament because this money is not ok to use this money for the french and the german banks and a fool for saving the banking system not saving but preventing another collapse of the banking system all right well finally of course we're talking here you're actually sitting on a great island how much do you want for it how much do you want for your children. yes well that sounds very impassioned but as we know it is more also have no place than today's global economy morals don't trade out any exchange there for morals down exist so it's just a start everyone's got their price and surveys globalized economy so out there is it that when women are a litt

mr. dicks: i rise in opposition to this amendment too. it would provide $180 million to arpa-e, and we have to take into account the amendment just passed and $450 million below the president's budget request. arpa-e is a promising new program that can drive iven novation to support our scientific competitiveness. as i stated previously, arpa-e has shown potential as a new organizational model. i'm disappointed that the focus at its creation has been absent. arpa-e is modeled on darpa. darpa has been one of the great leaders in innovation in the national security area. i'm sorry to say it, but i think we have to defeat the flake amendment. i yield back. mr. frelinghuysen: i yield back. mr. flake: i'm just happy that this amendment doesn't rise to the level of being the most ridiculous amendment the gentleman from washington has ever seen. they usually do. but i would say again, we're not talking about things in national security or in defense, for which there is no commercial application, for which companies invest in this kind of researc

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mr. sperling and dick durbin and what did they say? they simply would not rule in a veto.n boehner agrees to. he has no alternative. i think this crisis may be about to end. >> willie, you talked off the air that the president would veto an extension. >> eat your peas conference. that's when he said two weeks ago, under no condition will i sign a short-term deal. they were talking about a three-month deal. this is six months. but he was very clear and explicit saying this is not the way the united states of america conducts business in this piecemeal way. >> republicans have pushed aside the peas and went straight for the chocolate ice creams. >> yes. >> and they are going to get their way, aren't they? >> it looks like they are going to get their way in the sense that there will not be revenue. neither of these plans have any revenue. >> so if there's no revenue, is the mutual obligation that my dad was talking about is is it going to be met? >> it doesn't feel that way. there is no balance approach coming from either side at this point. there is no revenue. there are onl

mrs. ford once said that walking out on the south lawn and saying good-bye to pat and dick nixon was the saddest day she'd ever known, and no one appointed with her character and kind heart had any doubt that she meant it. mrs. ford was not only elegant and graceful, she was delight fully honest and modest. when she rose high in the world, she observed it can happen to anyone. after all, it has happened to anyone. but when the attention of the world turned in her direction, elizabeth ann bloomer ford was ready. before december, 1973, her life was all about home and family, and there was time for little else. in her memoir, she recalled i was lucky enough to have these four children. and they were terribly interesting. at least to me. i was a den mother. i was a sunday school teacher. i was an interior decorator and peace maker and zookeeper. she loved her children. susan told me earlier today that she had gone in early july to visit her mom on her, susan's birthday, and that her mom from her bed had sung her happy birthday. and i know with what love she did it, and i like to think that today, on

. >> sreenivasan: in turn, the senate's number-two democrat dick durbin defended the president's actions. he said mr. obama is doing exactly what his predecessor president bush did repeatedly. >> to come here and second guess the president because he's held a man for two months in military interrogation and now is being prosecuted in our criminal courts is totally unfair. unfair because the same standard was not applied to the republican president who tried hundreds of would be terrorists, accused terrorists, in our criminal courts successfully. >> sreenivasan: administration officials said once warsame was handed over to the f.b.i., he was read his miranda rights, and the interrogation started over from scratch. what he said from that point on can be used in court. the u.s. army psychiatrist charged in the deadly fort hood shootings will be tried in a military court. and, he will be subject to the death penalty. that word came today from the commanding general at the texas military post. major nidal hasan is charged with 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder in the november 2009 sho

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mr. lew, thank you very much. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> joining me is assistant majority leader of the senate, democrat dick durbin of illinois, and republican senator from south carolina, author of "the great american awakening: two years that changed america, washington and me," senator jim demint. welcome both. >> thank you. >> good morning. thank you. >> tim geithner, treasury secretary, was here last sunday. i asked him about this ongoing deliberation, and he was emphatic about the outcome. this is what he said. >> let me make this clear, david, the united states is not going to default. we are a country that pays its bills. we're going to meet our obligations, and the leadership in congress, republicans and democrats, house and senate, understand that. there is no alternative for congress to act by the 2nd, and they recognize it, and i'm fairly confident they're going to do that. >> senator demint, is he right, no alternative but to raise the debt ceiling? >> well, he's probably right on that, but there's only one plan in congress right now to do it in a way that the credit agencies say won't turn us towards a negative rating, and that

mrs. ford once said that walking out on the south lawn and saying good-bye to pat and dick nixon was the saddestrd was not only elegant and graceful, she was delight fully honest and modest. when she rose high in the world, she observed it can happen to anyone. after all, it has happened to anyone. but when the attention of the world turned in her direction, elizabeth ann bloomer ford was ready. before december, 1973, her life was all about home and family, and there was time for little else. in her memoir, she recalled i was lucky enough to have these four children. and they were terribly interesting. at least to me. i was a den mother. i was a sunday school teacher. i was an interior decorator and peace maker and zookeeper. she loved her children. susan told me earlier today that she had gone in early july to visit her mom on her, susan's birthday, and that her mom from her bed had sung her happy birthday. and i know with what love she did it, and i like to think that today, on gerald ford's birthday, she's singing to him mrs.ewow to cook a pretty good meal, too, or serve one up, susan said i

our full committee ranking member, congressman dicks, for leading the fight every step of the way against this republican assault on the environment. sadly, mr. chair, this bill is nothing more than a vehicle for bigger profits for big oil and other special interests polluters. this bill in all it contains destroys critical environmental standards established to protect the public's health. by attacking more than 40 extremely dangerous policy riders, the republicans take direct aim on the water we drink, the air we breathe and the environment in which we live. this terrible legislation guts the budgets of key federal agencies charged with protecting our citizens and our natural national resources. it terminates air quality standards as well as air and water conservation money that will impact all communities in our country. but these cuts will hit my home state of california especially hard. mr. chair, i'm proud to serve as a representative of california's ninth congressional district which has long been at the forefront of the environmental movement including working on critical issues of climate change as well as fighting for renewable ene

mr. president, let's do some big cuts in the budget that accommodate to a hope that in fact we won't have these dilemmas in the future. >> shannon: dickow chair of freedom works, thank you so much for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> shannon: a couple of active duty and retired military members took to the streets in san diego to march in the gay pride parade. the group wants don't ask don't tell repealed. the obama administration began phasing out the policy earlier this year but on friday a federal appeals court temporarily halted its repeal while the legal battle over the policy continues. >>> new research shows that falling could be an early sign of alzheimer's disease. elderly people who fell frequently were five times more likely to have alzheimer's. >> researchers discussing findings along with a separate new eye test that the alzheimer's association international conference this weekend. they are hoping that both could be a big help in early detection. the disease is caused by a buildup of plaque or amyeloid on a person's brain. it has no cure and drugs only temporarily ease symptoms. finding it early mostly helps patien

that -- and dick durbin, one of the most liberal members of this body, both voted for that deficit and debt commission report. that's almt good enough for me. that's almost good enough for me. mr udall: i was proud of the senate when five of the six senators on the commission voted for the bowls-simpson recommendations, not without some concerns, not without some interest in working to flush out the plan. but five of the six senators from across the political spectrum said this is a very good startingpoint. mr. bennet: i see we're joined by senator coons from delaware. and i'm going to stop. but, you know, just along that line, just to giver people some optimism that are here in the chamber or that might be watching, just two weeks ago we took a vote on one subsidy, an ethanol subsidy. i think it was senator coburn and senator feinstein who put it on the floorks a democrat and a republican, and it got like 73 votes. i get in trouble with my kids. it wasn't "like" 73 votes. itas 73 votes -- to end that subsidy. and, by the way, there were i think around 40 democrats and 30-some republicans that supported that. we need more of that around here. and i think if we keep work at it,

dick morris says the president only made the debt talks worse. he used to have clinton's ears so we want to know what would he tell president obama to do next? mr. fallon, come in. >> it is on cnn, tim pawlenty accused president obama of hiding in the basement during debt ceiling talks while joe biden accused president obama of locking him in the basement during debt ceiling talks. almost tastes like one of jack's als. fiber one. h, forgot jack cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, ts is pretty good. [ male announcer ]alf a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. [ jack ] yeah, ts is pretty good. don't you have a big race today? don't worry, kevin, i've got it all covered. (cheering crowd) track announcer: and jamie mcmurray wins the brickyard 400. how'd we do? announcer: check out huge clearance savings at bass pro shops and our upcoming fall hunting classic. he was all like "oh no, i cannot do investing." next thing you know he's got a stunning portfolio. shhhh, you're welcome. [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed. >> all right. glad you're up. the debt ceiling deadline quickly approaching. we're

mr. nordquist says it is gambling to get that far, rather than close the government down or go into default, go to the next election and fix things then. that is the statement from grover norquist. dick emery is weighing in on this topic. you can do so. what is president obama and the democrats not understand? how republicans are not going to raise taxes, period, with two exclamation points. stoelten, new york, tom, good morning. >> caller: yeah, your previous caller made a lot of misstatements in statistical spend. nobody is suggesting the rich is going to pay 100% of the debt. even if we taxed all the rich, no one suggested that they would cover every penny of the debt, but we've lost a trillion dollars through the bush tax cuts for the past 10 years that were extended a couple years ago. the rich have been paying the lowest tax rate necessary over 75 years when our country is short of revenues. it is a revenue problem and basically we need to tax the rich and i've never seen a more responsible group of people than the freshmen house republicans. they would rather drive the nation over a cliff. i believe some of them, i think they hate government, the tea party backs people. >> are