mr. rogers is right.tent of the house savings account is to put cash money each month into an account in most cases the build of tax-free and the most of savings accounts have in this forest -- requirement to have a catastrophic policy. but within the discretionary part you can spend that money on anything, many of the things you are talking about would be covered by cash and the discretionary part of the account. >> levied reclaim my time. let's look at the amendment. says in the case of a health benefits plan offered in conjunction with a health savings account so in the flag to the health benefit plan under the legislation in conjunction with the health savings account would not have to meet these requirements? >> i may be missing something but i would think mr. chairman the joys of it -- if you believe in choice we should allow this to go forward command i don't believe in the choice of insurance companies to exclude people. >> there is an individual choice to be allowed to be part of the government e

mr. rogers, like to change into house slippers. gay is a 40-year-old elephant at a zoo in england.he was suffering from foot abscesses on her front feet. the zoo got a pair of red slippers, i guess ruby slippers made to cushion her feet and keep her comfortable. they cost the same as a different pair of shoes, $825 a pair. looking good there, gay. that's news4 at midday. join us at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00, with all the day's news. we will see you tomorrow at 4:55 tomorrow morning,

mr. rogers. we're talking about that. texting. computers. >> don't you hate that? what are you doing? oh, texting. unplug your kids for a moment. don't you hate it when they whip it out at the dinner table or family function and they are texting? how you can unplug your kids. >> that's coming up. >>> also it's thursday which means dr. fioramonti is here. he always brings in a pet up for adoption and we take your calls. if you have a question about your pet let us know. >> here's a question. what broke your heart to throw away? what food broke your heart to throw away? i know you're coming back from your wedding and honeymoon. can you take me back in time? like, was there leftovers you had to throw away that was spoiled? >> i hate throwing away food. it breaks my heart. something about it. i can part with a lot of things. for some reason it makes me crazy to throw away food. >> i had shrimpy toast, had to throw it away. it killed me. why are we throwing so much food away and why are we wasting it? what about you? >> i had a chicken marsala three weeks ago i forgot about and left it in

mr. rogers. mr. rogers, aye. mr. sullivan, @@@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ >> mr. angle. mr. angle votes no. mr. rush. mr. risch wrote snow. mr. greene. i am sorry. ms. matsui, i am sorry. ms. matsui votes no. mr. bowsher. mr. bowsher votes know. matsui votes no. mr. boucher votes no. mrs. meyerick is aye. >> have all members responded? anyone wish to change his or her vote? if not the clerk will tally the vote. hold it. we have something else coming. i don't believe you are recorded. gentlemen wish to vote? votes no. mr. hill votes no. mr. space. mr. mathison. mr. mathison, no. mr. gordon, no. >> anyone else? clerk. >> no. mr. ross. mr. ross, no. miss baldwin is recorded as voting no. >> clerk will tally the vote. mr. rusch? mr. rusch is recorded as no. have all members responded to the role? clerk will report the vote. >> on that vote, mr. chairman, there were 24 ayes and4 noes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. who do we go to now? mr. welch. >> do you have your amendment? >> i do. >> could the clerk report the amendment and pass out the amendment as well. >> an amendment to the amendment of

we send a special thanks to mr. roger milliken, in south carolina, who made this event possible with a gift. mr. milliken has been supporting the clare booth luce policy institute since our first year, 1993, and mr. milliken, let me thank you so much for changing and saving the lives of so many young women, all over america, with your support for our outreach to young women and promotion of america's great women conservative leaders, like film -- phyllis schlafly, each year the clare bootheluce follow institute presents a woman with a woman of the year award and we choose an extraordinary lady who has shown grace, leadership and dedication to advancing conservative principles. but, this year, our recipient has such a long, amazing record that we felt woman of the year didn't cover it. so, today, we are honored to present phyllis schlafly with our first ever clare boothe luce lifetime achievement award. [applause]. >> mrs. schlafly first emerged on the national scene as a conservative leader back in 1964. with a publicatio

mr. rogers, and if we have time, mr. gingrey. we'll see. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thought my friends in the blue dogs had a great opportunity to turn this thing back into something the american people could embrace. i think it is an important amendment for what's not in it. there are some good things in here, but there still is a federally government mandated exchange. 11 million medicare advantage senior citizens are going to lose their coverage, 8 million people who have hsas are going to lose their coverage. 48 boards, commissions and programs new in this bill. it is confusing, and i have to say, very, very dispinting. matter of fact, the only thing i think happened here, m i will yield back to the chairman. i wish you would have hung in there, sir, i think you could have made a huge difference to the american people. >> the time has expired will now proceed to a vote. all those in favor? opposed? >> a roll-call vote. the clerk will call the roll. [roll-call] [roll call] [roll call] flsh [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [ro

today two have a special luncheon in honor of phyllis schlafly para we send a special thanks to mr. rogerilliken in south carolina who made this event possible with a deft. he has been supporting the clare booth luce policy institute since our first year in 1993 and mr. milliken, let me thank you so much for changing in saving the lives of so many young women all over america with your support for our average to young women and promotion of america's great women conservative leaders like phyllis schlafly. now easier the clare booth luce policy institute presents one woman with a woman of the year award. we choose an extra nouri lady who has shown grace, leadership and dedication to advance the conservative principles but this year our recipient has such a long amazing record that we felt women of the year just did not cover it. also today we are honored to present phyllis schlafly of with their first-ever clare booth luce lifetime achievement award. [applause] ms. schlafly first emerged on the national scene as a conservative leader back in 1964 with the publication of paribas selling boo

today two have a special luncheon in honor of phyllis schlafly para we send a special thanks to mr. rogerh carolina who made this event possible with a deft. he has been supporting the clare booth luce policy institute since our first year in 1993 and mr. milliken, let me thank you so much for changing in saving the lives of so many young women all over america with your support for our average to young women and promotion of america's great women conservative leaders like phyllis schlafly. now easier the clare booth luce policy institute presents one woman with a woman of the year award. we choose an extra nouri lady who has shown grace, leadership and dedication to advance the conservative principles but this year our recipient has such a long amazing record that we felt women of the year just did not cover it. also today we are honored to present phyllis schlafly of with their first-ever clare booth luce lifetime achievement award. [applause] ms. schlafly first emerged on the national scene as a conservative leader back in 1964 with the publication of paribas selling book from a choice

mr. martin is the group's honorary chairman roger zion whom the website promotes as one of the leading spokesman for the conservative cause. indeed rog zion is a former republican congressman from indiana who authored a new book called "the republican challenge." running this non-partisan group currently scaring old people about president obama's health care reform plans and who has a record of funding this organization 60-plus? well, when 60-plus started lobbying against prescription drug reform at state level a few years ago aarp actually looked into who was behind them, and they found, that quote, virtually all of their largest contributions in recent years have come from the same source, the nation's pharmaceutical industry. in 2003 the drug-maker pfizer paid 60-plus to help defeat prescription drug legislation in minnesota and in new mexico. according to the aarp's investigation, pfizer, quote, hired bonner & associates, a washington-based firm that specializes in astroturf lobbying. they paid callers reading from scripts that identified them as members of 60-plus urged their members to str

roger. he is executive vice president of policy at aarp. mr. rother, thank you very much for coming on the show tonight. i appreciate it. >> good evening. >> now, on the surface, it looks like your organization, aarp and 60-plus could be rival groups. are we looking at a turf war between your two competing organizations here, or is there something that's fundamentally different about these two groups? >> well, we represent 40 million members 50 and older. we don't know if they have members or what they do when there's not a big controversy. but clearly they're funded primarily by corporate interests, especially pharmaceuticals. so there's a big difference. we take no corporate money. we have no pharmaceutical money. our income is from member dues and services and products that members buy. >> one of the things that we have talked about on this show is the investigation that is aarp bulletin did a couple of years ago into why 60-plus was opposing pharmaceutical reform at the state level. can you tell us what that organization found about this gr

our own roger simon said instead of drawing a line in the sand, mr. >>> and senator ted

our own roger simon said instead of drawing a line in the sand, mr.g up that in the politics fix. >>> and senator ted kennedy, who we all know is battling brain cancer, is trying to make sure health care reform efforts aren't hurt by his absence from the senate. he sent a letter to the massachusetts governor and state

our own roger simon said instead of drawing a line in the sand, mr.a has drawn a squiggle in the mud. >>> and senator ted kennedy wh

mr. rick horrow. he's been a consultant to the nfl working directly with commissioner roger goodell.k about michael vick, there is no a in the middle of philadelphia. >> you said that pretty well off camera. although i know you lived. there we have questions about the eagle fans. >> philadelphia and water. water is worter. >> this is really a big win for michael vick financially. you know, gets a second chance as it has been said. >> well, let's remember that he spent 23 months in incarceration. he lost $40 million or so, don in, endorsements and contract salaries. on the other hand, what he did was heinous, unforgivable, premeditated. so he says he's paid his dues. he said five times in the press conference this is the country of second chances. and philadelphia may be a city of second chances. we'll see how well he plays. >> really it is, i think, you know, people -- philly is a tough town. but it's also very forgiving town. so you're right on about that. you know, i got to ask you, everyone is talking about michael vick. but what about the risk, financial risk, business risk for t

mr. baucus? ey aye. >> what are the political consequences? time for the fix. maria teresa kumar and rogerhnic politic here's. is this going to be a crashing defeat for republicans? people like mccain and kyle and people out west especially? >> from the obama administration when they put up sotomayor. such a political activist. the republicans had to not go after her and basically, as w h with -- >> your estimation, did they go soft on her? >> not for political reasons. it's fair to vote against someone if you don't believe in her qualifications. she was incredibly qualified and the tone that surrounded her. i remember watching those confirmation hearings. i felt uncomfortable. not only as woman, but also -- >> what about -- >> lindsey graham. started coverage saying, i like hispanics, went after that. that was uncomfortable. as a woman, it was condescending. everyone saw him shaking his finger at her asking if she has the right -- >> but he voted for her? >> he's smart. in the background of the -- >> okay. roger, these guys know all this and voted against the candidate. knew they would ha

roger? >> i disagree across the board, maria. it seems to me that since the financial crisis erupted, the federal reserve under mr. bernanke's leadership has acted boldly, creatively, and effectively. and done really quite a heroic job in stabing off a near meltdown which we all saw and in steering us toward safety and now the prospects for recovery both on the financial side and in the macro economy. so i think he's earned the reappointment and i think the president made a wise decision and i think the majority the very -- the vast majority in the financial community agree. >> amar what, about that? would it have been a smart move to take the leader of arguably the most important institution in the world out of his job and an uncertain period for the global economy. >> let me address each of these points. he's done nothing different than what greenspan would have done. he's done nothing different from what the heads of central banks all over the world have done. they have loosened the monetary spigot and anybody would have done that. capturing the confidence of the financial community is fine but the financial co

mr. keefe. i'd like to thank you both. - for my family, i thank you. - [man] sir. we have to go. - let's talk soon, yes? - mm-hmm. - [man] rogerisa! this is the worst experience we have ever had. do you have any idea what we have been through? - well... - first there was no reservation. then, our ceiling exploded. i got chunks of plaster all over me. i could get asthma. i'm so sorry. is there anything we can do to make it up to you yes. start by cleaning house. get rid of her. she is completely incompetent. absolutely. and cheeky too. i see. well... here's what you can do. fill out a comment card at our front desk. a comment card? she asked us to fill out a comment card. you want us to fill out a comment card? yes, i do. and after you finish, you can go ahead and just shove it up your ass. yeah. - you are so my hero. - let's get outta here. - let's open the bar. - champagne? - oh, anything but a bay breeze. - ok.

mr. vargas? will there be political repercussions? >> there may be. i'lbe honest with you i think what repubcans need to do is pnt out the fact that deocrats treated consvative nominees like migl erada, like jani roger brown very, very unfairly and ve negively. judge sotomayoras treated with respect, s was given a fa pcess. at the end of t day, tugh, it's oing to be up to hispanics to realize whe this fits i the equation. think they'll... theyill have seen this vote as something that they didn't le, they didn'tgre with butn the big scheme of thingthere are things like the economy, ins like healthare, foreign policy thathey will also take into account as they mov forward in voting in t future. >> reporter: h diverse is that community? we heard senator mendez talk about...enendez talk about it was a dirse... in this case he thought it was single block. do you agree? >> i agree. by and large t vast majority of spanics supported judge sotomayor's nomination to e court i would expe moving forward we're going to keep watching how she rules in the future i wou love to be able to see her move forward and bece a great supre court justice. i think her personal story and life accompliments would be a great exa

mr. bye -- >> with that vote, the senate made history today, confirming judge sonia sotomayor. nine republicans joined the democrats, ted kennedy couldn't vote because of health reasons. what are the political consequences? time for "the fix." rogerc politics. will this be a crashing defeat for republicans, people out west especially? >> this is a softball from the obama administration. she was such a traditionalist. and the republicans, all they had to do was maintain an even tone and not go after her, and basically actually win some points. >> did you think they went soft on her? >> not for political reasons. i think it's fair to vote against someone if you don't believe in their qualifications, but she was incredibly qualified. the tone that surrounded her. i remember watching those hearings. i felt uncomfortable. not only as a woman, but -- >> who bugged you? >> well, lindsey graham, when he started off his conversation by saying, i like hispanics and then after her, because as a woman it was condescending. everyone saw him shaking his finger at her asking if she had the right -- >> but he voted for her. >> because he's smart. if you look at the redistricting, what's going on in the background -- >> okay. roger, these guys kn

roger and disseminating and tankers best practices by the laws we address this by the senate and repair in the related issue it is essential that we regularly remind ourselves that real chance remains mr. nearly safely to traveled far safer than traveling on our highways. two of the transit agency's you hear on the next panel have endured 14 and 13 on board fatalities' respectively in the last 33 years. will each of those fatalities represent a tragedy the fact is that highway accidents in the metropolitan areas planned release and that many lives every month. despite the overall san record of the industry that have been called in to investigate several transit related accidents in the recent past and the ntsb and as stated in chicago transit authority do rahman on the blue line in july 2006. that accident resulted from the failure of a track structure and resulted in one has a 52 fatalities -- injuries. this landis' crew served as one of thousands holding cta rails ties in the area of the blue line derailment. as you can see it is grown in the form the timing could pull screws like this right out of the rail with your bare hand. this equipment dating back to the original installation