in rural nevada, pavement was a big deal. from the time that past, the state of nevada is 80% on budget from the federal government. we are entitled to money. but we've never gotten our money. we got it. i got it into that bill. it will be fully funded for five years, a big shot in the arm for rural nevada. america is one of the few countries that does not promote itself for tourism. we will now because of a lot that i pushed very hard that is not a lot this country. it will last for people to come to american -- will ask for people to come to america. as one of our auto dealers, did cash for clunkers help? of course it did. how will that there are people in this audience who bought a home for the first time and got a tax credit for it. we were able to sell millions of homes in america because of that tax credit which is going to expire at the end of this month because the republicans turned us down. i'm going to work and i bet we get that extended for another three months. [applause] anyone that talks about the stimulus not

we have the nevada home school network. we have built this coalition, and tonight we are adding more. there were nine who were so wonderful in putting their lives forward, who were ready to be true patriot by sacrificing their lives, their fortunes and their liberty, and they are joining the team. and we welcome all of them, because we have kept the focus of this campaign, and that is to defeat harry reid. we also are adding one more group to the coaaition tonight. that is the international nion approved -- the international union of [unintelligible] employees. we are ready. we are armed and ready to go down into the most critical kind of a big campaign. we are going to talk about what is really important. we have always kept the focus to defeat harry reid, and now we are going to talk about those issues that are important to us. we are going to go to him with the issues, and we are going to tell them right now, we are ready for the debaae. come on, harry. let's talk about the issues. [applause] the issues.bout and the issu

in nevada, in nevada, we've saved tens of thousands of jobs , 4,000 jobs in the last four months alone. is this enough? of course it's not enough. we have a lot more to do. but we're creating jobs in solar and fuel and thermal and wind all over the state. there are construction jobs going on. we got this beautiful v.a. hospital that's out here. it may not seem what you drive by it, it may not seem like much, but mccarron field, that's a billion dollar project we have going there. and we have new air traffic control towers at mccarron, and we also have it at reno airport. that's what we're talking about. we have problems with education. it's really, really too bad. we haven't been able to do more , but we have done, from carson, washington city, $3million that directly went to education. that bill also reduced taxes for 95% of the people in america. small businesses we help, home buyers, we've done some things for home buyers. i heard our attorney general talk about mortgage fraud. the reason that the u.s. attorney here two weeks ago indicted almost 200 people, it was because they were

the state of nevada is a wonderful place. i will not give up and you will not give up and we are not going to stop until the economy turns around and until every man and woman fell wants to go to work and have a job. [applause] -- man and woman that wants to work can have a job. we want to work together. we will work together to make nevada whole again. thank you very much. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> monday, the confirmation hearings for the layman kagan begin on capitol hill. live on c-span3

nevada is typically purple state. they have pretty even voter registration although democrats have taken the lead so he has seen his approval rating fall not just with taking the party leadership position, the enomy has been hit harder in nevada than the rest of the country so heas been suffering and is seen as extreme vulnerable. so, republicans have put a the lot of resources into these. >> have the republican candidates been able to raise a good amount and how much does rry reid have? >> harry reid has said that he will spend $25 million on the race, which is a huge sum for nevada statewide race he is well on his way to raising that amount. the republicans have been raising money at a slower clip but they have been spending it and lowd everyone n is pretty much broke and angle has been able to benefited from the outside money advertising. at the same time you have got groups that are involved in the campaign. a democratic backed group is involved. >> michelle obama was campaigning forarry reid in nevada. is she pop

. >> sharon and goalie in nevada has 67% of the vote. engle in nevada has 67% of the vote. good evening to you, gerry from the republican line. >> good evening. i just want to say that the republicans -- there is a lot of enthusiasm, but it is almost all tongue-in-cheek. the republican electorate is waiting for the senior republicans to really come forward and apologize for their extremely poor behavior on everything from the fence on the border to this horrible socialist financial meltdown. -- meltdown that they have largely been responsible for, beginning with george bush. the republican electorate is trying to get the republicans one more shot, a last chance opportunity. but if they continue to do the dog and pony show they have been doing, it is going to result in a split third party kind of thing. i am apprehensive of that. if they do not get off this business as usual feigned and get in some real character and show the difference in republican philosophy over the scheme of now nationalizing banks and automobile and other and a this health care thing is a copy of the e

host: let us go to nevada. bob on the independent line. did you vote? caller: i am an independent so the only thing i could vote for judges. i just want to say that this angle election is pretty much of a joke. reid with all of his millions will probably beat her easily in the fall. this is the one he wanted to run against and this of the one he will run against and the beat. host: we will move on to wisconsin. doris. caller: i think this election is crooked. i think in arkansas, this blanche lincoln closed different things down so people could not vote and that is against our constitution. i think this country is getting more and more crooked every year. host: i am not sure if you called in earlier but that is the second phone call on funny business going on in arkansas. have you heard anything about it? guest: i have not heard anything about that. i do want to point out, the caller from the bottom has an interesting take. a sort of the conventional wisdom right now that sharron angle is the easier candidate for harry reid to beat. at some levels you c

for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada rise? ms. berkley: to address the house for one minute. and possibly revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. berkley: the horrific crisis and tragedy in the gulf must be a wake-up call to america that we must break our addiction to fossil fuel and move with all deliberate haste to a renewable energy future or america simply will have no future. energy independence is an economic necessity we can create an entire economy based on green jobs. it's not only an environmental necessity, look at the crisis that we have in the gulf with the loss of life and the destruction of an ecosystem that will take a lifetime to fix. it's a national security imperative. we have to break away our -- break from our reliance on the saudis and venezuelans and b.p.'s of the world and harness the sun, wind, geothermal, biomass. the state of nevada can become the epicenter of renewable energy. we just need the will to do it. i yield back and ask my colleagues to please join me in a

with the runoff and arkansas, battles and nevada, california.st: therere 12 states with primaries. it should give another indication of just where the electorate is, just how angry voters are. there are two races were incumbents seem to be on the ropes. in arkansas, blanche lincoln, a two-term democratic senator is being challenged from the left by the lieutenant governor. she was forced into a runoff in the primary and their runoff is tuesday. it is never good for an incumbent when you are forced into a runoff. so she has her work cut out for her. and in south carolina, a six- term cgressman is being challenged from the right by a conservative and conservative voters who have accused him of being too moderate. there i anotherwo-party challenge there. those will be interesting to watch. and in california, you have two big games running for governor. you have meg whitman and carly fiorin two top executives who are spending a ton of money to run for governor and senate. they are also being challenged on the right and some accusing them of being to

from south carolina to california, and nevada to arkansas, this primary night belonged to the women. in arkansas, two-term senator blanche lincoln won the democratic party runoff gaechs lieutenant governor bill halter, who had the support of labor unions and liberal activist groups. speaking last night in little rock, lincoln said arkansas voters let out a message that's loud and clear. >> and that message was that the vote of this senator is not for sale and neither is the vote of the people of arkansas. >> woodruff: meanwhile, in nevada's republican senate primary, key party favorite sharon angle topped former state party chair sue lowden, and businessman danny tarkanian. angle quickly 55 ted to her general election opponent, senator majority leader harry reid. >> this campaign is about opposing tax and spend, let's make a deal, politics as usual washington, d.c. corruption that has taken a claim on our senior senator harry reed. >> woodruff: republican voters in california backed two former corporate executives as their senate and gubernatorial nominees, former hewlett-packard c.e

nevada is typically purple state. they have pretty even voter registration although democrats have taken the lead. so he has seen his approval rating fall not just with taking the party leadership position, the economy has been hit harder in nevada than the rest of the country so he has been suffering and is seen as extremely vulnerable. so, republicans have put a the lot of resources into these. >> have the republican candidates been able to raise a good amount and how much does harry reid have? >> harry reid has said that he will spend $25 million on the race, which is a huge sum for a nevada statewide race and he is well on his way to raising that amount. the republicans have been raising money at a slower clip but they have been spending it and lowd everyone n is pretty much broke and angle has been able to benefited from the outside money advertising. at the same time you have got the independent expenditure groups that are involved in the campaign. a democratic backed group is involved. >> michelle obama was cam

he represents a state, nevada, that is politically competitive. where he would be vulnerable to a challenge. and over the past year he has been a political lightning rod, carrying the banner for the democratic agenda which contains a lot of items on the liberal progressive agenda particularly the very controversial healthcare bill. and he's been in the middle of the pitched partisan battles. then he has to go back to a state where not only is the electorate at best centrist but because of a population boom senators serve six years. since the last time he was before the voters in 2004 the population of nevada grew by a third so there is a third that never has voted for or really seriously considered harry reid as a candidate. his approval ratings dropped sharply and polls started showing him running well behind almost all of the major republican candidates. two problems for republicans. one is that they didn't really max out on the candidate recruiting. they were hoping that congressman dean heller from reno or john porter who represented suburban

nevada, congresswoman berkley, such time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from nevada is recognized for as much time as she may consume. ms. berkley: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank mr. costa. we have worked on many issues, this one being the most important. i thank him for yielding some time to me. it's been one year since ahmadinejad and his thugs stole the election from iran. the world watched with hock as one million iranians took to the streets of tehran to protest the so-called results of the sham election and dismay as the protesters were cruel squelched. we watched a beautiful iranian woman killed in the prime of her life as she peacefully protested the election results. i stand with the people of iran as they protest the continued denial of human rights and democracy by their illegal government. iran's government is on a very dangerous path. they are the state sponsors of terrorism across the planet. they're the main sponsors of hamas, and as we watch hamas cruel treat the palestinian people in gaza

to stacey's primaries in california, nevada, -- tuesday sees primaries in california, nevada and iow.. the numbers to call our -- democrats, 202-737-0002, republicans, 202-737-0001 and independent, 202-628-0205. we are also on twitter. by's talk iraq -- start off talking about a peaciece. more than 2300 people are running for house and senate seats. is the highest number of candidates running in years. the motivation for this? frustration, particularly on the right with president barack obama and his agenda appears to have contributed to this search. the field has almost twice as many gop candidates as democrats. a strong anti-incumbent sentiment and disenchantment with the way the government spends money are prevailing forces of this election year. a gallup poll showed near record lows -- 46% for republicans in may, 43% for democrats. in a while we will speak with ben evans, the writer of that piece. but let's look at "the washington post" now, and the primary battles going on on tuesday. we will look at some of the key races to watch -- nevada, state senate battle. that is the senat

president, on primary night, i was up very late expressing my gratitude to my supporters in nevada. i congratulated my opponent on the campaign that she ran. she actually came from nowhere to win this election. i extended my appreciation to her in that regard. >> a few months ago i did not have a job. now all of that has changed. it was like a ton of bricks lifted off my shoulders. what you see your are hundreds of jobs. these solar jobs would not be here with out harry reid. is that simple. >> i am harry reid, and i approve this message. >> coming up on the "the communicators," a perspective on theesec's effort to regulate -- fcc's to regulate broadband services. [captioning erformed by national captiining institute] [captions copyright natiooal cable satellite ccrp. 2010] >> tomorrow morning, a discussion of president obama's relationships with the progressive and liberal wings of the democratic party. then, what the recent sanctions against iran in for that country's nuclear program and its relations with the rest of the world. after that, the director of the pension benefit guar

certainly this has been the case in nevada. as a result, many first-time home buyers have entered into an agreement for short sale prior to the april 30 deadline, but have not yet been able to close on the purchase price prior to the upcoming june 30 deadline. according to local experts, the home buyers assistance and improvement act of 2010 before us now will extend to october 1 the date by which purchasers must close the sale on a home in order to obtain a home buyer tax credit. and this will allow approximately 3,800 first-time home buyers in southern nevada to receive the credit. it's a fair solution that will help consumers who met all the eligibility requirements for the credit but have had the timely process of their loans held up. so i thank the chairman for his assistance in moving this forward. i urge my colleagues to support the legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time of the the gentleman from michigan reserves. the gentleman fro

host: give us a snapshot of the economic situation in reno, nevada. nevada. caller: most of my friends are unemployed. i am in construction. we are not doing too many construction jobs. it is mainly electric jobs. i cannot emphasize -- check the label. you can buy a tape measure made in the usa, rather than one that is made in china. you have to check the label. check the label. check the label. host: what about residential homes? caller: why would you want to build a home? there are plenty available. there is no need to build houses in nevada. guest: you certainly hear that nevada has been one of the hardest hit by the housing bust. it is good to hear there is some construction work. whether or not to buy american, it is an important emotional issue. there are good opinions on both sides. there are some benefits to having lower-end work done outside of the united states. there are companies that have added jobs overseas and in the united states over the years. certainly, as the caller said, people can check the label. host: what is the next economic data tha

. >> woodruff: i'm going to move on to nevada.republican senate primary harry reid in danger-- endangered incull bent, the senate majority leader and the ground is shifting in this republican primary. >> this has been a post interesting race in nevada. as you say, senator reid is quite vulnerable. his poll numbers have been weak all year and republicans have been itching to take him on and try to defeat him. what has happened in the last few weeks is that the candidate that many in the republican establishment had thought and assumed would be the nominee, sue lowden has stumbled. she's had some things to say on the came pran-- campaign trail that caused her trob. in particular that one could go back toy a system of barter, for health care and as she put it trading chickens for health care. that has allowed sharron angle, who is the favored candidate of the tea party movement, to surge into the lead. now this is still a close race and there's a third candidate, danny tarkanian who is the son of the former basketball coach at unlv.

nevada is the test case. harry reid is in the 30s favorable ratings as majority leader. he's dead. he can't win. the state is 13%-- .7% unemployment, leads the nation in bankruptcies and foreclosures. but it saved. harry reid can't win but his opponent can lose. the republican, the nomination. >> sharron angle whose opinion she wants to privatize social security and medicare, was we'll find in the next four or five weeks if harry reid cannot focus the attention on her and her shortcomings and go ahead in that race and make it competitive, then i think democrats are really in for a tough, tough race. >> but why do democrats have to run i'm no day at the beach. they just had a year in which they probably passed more of their favorite legislation since the new deal so why can't they run on their record? >> well, maybe it's unpopular. >> lehrer: how do you read the blanche lincoln victory from the democratic re-election primary in arkansas. >> the question is why did unions spend $10 million trying to beat her in a state the democrats probably can't win in any case. in a state without

he represents a state, nevada, that is politically competitive. where he would be vulnerable to a challenge. and over the past year he has been a political lightning rod, carrying the banner for the democric agenda which contains a lot of items on the liberal progressive agenda particularly the very controversial healthcare bill. and he's been in the middle of the pitched partisan battles. then he has to go back to a state where not only is the electorate at best centrist but because of a population boom senators serve six years. since the last time he was before the voters in 2004 the population of nevada grew by a third so there is a third that never has voted for or really seriously considered harry reid as a candidate. his approval ratings dropped sharply and polls started showing him running well behind almost all of the major republican candidates. two problems for republicans. one is that they didn't really max out on the candidate recruiting. they were hoping that congressman dean heller from reno or john porter who represented suburban la

harper, a native of southern nevada, who is 17 years old, led the college of southern nevada and the scenic west athletic conference in virtually every offensive category. in recognition of his outstanding performance, he was the 2010 player of the year and he was named to the first team a.w.c. all conference team. during the 2010 season, he set a c.s.n. school record for home runs. he belted in 31, shattering the previous record of 12. so, madam speaker, i look forward to welcoming bryce to washington and watching him play just down the street as he stars for the nationals for years to come. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: madam speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: the house is playing politics with troop funding. the money is being held up by liberal lawmakers so they can add billions of dollars to the so-called stimulus funds and special

nevada's unemployment rate went up last month. we are the highest in the country. official will i over 14%, probable will i closer to 20%, which means people have no knobs and there are no jobs to have. we should excellent tend unemployment benefits because people are going to get accustomed to being on unemployment. noun not one of the people i represent as come to me and told me what a picnic it is living on the brink with their unemployment benefits. they are saying let's find me a job. i want to work. until this economy recovers, until people can go back to work, we have an obligation to and responsibility to keep these families a float. let's stop talking about -- afloat . let's stop talking about nonsense issues. and help our fellow citizens. i strongly support this and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. camp. mr. camp: at this tiie i yield three minutes to a distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. brady. the

the one in nevada, this angle, knowing where she stands on issues, that will not sell in nevada. i just don't know -- of course, the one in alaska, we don't even need to talk about her. i don't know why the women that seemed to be running for major offices now are so far to the right. i don't know how that has happened, but it has. it is a little bit scary to me. incidently, the one that is governing arizona right now was not in -- was not even elected. she was appointed. so that speaks for itself. i'm all for women in government and i hope we get more of them but i hope the trend changes and we get some women that are a little bit maybe left of center again like it used to be. host: thank you for participating. it had line you have been seen during that call from "the new york times" this morning. let me read to you a little bit of this piece. back to your calls. next is aurora, minnesota. caller: good morning. --m sorry, but i'm one that does not like women in government. i watched c-span. on all the channels. we don't get three -- but i know they repeat them at night. the wome

. >> take a look here in nevada.is so expensive to even start the process to be able to distract the minerals out of the ground. you know this, too. my concern is that we know there is someone who wants to shut down any exploration. it to be devastating for our economy. >> it is going to be $18 billion cap to go from setting $5 million to $10 million. coming from harry reid, it makes it very difficult for offshore exploration. >> there is a $20 billion cap, nothing goes wrong. by e.d. they should not have to pay at all? >> i never said that. now you are being cynical again. the issue is due in need of sure drilling? right now since we have no gas, we needionanatural it. berglund to have to have offshore drilling. they will inform us about what should be the appropriate liability caps. we could have another one of these problems. these kind of mistakes happen. that of a nice thing to have. that involves some leadership about where we are going to find energy.. we are not out. >> i have an energy plan on the web site.

nevada was being forced -- nevada was being foreced. -- forced.e sued the state to take for nuclear waste, so he has been inconsistent, i think, on this issue. it is a big issue because states have to live with this permanently. the federal government or a court of law should not be cramming it down their throats. they fought against it. we are now in mitigation on this issue. energysolutions is a good company. they are regulated. becoming the dumping ground buof nuclear waste is the wrong thing for our state. i think we have to step very carefully in these arenas. in terms of taking up for a nuclear waste, i would be against that. -- taking foreign nuclear waste, i would be against that. >> my father had cancer. i would never want any family to have to endure the kind of sadness my family has had to go through since losing my dad, and the issue we face in utah is nothing like that, and i would never allow that to come into our state, nor would our state government allow that, anything that would subject our citizens to that kind of harm. what we

you look at the changing demographics and nevada and new mexico and so many of the states.ou cannot just look at the past to predict the future. you have to look at who the candidates are, both candidates. this will tell you whether a state is viable. you cannot just look at the past. barack obama fulfill a certain profile at that given moment for virginia. we were the first presidential campaign on tte democrat side that had the resources to outspend republicans in different states. that really mattered. sadly, it mattered. typically, we are behind the funding. we had the opportunity. we were only going to win the states if we dramaaically expanded the electorate. we would not have one. there are 10 staaes that you can look at. if i had a memory i would rattle them off. virginia, north carolina, florida, colorado, indiana that collectively at up to 100 electoral votes. if we did not -- if we had not expend of the electorate especially with young voters, we would not have won ttose states. you can look at it clearly. the voter registration in each of those states and how mu

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we will probably see more of it in nevada next tuesday, the primary there that the further ideaologicalically extreme candidates are doing well and the anti-establishment candidates are doing well it is just tough if are you in the establishment. >> woodruff: this is unfair to ask you about this in just a couple of minutes but israel, gaza, attack on the flotilla of ships t there is another flotilla coming. the israelis are threatening to stop them. how does the obama administration deal with this? >> they are dealing with it in a muddy way. of course i want them to be honest about it, which i think the true thing is israel was morally justified but politically stupid to do this. gaza is run by hamas which is threatening its destruction. if israel allows 10,000 tons of week of stuff to go through to gaza. they could have channeled the humanitarian aid that way. they wanted a confrontation but israel was phenomenalically stupid to walk into this trap politically and the administration is trying to walk down the middle and just being fuzzy about it between turkey and israel and really making no

from this twitter page -- from the front page of the paper in nevada -- there is a game called upon" we're is sharron angle?" -- "where is sharron angle?" this is what it looks like from the jump page of the article -- in nevada, running for the senate, and running from the cameras. good morning. caller: i just want to applaud the constitution allowing me to protect myself. i lived down here and the sarasota area. i don't know if you heard, but there has been a lot of people taking in the front doors and robbing people. i bought a gun about five years ago and i sleep better knowing i have it at the ready. i am 70, retired, and having the gun by my side -- and if they kick in the front door, at least have some kind of leverage. host: according to "the wall streettjournal" there are some ideas for laws are restriction. there are a number of states including yours that would ban the sale of gainguns in book fo. do you support that? caller: yes, something like that. i'm an individual and purchased mine for my personal home protection. i have only used it as a firing range to practice. i

for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada rise? ms. titus: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. titus: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate chef rick noonian on his impressive second place finish in bravo's "top chef master" competition earlier this month. he's donating his winnings to three square food bank in las vegas where the $22,500 prize money will fund the equivalent of 67,500 meals for southern nevadans who are struggling with hunger. i was pleased to join him this past april when he further demonstrated his commitment to fighting hunger by supporting the weekends without hunger act. a bill i introduced that will prevent low-income children from going hungry when they are away from school during the weekend and on holidays. we are honored to have a chef of rick's stature and such a strong advocate for fighting hunger in southern nevada. again i extend my congratulations to the chef and thank him for the contributions he's made to our community. i'm also proud to

. >> your next question comes from dennis from las vegas, nevada.nnis, please go ahead and ask your question. >> mr. president. >> hi, dennis. >> how are you, sir? >> good. >> i am a retiree who's a member of the international union of painters and allied trade. i'm currently drawing my health insurance from cobra since the federal subsidy from my employer is a major being discontinued and i have confirmed my former employer will not offer cobra. what am i supposed to do and how does the new health care law help me now get health care especially since my wife is getting -- dealing with health care issues. >> you don't get qualified for medicare. you're getting cobra because your employer is not -- you're not on the job right now, is that what's going on? >> correct. >> well, here's what happens is because of this terrible recession that we had, we knew that a lot of folks were going to be losing their jobs. when i took office 750,000 people per month were losing their jobs. we're now because of the recovery act, the great work that congress did, we'

the head of the political science department, andy tuttle, university of nevada at las vegas, taught a course, a graduate course, based on senator byrd's lectures on the roman empire. he gave two lectures here on the senate floor on the roman empire, the fall of the roman empire. he gave the lecture because he was conccrned because of the line-item veto. and he felt that the line-item veto would be the beginning of the end of the united states senate and he proceeded to give ten lectures on that on the senate floor. every one of them from memory. every one of them from memory. timed jjst perfect. they ended in one hour. that's how much time he had been given -- how much he had been given. now, mr. president, the original roman emperors served for one year. he could do it from memory. he knew how -- who they were, how long they served, knew how to spell their names. truly, truly a n unbelievably -n unbelievably brilliant man. he was the only person to have ever earned his law degree while he was a member of congress. what he accomplished is really very, very long. but his thirst for k

they exist in oregon, they exist in nevada. they're going to continue to exist without any improvement because of the rejection by the republicans yesterday. everything i've talked about creates jobs. and to have the republicans come to the floor and say, we reject it because of the cost. it was rejected because they do not believe that middle-class america deserves a break. that all the break should go to the fat cats. right now as a result of the republicans rejecting this legislation, someone who's working for minimum wage will continue to pay more of their taxes percentagewise than warren buffett. or one of the multibillionaires on wall street. they will pay more percentage of their income than one of these very, very rich people. in this legislation we had a provision to extend the first-time home buyers tax credit so that people who already qualified can buy a home. rejected. they even rejected a provision we had in this legislation so that someone that is called away to fight in afganistan or iraq, we had a provision in

what purpose doethe gentlelady from nevada rise? ms. berkley: i re to address the house for one minute. and revi and emy remarks. the speaker o tempore: out objection. ms. berkley: tha you. the republics in the senate e oce agn doing everythg they can to dtroy medicare for millions oseniors by blockiegislaon that will sthe 2 cut in payents t cts who care f our they say they are worried about the defi and payi the doc fix will add to the dt. excuse me, war figting two rs notai for have homeland security need no paid for. medicare part, not paid for. not a word from the sete republicans. but theyrewing a line on paying the doctors who eat medicare patients. this is ging tod to the deficit. t's stop playing politics medire. pay the doctors, and provide health carr miionsnd millio of our senior citizens and i yield back thealancef my tim the spear o tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for wh purpose does the gentleman from nebraska rise? >> to address the use for one minute. revi extend. the speakepro tempore: wiout

nevada is the no. 1 in per capita bankruptcy filings. again, because of the bursting of the housing bubble, in addition to the other economic problems. walking away is an issue. by and large, this environment, banks don't pursue individual homeowners for deficiencies. there are just too many cases to pursue. there is really no market for the halt once the bank -- host: our guest is a graduate of syracuse university, both undergraduate and law school. pittsburgh, massachusetts, independent line. good morning. we lost sam. tony in atlanta, good morning. caller: thank you for c-span. this is my first time calling. my comment is that i had to much debt and my job started cutting back on hours and i was not able to pay all my bills on time. i had to make budget changes -- make a bunch of changes. it seems to me that i'm paying back my bankruptcy and it costs me more now to pay the debts o ff. the loss, when the change to come actually heard it and -- sit law -- laws, when they changed it, actually hurt the consumer. guest: that experience is

the head of the political science department, andy tuttle, university of nevada at las vegas, taught a course, a graduate course, based on senator byrd's lectures on the roman empire. he gave two lectures here on the senate floor on the roman empire, the fall of the roman empire. he gave the lecture because he was concerned because of the line-item veto. and he felt that the line-item veto would be the beginning of the end of the united states senate and he proceeded to give ten lectures on that on the senate floor. every one of them from memory. every one of them from memory. timed jjst perfect. they ended in one hour. that's how much time he had been given -- how much he had been given. now, mr. president, the original roman emperors served for one year. he could do it from memory. he knew how -- who they were, how long they served, knew how to spell their names. truly, truly a n unbelievably -n unbelievably brilliant man. he was the only person to have ever earned his law degree while he was a member of congress. what he accomplished is really very, very long. but his thirst for k

when you've got the market as we saw in california and to a lesser extent florida but certainly in nevada dominated by the 228, pay option on some interest on the loans, etc., were the teaser rate loans which again are not bad because they're being passed on to the bar were some of the savings, some of th earnings the lender gets but the customers don't understand how the teasers' will reset the essentially allow people into these mortgagewith low paymes for the period of time that are not sstainable in a long run witht ooking at what the combined macroeffect of what happened when the payments then i just. you also have to keep in mind e degree of fraud that was in the system whether that was from lightning abt their income. keep in mind, during this period of time it was also possible to buy your fico. you could go on with a certain amount of money, if only it yourself with other people's credit history and depending how much you want to pay actually artificially inflateour cred score to be used goingnto buying a loan to purchase after stopping then you'd have reversion to the means s th

they exist in oregon, they exist in nevada. they're going to continue to exist without any improvement because of the rejection by the republicans yesterday. everything i've talked about creates jobs. and t have the republicans come to the floor and say we reject it because of the cost. it was rejected because they do not believe that middle-class america deserves a break. that allhe break should go to the fat cats. right now as a result of the republicans rejecting this legislation, someone who's working for minimum wage will continue o pay more of their taxes percentagewise than warren buffett. or one of the multibillionaires on wall street. they will pay more percentage of their income than one of these very, very rich people. in this legislation we had a provision to extend the first-time home buyers tax credit so that people who already qualified can buy a home. rejected. they even rejected a provision we had in this legislation so that someone that is called away to fight in afganistan or iraq, we had a provision in this

carson city nevada. tell us about your current situation as far as your job is concerned.aller: i am a non-union german painter for residential commercial. i have been unemployed for several weeks. i have gone after a local casinos board to be a dishwasher or quarter so that i am paying into my employment began. i am in a horrible situation. host: were you a private contractor or do you work for a firm? what kind of painting do you do? caller: and general in the carson city area the best job i had, i made $18 an hour. i was doing well on unemployment. the problem with me is that i am 54 years old. they like to hire a -- helpers in train them to be a painter rather than hire somebody my age. host: if you're getting $18 an hour, how much would a painter's helper probably get paid? caller: minimum-wage. the fact that i have to go into the casinos in get minimum-wage jobs -- i am willing to travel to go to work. but nothing is panning out. the unemployment rate over 13%. this is horrible. host: if you follow politics, have you spoken to your legislators about this? caller: i w

the drop has been felt hardest in states like nevada, florida and my home state of california where the housing crisis forced the construction industry to come to a stand still. in fact, we are now seeing latino unemployment over 30% in the state of california and then in my district, 17% overall for everywhere -- everyone. in the committee's testimony, the national association of homebuilders stated that the bill will do little to produce jobs and free up credit for builders. if our goal is to pass legislation that will work to create jobs, we must target our sources where they are most needed and i state, where they are most needed. this amendment will address these concerns that include housing production loans, housing production loans to our nation's homebuilders who are comprised primarily of small businesses. our housing collapse let our country into this economic crisis, creating incentives to allow housing markets to strive will help bring us out of this recession. i thank mr. miller for his hard work on this amendment. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. i yield ba

host: craig, democrat from las vegas, nevada. caller: yes, i would like to see the people of the u.s. step forward. what we tell the senators, until you pass unemployment extensions, we cut your pay. you get no pay. let them live on $200 per week in food stamps. let them do that for about one month, and then they will know how we feel. instead of wasting $900 apiece. start doing stuff for our people and forget the rest of the world. get out of these wars and quit wasting money. host: let's look at other news in the headlines, from "the wall street journal" bomber pleads guilty in plot. this is looking at the event yesterday. a pakistani-born citizen calling himself a muslim soldier admitted on monday he tried to detonate a crudely made car bomb in times square in may. shahzad pleaded guilty in federal court in manhattan to attend-count indictment that included charges of conspiracy among others. he faces life in prison. he is one of the number of homegrown terrorists who have surfaced. it poses greater difficulty to track then ot

a member of our committee who has been a great supporter of this legislation, the gentlelady from nevada, 55 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for 55 seconds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. he has done a remarkable job on this legislation. i rise today in strong support of this legislation. iran's nuclear program represents as much of a threat to the united states, to europe, to the arab world, as it does to israel. ms. berkley: it's absolutely essential that we stop this terrorist supporting and financing, murder rist, anti-semitic, holocaust denying regime. it seeks to destroy israel, dominate the entire middle east, and to do that by acquiring nuclear weapons. what this bill does today is it says not on our watch. we will not be intiiidated. we will not be fooled. we will not allow iran to acquire nuclear weapons. if iran acquires nuclear weapons, it will unleash a dangerous and uuprecedented arms race throughout the middle east, the likes of which the world has never seen. introducing nuclear weapons in the middle east can only add to the destabilization of

i am out in the field in texas and nevada and oregon bringing brainpower on line to serve america. i'm putting money into clean oil, raising algy. i'm working hard on what we call the tent millennium of man and it's time we start restoring this planet. it is up and running and has been up a couple of months. you can get on the site and learn about real green things that are creating jobs and people are having success acros the country. but there is more to it. bill, asng to style a opposed to the comments that this movement would not be the place to create a legislation, we want a bottoms up bill that by the end of this year will restore ecosystems, the forrsts, rangelands, and restore our grid so we can get green power instead of relying on a coal and gas. we want to run a campaign that will put the bill into law pad a lot of land and spend money on restoring the oceans, restoring the eco in the economy. that is the basis of that word -- it means ecology and that's the natural resources is so degraded that it's hardly useful. we look forward to working with you on that and thank y

it is utterly inconceivable that the smokeys would be blasted, the rockies razed, the sierra nevadas flattened, that bombs the equivalenttto hiroshima would be detonated every week for three decades. the fact that the appalachians are the apple acton's makes this environmental genocide possible and permissible. by the end of our time together here today, i hope you will commit your journalistic integrity to stop mountaintop removal immediately. our appalachian mountains reseeded the whole of north america after the last ice age. i smile when i remember that. what an act of biological what generosity. been generosity. tte genetic stock of our forest, in part because they were an unglaciated refuge for many species, exceeds any value that can be conceived of or articulated by the human mind. ancient, like giving, a -- life- giving, a perfectly complete and closed loop of life and economy, but the preciousness of these mountains is an actual endowment that should be treated instead,,they are being blasted to smithereens. coal lies in those hills, but you all know that. there are essenti

i am out in the field in texas and nevada and oregon bringing brainpower on line to serve america.utting money into clean oil, raising algy. i'm working hard on what we call the tent millennium of man and it's me we start restoring this planet. it is up and running and has been up a couple of months. u can get on the site and learn about real green things that are creating jobs and people are having success across the country. but there is more to it. bill, asng to style a opposed to the comments that this movement would not be the place to create a legislation, we want a bottoms up bill that by the end of this year will restore ecosystems, the forrsts, rangelands, and restore our grid so we can get green power instead of relying on a coal and gas. we want to r a campaign that will put the bill into law pad a lot of land and spend money on restoring the oceans, restoring the eco in the economy. that is the basis of that word -- it means ecology and that's the natur resources is so degraded tt it's hardly useful. we look forward to working with you on that and thank you very much fo