you are in the air with congressman peter welch. caller: i wanted to provide one of the first pushback on the chain cpi suggests an. -- suggestion. i worked all my life up from 16- 65, at one time i had two jobs and ran a small business. i lost my job at age 64 and finally decided to the fight i had to take my social security. my husband is disabled. we got a recent social security increase of about seven dollars each, which gave us $14 more in our household budget per month. and then we got a notice from food stamps they were cutting off by $12, from $64 a month to $48 a month. we live on just over $1500 a month. the idea that social security could get cut even further, it is just preposterous when you look at all of the things in the government now that could be cut. how about selling off some of the empty buildings you spent weeks having hearings talking about? there are so many cuts you could make before you turn to us. thanks for listening. guest: that was a very eloquent statement about the situation not only that you face but

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joining us now, democratic congressman peter welch who supports expanded back ground collection and other so-called common sense steps to curb gun violence. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> let's start with the house as i just pointed out. republicans on pose when you ask them generally about stricter gun controls, only 27% support it. the senate is one thing. senators representing the whole state. when you have republican members of congress supporting smaller districts, heavily republican districts, does this thing have a chance in the house? >> well, it does. and i think it will be in speaker boehner's hands. two issues, one is whatever side you're on in this issue, it is an issue of enormous national significance. so we should vote. that's really the question. we should be held accountable. we vote yes, we vote no, we vote so our constituents know where we stand. the second will be whether mr. boehner wants to violate the lastert rule. those who want to vote no have that opportunity. those who want to vote yes have the opportunity. the american people are entitled to have th

ask coming up on the next " austin journal, peter welch -- washington journal, peter welch. then more on the president budget. with senator chuck grassley of iowa. a look at congress'dealmakers. a profile of the members looking for bipartisan solutions on issues like immigration and the budget. washington journal is live every morning at of an a.m. eastern on c-span --at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. former reddish prime minister market -- or died monday after suffering a stroke -- former british prime minister margaret thatcher died monday after suffering a stroke. -- >> it tells you how the court works. there are so few good books out there that explain what the process, how do they go about this, how do they decide these cases. what are they saying to one another? we see these cases that the the court i've-four. what do they really inc.? cases that split the court 5-4. what do they really think? >> the notes back and forth between justices that are -- i wase, you fascinated by the human side of it. in many cases, justices have reservations about capital punishment. greg ma

[applause] >> coming up on the next "washington journal", peter welch of vermont discusses the 2015 budget and then more on the president's budget, the gun bill being debated in the senate and other issues with senator chuck grassley of iowa. and a look at the members who are looking for bipartisan solutions on issues like the budget. 7:00 a.m. eastern every morning on c-span. >> it is important book. there are so few good books out there that explain the process. what are they saying to one another. what do they really think? you know, it is a book not just about capital punishment but ho= the court operates.======== >> when you dig into the notes== of the library of= congress, th= notes back and forth, i am not a lawyer. but i was just fascinated by the human element of it. in many cases, many have reservations about capital punishment. >> sunday night at 9:00 o'clock on afterwords "after words" on c-span2. part of booktv. >> coming up shortly, vice president biden and attorney general holder on gun legislation. later, the white house's choice to have the energy department discussed the

we're working with the house supporters which would be represented steve womack, jackie speer, peter welch and john conyers, and have found common ground on this important issue to move forward with a bipartisan, bicameral bill in this congress. i want to publicly commend all of my senate and house colleagues in taking a leadership role and working on this important issue their marketplace fairness act is about states' rights and it's about fairness on the budget bill. we had a vote on this and i was very pleased with the 75 of the 100 senators voted in favor of making the marketplace fair. so i strongly encourage my colleagues to vote for the motion to proceed on s. 703, the market place fairness act, tonight at 5:30 will have the full. i am hoping to duplicate what they did before and support the goals of states' rights and the level plainfield for all businesses. >> i rise today to urge the senate not to move forward on the marketplace fairness act. this bill forces small businesses across the country to spend time and resources they should be using to raise jobs, jumping through new bu

. >> coming up on the next "washington journal" cumbersome and peter welch a vermont discusses the release of president obama's 2014 budget. and more on the president's budget and the gun bills being debated in the senate and other issues with senator chuck grassley of ohiwa. -- of iowa. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. wednesday, jeffrey zients will discuss the president's 2014 budget. he will be joined by alan krueger and gene sperling. that starts at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> i like to think it is an important book. there are so few good books out there that explain what the process is and how they go about this and how they decide these cases. what are they saying to one another? we see the cases of 5-4. do their personal feelings get into it? it is not just about capital punishment. it is about how it operates. >> in the library of congress, the memoranda, the notes back i'mforth between justices, not a lawyer. at theas fascinated human side of it. in many cases, justices have reservations about capital punishment. >> martin clancy and t

we're working with our house supporters which would be representatives steve womack, jacky spear, peter welch and john conyers and have found common ground on this issue to move forward with a bipartisan, bicameral bill in this congress. and i want to publicly commend all of my senate and house colleagues in taking a leadership role in working on this important issue. marketplace fairness act is about states' rights and it's about fairness. on the budget bill we had a vote on this, and i was very pleased that 75 of the 100 senators voted in favor of making the marketplace fair. so i strongly encourage my colleagues to vote for the motion to proceed on s. 743, the marketplaces fairness act tonight at 5:30 when we have that vote. i'm hoping they will duplicate that what they did before and support the goal of states' rights and a level playing field for all businesses. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. rockefeller: madam president, i ask unanimous offi otion.t the or