examiner journalist philip klein. "washington journal" is next. ♪ unemploymentgency insurance, immediately cutting off jobless benefits for 1.3 million workers that have been unemployed for longer than 26 weeks. if the sudden change starts an intense battle when lawmakers return to washington in january. resident obama has called on congress to act swiftly on the temporary extension of etiquette -- of benefits. isrop in unemployment rate -- morning,ng news this federal judge rules this week that the national security agency program that collect the records of millions of americans of phone calls is lawful. says it does not violate america's privacy rights. it is december 28, the morning and welcome to "washington journal." our topic to kick things off is the end of that extended unemployment benefits. will congress renew them when lawmakers return in january? we want to hear from you. for republicans, the number is 202-585-3881. 585-3880.rats, 202- you can also find us online a on twitter -- find us online on twitter,

our guest is philip klein of "the washington examiner." and the book "the american way of poverty -- how the other half still lives." >> if you are a middle or high school student, our video competition wants to know, what is the most important issue congress should address exterior? eight a five to seven minute video, and be sure to include c- span programming. $100,000 in total prizes. the deadline is january 20. get the details online. >> tonight, the year in review continues with a look at the federal budget and the government shutdown. and, a look at the life times of first lady jacqueline kennedy. and >> the beginning of october 2013 was a perfect storm of politics and policy with implementation of many elements of the health care law and the beginning of the new fiscal year. there was a 16 day government shutdown as a result. on the next hour of c-span's year in review, we bring you some floor debates. ofshow you senator ted cruz texas and his filibuster in the u.s. senate. we will begin with a conversation with a woman who covers i

even philip klein, a conservative reporter i like and respect and follow, he tweeted this today., parnell won't expand medicaid. this is how it's done, john kasich." great news, no health care for up to 40,000 poor people. that is great news for conservatives. those of us committed to a humane future of mutual support and solidarity and compassion, that is what we are up against. and finally, i'm angry at democratic politicians who are starting to go wobbly. >> it's really disappointing to all of us, to the people that we serve, that it hasn't been rolled out better. >> there are provisions that need to be fixed. >> many americans don't feel well served. >> i have been frustrated from day one. >> i will never forget the morning of january 20th, 2010, the fight for health reform was not over, the house's more liberal bill still needed to be reconciled with the senate's more conservative version, but scott brown had just declared victory in the special election to replace the late ted kennedy, and that cost democrats their filibuster-proof majority in the senate. i was walking on c

followed by a discussion of the 2014 discussion of the agenda examinerashington journalist philip kleinton journal" is next. ♪ unemploymentgency insurance, immediately cutting off jobless benefits for 1.3 million workers that have been unemployed for longer than 26 weeks. if the sudden change starts an intense battle when lawmakers return to washington in january. resident obama has called on congress to act swiftly on the temporary extension of etiquette -- of benefits. isrop in unemployment rate -- also making news this

host: >> on the next washington journal, philip klein, and the current makeup of poverty in america. he is the author of the american way of poverty, how the other half still lives. "washington journal" live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. night, watch the discussion on gender, race, and incarceration, hosted by tulane university. author and msnbc host moderates a panel of incarcerated women's rights advocates at 8:35 p.m. eastern. that is followed by a congressional gold medal ceremony honoring the services of native american code talkers. they transmitted secret messages using tribal languages during world war i and world war ii. that is saturday at 10:20 pm eastern, also on c-span. now a discussion on the role of conservative women in american politics. ronnie with schreiber. she talks about conservative women leaders. 2008 vice presidential candidate sarah palin, and michele bachmann. the former editor and uc berkeley university professor also critiques the work. this is one hour, 15 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national

as we continue this morning, philip klein, a senior writer for the washington examiner see, thewe expect to biggest issues in conservative politics as we start out 2014? guest: among conservatives, there is a disagreement about how to handle the current circumstance. he have a divided government. are in as democrats control of the senate and president obama are in office, a lot of the main conservative goals are not going to be able to pass. among conservatives, there is a general disagreement with what we want to see happen. we would like to see tax reform that brings down rates and sympathize the tax code. we would like to see health care reform that is based on a consumer driven approach instead of an approach geared from a top-down government solution. we would like to see entitlement reform, dealing with the long- ,erm drivers of our deficit medicare, medicaid, social security. there is general agreement over what needs to happen from the conservative perspective. however, the big debate in 2013 was a tactical disagreement over how to react to those circumstances. some said, we are

host: our guest for this segment is philip klein, a senior writer for the washington examiner. if you want to join the discussion, the number is 202- four democrats -- for forcratsand 202-585-3882 independents. our. -- our first call is from dudley. was listening to you talking about the conservative priorities for 2014. why do you mention jobs, jobs, jobs? a living wage. that,s you did not do because he would be under this president. this is a shame. you are not hurting president obama. you have conservatives out here who are poor. you have independents and democrats who are hurting. why can't you come together as a country and human beings to help people? you do not want us to have unemployment. help president obama get his jobs agenda. get us a decent living wage? 725 -- you live off of $7.25 an hour. i did not hear anything like that come from you. why don't you stop this madness and live together like we should in this country? this country is too rich and powerful for people to hurt people because you want your party in the white house. you might get into the white house