portman, proposes en bloc amendments numbered 6 and 7. mr. portman: mr.president, i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendments be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. portman: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to offer first a commonsense amendment to begin to address our nation's unprecedented national debt that's hurting jobs and our economy today and is placing a moral burden on our kids and our grandkids. this is called the dollar-for-dollar deficit reduction act. it ensures that every time we raise the debt limit, we cut spending by the same amount over a ten-year period. we all know the growth of the national debt is not sustainable. in the past four years, our national debt has risen by $6 trillion. it is projected to add another $9 trillion over the next decade. these numbers are huge, too big really to comprehend, so let's put it this way. if we don't do something, we're really in trouble. between the end of 2008 and 2022, so nine years from now, the average household share of the national d

portman. the senator from ohio. mr. portman: thank you, madam president. we had a good debate earlier on this. this is the dollar-for-dollar deficit-reduction act. it makes all the sense in the world. we have a $16 trillion national debt now exceeding $130,000 per household in america. we're told by the congressional budget office there's $9 trillion more coming over the next decade. we've got to make this difference here on this bill. we've got to take this opportunity to ensure that we are in fact beginning to reduce spending, getting this under control as we once again are asked to extend the debt limit. this would not apply to this particular short-term debt limit, by the way. this would set up the discipline for the next debt limit which is anywhere from three to six months from now, adequate time to come together as republicans and democrats and determine how we indeed reform the entitlement programs, put tax reform in place, go through regular order in the finance committee as the chairman and others called for, to ensure we can get this under contr

portman looked down at his watch as if to say well, maybe a few minutes.mstance. after the president and first lady have those dances tonight at the inaugural ball both sides will be going back at it. >> shepard: more clock than calendar for sure. ed henry our main man at the white house. after the streets are cleaned and cleared and the parties are all over we are back to the grind. among the first orders of business this week, an important house vote on raising america's borrowing limit. mike emanuel with the news on capitol hill tonight. we learned a lot about bipartisanship today that spirit of cooperation as ed put it it's a watch thing not a calendar thing. >> well, shep, true. you have the same key players at the white house and here in the united states congress. today when the president spoke to the nation and to lawmakers, his tone was assertive. >> we cannot mistake absolutism for principle. or substitute spectacle for politics or treat name calling are a reasoned debate. [ applause ] we must act, we must act knowing that our work will be imperf

>> reporter: my personal highlights are jabba the hut and natalie portman padme. >> i truly, deeply, you. >> since 1995 they have been staging on and off a 30 minute version of the first three movies. george lucas came to see it. >> this was the culmination of a dream for me. this is a man who created something that changed me. >> reporter: they have now abridged the prequel. this is the world premier of the 60 minute show. >> favorite line? >> do, or do not, it is try. >> if we didn't try to the this play when i was in college we wouldn't be here today still goofing on it. >> yes master. >> america's "hamlet" is "star wars." >> no! >> thanks for that, nick. and finally tonight, an important program note, starting tomorrow evening, "nightline" is moving to 12:35 eastern. all the great stories you've enjoyed and we loved to bring to you over the past 33 years will be just one hour later. jimmy kimmel will be on at 11:35 eastern. we wish him the best. and we hope you'll stay up with us. for all of us at "nightline," thank you for making us the number one program in late night for the l

joining us now from new york is republican senator rob portman.get committee. rob, it's good to see you. >> thanks for having me on again, my friend. >> you're welcome. you saw the -- the press conference yesterday, i guess? >> i did. i was surprised. >> tell me why. >> because the president's ignoring the big issue. i mean, he is misleading folks about what's going on here. he's saying we ought to pay our ibms. of course we ought to pay our bills. that misses the point. the point is what are the bills going forward going to be? i mean look we're $130,000 now per family in debt, record levels as you guys have talked about already this morning. if we don't deal with this crushing debt we will not be able to get the kind of economic recovery we all hope for. it's generational theft for future generations. the president says let's extend it and give me a blank check. the point was made in the press confidence, which i thought was interesting q&a that the president himself voted against the debt limit saying it was unpatriotic to run up these huge deb

portman by least even some adults don't become aware of the fact that they are affected until they give birth to a child that suffers from a more severe form of the disease in its worst form it changes the shape of the child's chest to build fractures to make their arms and legs shorter and in this state even something as light and insignificant as a blanket can cause fractures. there's a swelling beneath the eye here that you hit something new as emperor out there you can hear her mate with willing around well well here we have a person that we can already send to the anesthesiologist. now we're going to have an orthopedic surgery most likely it's going to be done on the left shin but strictly speaking both should be operated on but then will begin with the left one simply because it's so deformed that it prevents her from resting on both feet. lisa is determined to walk she can already stand on her feet she's trying her best but she can't walk because of these deformities we hope that she's going to learn little by little to begin she's going to have to start using a walker we think t

to portman wiley's even some adults don't become aware of the fact that they are affected until they give birth to a child that suffers from a more severe. form of the disease in its worst form it changes the shape of the child's chest. to make their arms and legs shorter and in this state even something as light and insignificant as a blanket can cause fracture as. there is a swelling beneath the eye here did you hit something new isn't brother can hit her they were fooling around well well here we have a person that we can already send to the anesthesiologist. now we're going to have an orthopedic surgery most likely it's going to be done on the left but strictly speaking both should be operated on but then will begin with the left one simply because it's so deformed that it prevents her from resting on both feet. lisa is determined to walk she can already stand on her feet she is trying her best but she can't walk because of these deformities we hope that she's going to learn little by little to begin she's going to have to start using a walker we think that everything will work o

to portman wiley's even some adults don't become aware of the fact that they are affected until they give birth to a child that suffers from a more severe form of the disease in its worst form it changes the shape of the child's chest more skewed to build traction as make their arms and legs shorter and in this state even something as light and insignificant as a blanket can cause fractures. there's a swelling beneath the eye here did you hit something new is hamper out there you can hear her mate with fooling around well well here we have a person that we can already send to the anesthesiologist. now we're going to have an orthopedic surgery most likely it's going to be done on the left but strictly speaking both should be operated on but then will begin with the left one simply because it's so deformed that it prevents her from resting on both feet. lisa is determined to walk she can already stand on her feet she's trying her best but she can't walk because of these deformities we hope that she's going to learn little by little to begin she's going to have to start using a walker b

insisting it's time for congress to finally do its job and you'll hear from senator rob portman and the news media telling president obama to go for the throat of the g.o.p. tonight he's fighting back and blaming his critics, all that and much more ahead. on the record starts right now. >> we should start with spending and debt. >> we haven't had a budget here for almost four years. >> in washington d.c., and i think we can agree on one thing that the worst-run institution in america is the united states congress. we need to do something different. >> i've never had this happen in my lifetime. i've never been alive where there is a genuine viceral fear of action by government against individuals. >> it's my hope that the president will finally be willing to do what republicans have been asking him to do since his first inauguration four years ago. >> i'm very glad that they-- i want to congratulate the house for directing people's attention to the failure of the senate under leader reid to bring us a budget to the floor. >> we support the idea that that ought not to be a political footb

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and that in korea you know most three times there's an in the russia who would in the worst income portman sound when you're all region instead of a not to buy enterprise in korea you know to have a proper supply base productive workforce and no barrier to bring this complement back to russia is this is the reality in that it's not a charity but what exactly what we're seen industrial people you know government first to prepare economy try to recognize what sector would be developed try to organize support for the sector and certainly not jump into this shark you know in the ocean well do you think that this a lot of available capital is one of the reasons why russia's economy is not diversifying away from its dependence on the energy exports at the rate that perhaps some would hope it's one of the one problems we need to have not just so. diversification regional do is to occasion only for in the regions in russia benefit of development for the last ten years. main problem is a human perception still people would not look at the business as opportunity to not to saul you know many problem

there was that level of illusion that broke past midnight and past 11:00 on eastern time when rob portmanthe senator from ohio said this is ridiculous. you are not going to pull out ohio. it was like flicking a switch. just as long as it took to do it. >> i heard this from other people and they behaved this way and the romney campaign believed they were going to win up to the end. they were delusional. it's hard to imagine they didn't know the race was slipping away. how did they see it was in that delusional bubble? >> it has to do with the campaigns and you buy in or you don't. for all of you guys, you can tell when people disinvest emotionally and they die. they have to keep swimming. to a certain extent it's understandable. it get itself garbage. the data they were receiving. you guys litigated this over and over and the notion that they were attacking all these mainstream posters for being skewed and biased. they were buying neal new house, the pollster and they were tied in the battle ground states and six of the seven states that were most intensely contested with the exception of

in the senate there are senators like rob portman, max baucus, they have different proposals and ideas on what to do with corporate taxes. on spending reform, to little different. >> and motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> this thing passes, diane. diane: it's official, the house has passed a deal to avert the fiscal cliff pass by the senate earlier this morning. that deal, rich do you want to go through this for us? 400,000 for individuals, $450,000 for couples. just run through everything included in this. rich: what has does is deal with taxes. preserves the bush era raids for families earning less than four and a thousand dollars a year and individuals born to thousand dollars here but if you earn $10 million a year the rates stay the same for your first 400,000 or 480,000. on investment income, the same idea, 15% top rate capital gains and dividends for families make him less than $450,000 a year. amounts or the night your tax 20% on capital gains and dividends. permanently middle-class americans, tens of millions of fans won't have to pay the alternative minimum tax. th

. >> reporter: portman acknowledges the need to raise the debt ceiling, but he supports the context of getting a handle on the spenning. >> shepard: this is disaster relief for victims of super storm sand gee right. we have had plenty of lawmakers saying we need to get a handle on government spending, but not when people are waiting for major disaster relief money. a key new jersey democrat is saying people from new york, new jersey and connecticut pay their fair share. three state, 16% of the taxes. you ask the question: who suffered because of super storm sandy? certainly, our neighbors in new york and new jersey and connecticut suffered the most. but all americans will suffer if this economic engine is not rebuilt. >> reporter: a number of lawmakers have made the point, it is all about the northeast. but tomorrow, it could be a quake in california. it could be tornados in the midwest or a hurricane in florida. so they're suggesting you may want to be careful taking a hard line on disaster relief money, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel, thank you. veterans are having a hard time gettin

reese witherspoon, natalie portman, and -- >> i still see her assel woods in. >> and the best funeraland we've been told that it has to do with the video you're about to see. a funeral for one of the people who was responsible for that song "baby back, baby back, baby back ribs." >> these strange. >> it's an actual funeral home and basically, they give you the best funeral ever. whatever your last wish is, they do it. at first i was like, that's kind of weird. >> that's kind of morbid. >> i think it's so mart. at my funeral, hopefully 80 years from now, but i want an opened bar and a balloon drop, a dejay. i parade and these guys can make it happen for me. >> and the year 209 3? >> exactly. >> who wouldn't want to do that. >> here's a toast to tommy. >> a toast. >> going out with style. >> i don't want to think about what i want for my funeral. >> let me know. i'll make it happen. >> i'll write it down and you'll make it happen. >> always, go skins. >> i will see you on sunday. what time does the tailgate start. >> i'll be there at 4:30 at the start of the game in the parking lot. tha

portman argues, this is quote, washington can not continue to raise the debt limit while kicking the debt down the road on deficit reduction and in order to spur job creation to get our economy back on the right track. we must restore fiscal responsibility. this has to start by washington to stop spending money we don't have. this vote is in three hours. martha: interesting to see whether there will be any moment on that. there hasn't been a whole lot of agreement that perhaps we need to do some spending cuts along with this. raising the debt limit, what kind of impact would that have on the economy? is there an idea that perhaps the concern over this has held things back to any extent? >> reporter: the white house, martha, said yesterday the possibility of the united states defaulting on its obligations is a drag on the economy but they also said so is the threat of the sequester and those $110 billion in across-the-board cuts have still not been avoided. >> we have already seen, you know, data that reflects in most economists estimates the impact of uncertainty caused by the seques

senator portman says he missed an opportunity to talk about where we can find common ground. common ground, senator? republicans spent four years not compromising. and not wanting to be on any ground. common or not. with this president. and now they accuse him of not compromising? president obama has learned the lessons of four years of power politics and how to make republicans ied logs sit up and listen. >> medicare and medicaid and social security. these do not zap our initiative. they strengthen us. they do not make us a nation of takers. they free us to take the risks that make this country great. >> you got that, tea partiers? the president went right after the cynical romney/ryan republican view of the world. makers versus takers. calling out the extremists who refuse to listen to the american people. >> we cannot mistake absolutism for principle. or substitute spectacle for politics. or treat name calling as reasoned debate. >> this was a big speech of real vision. and the president made it clear he's ready to fight at their own game because the people are worth fight

bob portman spent 8 years in prison for armed robbery and is now a security consultant. nice to see you. >> how are you? >> i'm very well. why do you think this interactive map, locating the different gun owners, why is that gold for burglars? >> well, because one of the things burglars look for when they go into a house is guns. it is so easy to sell guns and make cash, they always look for them. now that this interactive map is up and the issue is such a strong issue, every criminal in those two counties and the surrounding area is aware of it. they are going to be checking out this map. they will be casing the neighborhood. and there is a couple of ways to find out if a homeowners are home. so you are going to see in the next few weeks several burglars or more occur in this area. here's what's going to happen, greta. when they get into a house and steal the guns, the homeowner's going to call the police and report a burglary. of course, since the guns are registered, the police will have the serial numbers. then down the road, maybe a week, two weeks, three weeks or a

he said he would have liked to hear more outreach while ohio republican rob portman tweeted this. my disappointment was in the speech i think the president missed an opportunity to talk about where we can find common ground. steve king tweeted this, awesome and shockingly liberal address. an epic realignment. so some people said not at all, other people said what i just read. what's your take? >> well, you know, the president won the election so he's certainly entitled to pursue his agenda. i thought it would have been more effective though if he had spoken more in thematic terms. by being as precise as he was is laying out a liberal agenda which is what's usually done in a state of the union. in going back to ronald regan's address, government is not the problem. those are general statements. i thought the way he got specific yesterday made it more of a, again, almost campaign type of address. he's an excellent speaker. even how he was distinguishing the issues, implying that democrats care more about disabled kids than republicans do. he's not going to turn his back on the sick

. >> and he is natalie portman from the movie "black swan."sed all the songs and the theme song of our show, i'm actually singing the male part and will forte is singing the soprano part. and i just think that's so awesome. >> jimmy: will forte hitting the high note. of course he is. >> jane: and playing the gender correct role. >> jimmy: oh my goodness. >> jane: and thank you for letting me do that, by the way. >> jimmy: there's so much good music, so much good music on the show. by the way, musical moments. >> tina: so much singing, so many crazy songs over the years. "muffin top." "werewolf bar mitzvah." >> jimmy: weird al -- your character released a song and weird al spoofed it. and then to out-spoof weird al, you came out with a weird song that he -- that he couldn't spoof. >> tina: but he reversed it and made it sincere and it became, like, a top- charting hit. >> jimmy: he made it his first serious song ever and was a number one hit. how about the live shows? was that a big thing? [ cheers ] >> jane: that was amazing. >> tina: we did t

ohio senator rob portman is here.nd what do you make of obama, only 2006 a vote against the debt ceiling. >> it went further than that. he said it would be unpatriotic. >> sean: that's another, i actually have that clip. you want to see it. >> sure. >> sean: let's show the videotape. >> the problem is, is that the way bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the bank of china in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from 5 trillion dollars for the first 42 presidents, number 43 added 4 trillion dollars by his lonesome, so we now have over 9 trillion dollars of debt that we are going to have to pay back. $30,000 for every man, woman and child. that's irresponsible. it's unpatriotic. >> sean: now at 16 trillion and $52,000 for every man, woman and child without unfunded liability. >> i posted 6 trillion dollars ago actually. another thing that he said, sean, i think is equally important, this means republicans don't want to pay our bills. i think he's missing the poin

we can't do it alone. >> thank you, senator portman.oved over to a different group, including treasury secretary designate jack lew. this is one of the grat teat tableaus. >> the president would not hesitate to get into a meaty budget issue. but bill clinton warned democrats over the weekend, don't diminish the gun culture in this country. he wants to influence democratic thought some some of the big decisions that are made. >> and savannah, this is the day you can have these conversations. >> no doubt about it. if you're a political junky and you're watching right now, you probably fall into that category to some degree. it's a who's who, a mixing and mingling of these folks in washington who are so royceble. the only thing i can complain about is why is there no boom mike so we think eavesdrop on everything that they say? >> that was john off on the periphery on his blackberry. he's wondering how much is this costing. >> and tom brokaw, you're watching as closely as i am. did we just see newt gingrich getting into an suv? >> we did. a

. >> natalie portman will move to paris. her husband was named director of dance at the ballet.urrently live in hollywood they met on the set of all black swan and 2009. they have two sons. for hollywood minute i am carl ahzeus. >> make way for michael buble . the singer and his wife, luidana lopilato, are expecting their first child. >> the couple made the announcement in the video past on lopilatos official you tubek account. in the video, buble is heard singing his head haven't met yet, while the words, mike, lu and many bublel. we're having a baby are displayed on top of the ultrasound image. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news new details in the tent the kidnapping case in san jose and one woman said she saw >> good morning top stores were following on this friday details on the case of a teenager who was attentive to be kidnapped. >> the 49ers are one day closer to sobol. we will hear from quarterback colin kaepernick about the upcoming game. first let us get a quick update on the forecast with erica. >>--the 49ers are one day closer to the super bowl. >> we have lig

. >> speaking of cars, portman has recently seemed a lot of introduction of housing on the eastside along transit areas with little or no parking. how does that translate into workability? >> this is an issue in washington d.c. what's the relationship -- both cities have i caught up with yet, introducing affordable housing that sound transit lines so that people who live on it don't need to bone cars actually not requiring the housing to provide cars from which of course is pillar number one of free parking if you stop making an artificial floor for the amount of parking people provide, the free market will determine the amount people provide into it much more properly than any government agency. in d.c., we see this happening. new buildings come in with much less parking than they would otherwise understandingly says in the tennis promise they will never park a car in the street. it's a little bit hard to enforce and i think it was happening here in portland, local residents are worried about it and they're fighting it because they imagine these people moving into new apartments will bri

senator rob portman couldn't agree more.nate finance committee and former budget director for george w. bush. good morning to you, senator. when we hear this vulnerability, you agree with that; right? >> absolutely. the president yesterday said we need to raise the debt limit because we have to pay our bills. we're at historic levels, $130,000 per family right now, over $16.5 trillion. yes, we need to raise the debt limit at some point but we have to do it in the context of getting the spending under control. the president says we need to pay our bills. he misses the point. the point is we need to adjust what bills we're paying and how we're paying them. >>gretchen: when he was a senator in 2008 he said the opposite when president bush wanted to raise the debt ceiling. do you think his message about paying the bill resonates with the american public? do you think they delve into the details like you do and understand exactly what's going on? >> it is a compelling message saying we need to pay the bills we've racked up. it mi

decline with what you talked about, to wars, tax cuts, it was less than $200 billion a year that rob portman, now senator, was budget director and since i've gone over a trillion dollars for your said roque's. we had the largest financial crisis since the great depression, huge amount of revenue -- >> we're not going to -- i have another question for mr. hoagland. mr. hoagland, i notice you have some experience on budget issues in the senate to how many years did you work in the senate, and when you worked in the senate, on budget issues, if they passed budgets when you with there? how many times? or did they fail to pass a budget one year, two years, or maybe three years? >> i was with the senate budget, with the budget committee since 1982. and left the senate after majority leader's office in 2007. over the 33 years that we have budget resolutions, beginning in 1979, seven times we failed to get a conference agreement on the budget resolution. unfortunately, over the 33 years, three of those times have been in the last three years. there was one time, and i was staff director of the senat

number 7, h.r. 325, the following amendments be the only first-degree amendments in order to the bill: portman dollar for dollar cuts, shutdown government prevention, toomey full faith and credit, paul prohibition, f-16 egypt. the only motion to commit in order to the bill be a vitter amendment regarding spending cuts. the time until 12:15 tomorrow be for debate on the amendments, motion on the bill to run equally divided between the leaders or their designees. prior to votes in relation to the amendments and the vitter motion in the order listed. upon disposition of the amendments and the vitter motion the senate proceed to vote on passage of h.r. 325 as amended if amended. the amendments in the vitter motion be subject to a 60 affirmative motion threshold, there be no amendments in order to any of the amendments or the vitter motion prior to the votes. there be two minutes equally divided prior to each vote and all after the first vote be ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: reserving the right to object. thank you. first of all, let m

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it was less than $200 billion, the year that rob portman was budget director. and it has gone over $4 trillion four years in a row. >> we lost huge amount of revenue -- >> we're not going to solve this. i have another question for mr. hoagland. i know you have experience on budget issues in the senate. when you worked in the senate did they pass budgets when you were there? how many times or did they fail to pass a budget one year, two years, maybe three years? >> i started in 1975. i left the senate after 2007. over the 33 years that we had budget resolutions, beginning in 1979. seven times have we failed to get a conference agreement on a budget resolution. unfortunately, over that 33 years three of those times have are been in the last three years. there was one time when i was staff direct over senate budget committee that we did not get a concurrent resolution on the budget. one time. >> time has expired. >> mr. doggett. >> thank you, mr. chairman. has mr. johnson's chart demonstrates, when we concluded the clinton administration we had a surplus, for the

portman in the senate has drafted legislation to rescind it.ing on my colleagues in the house and senate to rescind president obama's executive order that gives members of congress a pay raise. this executive order was not requested by congress and we should reject it. we have a spending problem in our country and we should be looking for areas to cut. >> absolutely, guys. this is an embarrassment. it really, really is. >> steve: but they're very effective on capitol hill, what are you talking about? >> brian: they're supposed to get a cost of living increase, but they forego that for the last couple years. >> keep foregoing it. if you campaign on shared sacrifice, if you keep talking about the billionaires billionad millionaires, when you're really talk being small businesses, moderately successful americans who have done everything right, including a tremendous amount of sacrifice, it's an embarrassment that you would give yourself and your colleagues this kind of a raise. remember, 100 million people are going to go to work this week and whe

votes are under way in the portman bill. at to top of this hearing we learned there would be no breaks and there would be opportunity for them to vote. this is the first unscheduled break. the house is not in session. members are away on a break and have been away all this week. they are meeting with constituents in their home towns and they will resume on this network, c-span. >> you will come back to order. senator? >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to thank you, senator hagel for your service to our country and for being here today that the hearing, and i want to thank your family as well. senator hagel, i think we established from the prior questions you have been asked. in july of 2001 you were one of only two senators to vote against extending the iran sanctions in that act. yes or no? >> yes. >> and that was when you were only one of two senators in the entire senate to vote against that. also in 2008 i believe you were one of two senators within the senate banking committee, not the entire senate, to vote against a c

stage or -- and this was more of a consensus on the political community that they might pick rob portman the senator from ohio because he was so critical and he was a center-right conservative that could appeal may be more broadly, so i think a lot of people were surprised by the choice. >> de degette could have changed the outcome? >> you can say anything. the polling wasn't all that strong. he doesn't that big a presence, but i'm sure that there is a lot of reflection on that. >> this has to do with the point on the adjustment period that president obama felt he had to undergo to become a presidential candidate. help me understand. so you run for governor. what's different? >> the intent scrutiny everywhere he went. most candidates get to begin with very little press or no press. he came so it was like sometimes you start a plane in new haven and take it too broad broadway and he opened on broadway and they were in the front row from the first day said as he was developing as a presidential candidate they were already evaluating him and if you look at the press the first 45 months, it