by the way the progressive budget from the progressive caucus their proposal does and our foreign wars and it also taxes millionaires these people a lot of problems the bad one back on his morning shows his radio show this morning beck attacked the president visiting ground zero. george w. bush said no i don't want the spotlight. basically what both of them are saying is this is a little crass and obscene and you go ahead. there and york and that's my opinion i don't know if anybody else feels this way but i think it's crass so after the president didn't speak out against the ground zero mosque back to attack him for insulting victims of nine eleven now that he's honoring the victims in a solemn ceremony didn't give a speech just showed up the president is being crass. this president could save eight kids from a burning building back would be the first to say it was what was the stuff you know just to boost his poll numbers. and the very very ugly steve doocy criticizing the president's decision to not release the photos of bin laden to see argued we should be worried about reactions f

[inaudible] there are alternatives like the progressive caucus which we may agree or disagree on lots of things, but the fact. [inaudible] was cut, we are to consider a broader set of revenues, perhaps closer to the clinton rates. i'm wondering if in your deliberations you would be willing to look at some of the progressive caucus recommendations and use those a starting point in negotiations? >> thanks for your question. when you said the president cut the deal too single are you talking about on a continuing resolution or the ardor tax cut or the most recent -- >> his budget proposal. at least nominate calls for three quarters of the deficit reduction from the inside. that includes tax expenditures as well as other kinds of government spending, that could have raised a good deal more revenue if he had been willing to. [inaudible] tax cuts beside those at the top in. >> just for clerk occasion, it also includes in that number, as did the bowles-simpson commission, interest payments on the debt which is a significant number. and, unfortunately, rising. but in terms of the revenue peac

guest: i cannot get online to see what the progressive caucus has to say. a support this caucus. -- i support this caucus. we would not be having a discussion on medicare if people could not buy into medicare. also, the value of work. you know, if a person is cleaning in a hospital, they are every bit as important as the doctor but there is no living wage for that person. we have to start looking at what is a living wage. also, i have to say -- my husband has been laid off for two years. he has worked for 30 years since he was 17 years old at one job, and he was the first one of laid off. there was nothing we could do about it. now he cannot get a job because he is overqualified which means we cannot pay you the amount of money they do deserve. his health is going down. if they go to the 55 like in the ryan plan, we have already depleted most of our savings and things, and the next thing we do is get into our 401k. we are not ones that were in this housing mess. we owed about $14,000 on our house. you know, we have done all the right things, and right now,

and the congressional progressive caucus leaders of the caucus sent a letter to president obama yesterday calling for an end the afghanistan war the letter read in the wake of osama bin laden's death now is the time to shift toward the swift see and responsible withdrawal of u.s. troops military contractors from afghanistan well. by the way the progressive budget from the progressive quackers their proposal does end our foreign wars and it also taxes millionaires these people out of solve problems the bad one back on his morning shows his radio show this morning beck attacked the president for visiting ground zero. george w. bush said no i don't like. the sickly what both of them are saying is this is a little crass and obscene and you go ahead. there. and that's my opinion i don't know if anybody else feels this way but i think it's chris so after the president didn't speak out against the ground zero mosque back to attack him for insulting victims of nine eleven now that he's honoring the victims in a solemn ceremony and even give a speech just showed up the president is being crass. th

obama is overseas right now so if if the tea party caucus in the house or for that matter the progressive caucus has no ability to amend this bill and they have any objections to it isn't good they're just going to go along and vote for it it seems like the leadership of both parties wants this to happen it's the outliers it's the progresses of them and the tea partiers as you pointed out who are saying wait a minute wait a minute yeah well i think one of the interesting things right now is that because the law is sort of set down and because we're coming up on an election year there's this mentality that if anything were ever to happen it's immediately going to be if the patriot act were to say be reformed or parts that provisions were to expire and that anything that happened when you meet immediately blamed on not having sort of acts of terrorism two weeks later already in congress surely and so they'll run the commercials against them and they can become a current election exactly so there's a lot of worry i think about batting average you know i thought it was particularly interesting in th

should be noted the greek crewman also thinks we should opt the progressive budget from the progressive caucus in the house of representatives that includes tax hikes on millionaires and now there are scientific numbers to support women's insights and a nobel prize in economics too maybe we should all listen to him a lot more off the bat the donald in an interview with the new york times trying to talk about why he doesn't support same sex marriage and as usual from put forward intelligent and well thought out argument saying it's like in golf a lot of people are switching to these really long putters very unattractive it's weird i hate it and i'm a traditionalist and i have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay but i am a traditionalist. keep your golf metaphors yourself down better yet try spending more time on the golf course and less time pretending to run for president and the very very ugly republican congressman peter king the same guy who is investigating american muslim communities is becoming the chief advocate for torture and appeared on fox news last night and then again th

and democrat donna edwards of maryland, member of the progressive caucus. we welcome both of you to "fox news sunday." >> good morning. thank you for having us. >> good morning. >> chris: let's start with medicare. paul ryan's plan to turn it from a fee-for-service plan into a voucher system. congressman west, even though this wouldn't start until 2022, you've got some push-back at one of your town hall meetings recently. let's watch. [ chanting >> chris: congressman west, as we saw in the special election up in new york state this week where the democrat beat the republican and medicare was a big issue, as we see in the national polls a lot of people, especially seniors don't want to see medicare changed this way. >> i think when you look at paul ryan's plan, first of all, there is no change for anyone who is a senior 55 and above. i sit here right now and i'm 50 years of age. the board of trustee has said you have 13 years and something bad is going to happen with medicare. what will be there for myself when i'm 63-65? what we see is at least there is a p

the progressive caucus, mr. chair, has a plan that puts people's priorities first. our budget, which we call the people's budget, strengthens medicare and social security. it lets medicare negotiate cheaper drug prices so insurance company bureaucrats can't deny you the medication you need and it creates jobs by eliminating the deficit by 2021. that's right. the progressive caucus eliminates the deficit. that is the fiscally responsible budget. that's a budget the americans can get behind. not so budget that rewards the rich at the expense of everybody else and doesn't do anything to end the deficit. i'm not standing for a budget that throws seniors under the bus. we have an obligation to honor the seniors, honoring the greatest generation, the generation that brought us civil rights, human rights, women's rights. the generation that brought us medicare. we are in a generation to fight, mr. chairman, and generations will look back on us and ask, why did we let the republican caucus take away the basic promises of america? and we will be able to stand now and say we

there you will find the house progressive budget caucus fine print and the debate over it. i ask unanimous consent to include a copy of that budget in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: the progressive caucus budget is real, and it is ambitious. it is also politically risky. like the house budget developed by chairman ryan it took political courage. it is a statement of policy, principles, and numbers and with a goose egg as the stated senate democratic budget, from my perspective, the best place to look for the democrats' position is the budget of the house progressives. there is no doubt in -- there is no doubt that is with the majority of the senate democratic caucus really are. i think the budget offers a valuable contrast to the house-passed budget. the last time i checked, there were two major parties in congress, and both parties should be accountable for what they would do about our perilous fiscal situation. so let's hold them to account. the house progressives aim to balance the budget by 2021. they aim to reduce public debt as a perc

i think the progressive caucus produced one in the house. but, of course, it didn't pass. it had a lot of tax increases, a lot of spending increases in it. it had no chance whatsoever of being passed. the american people sent us a message last year. they want us to get spending under control. they want us to reduce the size and scope of government. that's what they ask us to do. so the president's budget came up last night. 97-0, every democrat voted against the president's budget. well, they should, because it was unacceptable. i have referred to it as the most irresponsible budget in the history of our country because we are in a deeper financial hole than we've ever been. that's just a fact. and it's not a short-term little problem. it's a problem that's getting worse in the years to come, and so the nation has come to the conclusion -- the american people have, not this senate. the american people have come to the conclusion that we to pass, we need to change the trajectory of debt that we're piling on year after year, month after month, day after day, by the billions,

. >> tomorrow, maryland representative don edwards of the gazette reduction in the house progressive caucus proposal, then michael still talks about the republican presidential field. after that , sahar aziz discusses the work on the office of rights and civil liberties. you can see "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern here on c- span. this weekend on c-span2, the gaithersburg festival, live with offers on the oil spill, the plus, a panel discussion on the book industry. then frederick kemp on the standoff regarding the berlin wall. get our schedules and he mailed directly to you. signup for our booktv alert. >> inside, a new and returning house and senate members, with contact information, including twitter addresses and committee assignments, and information on the white house, supreme court justices, and governors. >> here's a look at this morning's shuttle launch. the last mission for endeavour as it delivers an times as the experiments to the international space station. >> t-minus two minutes and counting. >> go for pressurization. >> one minute, thirty seconds. >> now arming the

there are plenty of plans on the left that our budget plans produced by the democrats in the progressive caucusongst others. or we can try to get together and find a compromise. i think that that is what is playing out in the group being led by vice president joe biden. jon kyl in the room, eric cantor, trying to work towards an agreement that can actually pass. to me, that is much more productive. productive. guest: we have seen these commissions appointed by the president. the oldest play in washington. left and right, pointing to these commissions, abdicating leadership on this stuff. the big one, the bulls some sin commission, came out with recommendations that the president did not like, even though this was exactly the type of thing they say they were waiting for. they refused to implement those recommendations at all. host: are you a supporter of that plan? guest: large elements of it and it is better than what we have seen from democrats and the president, which is nothing the democrats have controlled the senate since 2007, they have not passed a budget in the u.s. senate under harry r

democratic representative don edwards will outline the budget proposal by the progressive caucus. michael still looks at the gop presidential field. we will discuss the work of the office of civil rights. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 eastern. >> the c-span that works, we provide coverage of public affairs, non-fiction books, and american history. it is all available to you on television, radio, and on social immediate networking site. find our content any time at the c-span and video library. it is washington, your way, the c-span networks. created by cable, provided as a public service. >>, former national security adviser, james jones says it is tragic that no one is willing to take the first step in the middle east peace process. speaking today about middle east policy, he added that the u.s. should consider a plan for egypt. this event also includes his comments on u.s. relations with pakistan and. -- pakistan. >> welcome to the national press club. we are the world's leading organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through

of my time or as much as she may consume to the gentlelady from california, the head of the progressive caucus for so many years, ms. woolsey. the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for 2 1/4 minutes. ms. woolsey: thank you, madam chair, and i thank the gentleman from michigan for yielding time to me. more than two months after the military campaign in libya began it's time to start defining its parameters and its limitations. most importantly we must provide assurance that this will not mushroom into a full-blown ground war and military occupation. that's why i'm proud to co-sponsor the amendment offered by my friend from michigan. . are two wars not enough? we can't keep doing this. our military is at a breaking point. america's patience is wearing thin. they know the cost coming from these wars that we have in iraq and in afghanistan and now what we're doing in libya comes from important domestic programs right here at home. they don't want to replay iraq and afghanistan in libya. in fact, we all know that it's time to bring our troops home out of afghanistan and iraq and

ere are plenty of plans on the left that our budget plans produced by the democrats in the progressive caucus, amongst others. or we can try to get together and find a compromise. i think that that is what is playing out in the group being led by vice president joe biden. jon kyl in the room, eric cantor, trying to work towards an agreement that can actually pass. to me, that is much more productive. productive. guest: we have seen these commissions appointed by the president. the oldest play in washington. left and right, pointing to these commissions, abdicating leadership on this stuff. the big one, the bulls some sin commission, came out with recommendations that the president did not like, even though this was exactly the type of thing they say they were waiting for. they refused to implement those recommendations at all. host: are you a supporter of th plan? guest: large elements of it and it is better than what we have seen from democrats and the president, which is nothing the democrats have controlled the senate since 2007, they have not passed a budget in the u.s. senate under harry

that point on most of the fifty two members of the blue dog caucus set out watering down or blocking altogether every single piece of progressive legislation introduced over the course of the hundred eleventh congress unlike the republican caucus or the majority rule wins the blue dogs figured they could get their way even though they were in the minority and they were right they will. on the stimulus package they killed off the public option in health care they say big polluters and tax increases and they ensure that the banks on wall street remain too big to fail and when all was said and done and they accomplished all that they set out to do stock the progressive agenda in its tracks that it play out politically like they hoped it would. no caucus took more of a hit in last year's elections than the blue dogs with half of their members twenty six out of fifty two getting the boot the midterms you know what harry truman said holds true when voters have a choice between a republican or democrat who acts like a republican to choose the republican every time so it's time to put to rest this idea that acting like a republican win

accomplished all of the pay set out to do stock the progressive agenda in its tracks did a payoff politically like they hoped it would. not no caucus took more of a hit in last year's elections and the blue gums with half of their members twenty six out of fifty two getting to boot the midterms you know what harry truman said holds true when voters have a choice between a republican or a democrat who acts like a republican to choose the republican every time so it's time to put to rest this idea that acting like a republican wins elections for democrats it doesn't it's time to fire all the blue dog political consultants right. exactly turns out that most of the blue dogs weren't playing politics at all when they were acting like republicans they were simply training for their next job after congress their next job as a corporate lobbyist nearly a third of the blue dogs who were kicked out of office last year walked right through that route of revolving door on capitol hill and got a lobbying gig on k. street stephanie herseth sandlin from south dakota and chair of the blue dog caucus took a job with a lobbying firm olson frank we d