>> this morning, congressional richard cohen richard correspondence on the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations. then we will hear from representative mike pompeo and congressman tim ryan on the debt ceiling and deficit debate. w j" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the debate continues on capitol hill this morning over the debt cereal -- ceiling crisis. senate kills it. that's the leading story. in the saturday post from denver, g.o.p. hits wall in senate. debt plan is rejected, setting up weekend wrangling. and in the atlanta journal constitution, plan ok'ed then k.o.'d two hours after the house passes a debt bill. the senate killed it. good morning. and welcome to the "washington journal." today is saturday, july 30, and for the first 45 minutes of the program, we're going to be talking about what you've been saying to your elected representatives, to your senators and congressmen. have you been in touch with them? and have you made any financial contributions supporting their position on

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host: richard cohen is our guest for the next 22 minutes. he is a senior congressional reporter with "congressional quarterly." wanted on a line for democrats, ohio. -- wanda on the line for democrats, a high of. caller: i have paid my taxes and noi am very low-income. i do not get any assistance but i am worried about my money. i really do not understand all these things. they seem to be above my head. but there was a young senator thatas on c-span about three nights ago, i did notet his name, he was a democrat from virginia. his statement was, first of all, we are americans but we' not republicans or democrats. if we do not do our job, we should be fired. and yoknow something? i agree with that. guest: that gets to a couple of points i have made. interesting comments from the caller. one, wanda is an example of how the public is getting pretty disenchanted with what is going on in congress. the lack of action, and number two, she is talking to the extent that wanda cited that democratic senator from virginia, maybe that was mark warner, wh

stripes forever" playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [military march playing] ♪ ♪ >> today on "washington journal," richard cohenon the debt ceiling negotiation. mike pompeo and tim ryan offer their perspective on the debate. "washington journal" alive today at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> you're asking me to be direct with you about a public -- the political situation. i will not be predictable to say the right or the left is always right or wrong. i'm going to see if they can agree. we may have points of disagreement but i will give you my honest assessment of what is taking place. >> sunday juan williams. his new book is "muzzled." >> the house approved john boehner's bill, providing a $900 billion increase in borrowing authority which obama administration officials say is essential. also calls for $917 billion in spending cuts and any future increases would be contingent on congress approving a balanced budget constitutional amendment and sending it to the states for ratification. during the final debate of the day, speaker boehner spoke on the house floor. the gentleman is correct. the gentleman is reco