after that robert bixby of the concord coalition looks at the house and senate budget agreement which the house passed last week and the senate is expected to debate this week. phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. live tuesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. also tomorrow road to the white house coverage continues with former governor huckabee announcing he is running for the republican presidential nomination. in 2,008 he won the iowa caucus before eventually conceding the race. see his announcement live tuesday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> presidential candidates often release books to introduce themselves to voters. here is a look at recent books written by declaring a potential presidents for candidate. former secretary of state hillary clinton looks back at her time serving in the obama administration and hard choices. an american dreams marco rubio outlined his plan to restore economic opportunity >> here are a few of the book festivals and was -- we will be covering the spring. >> next, a discussion on afghanistan reconstruction spending and how well afghan forces

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host: robert bixby is the executive director of the concorde coalition. he is with us for the five minutes or so. if you want to talk about this budget voted on the house late last week and taken up on the senate today, our phone lines are open. you can ask your questions or comments. phone numbers are on the screen. one issue i want to bring up is how the budget relates to that debt limit conversation and the ongoing concerns about surpassing the debt limit. guest: it leaves that on a dressed. we will have to confront the debt limit again in the fall like in september or october. technically speaking, we are at the debt limit right now. the treasury department is doing the extraordinary measures as they call it to keep us under the debt limit, but that will run out after a wild. -- a wild. we are going to have to deal with the debt limit. that will be part of the deal at the end of the year. i suspect that because the appropriations level are so different than the president would want and the democrats would seek to approve -- i think that there's probab

and then robert bixby looks at the house and senate budget agreement, which the house passed last week and the senate is expected to pass this week. plus, your phone calls comments, and tweets. live on tuesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. coming up next on c-span, former neurosurgeon then carson -- ben carson announces his candidacy for president. and then a discussion on presidential war powers. later, president obama in new york talking about his my brother's keeper initiative. tuesday, the senate energy and natural resources committee holds a hearing examining wildfire management. the u.s. chief testifies on the -- the impact on these communities. see it live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> the new congressional directory is a handy guide to congress with color photos of every senator and house member plus bio and contact information and twitter handles. also, district maps, a map of capitol hill, and a look at congressional committees, the president's cabinet and federal agencies and state governors. order yours today through the c-span online store at c-span.org. monday, a

then robert takes be -- robert bixby. plus your phone calls. >> tuesday the resources committee holds a hearing. the u.s. forest chief talks about the impacts on the community and what is ahead. >> here are a few of the book festivals we have been talking about. will be visiting -- we will be visiting with david axelrod and closeout where the publishing industry showcases their books. then, we are live, including the three-hour in-depth program with lawrence wright. and, your phone calls. >> next, a discussion on afghanistan reconstruction spending. he was a guest on washington journal. this is 40 minutes. "washington journal" continues. host: this is our regular segment about "your money." we are talking about afghanistan reconstruction, a much money is put out and what is happening. our guest is john sopko, special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, also known as sigar. the figure is $110 billion so far. how has the money been spent. what has been a college? guest: quite a bit has been a commerce. the rea

robert bixby looks at the house and senate budget agreement that was passed last week and is expected in the senate this week. host: good morning, it is tuesday, may 5. 2015. the senate will be in today at 10:00 a.m. while the house will meet at 11:30 during this district work week. during the three-hour washington journal we will talk about the rapidly expanding 2016 gop presidential field and the budget that the house agreed to last week in the senate will take up today. we begin today on the topic of broken windo

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but first, robert bixby for those who aren't familiar what is the concord coalition? >> well, it's a nonpartisan organization that focuses on the federal budget and advocates fiscal responsibility. it was founded by paul tsongas and warren rudman, one a democratic senator and one a republican. senator back in 1992. >> and with that goal in mind what do you think about the budget plan that's being pushed by republicans promises to balance the budget in ten years? is this something that the concord coalition can get behind? >> well, i think that the goal is a good one of trying to get back to a balanced budget at some point over the next ten years is i think a reasonable goal. i think that there are -- i think the path that's laid out for getting there is probably not realistic. but i think the goal is good. and what happens now is we'll see if the implementation can take place. >> not realistic. explain how republicans look to achieve that balance in this budget plan. >> well, it's -- it's all on spending cuts. there's some very deep spending cuts. and, you know, some

this is expected to take an initial vote and take that up to date the first robert bixby for those who are not familiar what is the concord coalition? >> guest: it's a nonpartisan organization that focuses on the federal budget and advocates fiscal responsibility it was founded by paul tsongas and warren rudman one republican and one democratic senator back in 1992. >> host: with that goal in mind what you think about the budget plan that is being pushed by republican, promises to balance the budget in 10 years? is this something the concord coalition can get behind? >> guest: i think the goal is a good one of trying to get back to a balanced budget at some point over the next 10 years as i think is a reasonable goal. i think, i think the path laid out for getting there's probably not realistic but i think the goal is good and what happens now is we will see if the implementation can take place. >> host: explained the republicans look to achieve that balance in this budget plan. >> guest: it's all on spending cuts. there's some very deep spending cuts, and some of them are not probably