we heard that just a moment ago from senator paul ryan -- or senator ron wyden, his work with paul ryan. our listener feedback line is 202-626-7962. it's an issue we talked about this morning with bill galston. he is the co-founder of no labels on what he says are some of the structural changes he says are needed to fix the u.s. senate. here is more from his program. >> in senate testimony last week the question arose of why we were pushing so hard on these rules changes. why couldn't we simply appeal to members of congress to do the right thing. a senior senator said that to me. and it was very sincere and heartfelt. and i smiled and said, well, i wished things worked that way, but i don't think they do. and neither did the father of our constitution, james madison, who talked at length in the federalist papers about the necessity to use what he called auxiliary precautions to bolster legislators and to push them in the right direction. and so we do believe in a number of reforms to force the two parties to get together to talk on a bipartisan basis with the cameras not rolling, to put

. >> one of the specifics from the ryan plan, and he has the support of congress, senator ron wyden of oregon, the idea that some options who decide not to take medicare would have the possibility of buying their own insurance through a private market and take a subsidy from the federal government. is that going anywhere? >> that is an idea that we expect to see in the ryan budget tomorrow. we haven't seen all the details yet, but it looks like that's the way things are turning. we've been hearing from senator wyden today. he said, i don't know what's in the budget but just in case it is the ryan/wyden plan here's what i think about that and here's why i think it's a good idea. it's definitely a thing that's slowly gaining some bipartisan interest. but definitely not enough now to really become something real this year. >> we're talking with emily ethridge following a story for cq roll call. she's on capitol hill. a week from today the u.s. supreme court will undertake three days of oral arguments and we'll be showing and letting our radio audience listen to the oral arguments each day

, whether you can debate which one you like, whether you like one that we passed last year, the ryan-wydenident's quote, but he says, he seems to get it. but his actions and his budget have simply taken the approach that which is going to cut and we're not going to do anything to change the forces within the program. so there are, there are good ways to save, and there are less preferable ways to say but at this particular program, or this particular law, ipab, will do nothing to make medicare run differently. it will simply say we run out of money, now we are cutting. >> i'm curious, look, obviously the status quo medicare is not feasible, nor is the status quo in current tax laws, bush tax cuts add trillions to the deficit in the next decade. i've seen speaker boehner, president obama work on this all last summer, close to do. we don't know which side pulled out. would you guys be willing to take on new revenue to see changes and reforms you want and medicare? >> you're offering a false choice. you're saying the status quo of the bush tax cuts and whatever else you said, the point is thi

wyden/ryan does not eliminate the medicare plan.g power of traditional medicare and private sector innovation to make both stronger and more senior friendly, that's a progressive democratic senator who is supporting the medicare section of this. >> first, soledad it would be nice to see the details of their plan. they haven't introduced a piece of legislation so people can see what it does. is at the end of the day it saves the medicare program money by transferring the risks and the costs onto seniors. the best way to deal with health care is to bring down health care costs throughout the health care system, not simply transfer rising health care costs onto seniors. this is just another version of what the republicans introduced last year. it's another version of a voucher plan. they've dressed it up to make it sound different. at the end of the day what this means is seniors are left holding the bag for increased costs. we'll try to change incentives in the medicare system to put less focus on the volume of care and more on the qu

ryan plan. to date wyden is the only democrat to have signed on to converting medicare into a support program.this point there is no indication that teaming up with widen will help. >> i think that's exactly right. if senator wyden expected an public back up, it would have happened. wiyden is out there standing on its own. thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me on governor. >> my pleasure. publicly identifying women who are having abortions, that could be a brightoning reality in the state of tennessee. that's ahead on "countdown." >> coming up, as congress moves towards the job act maybe they can consider a name change. how about return fraud to wall street act. first the sanity break. it was on this day in 19 "a" 1955 actor bruce willis was born in west germany. he would star first in television and then later as a major movie star. but most importantly, he proved bald guys can look cool. that's why we love him. time marchs on. >> we begin as we always do with a two-year-old girl singing adele. if it doesn't put a smile on your face, nothing ever will. [singing] >> grammy b

ryan plan. to date wyden is the only democrat to have signed on to converting medicare into a support program. this point there is no indication that teaming up with widen will help. >> i think that's exactly right. if senator wyden expected an public back up, it would have happened. wiyden is out there standing on its own. thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me on, governor. >> my pleasure. publicly identifying women who are having abortions, that could polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in control now, mayans? >> coming up, as congress moves towards the job act maybe they can consider a name change. how about return fraud to wall street act. first the sanity break. it was on this day in 19 "a" 1955 actor bruce willis was born i

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paul ryan and i and senator wyden, a democrat, come together to say how can we save medicare for future generations? we put together a proposal and congressman ryan and i are in the same position in making sure we save medicare for rush the retiree, there is no change. but for people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, early 50s, we want medicare to be there -- >> the obamacare reform on medicare is part and parcel of the agenda they have been driving. he wants to put 15 bureaucrats in charge of running medicare and price controls, which lead to design care for current seniors. we are getting rid of that. we don't want to put bureaucrats in charge of all of these aspects of our lives, let alone our health care. >> sean: let me go to joe bideep and a comment he made about a global minimum tax. >> for years, american manufacturers have faced one of the highest taxerate rates in the world. we want to reduce that over 20%, and particularly for high-tech manufacturers like you, mr. president, even further than the 20%. we want to create what's call aid global minimum tax because american taxpayers shoul

paul ryan and i and senator wyden, a democrat, come together to say how can we save medicare for future generations? we put together a proposal and congressman ryan and i are in the same position in making sure we save medicare for rush the retiree, there is no change. but for people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, early 50s, we want medicare to be there -- >> the obamacare reform on medicare is part and parcel of the agenda they have been driving. he wants to put 15 bureaucrats in charge of running medicare and price controls, which lead to design care for current seniors. we are getting rid of that. we don't want to put bureaucrats in charge of all of these aspects of our lives, let alone our health care. >> sean: let me go to joe bideep and a comment he made about a global minimum tax. >> for years, american manufacturers have faced one of the highest taxerate rates in the world. we want to reduce that over 20%, and particularly for high-tech manufacturers like you, mr. president, even further than the 20%. we want to create what's call aid global minimum tax because american taxpayers shoul

as we understand it, there's a compromise in the works between congressman ryan and senator ron wydenre reform. >> there is no compromise. >> there is no compromise. >> there is no compromise when it comes to defending is the right of seniors to get their health care. this is a major dividing line between democrats and republicans. of democrats want to strengthen medicare. we also understand that you have to balance budgets. republicans want to balance budgets by asking seniors to pay an additional $6,000 and put them on an allowance to end medicare as we know it but won't ask oil company executives to sacrifice a nickel of the $40 billion subsidies we pay for them. that is the defining line between us. >> as it's being reported, representative paul is working with democratic senator ron wyden on medicare reform that might propose keeping traditional medicare as an option alongside a privatized system. the conversations are very honest when you talk to folks around the country. it is not something that they want to touch, those who receive medicare. the realities of the situation, the

it is based on a bipartisan proposal by chairman ryan and senator ron wyden, democrat of oregon. i urge my colleagues to support the g.o.p. budget tomorrow because failure to take action to save this program today poses the greatest threat to the health and retirement security of america's seniors. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois rise? ms. that -- ms. schakowsky: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. schakowsky: they deny coverage or charge more for it if you are pregnant. erin from chicago, writes -- quote, when i found out i was pregnant i had full shurps coverage. i was told, however, i did not have a pregnancy rider and therefore my pregnancy would not be covered. how could i pay for health insurance that will not cover a vital part of a woman's life? i was asked if i wanted to purchase the rider that would not take place for over 365 days, unquote. well, thanks to obamacare, i

. >> the fact that ron wyden joined them gave them a lot of talking points and was not well-receives at the white house. this is paul ryan"morning joe" today. >> medicare is changing as we know it right now under current law. let's not forget that the president's new health care law takes a half a trillion dollars from medicare to spend on the new health care law and puts the board of 15 bureaucrats to current seniors. medicare's going bankrupt as well. >> and that was clearly willie geist as well on the show this morning. what is he trying to accomplish on medicare? having gone there once, do you think that this is -- is this a risky play? >> it's a risky play but if they went back and didn't do this this year, after doing it last year, it would have shown they were walking away. house republican leadership told its members, listen, you're already in this pool, you've voted for this, all by i think four republicans voted for it last time around. they had no choice but to follow up and do it again. and a lot of these people believe in this, really the flavor of the year in republican politics is going big and going bold.