more troubling was the fact that citizens for a sound economy took money through an asteroid to campaigns directly on behalf of a number of these hidden dharnas. then there was they work for the tobacco industry thanks to a major legal settlement in the light ninety ninety millions of internal tobacco industry documents have been made public the documents show you how citizens for a sound economy and other free market groups secretly paid millions of dollars to fight tobacco taxes and regulations using what they call a retail sales if they pitch these to their own members as a tax on individual freedoms but the government the idea being that while people may not be moved to fight on behalf of big tobacco. almost anything to protect their own freedoms one can kind of particular relevance with the lady wrong citizens for a sound economy played in killing the last major attempt to reform the health care system with a clinton administration posing a new tobacco tax to help pay for the plan to back a company philip morris funded i major grassroots effort by the group. citizens for a sound econ

citizens for a sound economy also whip hand in hand with the health insurance industry to defeat the reforms by running a few campaign the clinton plan the soviet style socialized medicine that would lead to denial of fossils of kids treatments they said this supports democrats including first lady hillary clinton was late into the explain the reform and there's been all. that yours. was yeah i. was. trying to was that the majority of america. and all gary hart to make sure everything the american. one person who has worked on coalitions with citizens for a sound economy is going to cost us a former health insurance industry spin doctor turned whistleblower about these to sift practices. they have insurance industry is very much like a tobacco industry it's held in very low regard by the public and they know that they have very little credibility and sells so they have to establish these front groups to carry their messages for them they do this so that a third party is telling the stories that they want to be told and getting the word out that they want to get out according to when

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reducing spending, every dollar that we can and do a budget for next year that puts us on a path to a sound economy where growth can occur and jobs be created. i thank the chair and would yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from utah is recognized. mr. hatch: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. hatch well, thank you, madam president. earlier today the house of representatives passed h.r. 1363. now this is a one-week continuing resolution that will pay our troops and keep the government running. it is a pretty sad commentary on the willingness of the white house and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to get serious about spending that we have even arrived at this point. we need to be clear about a few things in this debate. first, we are here because democrats did not do their job last year. among the most basic responsibilities in congress is to take up and pass a budget and

budget and build an economy and you see that it's very sound so one in six parcel residents are of moroccan descent but we have ten point six million belgians and of course in some cities like in brussels there's a situation where we have more than one hundred nationalities that is of course one of the advantages of being an international city and a city where the different communities can find their place but of course. the situation as far as the demographics is concerned is essentially based on being a country that is welcomed as welcoming each and everybody who comes to put this cross rules of the european union where you say that those people who are of arabic descent are well integrated into. society well depends. of course the integration efforts. still have to continue to work in order to be successful you heard some comments for example from god our medical then also from people in the united kingdom speaking about the difficulties when it comes to the integration of honestly think that the builds and society is a place where most of the people are totally accepting each other and

economy can't afford to wait. pomegranate. raspberry watermelon. they sound like combinations that might be in juice boxes. but actually they're some of the flavors in >>> strawberry lemonade, blueberry pomagranite, raspberry watermelon. actually they are some of the flavors in colt 45's new alcoholic drink. snoop dogg is promoting it. elizabeth cook shows city and state officials are going after it. >> it's been called a binge in a can. packaged to look like candy. >> it's much more dangerous than candy. >> and it's cheap. >> i'm sure it's going to catch on. >> what makes you think so? >> it's so cheap, you know, you can get five beers for $3. >> at 12% alcohol by volume, blast by colt 45 is the latest extreme drawing concern from lawmakers. >> it's designed to really encourage young folks to engage in binge drinking and it's something that i think all people should be concerned about. >> san francisco's city attorney joined 17 attorneys general and asked if a drink maker can discontinue the mapt beverage. >> these products are unsafe, marketed oftentimes to under age individuals and when not regulated, r

. >> you can't tax the very people that we expect to reinvest in our economy and create jobs. >> sound familiar. why america's epic budget battle of 2011 and 12 will sound a lot like, well, the last 30 years. >>> if you haven't filed yet the tax move that could save you a lot of money and why a lot of people don't take advantage of it. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> this larger debate that we are having, this larger debate about the size and the role of government, it has been with us since our founding days. and during moments of great challenge and change like the one that we are living through now, the debate gets sharper and it gets more vigorous. that's not a bad thing. in fact, it is a good thing. >> on the heels of a dramatic showdown over the federal budget last week another battle is brewing between capitol hill republicans and the white house. president obama laid out his plan to cut the national deficit today but as danielle knottingham reports the gop doesn't think he went far enough. >> reporter: president obama says he want to cut the nation's deficit by $4 trillion over the nex

i think that will be a big factor helping the stock market and the economy as we go through the rest year. >> tom: sounds bullish. there have been a lot of reports on the drop in the dollar. does that drop worry you? >> well, it's certainly got inflationary overtones, and we're certainly witnessing that with watching what commodity prices are doing, oil, and prices at the pump. put it also does something really good, and i think that weak dollar with a lag is likely to improve our trade balance here over the balance of this year. so far, we're in our eighth quarter of this recovery, and the first seven, five of them e-trade subtracted from our growth rate in this country. i think because the dollar has been so weak in the last year, we're anything to see trade adding to growth going forward over next year, and that's a positive from the weak dollar pawe've yet had but is going to start to occur. >> tom: one of your new investment ideas you brought along for us this spring is emerging markets, using the exchange traded fund with the ticker signal e.e.m., as the avatar for this. and it's had clearly volati

from what i hear in the news, it sounds like the u.s. economy is spending.re are issues with unemployment and inflation. we have recover from some problems caused by the recession. >> you interviewed and economic professor. >> i wanted to interview somebody who knows what they are talking about. not that my father does not know what he is talking about. i want the summit who could teach me what is going on. the george mason university is near my house. there are a bunch of economics professor. who knows more about the economy than economics professor? he was the first to respond and so i interviewed him. >> what are your concerns? >> to pay off these debts the with accumulated from things like the stimulus package. the economy declines and improves, but the government could hurt in the long run. >> what did you learn from warning on this document? >> i learned a lot. i learned about the record low interest rates. i kind of got a better idea on the economic crisis. i learned what about the financial situation of my family. status could disappear on the stock

they were asking what they could do to stimulate the economy. it sounded like a progressive caucus. increase the amount of financial aid for community colleges. we need more research and development in our economy to create new categories of jobs and new industries. we need support for things like child care and other things that will allow people to be productive. the one thing that i keep harping on, republicans love to talk about lowering taxes. in the republican 2012 budget, the proposed cutting the maximum rate from a 35% to 25%. my brother is in the barbecue restaurant business and has always done well. he had worried about the tax rate. he said to me, i figured out if nobody can afford bar-b-que, it does not matter what my tax rate is. over the last couple of decades, the percentage of the national income that has gone to the top 1% has gone from 9% to 34%. it is the greatest concentration of wealth in this country. we need to make sure that these 90% of the people feel the business in the country and can make a living that enables them to aspire to a great lifestyle, to a bet

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economy. >> reporter: the agreement covers just 14 mortgage servicers. that may not sound like a lot, but these are the titans of the industry. j.p. morgan chase, bank of america, citigroup, wells fargo and u.s. bancorp are among those included. together, all the firms involved hold roughly $7 trillion in mortgages, nearly seven out of r.b.c. analyst gerard cassidy says the deal is a big win for financial firms. >> by lifting this cloud, it is certainly going to give stock investors the ability to say "okay." the dollar amount has been quantified, it's going to occur in 2011 earnings, and as we look about to 2012 and 2012 those charges will not be present. >> reporter: the settlement will also benefit some homeowners facing foreclosure. that's because banks will repay borrowers if they lost money due to bungled paperwork. the firms will also have to hire staff, upgrade document tracking systems and have an independent audit of their foreclosure practices. most big banks temporarily suspended foreclosures during the government's investigation, but now they are likely to res

only way a veto can be sustained is if it threatens the safety and soundness of the banking system or the entire united states economy. who's going to determine that threshold, what will determine the safety and soundness of a bank or the entire financial economy going forth? know i mentioned in my earlier testimony about the cftc, but also the s.e.c., the cftc and the federal housing agency has a seat at the table to determine retail banking. they have nothing to do with retail banking, no expertise whatsoever. why i would like to see five out of nine not seven out of 10 when it comes to a veto. >> mr. levitin, you spoke that you felt pretty strongly about a single director. does it make sense, then to consolidate all the federal consumer financial protection powers at the bureau on the designated transfer date if is no director? >> well, actually, sub title f of title 11 of the dodd-frank act does say that if there is no director who has been appointed by the president on the designated transfer date, the powers go to the treasury secretary as director. so we would have an acting -- we would have the treasury secre

you know, debt markets in crisis and a global economy that was still fundamentally not quite sound. >porter: so you could look at that as a flight to safety or a flight away from the unsafety of europe! >> absolutely. >> reporter: republican economist douglas holtz-eakin said recently, "i'm told the united states is the best horse in the glue factory." >> i think there is some merit to that... to that statement. >> reporter: strategist george goncalves. >> there's a consistent buying from the foreign crowd that keeps our rates in check. >> reporter: but if further debt cuts can't be agreed to and the us looks like it'll hit its debt ceiling? >> then there could be some uncertainty embedded into the bond market which might cause yields to rise. in other words, foreign investors or domestic investors might feel concern about what's happening down in d.c. and might start to charge a premium to buy securities. >> reporter: house majority leader john boehner puts it bluntly. >> we do not want to default on our debt. we should not default on our debt. these are obligations of the federal go

i'm also convinced that if i had a free market economy and sound money it would be thriving. we would be looking for immigrants. you know, we would need them and want them because you would need workers, and it wouldn't be a burden at all. under today's circumstances, many times we scapegoat and say those mexicans come over here. they are causing all of our problems. as far as what i would do with how many, 12, 15, no body knows how many illegal immigrants are in the country. i don't believe them in giving them amnesty and citizenship. but at the same time, no matter how strongly you feel about it, you are not going to round up 15 million people and send them some place. because i've seen examples. a lot of them have lived all of their life, still illegal, and in families that are partially legal. that's not going to work. i would not give them citizenship. as a matter of fact, i think people coming over, and i get the citizenship, and you have to work out a transition, this is just a suggestion, if you and i had to wait 18 years before we could vote, maybe they ought to visi

economy will fall recover in 2013 or 2014. or do it before that. this is not wishful thinking, this is based on sound economic analysis. even today, we need to look ahead. we should concentrate all our resources on renovation of our industry and infrastructure. we need to use the potential and reserves that each of the russian federation regions have. before the end of the year, the government will approve long- term strategies for overages of russia. it will give impetus for development of russian territories, with the assistance of a bank, we have a special program for regions such as the northern caucasus. this year, we will have direct investment into social economic projects in the far east. we have to improve the quality of investment and lower our dependency on exports of raw materials and develop banking systems. we have to effectively support preneurship.tre russia should become a competitive country. this is a basic requirement both for the government, for business, and for the social sphere. n productivity, we looag behind leading countries. we have tosa, increase our productivity 2.5 times. we should raise

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silly as this may sound it is a function of what happens in china and india more than anything else now. these are the growing economies that are using a lot of fuel. we'll never see 99 cents a gallon gasoline again. but it's possible we could get down to $2. but a lot of good things would have to happen. the likelihood of that is almost zero. >> how about $3 a gallon? sounds awfully good. >> that could happen but a lot of good things hive to happen and there's nothing on the horizon to suggest any of those good things are going to happen. even if you have a settlement of the issues in libya you have a very how much of a powder keg in the middle east, oil territory. >> belva mentioned president obama's investigation. what could this possibly turn up and could that affect this in any way or this is just a political move to mitigate what's going on? >> i think you're going to find more real competition between the oil companies than most people would like to admit. i think in the speculative markets, which is a different industry. i'm betting that this is going to become more expensive. somebody is saying, maybe in it ge

economy. so, that sounds as if in a moment where we have high unemployment and talking about doing a deal thato achieve some kind of cementing of the geopolitical relationships which have been cemented for a long time. so in fact you are trading off u.s. jobs for some kind of geopolitical intangible benefit. mr. krist i'm surprised that you support this korean agreement. you correctly point out the fundamental ground of most favorite nation, which know has recently been translated as it permanent normal trade relations those two eshoo nor the same thing. now, the whole foundation of the post-war free-trade movement, the foundation of the gap, general agreement on tariffs and trade and of the world trade organization is mfn or permanent normal trade relations of these free-trade deals that we are doing are in fact not free-trade deals. they are in fact preferential trade deals. they should be called tpa's not fda's and is preferential trade agreements they precisely are the same thing that prevail a world trade prior to world war ii. they are the competitive preferential agreements that helped

what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headline is joining to cause a report on r.t. . that's. the sound. track. of the day. more lives lost in libya as a nato air strike reportedly kills thirteen rebels and gadhafi regime dismisses opposition terms for a ceasefire saying it would never withdraw its troops from the siege rebel stronghold. makes of satirical comments and computer game in the russian cartoon based on the end of arrests in the arab world going viral and meeting characters representing former presidents of tunisia and egypt as well as a kid. and workers at your hands fukushima plant battling to stop radioactive water from leaking into the pacific ocean conditions activists claim or any human has how many did sea water in the area have shown radiation levels four thousand times the legal limit. cates up next with the sports news stay with us. hello welcome to the sports news and here other headlines. cinderella man unheralded gold at shell shocked in am i must go to grab an early lead on my debut in the russian premier league. wowed by an incredible ruthless truly scored a ha

get free medical care and free education, why mosser convinced that if you have a free-market economy and sound money would be thriving, we would be looking for immigrants. we would need them and want them because you would need workers and and would not be a burden at all. under today's circumstances, many times we scapegoat and say, those mexicans are causing all of our problems. as far as what i would do with the illegal immigrants in this country, well, i don't believe in giving them amnesty and giving them citizenship. at the same time, no matter how strongly you feel about it, you will not round up 15 million people and send them someplace because i have seen examples. a lot of them have lived all their life here and there still illegal. i would not give them a citizenship. as a matter of fact, i think people coming over and they get their citizenship, if you have to work out a transition, this is just a suggestion. if we had to wait 18 years before they can vote, maybe they should. there is a big motives for political reasons to bring the immigrants in an legalize them to get them voting

economy that some people would be spending $1,500 on a stroller. >> i have a perfectly good stroller and it cost less than $250. it works for me. >> it sounds a lot like a luxury car. >> it has the middle recline and the full recline as well. >> a stroll er is pretty much a necessity for any mom. she has her hands full as a mom with three kids under five. they don't want to ride in the stroller anymore. >> she's not convinced a $1,500 stroller is going to buy her an easier life, no matter how smooth the ride. >> it's too expense be -- it's too expensive. >>> what if i told you the warriors beat the lakers? >> really? >> yeah, i'm serious. and buster posey went deep. that is a deadly combination next. >>> a little concern about the beard lately. >> i just have an idea. i saw robert do the news on the weather. could you just do this lead-in. >> where is my camera. >> brian wilson made his first appearance for the giants. he got two outs but in the process allowed three runs, so did it matter? >> start the clock. >> i don't want to see you again. that's enough for you. >>> let's hope ross has a better debut when he comes off the dl. posey, dee

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concerned that strong economies are once again forced to pay for others to prop up the eurozone portugal's plea echoes those violent and release would many predicting spain be next. sounds of women dying every year at the hands of violent husbands in russia lead to calls for a change in the law to encourage those suffering in silence to come forward. with the headlines here in r.t.r. we can show is next this week martin andrews explores what russia can offer that was obsessed with space above and beyond. hello and welcome to the stereo i'm something of a fraud the highest and most famous bollywood here in the russian capital but why but because in this week's program we'll be exploring the subject of space directly in ninety six people celebrate the soviet achievements on the space race today's european space program join me as we find out why russia is so obsessed with everything that's literally out of this world the world watched when yuri gagarin successfully completed the first manned space flight been able to track nine hundred sixty one gary became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals on his including hero of the soviet union it was a huge achie

economy and to create jobs. washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. >> reporter: some lawmakers insist a financial sound budget plan must involve bringing home our troops, a move they say saves $1.5 trillion. >> it's a bum deal for taxpayers. >> there is going to be a flurry of financial activity for the next few days. tomorrow lawmakers will vote on this year's budget to avoid another shut down threat and then there's next year's budget. the house will be voting on a republican-backed plan but expect a big push back from democrats. >> taxpayers get a few extra days this year to file their returns. the filing deadline has been pushed back until midnight on april 18th. by law, local holidays in the nation's capitol affect deadlines. marks the occasion when abraham lincoln signed a law to eliminate slavery. >>> donations to repair an unthinkable act of vandalism at a historic cemetery. assessing the damage to more than two dozen headstones at the city cemetery. they cut chain locks and then used a vehicle and a rope to topple some of the headstones. the historic cemetery was established back in 1850. it's

economy right now? >> from what i hear in the news, it sounds like the state of the u.s. is definitely improving, you know, there's still a lot of issues of unemployment, inflation but we really recovered from some of the problems caused by the 2008 recession. >> in your documentary, you picked noel johnson, he's an economic professor at george mason university. why did you choose him? >> when i set up to make my film i wanted to interview somebody who really knew what they were talking about. i mean, not like my dad doesn't know what he's talking about but i wanted to find somebody who could really teach me about what's going on. since george mason university is right by my house i emailed a bunch of economic professors there. since he knows more about the economy than economics professors and professor johnson was basically just the first to respond and i went ahead and interviewed him. >> and so what are your concerns about the future of the u.s. economy? >> there's a chance that the government could end up sacrificing our investment as professor johnson said to pay off