how they're going to vote for sure, but it appear that is the main senators, olympia snowe and susan collins are probably going to be -- snowe a little more likely than collins, but are probably going to agree to what most democrats agree to. .. democratic president has been trying for this for 60 years or more, now has happened and we will come back to fight another day to get the rest of what we want and that gets into the argument about whether you think enduring and successful show -- social changes achieved by a bipartisan efforts or ramming through something you believe in. their arguments and example on both sides. i donau how this one is going to play out. condoleezza rice of the interesting dynamics to watch during the summer. >> what happened to barack obama's plan on bipartisanship? you don't see a lot of that. >> he is actually gotten the benefit of it. it was mostly about atmospheric, the idea that we are going to tone down the rhetoric and work together. one of the interesting things about the campaign was there were not many substantive differences between the democrats when t

bill which as you tensible is both for the the environment and the industry, this group led by susan collins and diane feinstein, basically it's another hand you the to the industry that these fuel economy increases are so small that they don't even make up for the carbon emissions coming from the production of all these new vehicles. >> how active has president obama been in pushing congress to pass this legislation now? >> he's publicly come out in support of it several times. normally whenever he's had a press conference announcing the latest for g.m. and chrysler he's urged lawmakers to act. he hasn't necessarily weighed in publicly on which of the two proposals, either the one backed by the michigan democrats in the industry or some of the environmentalists which one he supports. but the house version came out of a compromise in the energy and commerce committee. and it was announced the same day after they met at the white house with president obama. so in theory he's played a pretty big part in that compromise. >> what will you be watching most closely now as this legislation winds it

from inside "usa today," " moderates in congress feel health-care push pickup susan collins of maine and democratic senator evan by of indiana -- byron york, his column "digging in for obama's healthcare aventis." debbie joins us from alabama. good morning. caller: could morning, steve. a 50% of the american people are happy with their health care? they're asking the wrong question. they are happy they have health care, but as soon as they are sick -- i am a registered nurse, and when they come into the hospital, they do not want to pay their bills, the insurance companies. the second thing i want to say about a public health plan, is the republicans -- this guy who owned -- the thing he is trying to tell the american people is you do not want to have government between you, the patient, and the doctor. well, what we have right now is the insurance company between us, the patient, and the doctor. if you have private insurance, sometimes it takes weeks just to get approval from the private insurance company to run a test to even diagnose you. so we are having to guess on a diagnosis b

i also want to welcome my friend and distinguished colleague susan collins. we have worked together in many venues and i'm glad we will share the responsibilities of this subcommittee. joining us today to present testimony on the budgetary proposals are the hon. mary shapiro, chairman of the sec, and the hon. gary gensler, chairman of the commodity futures trading commission. both of these agencies have unique history, specialized purposes. yet the sec and cftc both sustained -- sustain growth. we're slowly emerging from one of the greatest economic crises in decades. after years of struggle, countless families have lost their hard-earned savings, seen their dreams denied. some may view the subject matter of this hearing as dry as dust. how much money to give to two federal agencies. but if you step back, translate their work and the real world, you realize their oversight and regulation literally protect the savings and features of american families and insurers that economies and countries around the world will view our economy and the way we run it with re

he is here, as well as susan collins, for championing this bill and representative barney frank for his leadership on this and so many other issues. this is his second trip to the white house today. [laughter] it is a day that marks an historic step toward the changes we seek, but i think we'll have to of knowledge this is only one step. among the steps we have not yet taken it is to repeal of defense of marriage act. i believe is discriminatory and interferes with states' rights, and we will work with congress to overturn it. we have work to do to ensure that government treats all citizens equally, to fight injustice and intolerance in all its forms, to bring about that. i am committed to these efforts and i pledge to work tirelessly on behalf of these