[inaudible] >> the strip mining in illinois. ut i do know that one of the great tragedies of mountaintop removal is associated for mainstream america. you know i had the opportunity to witness it on k. for mountain to see that they're an escape there. and i came home for not to know is so fired up and i called my family in indiana where i'm from and said this map of appalachia, it's not just environmental issue, it's a humanitarian crisis. i was fired up about it and, you know, the message and quite at home. and to realize you really have to see this, to really grasp it. and were so fortunate here to have an organization like southlake and larry gibson and k. for it, to be able to have those opportunities to witness it. and my question is, back in illinois, what is the state of the sensibility there. i mean, can people see what's happening? >> yeah, coarser stripmining this pretty much gone now, you know, we are very high sulfur coal. you know, kerry cabo who wrote a very classic nights in the cumberland, you know, when i was a k

the gentlewoman from illinois. mrs. biggert: i believe there are no further speakers. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman from illinois yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from the mariana islands. mr. sablan: i again urge my colleagues to support the -- h.res. 118 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1182. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from mariana islands seek recognition? mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1239. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the res

the gentleman from illinois is recognized. the gentleman from illinois. mr. gutierrez: how much time do i have left? the chair: 30 seconds. mr. gutierrez: i'd like to yield to the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: i thank the gentleman. this amendment should pass unanimously. i don't care where you are on this issue. if you fundamentally believe that the people of puerto rico should be given a voice, then the voice that they should be allowed to check is none of the above. 50.3% of the residents there voted in favor of this last time. it is not right for us to deny them the opportunity to check the box that says none of the above. this should pass unanimously. i urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote for this. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: yaths the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. gutierrez: i yield myself an additional minute, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gutierrez: i want to make this

it was awarded to the university of illinois and purdue university. and m, cornell and university of davis round out the top 5 spots. that's it for headlines. and here is your national forecast. >>> we're getting into a pattern here where we have slow moving storm systems. that could be some good news for the areas drying out. if you have your crops planted it is good news. we have a trough to start in the eastern parts of country. we are seeing it now with a slow moving trough move through. a little bit of a trough there diving southeastward. you will notice this off the west coast beginning to expand. we will see a trough expanding into the west heading into wednesday. these will be scattered showered through the plain states. and we do have a couple of dry days in the great lakes. still some lingering snow showers in new england. by friday you can see everything coming eastward. big trough in the westward states t. is going to be another wet system with some pretty heavy shower s and thunderstorms. most of it will be rain but this could have a ribb

the gentleman from illinois. mr. quigley: mr. chairman, i yield one minute to my friend and colleague, the gentlelady from arizona, ms. giffords. the chair: the gentlelady from arizona, ms. giffords, is recognized for one minute. ms. giffords: thank you, mr. speaker. as one of the sponsors of this amendment and a strong advocate for defense acquisition reform, i rise today in support of the amendment and urge its passage. the amendment requires the department of defense to make energy efficiency a consideration in buying and developing new weapons systems and new equipment for the military. this is a smart amendment from a green technology standpoint, but let me also stress that this is not about just being green. first and foremost, platform efficiency is a national security issue. our military's use of fuel and electricity has intertwining impacts on our greater national security. a 2007 army report cites 170 service members killed transporting fuel or guarding fuel convoys. requiring the department to examine how w

others may have characterized it that way but those who are in the individual tea party movements, again, going back to illinois and a congressional primary i mentioned, the candidate, mr. walsh, said there are 12 different tea party groups, none of whom recognize a tea party central or national leader. it is unfair to pigeonhole them. >> we have seen popular movements before. all sorts of -- the large one but civil rights. the environmental is a popular movement. >> anti-tax movement. >> having a -- i did not say that. having an effect on politics. i was much involved in the 1960's with some of these things. of course, the anti-war movement and the women's movement. but they didn't actually calling and go to a particular party for a long time. take the women's movement. it has all the things tea party has not -- ragged at the edges, some people gave it a bad name, some people misunderstood its serious purpose, but they did not -- all the women in the country did not go and vote democratic. popular movements tend to subside and go away but they leave behind something. what will the tea party pool -- movement le

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of the illinois national guard today. on saturday, i visited the polish consulate in chicago to pay my respects and leave my regards in the condolence book. the people were starting to flock to this site. people in chicago driving with polish flags proudly displayed over their vehicles to come to this consulate and express their own sorrow for this loss, to join in the long line signing the condolence book and to leave flowers at the flagpole bearing the polish flag right outside of the consulate. i have such admiration for the people of poland who have endured so many trials and struggles. what has brought them through time and again are faith and family, and those two enduring qualities will help them as they try to cope with this massive crisis that is facing their country. as the ambassador said to me this morning, there is no doubt that poland will emerge strong, that this government is going to be stable, that it's going to move forward, and he can count as well that we will be at his side and the side of the people

right now the active warnings are to the forth through illinois. we had a warning around the nashville area that expired but we are still looking at fasty cells that are moving through carrying a lot of rain and large hail. look at the tornado watch boxes. they extend east as the line continues to push off to the east as well. so 10:00, 11:00, the system will start to wind down. unfortunately, the severe threat tomorrow will push further down the coast from maryland to car carolinas. it doesn't look like it's as severe as today but continues to sunday. >> that can't come soon enough for those people. they had a heck of a day. thank yoyou. >>> fox news is america's election quarterbac headquarter. one of the most vulnerable senators up for re-election is arkansas senator blanche lincoln fac face faces challen from halter and also morrison. last night, the three squared off in a televised debate at the university of arkansas. our own james rosen has the story from little rock. hey, james! >> reporter: no knock-out punches scored or even attempted betw

this was a professor from the college of law at the illinois institute of technology and he is a constitutional scholar. there have been many other constitutional scholars who say that the federal governor requiring people to buy health insurance is legal. the other thing i would point out is that if you read about it, paul, is the federal government really gonna know if you buy health insurance or not? the government can't even catch terrorists. they're not gonna know if you buy health insurance or not. well certainly we're not condoning not to get health insurance when those fines going to affect in 2014. but it's interesting that the law professor points out, and i would point out that although states attorney's generals that are challenging the federal health-care law. all those states have auto insurance laws on their books that you have to have minimum coverage. so it's gonna be interesting to see how this debate works out. but, i think the legal professor that we have on, his advice is wisdom. yes, i mean as a matter of law. it's not unconstitutional. i think what he's going to, it's jus

so he realized in the long run he really would not have been able to prevail with illinois. but rather than make an issue out of that and all that polling and searching he'd done in down-state, he just let it pass and took the high road. i think to his benefit in doing so. >> host: let's go to tim who's joining us from hancock, michigan. good morning. tim, are you with us? >> caller: hello. yes, i am. i've got a question to john about the car that he used to drive. it was a porsche. >> guest: 911. >> caller: i'm curious what he did with it. if he still had it or sold it? >> guest: it was a porsche 911. a little maroon one. great shape. i loved the car. in fact, every time i drive on the dulles road, i think about that car. and in coming from the airportist a few days ago, i thought about it because when i used to drive the dulles road when i had that car 30-some years ago, there were no police on it. and it was a good time to get the carbon out of the -- out of the cylinders out of the car. i sold it back to the dealer so i never did find out what happened to it when i left a

and the illinois receiver from dunbar high here in dc did not hear his name called in the first round that matter. the caps are now one win away from knocking out the canadians. due to the fog in dc, the team plane couldn't land at dulles. it couldn't land at reagan. finally landed at bwi but had to sit on the tarmac for three hours because all of the custom agents had gone home. the players finally took cabs back to dc in groups of three. got home at 5:00 a.m. bruce cancelled practice today so the guys can get fresh for tomorrow. >> we want to get through this one. this is tough enough right now. and then once if that is successful, then we'll worry about resting guys for -- hoping we have time enough for them to rest. >> reporter: nationals and hernandez alloweds first two runs this evening today against the rockies. just a solo shot in the second and he and stewart in the second and that is all colorado needed. nats fall 2-0. >> reporter: so that is it from here. trent williams is the new redskin. we will meet him tomorrow as donovan mcnabb has his secret service in place. guys, ba

he had been in the illinois, legislature. prior to that had been in community organization. professor land view, do you agree with that or disagree with that? guest: he didn't have much executive experience but he did have a lot of experience. he was quite well read. he was the - a law professor another at the university of chicago and was in the u.s. senate. i think the fact that he didn't have a lot of executive experience, caused him to make some mistakes. he over delegated to congress initially. both with respect to the big recovery and reinvestment act, and secondly with respect to health care. and that under cut his leadership image. he wanted to be a transformational leader and you don't become that by delegating to others. you gain the vision and then you move forth with that. secondly, he has not emphasized very much and it's still early in administration the management of government. we have over 2,000,000 civil servants not counting postal employees and over another million in military uniform and he's the boss of them. - and he needs to promote policies that will

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. urbin: i would like to ask the senator from vermont, through the chair, about another issue in this bill relative to the interest rates that are being charged across america, and i'd like to ask the senator from vermont if he would tell me his take or evaluation of the provision in this bill which exempts usury laws and interest rates from the consideration of the consumer financial protection agency. i know that the presiding officer here has an interest in some exploitation that is occurring in her state of north carolina and frankly in my state of illinois and probably across this nation are the so-called payday loans and title loans operations where average people who are struggling economically go in for high interest loans that are then rolled over time and time and time again until they lose whatever security has been offered for the loan and frankly find themselves even deeper in debt. i'd like to ask the senator from vermont who i have discussed this with on many occasions his

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the illinois state police, which have taken over the investigation, say the public does not need to worryere's no more people, a possible target of the hit at the moment. >> shepard: that gives us essential information that residents want. thank you. >>> gunman in a major city opened fire feet away from police and the news cameras were there. they caught this shootout going down. the details and the rest of the stunning video ahead. plus how one woman is trying to cash in on the legend of the barefoot bandit. his mommy is so proud of him because he can fly planes, crash them into the ground and rob places, according to police. he's the barefoot bandit and the legend is next.  >> shepard: what a night in chicago. so violent. gunmen killed at least two, left others bleeding in the street and there's video of part of this. the. >> the videographer and police officers got caught up in the second round. >> get up, get up! >> where is there [ bleep ] coming from? >> we got shots fired over here. the neighborhood is englewood, an area known for violence i'm told. tim gaughan is tracking this f

>> i was doing some shows in the illinois state fair. ing there, and it was kind of like an annual ritual. i would come in and do the fair and he would come on the bus and we'd have a bowl of chili and drink a beer and talk about things. and this particular year, we started talking about the farmers. i'd heard from my friends in texas about how the farmers weren't doing that good. and i grew up on a farm. and i knew that it didn't ever do really great. but i heard that it was worse than usual, that they weren't get anything money and they were going out of business at an alarming rate. i started checking out, and sure enough. we at one time had over 8 million small family farmers, and now we're down to less than 2 million and that's not right. >> larry: it's the big companies that are running it. >> and that's not good for the food. it's not good for the land. it's not good for you and me. >> larry: how do you react -- what do you think about obama? >> i think he is a good man, yeah. i like him. i know his intentions are good, and he prob

both the illinois senate candidate mark kirk is out there, recently backed away from the idea of repealot at this point within our capability. we do not have the votes. we lost. we absolutely lost. the question that i have before me is, how do i help my constituents understand the tremendous tax burden that is about to hit? it may not be total repeal at the end of the day. it may be a series of fixes over the course of the -- this bill getting enacted that enable us to possibly change -- >> so republicans plan to campaign on repeal and replace and shouldn't they stop them from saying it won't work? john feehery is a republican strategist. karen finney is a democratic strategist and former communications director for the democratic national committee. john worked for the speaker of the house. let me ask you john, first, is this smart to say we're going to repeal? >> there is a precedent for repeal. in '88 and '89 with the catastrophic bill they repealed the legislation. >> the same people that passed it. >> the same people that passed it. in 2004, nancy pelosi promised to repeal the medi

they came out -- the fdic, treasury came out and said that none of continental illinois' bond holders, the uninsured bond holders -- they would not take any losses in the continental failure. and this engendered quite a debate in the reagan administration. don regan who was the treasury secretary -- he wrote this in a memo to his colleagues. we believe it is bad public policy -- it would seem to be unfair and represents an unauthorized and unlegislated expansion of federal guarantees in contravention of executive branch policy. so he was against this. president reagan himself never said much publicly about the bailout. but an unnamed white house official said the president agreed with the regulator's compelling argument the other argument was a worldwide havoc. it was a sim to come. paul volcker said this bailout would not set a presidents but the markets knew it set a precedent and we got a new phrase in the financial industry if not in the public lexicon which was too big to fail. and the independent bankers association which represented small banks understood the imp cases of its p

the metros returned to metro square to unveil a 10-match local expedition starting with the illinois first. what say you? >> i am excited about the metros calling up ike davis from the 2-bit confederacy. >> who isn't? >> i think he has an excellent career ahead. i think he is getting old. >> maybe this is the last one, put it away, bury it. >> bring it out later at a party. florida mayor wants city employees to quit smoking or be fired. you refer to laura brad burn as a bitter old battle ax. shame on you you massage nis sexist pig. >> i only did it for literal purposes. she understood that. >> she is only 46. >> she is a year older than me. opposites attract. >> you said brad burn looks like sean penn in "carlito's way" and as of 2006 she is single and you know what that means. >> i am facebooking her tonight. >> more like derosa's way. >> i will attach a picture from larry of the three stooges and say thinking of you. >> terrible. >> pat, you said every time the government gets involved it gets broken. you are not one of those tea partiers, are you? >> he does like to party. >> i do

show them all the things they can't learn in a book, it might help them. >>> kudos in order for the illinoiso filed a lawsuit against the vatican and pope benedict. the lawsuit accuses the pope and senior vatican officials from failing to protect children from a wisconsin priest who molested 200 deaf boys. the plaintiff says he was one of the priest's victims and that the abuses occurred over several years including solicited sex in the confessional. the lawsuit also seeks the release of vease of vatican doc known sex abusers. after decades of abuse and no one in law enforcement doing a darn thing about it. my bet is this lawsuit finally gets the vatican's attention. we can only hope. >>> still ahead, most democrats would have you believe that breaking up is hard to do when it comes to the big banks who give them all that campaign cash. we'll talk to one of the few brave senators who said it's actually petty simple. i have a plan to do it, he says, he's even introduced the amendment. ted kaufmann in today's "town square." >>> and in "hardball," the gop, the tea parties, auditing the fed. con

the gentleman from illinois. mr. costello: mr. speaker, we have no further requests for time, and i urge support of this resolution and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 264. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. costello: mr. speaker, i move to prulls and pass the bill h.r. 5147, the airport and airway extension act of 2010. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5147, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the airport and airway trust fund, to amend title 49, united states code, to extend authorizations for

the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. mrs. ggert: i'd like to rise to express my strong support for h.r. 4178 and commend the sponsor of this legislation, mr. cleaver, for his thoughtful efforts encouraging americans to plan for their children's college education. given recent market volatility, some families are understandably hesitant to save in these -- to save in the security-based plans. therefore, for the first time, h.r. 4178 provides an option for states to expand their 529 programs. the bill allows community banks, which are fdic-insured institutions, to directly offer consumers a college savings plan. at the same time, savers in these new deposit-based plans will be able to benefit from all of the traditional tax incentives of existing security based 529's. as an added benefit, this legislation will fund the insurance fund up to $250,000 per account. for the families seeking lower risk alternatives, the fdic insured college savings plan would provide a guaranteed return. by expanding the options available to those sav

so he realize in the long run he really would not have been able to prevail with illinois. but rather than make an issue out of that and all that polling and searching had done in downstate, he just let it pass and took the high road. and i think to his benefit for doing so. >> host: let's go to tim from hancock, michigan. good morning. tim, are you with us? >> caller: i am. thank you. i have a question for john about the car he used to drive. it was a porsche. and i was just curious -- >> guest: 9/11. >> caller: did he sell it? it was a porsche 9/11, old maroon one. great shape. i loved the car. in fact, every time i drive on the dulles road, i think about that car and coming in from the airport, just a few days ago i thought about it because when i used to drive the dulles road and i had that car, 30 some years ago, there were no police on it and it was a good time to get the carbon out of the cylinders of the car. i sold it back to the dealer, so i never did find out what happened to it when i left and went to california. >> host: allentown, pennsylvania, which most memor

the clerk: amendment number two, offered by mr. gutierrez of illinois. the chair: those in favor of a request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this amendment, the yeas are 164, the nays are 235, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number three printed in house report -- the chair: on amendment number two, the yeas are 164, the nays are 236, the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number three printed in house report 111-468, by the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which t

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker. this is a fine bill and, you know, on face value there's some good elements to the bill. let me give you a kind of a behind the curtain look, though, at what could have been. there was an amendment that was offered in the ways and means committee that i thought was thoughtful. what it was trying to do is create a sense of fairness for families that find themselves being bumped up into tax brackets just sort of through inflation essentially. i offered an amendment that would have had the office of management and budget determine the spending growth rate by comparing the previous two years nonsecurity discretionary spending without regard to whether spending was offset and in a nut shell it would have insulated families and taxpayers from being boosted up into what is known as bracket creep. now, there are some folks that say, well, you know, all this would do is accelerate deficits and create more of a problem. but if the federal government simply lived w

. >> reporter: i mean before the end of the weekend the way it's going in should other states. we heard that in illinois it took 8 hours before all the money was gone. that was allotted by the department of energy and i think we're hearing yesterday somebody also ran out early. here to tell us more about appliance we have dean landers. good morning. >> exciting times but busy time. >> no doubt. >> reporter: what was state that ran out quickly. >> massachusetts, two hours. >> reporter: two hours because there's only certain ants of money. >> certain amounts of money and they allot different amounts for the energy star projects. >> in maryland if you apply with a refrigerator that is 55% over the rating. and on washers, if you hit a tier 3 washer which is all the front load washers, you qualify for an extra $100 over and above

chicago area but what was never fleshed out there was a member of emissaries to check out the downstate illinois elections would have totally obliterated any changes if there was hanky-panky in chicago he realized he would not have been able to prevail but but all of the polling is searching he took the high road and that was his benefit for doing so. >> good morning can talk michigan. >> caller: i have a question about the car he used to drive it was a portion of. >> guest: 911. >> caller: did you sell it? >> it was marooned 911. great shape by the of the car. every time i drive on the dulles road i think about that car and coming in from the airport a few days ago i thought about it because when i used to drive the dulles road 37 years ago there were no police on it and it was a good time to get the carbon and out of the cylinders of the darfur price all the back to the dealer so i never did find out what happened to it too and it went to california to seven o was here most memorable moment during your tenure? 81 there was more good days than bad-- watergate was a surprisingly small part of th

and independent life and we're talking with the publisher of nor the earned illinois a brass comment sara hoerdeman on the day that we do learn that justice stevens will step down from accord at the end of the term. thank you.

the gentleman from-- the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. schakowsky. >> i will put my full statement and the record but i do have a couple of comments. in my home state, the illinois illinois department of health has stated that in its four-year incidence of mrsa has increased 57% over 10,000 cases. and as we are going to hear from the cdc and the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, antibiotics become less effective as humans are increasingly and often unnecessarily exposed to them. this can happen when they are overprescribed but it also happens through other types of exposures. for this reason, i find the rampant use of antibiotics for non-therapeutic purposes and livestock populations alarming. many factory farms give cows, chickens and pigs antibiotics in their daily feed. that they are not treating any diseases. they are promoting growth in compensating for bad sanitation. when antibiotics are used in livestock populations it gets into our food system and to our water supply, using highly potent medications for this t

heavy rain in the south central illinois area. a warm flow of air and high pressure will remain stubborn. a lot of this moisture will be held to the self, dissipate, or be pushed toward the great lakes. we think a lot of it will dry out before it comes in. unseasonably warm temperatures. the range up to 81 degrees. the futurecast shows the front coming in the mountains tonight. overnight hours, maybe a sprinkle or a quick shower. it is moving off to the eastern shore to the east of us. some sunshine for the bulk of the day and also on easter sunday. overnight, mostly cloudy and maybe a sprinkle. during the day on easter sunday, the sunshine comes back with mild temperatures. monday a shower goingnto tuesday. dreier wednesday and then thursday, another chance for rain. >> a 3:00 good friday service was held guest today. >> the archdiocese of baltimore says it will welcome new members on easter mass sunday. that is the largest membership increase it has seen in at least one decade. local catholics recognize good friday with a process

for our area and this is where we have all the tornado watches stretching from georgia to the south and to illinois and tennessee, kentucky and indiana and all effected here and there have been reports of tornados on the ground in some of the areas, gusty winds and rainfall. as this moves toward us, this is what we're going to watch into the next 24 hours and to our weather map. we are under a slight rack of of severe weather, from d.c. and through south of the florida panhandle and this is going to ease to the north of us and stall out right near the mason-dixon line and back to the south again and to areas of central virginia and maryland, talking thunderstorms as way move through tomorrow and future cast shows us as we move into tonight, the rain is widespread and into the early morning hours, everything is to the north of us and we see activity into the 4:00 hour and in the afternoon and to the north and we fill in again 32 into later evening hours. we're going to hope it holds off and anything could change and lingering into monday and tuesday and showers are widespread and possibly scattered

the man 15 times after he surrenders. it happened last month in steamwood, illinois. the officer faces charges and he's telling the officers always assume everything they do will be taped. >>> two iraq war veterans get into trouble at home after allegedly fire bombing the army reserve head quarters in pennsylvania. the suspects both 20 years old and members of the national guard threw cocktails into the armory. they had recently refused to be drug tested and they were arrest after the fire. now, they face several charges. >>> a 9-year-old boy in georgia paid for his own surgery by selling autographed copies of his story on ebay. he needed money and he posted the stories on ebay and he's sold almost 1300 copies. and he made a speedy recovery and he'll return to school next week. >>> the idea of spring cleaning is ancient. it's a time to get your house in order inside and out. now, as mike schuh is reporting, the city's encouraging 4000 volunteers to do just that. >> reporter: to look at this block in bel air -- >> i use my bare hands. >> reporter: nothing looks out of t

the gentleman from illinois, i'm sorry. the gentleman from illinois. is that -- i go back. the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. [inaudible] >> thank you. when i listen to your testimony is you want down the line there, i heard you talk about some of you participate in the h.a.m.p. program and others have done things in house and i think he used the word proprietary. but i also heard was hat program has not been overwhelmingly received, or effective up to this point. so i guess the question, just kind of go down the road there, is, you know, why isn't the h.a.m.p. program working and are your proprietary solutions better than the h.a.m.p. program? >> it very much depend on the circumstances of the borrowers. i think the energies of the h.a.m.p. program and what it's done for the industry in establishing standards that enable us to apply programs across the portfolio has been a real advantage. but there's no question that there are certain borrowers, a jumbo mortgage as example of that the that, non-owner occupied property, and fha loans where h.a.m.p. was not

the gentleman from-- the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. chakowsky. >> i will put my full statement and the record but i do have a couple of comments. in my home state, the illinois illinois department of health has stated that in its four-year incidence of mrsa has increased 57% over 10,000 cases. and as we are going to hear from the cdc and the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, antibiotics become less effective as humans are increasingly and often unnecessarily exposed to them. this can happen when they are overprescribed but it also happens through other types of exposures. for this reason, i find the rampant use of antibiotics for non-therapeutic purposes and livestock populations alarming. many factory farms give cows, chickens and pigs antibiotics in their daily feed. that they are not treating any diseases. they are promoting growth in compensating for bad sanitation. when antibiotics are used in livestock populations it gets into our food system and to our water supply, using highly potent medications for this ty

the committee is chaired by illinois senator dick durbin. >> good afternoon. i am pleased to convene this hearing and i apologize for being a few meetings -- minutes later. this is a hearing to consider the 2011 funding request of two are most important federal agencies, the commodities futures trading commission and the securities and exchange commission for it i'm welcoming my colleague. i'm sure you're tired from yesterday. senator susan collins of maine, who is my ranking republican on this committee, my friend, we've worked together on many aspects of many different laws over the year and this is an important 13 other colleagues will join us during the course of the hearing. i want to welcome. kessler -- when this subcommittee was created and started, i insisted that it bring these two agencies to gather into one appropriations subcommittee, because the parallel one another and the regulatory responsibilities and i felt that the ancient separations no longer applied, that there really should be considered as a tandem operation to bring confluence to import

soy two people being held for questioning in the murder of a mayor in southwestern illinois. hornton of washington mark washot twice in his chest. police think the mayor was traying around the impoverished town after working a second job overnight. >>> got to keep moving in you want to watch the tube. the inmates have to work ought if they want to watch their favorite programs at a jail in arizona. it is called dal vision. they use the bicycle to power the tv. if an inmate slows down while pedaling, a nice alerts them the tv will shut down. sheriff says half the inmates are overweight and this is a pretty good way too get them back into shape. a little incentive. >> that same sheriff has done a bunch of other wackychanges out there. >>> get ready for the ipad due out tomorrow. question is will it live up to the hype? >> we are both to give you aa firsthand review. we'll be checking out your morning commute for you. tony has the forecast coming up. . saving money on cereal. - bread. - laundry detergent. even paper towels and toothpaste. at safew, we've made a promise to lower t

, in 1965 and enrolled at the university of illinois. after one year, mr. goodman left the university of illinois in order to pursue a musical career in 1968. he began performing at the famed earl of old town folk club in chicago's old town neighborhood, where he first attracted a large popular following and soon became a regular performer throughout the city. mr. goodman's subsequent and distinguished musical career evidenced his dual mastery, as well as his devotion to his hometown, and left a mark on folk music and the city of chicago. as noted by "the chicago tribune" earlier this month, his songs told wondrous stories and if you are a fan and lived in chicago and he was alive you certainly help but feel he was a pleasure, end quote. notably, mr. goodman released 10 folk music albums during his life. including modge his most enduring song was "the city of new orleans" about the city of new orleans train which became a top 20 hit in 1972. the song would also become an american standard covered by such artists such as johnny cash whic

the bus. >>> former illinois governor rod blagojevich wants president obama as a witness in his corruption trial. he has asked the court to issue a subpoena. the judge did not indicate how he might respond to the request. >>> good news in maryland's real estate market. sales are roaring back to life. but as mike shu report. some agents fear the expiration of a tax credit will make for a lean summer. >> reporter: the sky has been falling. some real estate agents not making a single sale in 2009. but in maryland, the worse appears to be over. >> the entire first quarter of this year has been very good. >> reporter: in anne arundel and carol county sales are up 10%. in the city it's over 14. in baltimore county up 23.6% increase but in howard it's nearly 30%. over all for the state, a 29.3% jump from last year. >> well things are going well. >> reporter: the president of the maryland association of realtors says, prices and interest rates are both low. plus-- >> i think the tax credit has been a big help. it's an $8,000 price credit to new home buyers. >> what is it? >> this is a planned community.

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. burris: thank you, mr. president. my colleagues and i here in washington are here to fulfill a sacred public trust, a commitment we made the moment we raised our hands and swore the oath of office, and whether we swore that oath 30 days ago or 30 years ago, that commitment remains very real. we're here to fight for citizens of our respective states, to represent their concerns, and to make sure their voice rings out in the committee hearings and on the floor of this chamber. that is the obligation we took upon ourselves the moment we entered purr sssments i know it's something all of us take very seriously. so, mr. president, i call upon my colleagues to rise to the challenge of this pivotal moment. it's time to live up to the promise we made. it's time to stand up for the people we came here to represent from all 50 states of this union. it's time to take action on wall street reform. so we can restore accountability to a system that has spiraled out of control and cost billions in taxpayers' dollars. the u.s. constit

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois yields back. the gentlelady from california reserves. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. roe: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee yields back. the gentlelady from california. ms. chu: i urge passage and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is if the house will suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1222. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended -- ms. chu: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the gentlelady from california requests the yeas and nays. the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on thi

he grew up in the cornfields and dixon, illinois -- corn fields in dixon, illinois. he participated in all the plays and competitions. the spoken word was extraordinarily

as you may know the ousted governor of illinois is facing federal corruption charges. sed of trying to sell the senate seat barack obama vacated when he was elected president. well, now we learn that blagojevich's defense team wants to subpoena the president compelling him to testify at the trial. joining us now from new york is former federal prosecutor ann marie mac i have and from chicago steve greeneberger a criminal defense attorney. steve, let me start with you. you are in the belly of the beast of chicago. chicago machine, chicago style politics. is this one more twist in the curvey road with blagojevich to try to now bring the president into all of this? >> i think the part of blagojevich's defense in everything is that this is how things were always done in chicago and in illinois. and there was horse trading that went on. but what the government has done is they have got a number of witnesses who say that we talked to blagojevich's people and then we went and we talked to obama or obama's people. the smart move on his part. the government may not want to prese

. >>> it would be up to the illinois governor to deploy national guard troops in chicago. or pat quinn's office. but they had no comment on the request. we want to hear from you on this one. hot, hot, hot, hot. should the national guard be called in? go to our blog cnn.com/tony, leave us a message and we'll share some of your comments later on in the hour. >>> a test vote is set for this evening on legislation to change the way wall street works. senate majority leader harry reid moving ahead with the senate's version of a financial reform bill. republicans say they still don't have a bipartisan compromise. and say they will try to stop movement until they do. economist diane swan told me earlier there is a big problem the legislation does not deal with. >> it's the first step in a long road towards rethinking how we lend and manage money in the u.s. and it will prevent some of the things from happening again. but the elephant in the room is fannie and freddie, and underwriting mortgages, none of which are being addressed by this legislation. >> make the fannie and freddie

. >> the sad truth it's all about the money. 4.5 billion dollars involved here and as the governor of illinoisaid we've got to get on the race to the top thing to get as much money as we can out of washington. that's the sad bottom line. >> paul: and reform is secondary if you can get the -- if you can game the rules enough to get through. and usually they can game the rules. >> paul: all right, we have to take one more break. when we come back our hits and misses of the week. take care of your engine and it'll go far. one way i can take care of my engine? one a day men's -- a complete multivitamin for my overall health. plus now it supports my heart health and helps maintain healthy blood pressure. [ engine revs ] whoa. [ man ] kinda makes your heart race, huh? >> time nor now for our hits and misses of the weekment dan, first you. >> on tuesday president obama signed the legislation allowing the department of education to take over the student loan programs and on tuesday when they went into the department's website they got an error message because the website was down suggesting that the g