then thomas hungerford of the economic policy institute looks at the republican house and senate budget plans. after that, carly jim of the senate for strategic and international studies talks about why president obama has declared venezuela as a national security threat to the u.s. plus your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. "washington journal" live sunday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on span. -- on c-span. >> sunday on "newsmakers" adam schiff talks about the hillary clinton e-mail story and the future of the court. he currently serves as ranking member on the house intelligence committee and also discusses cyber security issues and the possible reorganization of the cia. watch "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. secret service director joseph clancy testifies on an incident in which two secret service agents allegedly drove into the

then thomas hungerford of the economic policy institute and romina

romina boccia and thomas hungerford joining us.ou have seen the outlines of this budget proposal, it is just that, a proposal. what is your reaction? guest: i think the budget proposal failed of several accounts everyone is it continues the short run austerity measures from the budget control act, and it does have some negative consequences for the economy over the next three fiscal years. i think it shortchanges the economy in the long run. cutting back on public investments in the insurance and on the government, and just drive down any street in washington dc and any other place, we need some more public investments, especially on basically, roads bridges. we need to be spending a little bit more money on railroads -- host: higher taxes? guest: in the short-term, no. i do not think we need to raise taxes in the short run, but in the long run, yes. guest: i would say that what is really key about this budget is that with spending on a path. it reduces the debt and the percentage of gdp to about 55% of the economy. it balances and

then thomas hungerford of the economic policy institute and romina boccia looks at the budget plans. after that the center for strategic and international studies, carl meacham, talks about why president obama declared venezuela a national security threat to the u.s. plus your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. "washington journal" live sunday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. sunday on "newsmakers" adam shift talks about the hillary clinton e-mail story and the future of the fisa court. he currently serves as ranking member on the house intelligence committee and also discusses cyber security issues and a possible reorganization of the c.i.a. watch "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. the secret service director joseph clancy testifies on an incident in which two secret service agents allegedly drove into a white house barricade while drunk. he spoke in front of a house appropriations subcommittee and you can see his comments sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern also on c-span. c-span created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a publ