first, we will talk with republican tim griffin. we will be right back. >> within 90 days of my inauguration, every american soldier and every american prisoner will be out of the jungle and out of their cells and back home in america where they belong. >> george mcgovern's pledge in the 1972 democratic convention came nearly a decade after being one of the first senators to speak are publicly against the vietnam war. the senator from south dakota suffered a landslide defeat that year to president nixon, but his groundbreaking campaign changed american politics and the democratic party. george mcgovern is featured this week on c-span's "the contenders." from south dakota, life friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern -- live friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> when i look at why a country does well or it does not, i think it is fundamentally a values thing. it is not natural resources. do you believe the future can be different from the present? do you believe you can control your future? these are not universal. some places they have it, some place

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and coming up in 45 minutes, representative tim griffin of arkansas will talk about his proposal that would eliminate the pension benefit offered to members of congress. then, an update on what the house will be working on

host: congressman tim griffin is our guest, republican, arkansas, second district. let's get to the bones and hear from tony on our democrat line in atlanta and -- phones naand hear from tony on our democrat line in atlanta. caller: good morning. pensionsthink thie are sustainable. you are right to make reference to europe. i think that is part of the problem as well. i have one question. how widespread is the problem of congressmen who are what i call "insider trading"? i knowse 1-c of rule 19, further consideration of h.r. 3463 will now resume. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 3463, a bill to reduce federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and by terminating the election assistance commission. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? mr. beneficiaryon: i am in its presents form. the speaker pro tempore: the gent

tim. rob bert griffin iii played the last game of any of the heisman hopefuls. does he get a little bit of a bump? he gets a nice win over texas. he gets to put up more numbers. is that that last impression? >> what have you done for me lately. you've got to succeed, you know. and if stanford had beaten oregon, they would have gotten in. but they didn't get in the pac-12 championship game. it is. if it's a close race, what are you going to base it on? it's the last race that you saw, in many cases. i think griffin gets a huge bump. richa richardson didn't get to play, so he gets a little bit of a backseat. i compare it to the presidential race. people just don't -- there's no rules about how you're supposed to vote. there's no exact bylaws and people change their minds all of the time. you go with the hottest thing. and you change your mind again and change your mind again. rob bert griffin is a high guy right now just because he had a big game. this is going to go down the wire just because, look, it's probably people recognizing he's the best player. but he's

performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> tim griffinwill talk about proposed changes to federal benefits. then an update on what the house will be working on before it adjourns for the winter break. congressman earl blumenauer joins us. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> when i look at why a country does well or does not, it is a value thing. it is not resources. these are really crucial values. do you believe the future can be different than the present and do you believe you can control it? this is not universal. people have it or they do not. in u.s., we have an exaggerated sense. >> and david burke so take your calls and e-mails on a variety -- david brooks will take your calls and e-mails on a variety of topics. live this sunday at noon eastern. >> president obama was in scranton, pa. today and called on congress to extend tax cut. that is later. earlier, the house passed legislation to block a proposed rule by the relations board that would speed up union elections. the vote was 235-188. here's part of that

whole rex thing altogether and throw robert griffin iii out there and when you pick him, let him play football. >> we agree to disagree. let's move on to tim tebow. have you finally come over to my side that the guy just straight out wins. what can you say now? >> you can't argue with the record. >> you cannot. 7-1 as a starting quarterback. >> fourth quarter, he is money. the other three quarters he doesn't need to be on the field. the coach, john fox, has done an amazing job of simplifying everything to the point where they're running the ball for three quarters and the other teams that they're playing on a cush scheduled, they are dominating them. the denver defense which nobody is talking about, they are only allowing about a touchdown and field goal every game and their field goal kicker kicked a 59- yarder and a # five 1 yarder to win the game. tim tebow didn't tackle marion barber. he didn't make him fall out of bound. >> this team has been touched by tebow. they are rallying around this guy. he is making the defense better because they believe. he is making prater kick 59 yards because they believe. they didn't want this guy to suc

griffin, chris wallace, i've never met him. dara torres. and steve doocy in the first 20 minutes, right? >> there you go. you've seen timying on the football field but our next guest says that would never happen if tim tebow were muslim. is she right? i'm going to report. you're going to decide. >> the answer is no. >> and critics of donald trump calling his upcoming debate a circus. so will rnc chair reince priebus denounce the donald's debate? we'll ask him coming up. >> former illinois governor rob blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison. whoa! this is the most disgraceful thing to happen to an illinois governor since their last governor, you know. the last governor, he's in jail, too. how lucky are the people in that state? think about this. look at all the money they're saving by not having to pay their former governors a pension, you know. maybe every state, throw all the politicians in jail. we'd save a fortune. capital one's new cash rewards card gives you a 50 percent annual bonus. so you earn 50 percent more cash. if you're not satisfied with 50% more cash, send it back! i'll be right here, waiting for it.