deeply appreciative and grateful to the leadership of congress and to the members of the united states congress who support this measure and especially to the steadfast leadership of president obama for pushing this through. [applause] >> [speaking korean] >> and also i know there are those in the united states congress who did not vote yea for this very important agreement. i think i see a few faces here -- [laughter] but i am very confident that in one year or less that these people who may be a little bit critical of this important agreement will say that they made a mistake because they will see the visible results of this very important agreement. [applause] >> [speaking korean] >> that thing that i want to prove the most, ladies and gentlemen, with the fta, is that many of those critics said that this would make people lose their jobs. really, the fta will create good and decent jobs for the people of america and disappointed want to prove by implementing this agreement. >> [speaking korean] >> you see mr. ching seated at the head table. as i was receiving guests and when he came up to me

upon the federal government to end the prohibition on medical cannabis and request that the united states congress passed hr 1983, the state's medical marijuana medicate debt -- medication act of 2011, which was introduced by representative barney frank. we also are calling upon the federal government to pass hr 1985, the small business tax equity act of 2011, which was introduced by congressman pete stark. we're also calling upon the federal government to follow the lead and take leave from people like mark leno, leland yee, and others who have called for the protection of the rule of law as enacted by the voters of the state of california. we also encourage the president of the united states to enact legislation requiring federal law enforcement to respect state law when it comes to medical cannabis. i think in these times, it is very important for us in the city and county of san francisco to take a clear stand in supporting patient rights, and i urge support of this resolution. i also want to take this opportunity to thank the medical canada's community and all the activists that have rallied

what these proposals are essentially doing is something that is to the right of what the united states congress and the president of the united states have done. the federal law, the health care legislation that was passed by president obama and that was approved by the u.s. congress, is actually moving away from reliance on these accounts. under that federal law, if you, as an employer, beginning january 2014, do what these businesses are doing in san francisco and rely solely on these accounts to provide health care to your workers, you will be charged a penalty under federal law because there is a recognition by the federal government that these accounts do not provide adequate health care. the u.s. congress and the president of the united states have made that very clear. so it is an ironic situation that we find ourselves in this predicament where you have members of this board, where you have the business community that are actually pushing for something that is to the right of what the u.s. congress has proposed. i think it is unfortunate. i think it is inconsistent with the principles t

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restaurant where the requested bombing would take place, including possibly members of the united states congress, the lead defendant said, no problem. >> the other alleged plotters gohlam shakuri, a member of the iranian quds force. he is believed to be in iran. u.s. attorney general holder was asked on tuesday whether the plot was sanctioned by any high-level member of the iranian government, whether a mula iranian presidahmadidineja >> yoyou're n not playaying tha chargege atat this s poinint. >> but t th house intelligence committee, mike rogers, believes that the highest level of iran's power structure were involved. >> i have a high degree of confidence that there were the highest echelons of the iranian government involved in this particular act. >> question, if this plot had succeeded, bombing and assassination in a d.c. restaurant, would it be an act of war? pat buchanan. >> it certainly womb it would be another lockerbie in washington, d.c., john. this has an aroma of fish about it. this mansour is not -- wasn't in interested in politics or religion, according to his buddies. he drank a

united states and other countries cost the u.s. jobs" -- unquote. i think every group in america except the united states congress seems to get that point. but then again, the united states congress is surrounded by lobbyists and campaign contributors that come from big money interests, and they like these unfeather -- unfettered free trade agreements. the economic policy institute has estimated that the korean free trade agreement will lead to the loss of 159,000 american jobs and will increase the trade deficit by nearly $14 billion over a seven-year period. why do you want to go forward in a trade agreement that will cost you jobs? now, president obama has estimated that the korea free trade agreement will -- quote - "support at least 70,000 american jobs" -- unquote -- but the headline of a december 72010 article in " the new york times "says it all -- quote -- " few new jobs expected soon from free trade agreement with south korea." according to this article, the korean free trade agreement is likely to result in little if any net job creation in the short run, according to the government's own analysis, our

yes, officially filing papers to run for united states congress in ohio's ninth congressional districtooking to unseat marcy captor who's held it since 1983. let's look back at some of our fondest memories. >> if you look at spreading the wealth, no one can debate that. that's fact. >> politicians are going to kill our country. >> social security is a joke. social security i've never believed in, don't likeforced o. >> thank you for coming out here. >> i think media should be abolished from reporting. >> would you ever run for office? >> i will consider it in about six years. that's a lot of work. it's a job that's very important. i would take it as serious as it is. >> there you go. joe the plumber running for congress in ohio's ninth district. how about hugo chavez? the venezuelan president appeared on television dancing with a young rapper trying to show he's in touch with kids. it showed he was in good health. kn we know he's been fight cancer. some good move there is. polls showed chavez at about 60%. i guess he's trying to pour it on a little bit. some gravy here. looking good, h

sink any lower, this week's cbs news/"new york times" poll had approval for congress, the united states congress, at 9%. and the representatives themselves can't hide from the news. how are they reacting? well, a tweet from senator john mccain read, "congressional approval at all-time low of 9%. we're down to paid staffers and blood relatives." well, paid staffers and blood relatives, does that one sound a bit familiar? apparently it's been somewhat of a go-to tagline for mccain since as early as 2006, five years ago. how about some flashbacks? >> there was a major poll just a couple of days ago that showed the approval rating of congress at 13%. you get down that low, you get down to blood relatives and paid staffers. >> i think they're down now on approval rating to paid staffers and blood relatives. the only people that approve of us are blood relatives and paid stafrs. >> blood relatives and paid stafrs. >> okay. to me, the only thing more possibly depressing to being down to paid staffers and blood relatives is to be down to just saying you're down to paid staffers and blood relatives. that

some kind of checks and balances on power and the influence of private lobby groups in the united states congress and the election of presidents and such today that you can speak of a democracy you can speak of. such a concentration of private power that the president is what i was actually a special interest with. eastern germany it's a world east and the world economy. would be less comfortable for europeans for people used to the order that we have now i don't really i don't think you need less comfortable it could even be much more comfortable simply because. china india russia and eastern europe and central asia require the kinds of goods and manufacturing products that the european union countries especially germany still manufacture the united states doesn't manufacture anymore . we've outsourced everything over the past thirty years and now it's being manufactured in another person's we have been reading in the news their leaders are considering legislation that would that would threaten sanctions against china. if it does. the currency manipulation do you think this is a measure that may

sharp contrast to congress, get a load of this number. 9%, single digits, 9% approve of the united states congress and 84% disapprove. when asked if they trust the government to do the right thing, 10% of americans say always or most of the time. 89% say some or none of the time do they trust the government to do what is right. 74% of americans meanwhile think the country is on the wrong track. that's consistent with polling we've seen. mrnz are striking back at the president's claims of a do-nothing congress. the chamber is ready to get to work on job creation and says the problem lies in the senate. >> the president says we can't afford to wait. guess what? i agree with the president. we've got 15 bills that sitting over in the united states senate, 15 bills that are part of our plan for america's job creators. after we finish this week, there will be 16 bills sitting over in the united states senate waiting for action. it's time for the senate to work with the house and to work with the president to help find common ground to move our economy forward and get the american people back to work. >>

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free-trade agreement by the united states congress.m confident that the korean national assembly will soon ratify this very important agreement in the near future. i take this opportunity to sincerely thank president obama, the congressional leadership and members of congress for their support and commitment. the korea u.s. free trade agreement is a historic achievement that will become a significant milestone in our 130 year relationship. it is a win-win agreement that will benefit those of our countries and countless ways. this agreement will create more jobs, generate more trade, and stimulate our economy's. this free trade agreement will bring numerous benefits to our workers, companies, our small businesses and our consumers alike. furthermore, mutual investments will increase and our economic partnership will become stronger. and the korus fta will bring benefits beyond korea and the united states. it will be a gateway to enhancing ties between north america and asia. it will allow us to get ahead and stay ahead in the global mar

of what what renee is we're going to know right now supervised release of the program the united states congress and instituted twenty five years ago the whole purpose was to help a person we integrate himself into society bring the person back to his family so that he could restart his life in the in a healthy healthy environment a healthy way and he used that stenchy as a means to separate them when they were traumatized. the people who had it not were not involved in anything he had they would use. is is clearly as i say the president and it's true for political reasons richard thank you for your thoughts on this issue that was richard clues attorney for the cuban. and the occupy wall street protests have been going strong as it enters its fourth week now hundreds remain cans out on wall street and a stand up protest here in washington and cities across the country people are actually rising up voicing their frustration and anger at a system that they say allows corruption and greed to flourish and benefit a privileged few while the masses suffer artie's more in a porn yana is there on the gr

united states and other countries cost the u.s. jobs" -- unquote. i think every group in america except the united states congress seems to get that point. but then again, the united states congress is surrounded by lobbyists and campaign contributors that come from big money interests, and they like these unfeather -- unfettered free trade agreements. the economic policy institute has estimated that the korean free trade agreement will lead to the loss of 159,000 american jobs and will increase the trade deficit by nearly $14 billion over a seven-year period. why do you want to go forward in a trade agreement that will cost you jobs? now, president obama has estimated that the korea free trade agreement will -- quote - "support at least 70,000 american jobs" -- unquote -- but the headline of a december 72010 article in " the new york times "says it all -- quote -- " few new jobs expected soon from free trade agreement with south korea." according to this article, the korean free trade agreement is likely to result in little if any net job creation in the short run, according to the government's own analysis, our

restaurant where the requested bombing would take place, including possibly members of the united states congress, the lead defendant, acting on behalf of a component of the government of iran, said no problem, and no big deal. >> a lot of moving parts, unanswered questions, as we continue to get information on the breaking story. let's break down the allegations and global implications with hala gorani. congresswoman sue meyer, cnn national contributor fran townsend, who knows the saudi family quite well from her day as president bush's homeland security adviser. in terms of the intelligence briefings you're receiving what do you know that has not been put part of the public domain, talk of a broader plot, bombings of the saudi embassy, the israeli embassy. how active are the iranians if this is believed in plotting terrorism in the united states? >> i think we have to take it so seriously, and you know the thing that concerns me is, i have been talking about this for a long time, what the iranians are doing in the western hemisphere, south america, mexico and relationships with the drug cartels

for the president of the united states, for members of congress, also as you know, their rangs are low. they're facing challenges. you're accountable to try to get the results so the middle class can achieve the middle class gains. not only for themselves today but for their children. but he'd be the first -- yes, all of us in public life who seek public life, you know the bottom line is, try to make sure that people have the ability to achieve their dreams. and understand that your role in government, i don't create jobs. the president doesn't create jobs. you create conditions for jobs to take hold. for the businesses to create them. that means good investment in research and development. good investment in the type of infrastructure that's necessary. make sure your educational system is turned around. which is another area where the president shows the type of leadership -- >> let's talk about environment. how about what's going on on the streets of occupy wall street, complaining about the unfairness, railing against wall street. the president has sympathized with those protesters

president, ladies and gentlemen, last night the united states congress didn't passed and ratified the free-trade agreement. i said this before, but allow me to say it again. i am deeply appreciative and grateful to the leadership of congress, members of the united states congress who supported this measure and especially to the steadfast leadership of president obama for pushing this through. [applause] [applause] [speaking korean] [speaking korean] [speaking korean] >> translator: mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, there are those in the united states congress who did not vote for this impaired in agreement. i think i see a few faces here. [laughter] but i'm very confident ladies and gentlemen that in one year or less of these people who may be critical of this important agreement will say that they made a mistake because they will see visible results of this very important agreement. [applause] [applause] [speaking korean] [speaking korean] [speaking korean] >> translator: in the thing i want to prove them most, ladies and gentlemen with the course of fta as many of those critics

one of them is that congress works at a disadvantage in form policy and will continue to do so as long as united states as an activist foreign policy. politics will shape what congress does in foreign affairs. and congress influences foreign policy, directly and indirectly. my first point is that congress operates at a disadvantage in foreign policy and will as long as we have this policy. if you look at the constitution, it is important foreign-policy powers to congress and the president. they say the constitution is an invitation to struggle over foreign policy. but since world war two, this has gone decisively in favor of the white house. the most important is the changed u.s. role around the world. and the set -- to change perceptions of presidential power. james madison became president during modern times and the house representatives passed a bill to pass to him the decision of whether to go to war with france. madison said that they could not delegate to power because it belonged solely to congress. after the invasion of south korea, president truman sent forces to stop -- to south korea, and h

the clerk: to the congress of the united states, by separate message i have transmitted to the congress a bill to approve and implement the united states-korea free trade agreement and that message i highlighted new commitments that my administration in close coordination with the congress successfully negotiated to provide additional market access and a level playing field for american auto manufacturers and workers exporting to korea. here with i am transmitting the letters exchanged between the united states and korea that contains those commitments which further enhanced both commercially significant trade agreement and the united states has concluded more than 17 years. the documents i have transmitted in these two messages constitute the entire united states-korea trade agreement package. signed, barack obama, the white house. october 3, 2011. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on ways and means and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 6:30 p documentary. >> the reason why prohibition initial

i am deeply appreciative and grateful to the leadership of congress, members of the united states congresss measure and the steadfast leadership of president obama for pushing this through. [applause] [speaking korean] >> translator: i know that there are those in the united states congress who did not vote yay for this very important agreement. i think i see a few faces here may be. [laughter] and confident in one year or less that these people who may be a little critical of this agreement will say that they made a mistake because they will see the visible result of this very important agreement. [applause] [speaking korean] >> translator: and the thing i want to hurt the most, ladies and gentlemen, is that many of those critics are saying the fta would somehow going to make people lose their jobs. but really, of course fta is going to create a lot of good decent jobs for the people of america and this is the point i want to prove by implementing this agreement. [speaking korean] [speaking korean] [speaking korean] >> translator: ladies and gentlemen coming you see mr. king at the table

there but it will take a courageous administration working with the greatest members of the united states congress and senate to say that we have to. do this america's future is at stake for an economic standpoint and if we don't stop the spending or get the relief on the tax side and don't reduce the regulatory burden, this country will everyday get closer and closer to becoming more like our friends in europe where we have a sovereign debt crisis, a serious sovereign debt crisis. >> probably the main goal with access to health insurance -- if you repeal obama care and take away its incentive to do that -- what would be a parity plan. you say you want to make health insurance more accessible to people. >> i saw an interesting sign today that said"keep your hands off my medicare." this administration took $500 billion away from medicare to help pay for obama care. they are talking to the wrong people. they need to be talking to the administration for taking $500 billion away from medicare. state-by-state we make decisions every day about how we will take care of our citizens. we get criticized in

in particular, we welcome the free trade agreement by the united states congress. that the korean national assembly will soon ratify this important agreement in the new feature. i take this opportunity to sincerely thank president obama and members of congress for their support and commitment. the korean/u.s. free trade agreement is a historic achievement that will become a milestone in our 130-year relationship. it is a win-win agreement that will bin fit both countries in countless ways. this will create more jobs and generate more trade and stimulate our economies. this free trade agreement will bring numerous benefits to our workers and companies and small businesses and our consumers alike. furthermore, mutual investments will increase and our economic partnership will become stronger. and it will bring benefits beyond korea and the united states. it will be a gateway to enhancing ties between north america and asia. it will allow us to get ahead and stay ahead in the global markets. as we all know, the global economy is undergoing many challenges, the korea/u

. ♪ >>> i think it's a safe bet to say this number won't increase your love for the united states congressys the congress will have in washington in 2012. this is the announce many. 109 working days in washington. this announce many today from the house republican leadership. guess what some the democratic leader nancy pelosi said it's an outrage. >> at a time, any time having, was it six days on the calendar in january, it really makes you wonder about the schedule. but particularly at this time when the american people are feeling so much pain -- >> does she have the right to make that argument? well? maybe. the democrats controlled the house heading into the 2010 cycle. they announced 116 working days in 2010. so seven more. the democrats, i guess we have to give credit for working an extra seven days last time. so what does all this mean? let's punch this through. here's what it works. 109 working days at 40 hours a day, that mean $200 an hour. $174,000 a year congress makes. that trans flights $200 an hour. the average american works 250 days. that's a lot more than 109. the average a