can you imagine right in the united states constitution in today's environment -- can you imagine writingstitution in today's environment? the power of money on the ability to find consensus on the hard things has gotten greater. i am not true that is going to hard decisions. i worry about this decision. >> we could not have gone the constitution if it had been negotiated on c-span. >> corporations do not want to be hated, for the most part. they have many ways to pour more money into the political process if they wanted to and they have chosen not to. to cross that line and suddenly decide that, as a corporation, i want to defeat lindsay gramm of north carolina and those corporations are in sentences co, boston, and new york city, that is -- are in san francisco, boston, and in new york city, that is the favor you can give lindsay gramm because he can make an issue of that. both lindsay gramm and barney frank might ultimately agree on knowing where that money is coming from into north carolina# massachusetts. you can take all thaqi money you want. Ñithe more you take it, the more they tr

times out of 40 not balancing the budget and we need a balanced budget amendment in the united states constitution. 49 out of 50 states have it. this congress came close to passing it in the contract with america. it passed the house of representatives with a strong bipartisan majority and was sent over to the united states senate and failed in the senate by one vote to get the 2/3 majority. requires a 2/3 majority in the house and 2/3 in the senate and three quarters of our state legislatures to ratify it. had that vote been provided to give us 2/3, it would be sent to the states. the president doesn't have any say to an amendment to the constitution. it would have been sent directly to the states and i believe three-quarters of those states would have ratified that balanced budget amendment and we would be in a much different situation today if we had done that. the american people have never abandoned this idea even though the democratic congress long ago abandoned this idea. and that's union fortunate. but the american people, poll after poll, shows that 75% or 80% or more believe that the fed

assist this nation in the protection of the president of the united states rather than asserting your rights under the united states constitutionur counsel, we are ready to tell you all the details, but through only our counsel. but if you want to know the details, they are ready to tell you. they're ready, but it's not going to come from our voice but from our counsel. but they're ready to tell you. >> mrs. salahi, would you at this point in time reconsider your choice to testify personally or will you continue to assert your rights under the constitution? >> the advice of whatever counsel suggests for me. >> i have no further questions. i yield back my time. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. broun. >> it is right for us to look into the security breach. the protection of the leaders of this country is absolutely critical for the security that they must have. it is imperative that this committee look into the security overall of this nation, the salahis, undocumented attendees at a christmas party or state dinner and that is a tremendous breach of security that personally i believe the process was put

assist this nation in the protection of the president of the united states rather than asserting your rights under the united states constitution? >> through our counsel, we are ready to tell you all the details, but through only our counsel. but if you want to know the details, they are ready to tell you. they're ready, but it's not going to come from our voice but from our counsel. but they're ready to tell you. >> mrs. salahi, would you at this point in time reconsider your choice to testify personally or will you continue to assert your rights under the constitution? >> the advice of whatever counsel suggests for me. >> i have no further questions. i yield back my time. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. broun. >> it is right for us to look into the security breach. the protection of the leaders of this country is absolutely critical for the security that they must have. it is imperative that this committee look into the security overall of this nation, the salahis, undocumented attendees at a christmas party or state dinner and that is a tremendous breach of security that personally i believe the p

of fairness and equality violates the fundamental principles of nondiscrimination in the united states constitutionyou're -- for all of us that don't want this health care bill to pass, assuming it passes and they seem well on their way to passing it. there might be a legitimate, legal challenge that could stop this bill, is that fair? >> that is fair. let me tell you, at least two reasons. let me first tell you the reason why i say at least two reasons is because, this bill was passed with great secrecy what is going on in the conference committee now is secret. we won't know until months to come about all the details and the other potential constitutional challenges that could be raised. two initially is, one concerning the nebraska compromise. the other that we haven't mentioned yet, this would go to the heart of this health care legislation, that is, we believe the health care package violates the commerce clause. what congress is doing, understanding this is an unprecedented requirement to have the individual mandate, which requires every american to purchase health care insurance. the congres

others warned that this legislation that we were passing violated the first amendment of the united states constitution and, in fact, one of the supporters of the amendment, senator feingold, at one point offered a constitutional amendment to amend the first amendment because he recognized that this campaign restriction on spending during an election cycle ran afoul of the constitution. then at some point they decided to go forward with it. and i would just say two things about it. how it happened was this, during oral arguments on the showing on whether or not a -- a company, the corporation that had produced a film about one of the presidential candidates could show that film before a an election and it was being blocked by the court that said you can't show a film about an election candidate. and they objected. they said this is free speech. and the supreme court asked this question during oral argument to the government's lawyer, who was defending the statute that we unwisely passed. and the question was well, counsel, what if a company produced a book and wanted to publish a book, could they not -

money and having armies and things like that, those things that are not delegated to the united states by the constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively or to the people. so we in congress always can technically constitutionally pass laws that are specifically given to us by the powers of this document. article 1, section 8 lists the things that congress can pass laws about. madam speaker, in this little booklet which contains the constitution, the declaration of independence and every single amendment, this little, bitity -- little bitty booklet, not the thousands of obama care and pelosicare, it just goes to it start here's, goes to here. it says congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the united states. madison was very specific, mr. gare wet us -- mr. garrett was speaking about that, the general welfare, one of the clauses perverted by democrats and republicans, courts, presidents, and congress alike. it means the general welfare, not the direct welfare but the general wel

of the united states. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. [ applause ] >> bret: on january 20, 2009, barack obama became the 44th president of the united states. the first of african-american heritage. and it was a busy year for the president. he reached out to the world's muslims in a speech in cairo on june 4. on august 6, president obama's pick for supreme court justice sonia sotomayor became the third female and the first hispanic to sit on the u.s. supreme court. on october, 14 president's approval rate fell below 50%. we have a.b. stodder, and charles cradock. it was quite a year for the president. charles? >> it began with this wonderful festival of inauguration day. where i think the pride people held across the country was near universal. electing the first african-american was a transcendcation of the experience. it wasn't until a month later to joint session of congress that obama revealed how much of a leftist he is. remember in the tr

people who are elected to represent our interest have a respect and understanding to the united states constitutione strategies and tools and programs that we use legislatively to advance our agenda we also use politically. more and more of the grassroots division which i work is becoming more involved in the election side of this in addition to what we've traditionally done legislatively. i talked about the education component. probably the best document we have is something that's actually called the election and legislative action manual. this is a document that's brokenzon into two sections. one talks about strategies and guidance to be an effective political activists in a campaign and the other talks about an effective legislative activist to help pass or defeat legislation. when we first drafted this manual it was about an 85-page hard copy document that just a couple few years ago we transferred to cd-rom acknowledging more and more people are reading documents online and it was more effective and update the information. we have probably distributed i'm going to say three-quarters of a mill

i, robert francis mcdonnell, do solomnly swear, that i will support the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties incumbent up on me as governor of the commonwealth of virginia, according to the best of my ability, so help me god. [ cheers and applause ] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> members and guests, please be seated. i have the honor to present to the sovereign people of virginia the new governor of the commonwealth, his excellencey, robert francis mcdonnell. [cheers and applause] >> well, that is a lot of people there. kind of like one of your fundraisers. thank you. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you! [cheers and applause] >> thank you! thank you so much for the incredible honor that you bestowed on me. thank you, mr. speaker, lieutenant governor bowling, attorney general, members of the general assembly, distinguished guests from around the world and across the country, family and friends, fellow virginians and americans. g

constitutional rights. the only connection with the united states is that they were captured in the battlefield attempting to kill americans. it is never the basis to give full constitutional rights to anybody in this country. host: michael, independent line. caller: i actually agree with you about the combatants that are caught overseas and stuff like that, in terms of guantanamo. but it seems a little hypocritical when it comes to the 9/11 people that we tried here in the u.s. i saw republicans actually applauding how we were able to handle stuff like that, and now with a democrat in our, is an issue if we do it. your feelings on that seem to be a little mixed. were you against for years ago? guest: we did not have the legislation that completed the operation of military tribunals at the time to read. the concept and we worked our way through decisions made by the supreme court, a process giving exclusive appellate jurisdiction to the district court of appeals for the district of columbia, and then an opportunity to go to the supreme court. we also have learned from those situations. as i say, if you look

i do solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the united states and the constitution ofincumbent upon me as attorney general of the common wethsdz of virginia according to the best of my abilities so help me god. congratulations. [applause] >> the oath of office will now be administered to the lieutenant governor elect. by the honorable donald w. lemons, justice of the supreme court of virginia. [applause] >> are you prepared to take the oath of office? >> i am more than ready. >> i know you are. repeat after me. i, william t. biology do solemnly swear. that i will support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia. and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties incumbent upon me as lieutenant govenoor of the commontsdzwealth to the best of my ability so help me god. congratulations [applause]çó >> the oath of office will now be administered to the governor elect by the justice of the supreme court of virginia. >> are you ready to take the oath? >> i am ready, justice. >> please repeat after me. rais

comptroller of the city of houston of the state of texas and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the constitution and law of the unitedhis state so help me god. >> congratulations. [applause] >> mayor parker, i would like to invite you to the podium at this time. >> council members, would you rise and join me, please? ready? raise your right hand, please. repeat after me. i do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the duties of the office of city council of the city of houston of the state of texas, and will, to the best of my abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution and laws of the united states and of this state, so help me god. congratulations, council members. come on up and take a bout. -- bow. >> thank you it so much for presiding over the ceremonies. my heartfelt congratulations to all of our elected officials. we are looking forward to your leadership over the next two years. she is originally from mexico where she studies music and acting and dance. after a life-threatening struggle with cancer, she auditioned for the school of music at the university of houston. in 2009, america was

applause] >> hi, kim guadagno, to call lisa -- do solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the united statesf new jersey, and that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the united states and in the state, under the authority of the people, and that i will faithfully, impartial lee, and justly perform all the duties of the office of lieutenant governor according to the best of my ability, so help me god. >> congratulations. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the governor of new jersey. >> thank you. [applause] thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. lt. governor guadagno, senate president sweeney, speaker all, members of the 214th legislature, members of our congressional delegation, members of the supreme court, to all the former governor's, to my former u.s. attorney colleagues, to my dear family and friends, and most of all, to the hard- working men and women of new jersey, i stand here today as your governor. i understand the task before me, and i am well aware of the expectations for meat and this government. you

this right to life united with the right to life of born and pre-born human beings also must assure that the protection of the constitution of the united states individual human life, whether or not someone wants to acknowledge the existence that a human being is there in existence from fertilization throughout the natural continuum of life. now, in order to legislate or move bills and so forth, sometimes, unfortunately, you hear people who say they are pro-life and undoubtedly want to save the babies. but they want to negotiate with the abortionists that make some exceptions. everybody operating in the name of right to life must understand they don't own the life of the pre-born child. they cannot negotiate it away with abortionists. [cheers and applause] and, therefore, these life principles say that we shall protect the innocent pre-born children and the aged and the handicapped throughout the natural continuum of their life. no exceptions and no compromises. now, when we state these principles, there is no justification of thinking, well, we might save a few more babies. yes, we might, and we must, and we must try to save the number of ba

it was a -- it is mandated by the united states constitution and is one of the greatest rituals of modern democracy. the practice of bringing the major offices of our government together to assess our nation's priorities. last night, president obama laid out a bold vision for the years ahead and a renewed commitment to the uniquely american ideas that makes this country so great. so today, i'd like to take this opportunity to discuss a few of these things we heard in yesterday's speech and how our agenda will benefit the people of illinois. i'm glad the president recognizes that this is not a time to change our priorities. it is a time, madam president, to recommit ourselves to the values and ideas that the american people voted for in 2008. the mandate for better policies that could not have been more -- could not have been more clear. voters want us to focus on job creation. they want us to help small businesses repair our national economy and invest in clean energy. they want us to pass real health care reform, reduce the deficit, and keep corporate money separate from politics. under

poe: madam speaker, the united states constitution is a document to limit the federal government.mas jefferson said, pre-government is found in jealousy and not in confidence which requires limited constitutions to bind down those who we are abliged to trust with our power. as the all-seeing government tries to take care of us and who believes that we are subjects incapable of taking care of our own health, nowhere in the constitution the federal government is given the enew mexico rated power grab and control the nation's health. the constitution sets limits on what dictates of pain the federal government is allowed to inflict on the rest of us. george washington didn't fight the red coats so people would be the subjects of a new oppressive, untruth worthy federal bureaucracy. and the colonnists didn't die in the war of independence so the health czar would have the rule over us. it's an un-constitutional abuse of power to nationalize america's health care and trust the government with our health andes that that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time

and yesterday, just yesterday, the president of the united states sent up 40 nominations to the senate to consider for confirmation under the constitution so that they can begin to serve. and there were some judges, there were some u.s. attorneys, there were some united states marshals and i found interestingly enough that he even had time to name two people to fill vacancies on the marine mammal commission. but not one of those 40 is the new director of c.m.s. and quite frankly we're not going to talk about national security today but, you know, his nominee for the transportation and c.s.a., the folks that frisk you at the airport, we don't have a nominee in the pipeline for that at well. mr. mccotter: i just want to be clear that despite the fact that there has been no name forwarded let alone confirmed for the position at c.m.s., we do have two appointees to the marine mammal board which in fairness sounds like a matt millen draft. i yield back. mr. latourette: i thank the gentleman very much. so if you begin at the head, clearly we have a problem in that we don't have anybody in charge should this health care legislation pass and be

and democrat, are investigating this legislation for violating the 10th amendment to the united states constitutions you know, in the past, i have successfully joined the legislature and the superintendent to join the state of arizona against the arizona attorney general as the u.s. supreme court case. [applause] today, in our attorney-general will not join this effort to defend the state of arizona against this infringement on states' rights, i will. [applause] until then, i have a simple message to every member of our delegation. for the good of our state just vote "no." [applause] the federal government is also trying to control our southern borders and refusing to pay for its failures. as you know, i have ordered the arizona department of corrections to return to the custody of the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement as soon as possible all non-violent criminal aliens for immediate deportation as allowed under existing laws. the cost of incarcerating these criminal aliens is not arizona's responsibility. [applause] it is washington's legal and moral obligations. this is insult and injury t

united states and perhaps we can say for the honesty of the united states, as well. we had to know whether the words of the declaration of independence and the constitution of the unitedtates really meant what they said. about people being equal. unfortunately, that was not come to some extent, and to some extent still, is not the case. there was a time when the united states did not think of african- americans as people, did not think of women as equal, and when the civil rights movement took off, many of us could not see that it would lead to a movement for equality and justice for other people as it has to date for equality and justice for asian-americans, four latinos, four days and lesbians, for people with disabilities. in other words, our concept of what equality means changes from time to time. it grows and that is fine but we need great leaders to remind us howard must grow. in that way, certainly, dr. martin luther king was as important to the united states as the founders and the writers of the constitution with whose names we are all familiar. we're delighted to present this program in honor of dr. martin luther king and of the federal holiday that now bea

situation of americans -- native americans in the united states and the relationship we have with indian nation is the direct result of the constitution of the united states. and often it is good for us to remind ourselves of the first principles involved when we're dealing with these issues. and, therefore, mr. speaker, i'd like to also mention that today in a blow for freedom, in a tremendous action of a return to first principles under the constitution, the united states supreme court timely got it right. the united states supreme court -- finally got it right. the united states supreme court in the case of citizens united v. federal election commission finally focused on the first amendment and talked about the essence of the first amendment being political speech. we have been distracted so often in other decisions by the court that they have lost in many times their focus on the fact that the first amendment is in essence a protection of our political speech. and today they overruled a previous case where they had wandered from that, and they said to us that congress cannot in fact make choices between preferred speakers and non

is not what i call open government, and that is not something that is written in the constitution of the united states and is not something that this congress should tolerate. this congress should say to mr. bernanke, your nomination is here in front of the united states senate, and we will act on it as soon as you provide the information the senators have requested of you. and, by the way, the information that a federal judge, one federal judge has already ordered that you disclose. as soon as you comply with that, then your nomination shall have a vote in the united states senate. well, mr. president, i wanted to explain in more detail my response to people today who had asked me what i was going to do on that nomination. that, i think, gives adequate explanation. i also wanted to just comment briefly that the president today said something quite extraordinary, and i want to compliment him for it. i know that he's walking into a thicket of trouble here, because a whole lot of big interests are going to gang up on this, these proposals. but let me tell you the two proposals the president offered that

united states, and perhaps we can say for the honesty of the united states as well. we have to know whether the words of the declaration of independence and the constitution of the united states really meant what they said about people being equal, and unfortunately, that is still not the case for many people in the united states. there was a time when the united states did not think of african- americans as equal. when the civil rights movement took off, many of us could not see it will bleed to go region will lead to movements of equality and justice for other people of that has for asian americans, four latinos, for gays and lesbians, for people with disabilities. our concept for what equality means changes from time to time, grows from time to time, and that is fine, but we need great leaders to remind us how it must grow, and in that way dr. martin luther king was us the important to the united states as the founders and writers of the constitution with whose names we are all familiar, so we're delighted to present this program in honor of dr. martin luther king and the federal holiday that now bears his name, and with that, i will turn the program over. >> thank

assessment of the challenges facing yen in -- yemen and give a good basis on which to conduct constitution. united states is intensifying security and development efforts with yemen. we are encouraged by the government of yemen's efforts to take action against al qaeda and against other extremist groups. they have been relentlessly pursuing the terrorists who threaten not only yemen but the gulf region and farby donner here to london and to our country in the united states. by doing so, they have earned the support and cooperation of the international community that was pledged at the meeting today. these are essential steps but we recognize the challenges facing yemen cannot be solved by military action alone. a progress against violent extremists and a better future for the yemeni people will depend upon fortify and development efforts. the yemeni people deserve the opportunity to desert the they could determine their own future, not leaving their feet to extremists who incite violence and inflict harm. to help the people of yemen, therefore, we have to do more, but we have to work in conjunction with

i, robert francis mcdonnell, do solomnly swear, that i will support the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties incumbent up on me as governor of the commonwealth of virginia, according to the best of my ability, so help me god. [ cheers and applause ] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> members and guests, please be seated. i have the honor to present to the sovereign people of virginia the new governor of the commonwealth, his excellencey, robert francis mcdonnell. [cheers and applause] >> well, that is a lot of people there. kind of like one of your fundraisers. thank you. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you! [cheers and applause] >> thank you! thank you so much for the incredible honor that you bestowed on me. thank you, mr. speaker, lieutenant governor bowling, attorney general, members of the general assembly, distinguished guests from around the world and across the country, family and friends, fellow virginians and americans. g

shootings but the radicalization of an officer took an oath to support and defend the constitution of the united statesagainst all enemies foreign and domestic and to bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution should send shockwaves through all americans as to the power and reach of an enemy like al qaeda in yemen to generate such radicalism among other u.s. citizens. al qaeda and yemen declared war on the united states with the attack on the uss cole in 2000. while the u.s. has taken actions to curb their power and influence as an external threat, this nation and its allies seemingly have also taken action to assist in the organization. for example, in 2006, the escape of 23 members of the al qaeda from a maximum-security yemeni prison including several who attacked the coal lead to the formation of al qaeda on the arabian peninsula. the 2007 release from guantanamo bay of said al-zawahiri one of the first 18 at that prison allowed him to join the al qaeda in yemen and to help plan the christmas day attack on northwest flights to 53. moreover the nation has not learned a lesson from september

suggest we have to make this false choice between our constitution and values and being safe, and that's not true. we have tried terrorists in the united states soil before. we tried and convicted yusef here and timothy mcveigh and richard reed. you hear these folks suggest if you believe in the constitution you don't believe in safety, that's false. that's a false thing. >> i think the majority of americans don't give a fig about the rights of a radical islamic extremist. >> then they're wrong. >> i think they care about the constitution. >> larry: ron, you want to get in on this? >> i think their care about their lives and family's lives. >> larry: ron. >> how does everybody -- how does everybody able to convict. i mean, in this country it used to be you were suspects and you had a trial. but now the -- she's advocating torture. can you imagine how much harm those torture pictures did to us? i'm absolutely positive that there was a great deal of harm done in the muslim world to radicalize thousands because that was the image of america. from the little bit of information they might have got by water boarding and undermining the goodness of

but c-span is a person under the law of the united states and constitutional holding. here is why -- if the fcc and fbi were to blow through these doors right now and turn off all the cameras and a subpoena your files, it would be c-span -- it cannot vote, it is not a citizen, and yet everyone would recognize that that is a fundamental violation of the rights of c-span. why? because at the end of the day, c-span, just like any other association of individuals, it is an association of the people that make up the entity. annot skip past the idea that associations of individuals have their rights and keep it short shrift. have to be respected in a democratic republic. with regard to george sorus, campaign finance law requires them to spend independently all he wants, but the sec investigated import i believe two years for a book -- the fcc investigated him out for i believe two years for a book he wrote about george bush. if we are deciding if a book should be banned or if books are illegal or if books are not part of our debate, whether by george soros or any other indiv

people's understanding of what happens and what has happened in the past in the united states senate, the constitutional and function, what has happened in its history, perhaps to inspire younger generations coming forward. the importance of the united states senate and its deliberations at its core, it will have an educational mission. i believe over the course of time through history and analysis and scholarship it will continue to be an inspirational and educational institution for not only scholars but public, generally host: how you bring back that ability to cross party lines that you say was here when senator kennedy came and was lost molest 8-10 years. ? guest: i start with the politics of it. after the last election, colin powell, who served under republicans and so forth, gave some guys to the republican party and said that their base and mindset is becoming too narrow, if you will, and the world war is going in the other direction. that is to say the diversity of our country, in terms of that are ethnic heritage, our political diversity of thought is where the world is going and where america

but c-span is a person under the law of the united states and constitutional holding.e is why -- if the fcc and fbi were to blow through these doors right now and turn off all the cameras and a subpoena your files, it would be c-span -- it cannot vote, it is not a citizen, and yet everyone would recognize that that is a fundamental violation of the rights of c-span. why? because at the end of the day, c-span, just like any other association of individuals, it is an association of the people that make up the entity. this is very important. we cannot skip past the idea that associations of individuals have their rights and keep it short shrift. have to be respected in a democratic republic. with regard to george sorus, campaign finance law requires them to spend independently all he wants, but the sec investigated import i believe two years for a book -- the fcc investigated him out for i believe two years for a book he wrote about george bush. if we are deciding if a book should be banned or if books are illegal or if books are not part of our debate, whether by george

full range of criminal protections of our criminal justice system as embodied in the constitution of the united states. >> what do you think about his point that he's making? are we missing vital intelligence from abdulmutallab on whether or not there are additional attackers that are out there? >> i think it is unlikely. supposedly he was speaking very freely for some time after his arrest. but what we know from the past -- for the bush torture program is that it yielded very little information, information it did yield was known to be highly suspect. but it is not really about the information that you get from special interrogations, a nice way of saying torture. it is also not about what rights he deserves. what is really the question is what rights we have to give people to maintain our credibility around the world. that is the way the world view the bush administration was that george bush often looked almost caesar-like, sending some people to federal court, some to military tribunal, some people got no trial at all. in this case we had richard reid, virtually identical in his act, he went to fe

in this whole debate is, you know, here is what someone gave me not too long ago, the constitution of the united states. there's that little commercial on tv that says, wait, there's more in this little book, about 10-point type, there's the constitution, the convention, the congressional resolution, the -- all of the amendments, the virginia bill of rights, the declaration of independence, the virginia statute of religious liberty, the annapolis convention, the new jersey or patson plan, the hamilton plan and the great compromise. right interest, that is america in a nut shell. how is it that we end up today -- how is it that we end up today putting out thousands of pages that people can't comprehend but america, our government and how we were founded, is right there? put it in your pocket and read it at any time. i think that's what the american people are very concerned about and i appreciate the gentleman for yielding. mr. neugebauer: i thank the gentleman for pointing out that the taxes that are in this bill, i think the bad news is that they're going to have to be higher taxes because they're dis

united states of america. >> the problem with the constitution -- right? yeah. didn't go for the redistribution of wealth.ution without that! >> one of the i think the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement because so court-focussed, i think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributed change. >> glenn: you at seiu, your agendas, might -- yeah, i love that. >> your agenda has been my agenda in the united states senate. before debating healthcare. i talked to andy stern in seiu members. >> glenn: i feel like in the last year i spent my whole life representing your agenda, america's agenda. can you believe it's been a year? >>> up next, want to play a game? still ahead, the most talked about moments ever on the show. can you guess which one that was? when glenn beck's new year's countdown returns. ♪ ♪ >> do you ever lie away at night and think man, i just wish i had a juggler on hand to help me explain

predispose is us to think yes we have a common interest, that the constitution starts off in the preamble, we the people of the united states establishes-- it wasn't really people who established the constitution. it was 55 rich, white men who established the constitution. i know you are not supposed to say anything about the founding fathers. [laughter] they are our fathers. we are all one family. [laughter] not so. the founding fathers were slaveholders and merchants in bondholders. really. they said that the government that was more democratic than other governments. they said that the government that was independent of england but they did not said that the government that was a government of the people. they set up a haas slaveholding government that was going to do the interest of the bondholders and the merchants. the interest of the government in the interest of the people right from the beginning were not the same. and that same difference of interest has continued down to the present day, all through-- look at the history of legislation in this country. it is class legislation. this legislation has always been a b

you'll be asked to support and defend the constitution of the 90 states -- of the united states and denounce allegiance to your native land. there are other obligations that come with citizenship. to raise strong families and children to become our next generation of leaders, builders, and keepers of the flame of liberty. the work hard to support yourselves and families, and to contribute to the common needs of our nation through your generosity and by being good citizens. to participate in the political process actively. the political process that fuels our democratic system. first of all, devote for those it who will govern you. this is one of the greatest privileges and responsibilities of a citizen. -- to vote. to keep informed about the news of the day, to watch the news, to listen to arguments you read about in the newspaper. we must give our informed political consent to our political leaders. participate in your community. join a parent-teacher association. join your school board. go to a place of worship. neighbourhood association you should become members of. run for political offi

that the constitution of the united states is for citizens of the united states. the one that is get the rights of the constitution. now, we must be very, very mindful to be the kind of people, honorable people, that will use this kind of thing very, very sparingly, i would think, as necessary and only as necessary. that's my point, just about the constitutionality. thank you. guest: he's exactly right. the constitution applies to american citizens, not to citizens of other countries. we are bound by international law and treat eas that we've signed. a lot of people think we broket when we did these enhanced interrogations. the italian courts think we broke their laws by snatching someone off the street in italy and rendering someone to egypt where he was apparently tortured. so i take his point. we are bound by not only the constitution but we're bound by international laws that we have agreed to abide by through treat eas. but that's why i keep going back to this war construct, because it's a totally different legal construct if you're operating under the rules o

united states public. and the way i see a senator brown defends the constitution of the united states and as a democrat, i'm going to be switching my vote when he decides to run for president. >> host: you are looking at a scene from earlier this evening, actually this is live coverage of the solution in the senator brown headquarters and we should you earlier the martha coakley headquarters where she conceded the race. president of, calling both the winner and martha coakley, the boston herald on its website and scott brown show up the hit one of the newspaper he did it. as scott brown rose to a win at boston herald donner, three by the way we will continue the conversation tomorrow morning on c-span washington journal with amy walters who will be joining to give her perspective, and michael of the boston globe. charles is joining from st. phill, north carolina. go ahead, please. >> caller: yes, sir. i'm not surprised at all. mr. brown looks to me as a representation of a rural america. i am a republican and the reason i am a republican, we had a president in 1865 you might recall the name abraham lincoln,

but the essential problems are similar that under the constitution of the united states the budget rules of the house and the senate are the responsibility of the members. you can pass statutory rules were you go in there they can change those so it is very difficult have sent to use rules to force members to do stuff that they really don't want to do because it will danger the moment for me. but even for a time if you can cut a substantive bottom line the rules and institution if used correctly seemed possible enforcement techniques and is if we consider the proposals of what john mentioned. another process is the idea of a bipartisan commission. senator craig and senator conrad suggested for the responsibility to come up with a plan that would recede a guaranteed open approach in the house and the senate. it is hard to understand they understand why republicans would support the process and the commission would give them high eight -- have the votes to why the democratic leadership void embraces is beyond me and i don't think they would. >> you have one minute. >> one can imagine such

ground rules for living with these differences has got to be embedded and drawn from the constitution of the united states, particularly the first amendment. that's our specific framework for living with one another. and the law, current law, is part of that framework. so i think what the challenge for us is going forward from this agreement is to help americans understand the ground rules, specific roundels. for bringing people into the conversation, for working for common ground, or debating our differences, but with civility and respect. and i think we need to work much, much harder on the civility front. and that's why i think it's so important not just because of the substance, he goes it models the specific ground rules work if we use them, if we try. and one last point,

you'll be asked to support and defend the constitution of the united states and announce your allegianceo your native land. beyond these requirements are other obligations that come with citizenship. to raise strong families and children that will become our next generation of leaders, builders, and keepers of the flame of liberty. to work hard to support yourself and your families and to contribute to the common needs of the nation through your generosity and by being good citizens. to participate in the political process actively. the process that fuels our to the credit system. first of all, to invoke those who will uncovered -- to invoke those who will cover you. this is one of the great responsibilities of the citizen. to keep yourself informed about the issues of the day. if to read and watch the news pushed to listen to arguments you hear on television and read about in newspapers. we must give our informed political sense to our leaders. join and participate in your community. joint the teachers association. join your school board. go to a place of worship. never heard associatio

ground rules for living with differences have got to be embedded in and drawn from the constitution of united states particularly the first amendment. that's our civic from work for a living with one another. and in the law, current law is part of that framework. so i think what the challenge for us going forward from this agreement is to help americans understand the ground rules, the civic ground rules for bringing people into the conversation for working for common ground, for debating our differences but with civility and with respect. and i think we need to work much much harder on the civility front and that's why i think this is so important that is because of a substance, because it models the civic ground rules work if we use them. if we try. and one last point, forest montgomery who was general counsel of the national association of evangelicals for many years and was a key voice in those early agreements, forest montgomery when we got to an agreement years ago on religious liberty in public schools and so forth would add to the end of the agreement and he insisted that we add some languag

calling because first i have a statement and then second i have a question about the constitution of the united states first, a statement. as an independent voter, i think that the people in massachusetts are going to vote for the person that represents their voice. i know in massachusetts we feel that this healthcare bill is a violation of our state rights. now, we live in a society where naturally we're not going to leave somebody to die on the street. but unfortunately, the hospitals an institutions are carrying the bills. host: let me ask you a couple of questions. you are an independent voter. who have you voted for in past elections in massachusetts? caller: in massachusetts, i voted for john kerry, and in the presidential elections i voted for john mccain. i voted for mitt romney as governor. i voted for senator kennedy. it doesn't matter your political party. it matters who you are as an individual and how outspoken you are as an individual and are you going to represent my voice as an individual? host: so based on that, mar martha copely and scott brown, who will you vote for next tuesday? >>

it is unreasonable, but can i say, i would be almost as happy if they just read the constitution of the united stateslittle more. [applause] it is shorter trigger >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> i love your analogy. >> i have a concern with acorn and the fact disks back doorstep of and behind closed doors -- can you show it -- assure us in november we will have a free election? i cannot believe the election we just had was absolutely free. he was not asked to produce a birth certificate. she went in and shut off the electricity so people could vote on something. i am concerned they are being so blatant about all of this stuff. they cannot think we won't try to vote the mob in november -- vote them out in november furious -- in november. >> i appreciate your concern about acorn. we have made great strides in exposing the organization. we still have a long way to go. i still believe that in every jurisdiction of this country with some individual exceptions but we know how to do the elections during give this is not a banana republic. there are men and women in both parties to understand if