the biggest winner of 2011 as pointed out the arabs. 2011 was the year when arab street rose unpassed from tunisia to egypt, from yemen to libya. the arab street brought to life the arab spring. so the arab street, the biggest winner of 2011. okay. biggest loser, pat? >> penn state and joe paterno, sadly. >> republican brand. presidents vulnerable that can't get their act together. >> john corzine who is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the political and financial elite. it's one thing to lose $1.2 billion in the market. it's another thing to lose it and not know where it went. >> how can you trace that volume of money? >> how can you possibly lose that volume of money? >> clarence? >> corzine is a nice guy. you know him at all? >> he has trashed new jersey and then trashed this firm. >> so many losers this year, john. i gave a tie to anthony weiner and the news of the world newspaper. the biggest loser of 2011, the early obama economic team. geithner, goolsbee, bern teen, roamer, summers. they will all be associated with a plan that led to 9% unemployment, to anemic economic

that's from has to put in place by unpassed to create its first electricity joint venture in western europe germany's second largest utility all w.a.'s as a pause and it talks to settle eventually all to fighting to agree on a deal the j.v. was planned to operate in germany u.k. and the netherlands the talks started in the summer as part of the all to be eased plans to mitigate the cost of germany's decision to phase out nuclear power in ten years separately gazprom says it's considering taking part in up to five electricity projects in both area i'm not so we've got time for this hour i'll be back in less than fifty five minutes for another edition of life in a. if. the men. from the. loop. since the elite.

we all know there are nine appropriation bills which still remain unpassed, a number of which have not passed the senate, some of which have not passed the house itself. can the gentleman clarify the situation that may result or may be affective as it relates to such a conference? i yield to my friend. >> the gentlemen is asking about the shape or form of the package and what it is we are voting on. the committee on both sides of the aisle is engaging in discussions to try to finish up our work and look forward to that happening again within the time frame that both of us would like to see happen. i yield back. >> that does clarify very much. i understand the gentleman's problem with respect to what is being done. let me ask the gentleman, if we can't get agreement, is the gentleman in light of his focus on the 16th as the date of adjournment, is the gentleman saying that we might consider a cr for some period of time, either the balance of the year continuing resolution or a continuing resolution for some other time? i yield to my friend. >> our hope, thank you, our hope is, again, to

that conference and of course we know that there are nine appropriation bills which still remain unpassed, a number of whic have not passed the senate and some of which have not passed the house itself. can the gentleman clarify the situation that may result or may be effective as it relates to such a conference. i yield my friend the time mr. cantor: if the gentleman is asking about the shape or form of an appropriations package and what it is we'll be voting on, as the gentleman knows, the committee on both sides of the aisle is engaging in discussions to try and finish up our work and look forward to that happening, agn, within the time frame that both of us would like to see happen. i yield back. mr. hoyer: that doesn't arify very much but i understand the gentleman's problem with respect to what's being done. let me ask the gentleman, if we can't get agreement, is the gentleman, in light of his focus on the 16th as the date of adjournment, is the gentleman saying we might consider a c.r. for some period of time, either a -- either the bance of the year, continuing resolution, or a co

that conference and of course we know that there are nine appropriation bills which still remain unpassed, a number of which have not passed the senate and some of which have not passed the house itself. can the gentleman clarify the situation that may result or may be effective as it relates to such a conference. i yield my friend the time. mr. cantor: if the gentleman is asking about the shape or form of an appropriations package and what it is we'll be voting on, as the gentleman knows, the committee on both sides of the aisle is engaging in discussions to try and finish up our work and look forward to that happening, again, within the time frame that both of us would like to see happen. i yield back. mr. hoyer: that doesn't clarify very much but i understand the gentleman's problem with respect to what's being done. let me ask the gentleman, if we can't get agreement, is the gentleman, in light of his focus on the 16th as the date of adjournment, is the gentleman saying we might consider a c.r. for some period of time, either a -- either the balance of the year, continuing resolution,