it's been in the year in iraq is not a true journalist by the way still in the us congress is there just kind of wasting their time trying to get killed for. oh i was willing to give the life of. the vote twenty seven days to publicize the invite to the who. started the beat of the dialogue. choosing the slogan when the sun spins. little. h.l. martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. play a. little we'll. bring you the latest in signs and signals from around the world. we've gone to the future of coverage. download the official and see how occasional joe on the phone called touch from the q. stops to. see on the good. video on demand off season mind rules costs. are a sense feeds now in the palm of your. question on the job called. love apparently or something you can't have one without the other and that's the same way if you're going to support the troops you got to support the war first you don't support it eighteen care about shout about it. don't made it out yet be quiet if you can't. support it like it be quiet and a message from the pr

race to save their collapsing economy in the face of soaring debt and climate change critics told us congress needs to raise the debt ceiling to avoid default all italy's on the verge of needing a bailout. right those are the main headlines of this week here on out c but next we are following a citizen campaign against governments who refuse to diffuse their nuclear weapons what you've got sixty six. the nuclear age is over sixty years old richard pretty cookie guy can describe exactly how an underground test was done. through every one zero almost you couldn't hear anything about it there was no noise at all when the ground lifted up . we live under the threat of increasingly sophisticated weapons. in two thousand one hundred states parties to the nonproliferation treaty signed on to a statement providing for an unequivocal undertaking to the total elimination of nuclear weapons it has been set back by principally the united states but not alone russia france china the u.k. all have their share of responsibility. disarmament agreements are not being honored. what is happening now it is that

congress gave us both lofty and practical goals. among the lofty goals, congress directed us to update -- update additional amendments to the knowledge of human behavior as it relates to the criminal justice process. practical goals included directions to the commission to examine the capacity of prison facilities women promulgate guideline amendments. in fact, congress enacted us to formulate the gadflies -- guidelines. we are now at over 35% overcapacity in our federal prisons. congress has given the commission very clear direction. we must consider retroactive application of the guideline reducing amendment as a commissioner jackson pointed out, and part of that consideration -- we must take into account the purposes of sentencing set out in the sentencing reform act and our other statutory responsibilities, but lofty and practical. among the purposes of sentencing that we must try to achieve our fairness, impartiality, and avoiding sentencing disparities. to my mind, retroactive application on parts a and b help achieve this purp

mean setting it or by raising taxes or by having it by borrowing and facing the deficit but in the us congress people have to vote twice as they vote on a project and then they vote on the way to finance it or through taxes or true borrowing or as the prefer some prefer to be lowering arder explained so it's always a mess let's talk about the endgame here many republicans are unhappy with obama's plan to reduce the budget deficit and what will happen to both the u.s. and the world economy if the debt ceiling is not raised and the u.s. the polls. well i did for the raise that they would be raised because the president obama as a practitioner of caving in to the demands of the republicans he did that did it twice before so do republicans. expat think that he will do the same he would take the fall a few days or a few hours before the deadline of august the second so i don't i don't doubt for a minute that they would be. that would be a similar situation as that happened in one thousand nine hundred four when the representative in which closed the government for a few days of. nearly two weeks he

works that's why we haven't passed a budget in so long that's why we're giving the hundred twelve us congress our tool time award for being absolutely useless oh and for the record well i'm not an elected member of congress i am taking monday the fourth of july off i'm the break from covering this insane gridlock that they cause. ok it's time for happy hour tonight and joining me this evening is our chief producer jenny churchill and j.p. freres senior communications strategist at new media strategies you have your own olives keep your hands allergy you want to more. ok so today is the end of an era. i couldn't be more excited but let me show you who talking about. t.v. and radio there is a strange alliance between the left and the islamicist that we're seeing i think it's all part of the coming insurrection the progressives want to do in the first place collapse the system and start all over again you know how much money rupert murdoch is you know he's got all these things going on you think he's going to let a guy it's five o'clock so you bunch of stuff put this together it's completely wro

way still in the us congress is there's going to be wasting their time trying to kill. the link to. the vote twenty seven days because the size of the invite. people started the other guy is just. chanting this will. if. you. feel. the atmosphere. it's just so. sick i. feel. safe. the top story a passenger boat with more than one hundred seventy on board is sunk on the river volga entire start in central russia this afternoon one woman has died he's the latest pictures of the rescue operation and only on board the pleasure cruise that have been saved but doesn't remain unaccounted for. in other news we highlight the week's top stories in georgia's spy hunter's interest charges high profile for a total for the snooping from moscow but tipped fixates nanti russian image boosted by president saakashvili. and its demo deja vu frank rejections as they returned to terra square defend against the interim leaders for this they stole the revolution while authorities ordered the suspension of policemen accused of killing protesters during federal reserve right. now behold the front page brita

economists tell us congress must raise the nation's debt limit before august 2.sorts of bad thing koz happen. >> financial markets would roll over. it's something we'd feel in retirement accounts. >> today, snot snath republican mcconnell came up with a plan allowing the debt limit to be raised. >> i would advocate we pass legislation giving the president the authority to request of us an increase taking us past the end of the term it called for congress to pass a bill, giving the authority to ask for debt limit increases between now and 2013. congress would then pass a bill disapproving, and the president would veto that bill awill youing extensions and mcconnell admits, it's complicated. >> this is not my first choice. >> and not the first choice of house republicans saying the idea was dead on arriveal. house democrats are digging in. >> we must protect medicare and social security. we will not support cuts. >> and the president is calling on both sides to compromise. >> and i think the american people want to see something done. they feel a sense of urgency.

well i think what's going on here is an effort to use congress's power to tar the president and so i mean i think you the big are them you identified up front and that was keeping one time the mo open for ever congress is already passed several which are designed to make it impossible for obama to shut down. we've been though he's declared that as an objective of his administration fact he promised to do it in this first year and there's another piece of legislation which is the focus of this hearing which promises to two x. to expand the role the kuantan the would would play by trying to to force new counterterrorism cases to be brought before the military commissions in guantanamo and not in federal courts in fact these hearing story that with an awful lot of discussion of a case involving a somali named war saw me that is being who is being prosecuted in the southern district of new york and the republican witnesses all started out to crying that quickly i want to get to the issue of military tribunal as a military commission and trying suspects in guantanamo bay but first on the

thing to remember obama is that he's incredibly constrained you as a person of us because you know us congress so. he could buy you a little congress for a while and got very little done quite a bit with his executive powers although you can do more of what he did with the fuel economy standards who's an executive who will be at least for now will stand as the biggest contribution to clean energy and yes reactions of his presidency now how much exactly do we stand right now on trying to green a fine our military. no one has actually calculated but i think right now renewable energy provides i think something else four percent of the energy the military so it's a fraction of their total budget but sort of the irony is that there's no institution in the u.s. including congress who are business that is taking clean energy as seriously as the military they're actually doing more to create a market than than the rest of the federal government at this point otherwise are there so much better eyes because the government is really bad messaging i mean a or it could it be private industry why does it h

we're hearing a growing chorus in congress for us to look into it or for congress to pass new legislation. let's take a look. let's see how bad this is and see if we need to enforce our own rule. >> guest: one of the things no one fcc took took action this week, a notice on this thing, he basically we're looking at transparency issues but one of the major issues years about whether to expand these rules, not just a mayor landline phones but to wireless phones and internet phone. where do you stand on that? >> guest: let's see what the facts tell us. if there's something we need to do then we'll look at our jurisdiction as written by congress to see what authority we have, to do something in that regard. and go from there. >> host: commissioner mcdowell, the fcc this week forward rules to the omb toward net neutrality to codify net neutrality. where do you stand? >> guest: omb, part of white house operations, and there's a whole convoluted review here in washington, paperwork reduction act, tra, not to be confused with the professional rodeo association. anyway, they review what the affect

crisis we're going to do my advice to the president read the constitution use the constitution solve this problem by yourself push congress aside you don't need us and you're not going to get a resolution out of this congress it's a deadlock but the president has the power fourteenth amendment clause four we got it right there just get on with it executive order pay the bills bypass congress and get right now the president so far as being reported is that he's not going to do that on the advice of white house lawyers i want to get back to that at first i want to touch on what you said what you're blaming republicans and what the republican motivations are here i want to play a little of what house speaker house speaker john boehner said about what some members of his caucus are thinking a lot of them believe that if we get past august second we have enough chaos we could force both the senate and the white house to accept a balanced budget amendment. i want to have yeah i want to go one step further and i want to see what you think kind of playing off of something that actually donald trump said didn't the republicans wan

we recognize that congress has powers to regulate the uses of force and the war powers resolution plays an important role in promoting inter branch dialogue. my testimony today continues that dialogue which includes more than 10 hearings, 33 briefings, and dozens of exchanges with congress on these issues. exchanges with congress on these issues. from the start, we have saw to obey the law a bill would not serve an administration that did not. the president reported to congress consistent with the war powers resolution within 48 hours of commencing operations in libya. he friend our military mission in narrowly, directing, among other things, that no ground troops would lead -- would be deployed. on iger 4, u.s. forces would transition responsibility to nato command, -- on april 4, u.s. forces with transition responsibilities to nato command. this does not constitute a bore, requiring specific congressional approval under the declaration of war clause of the constitution. as my as everyone recognizes, the legal trigger for the automatic pull out clock, hostilities is in in big u.s. term

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i think this is something more members of congress will support. it gets us to balance. t has to be our objective as voters. we want the members of congress to support bills that will give us to balance. that is the only time you stop adding tdebt. host: some folks who align themselves with tea party interests say that we should cut more and do it faster. why are you not advocating for more and quicker cuts? guest: we wanted to make sure the numbers work. we met with leading economists, getting ideas, bouncing things off of each other. when we came up with the 1 cent solution, one of the goals was to put a plan in place that would not be cataclysmic. it would have a pathway to balance. it would get thereut not be so significant in the early years that it would cause disruption in the economy. that is what we believe we have. the idea of cutting $36 billion next year off of the $3.6 trillion budget is something congress should be able to do. we would take that route. it is gradual but certain. it gets us to balance. we think that is preferable to making more significant cu

. >> economist tell us congress must raise the nation debt limit before the country runs out of moneyst the 2nd. or all sorts of bad things could happen. >> financial market would rollover. something we would all feel in our retirement account. college savings account. >> today senate republican mcconnell came up with a plan that would allow the debt limit to be raised. >> i would add vo indicate we pass legislation giving the president the authority, the authority to request of us an increase in the debt ceiling that would take us past the end of his term. >>reporter: the plan calls for congress to pass a bill giving the president the authority to ask for 2 and a half trillion dollars in debt limit increases between now and 2013. l l congress would then pass a bill difficulties approving of the increase. president veto the bill allowing the extension and even mcconnell admits it's complicated. >> this is again not my first choice. >>reporter: and not the first choice of republicans who say the idea was dead on arrival. meanwhile house democrat are digging in. >> we must protect medic

congress to do their job. if they do not, there would be an automatic cut that comes in and keeps us on target with the spending cap. unless you have teeth in the bill, your point is very valid. congress may not do their job. we want them to do their job. if they do not, there is part of the bill that says we will end up with the cut. here is what i have experienced firsthand. when i was board chairman of the department of human resources, we have to make those cuts. with everybody ithe room together with knowledge, these people started identifying ways they could make the cuts. that is what we expect congress to do. they will hold hearings and figure out how to do that in the best way they know. we found that the state level that we did not lose any services as a result. there were so many inefficiencies. there was a report in the paper about how many inefficiencies are in the spending programs today. you will never get them out until you put the cap in place that forces people to try to do more with less. you know that from your own experiences in your household and business. you start looking for creative wa

governors are willing to work with congress to find a way out of this spirit we want them to know that the consequences when they cut our short-term and long-term. they can trigger us in reverse. whatever congress does can put things in reverse for us and that is the last thing we need right now. >> talk about the difficult challenges. there are all the recalls going on at the senate level. is what is happening in wisconsin have a deterrent on other governors? what do you make of what scott walker is doing? guest: let me share with you -- in my particular state, have a house that is democratic and a senate that is democratic and on and a democrat. -- and i am a democrat. you would wonder how we get major reforms done. we have reformed pension this last session, reform the unemployment insurance, reform workers' compensation to the tune of over $1 billion over the next four years. we have made the most dramatic transformation in two decades. i laid out the crisis we find ourselves in and i need your help and i need to sacrifice. we went to work. this last legislative session was not a pay hike. we got all of that done because my message at the outset was these are u

i think that's likely as long as congress makes good decisions. but it is going to take us a long time to heal the damage caused by this crisis. we are making a lot of progress. much stronger position today. it's going to take more time. >> chris: secretary geithner. thanks so much for coming in today. we will watch what all of you come up with this week. >> good to be here, chris. >> chris: thank you, sir. um next, the president asks republicans if they will say yes to anything. we will find out from the speaker of the house, john boehner. [ p.a. announcer ] announcing america's favorite cereal is now honey nut cheerios! yup, america's favorite. so we're celebrating the honey sweetness, crunchy oats and... hey! don't forget me!! honey nut cheerios. make it your favorite too! really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. new ensure high protei

we're hearing chorus in congress for us to look into it or for congress to pass new legislation. so let's take a look. let's see how bad this is and see if maybe we just need to enforce our rules. >> one of the things, though, when the fcc took action this week on a notice on this thing, you were basically looking at transparency issues. one of the major issues here is about whether to expand these rules, not just on your landline phone, but to wireless phones and internet phones. where do you stand on that? >> well, again, let's see what the facts tell us, and if there's something that we need to do, then let's look at our statutory jurisdiction. let's look at the law as written by congress to see what authority we have to do something in that regard and go from there. >> commissioner mcdowell, the fcc this week forwarded rules to the omb toward net neutrality to codify net neutrality. where do you stand on that? >> omb, being the office of management and budget, is a part of the white house operation, and there is a whole convuluted review here in washington under something cal

i think that's likely as long as congress makes good decisions. but it is going to take us a long time to heal the damage caused by this crisis. we are making a lot of progress. much stronger position today. it's going to take more time. >> chris: secretary geithner. thanks so much for coming in today. we will watch what all of you come up with this week. >> good to be here, chris. >> chris: thank you, sir. um next, the president asks republicans if they will say yes to anything. we will find out from the speaker of the house, john boehner. service was very moving, wasn't it? yes, it was. i'm so glad we could be here for larry. at a time like this, friends and family matter most. even preparing this lunch is a help, emotionally and financially. mm, it's true. i was surprised to hear there was no life insurance. funerals are so expensive. i hope larry can afford it. i know. that's why i'm glad i got a policy through the colonial penn program. it gives me peace of mind to know i can help my family with some of those expenses. you know, i've been shopping for life insurance. d

us. congress has raised the debt ceiling 78 times since 1960. but with a fierce debate over tax cuts versus spending cuts. the national debt totaled $14.2 trillion. this is 100% of the american economy. this is our debt pile. we're fast approaching rates we haven't seen since world war ii when our debt was bigger than the side of the economy and back in the great depression. this is what economists call a debt crisis. why? we are a borrowing nation, bottom line. we borrow money. right now for every dollar the government spends, 38 cents of it is borrowed. if the debt ceiling isn't raised in time, the u.s. could default on some of its payments and that's the last thing we need when we're recovering from a recession. ken, you have the financial crisis expert. would failure to raise the debt ceiling trigger another global economic disaster? >> well, it's playing with fire, there's no question about it. the foreign investors, investors are not expecting the united states to default. if they were, we'd be paying way higher interest rates right now. b

i use the word that congress uses. the reason is that it may be similar to economic standings. it is about financing. it is about whether they were paying credit. this is not unusual. >> that is true. i would like to go back to where the judge began. is there any case out there that you can cite two main, i cannot find any, -- site to me, i cannot find any, that involves a court of the supreme court having sustained a mandate telling any private person to purchase any product? i framed that narrowly. i know you have challenged the framing of a question. if it is framed in that way, is there any case out there that has sustained the power to compel the purchase of a project on the open market? >> that is not the power we are asserting. >> i understand. your answer to me is that it is irrelevant because it frames the question so narrowly as to mistake what congress was trying to do. i accept that. i want to know, going back to the first principles, is there anything out there that actually suggests that congress can compel a private party to buy a private project on the open mark

it's time that those of us in congress provide them with the certainty they need to create jobs and grow our economy. the legislation we have before us today gives small firms the competence to know that the s.b.a. programs they rely on will be there for them when they need them. it also shows them that this house is serious about cutting spending, lowering debt and restoring confidence to our entrepreneurs. i look forward to continuing to work with the chairman and ranking member and all our colleagues on the small business committee to enact policies that benefit american entrepreneurs. i urge my colleagues to support this good bill. and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2608 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from geor

congress has to confront, it develops into something like this. is it just the divide in the country that's wider than maybe even many of us thought it was and congress just reflects that? it just seems that congress just doesn't work very well anymore. >> you know, bob, we've always had robust political debate in this country. what we've got going on now kind of pales in comparison to what adams and jefferson used to say about each other and what adams and hamilton said about each other. we've got a history of robust political debate, but this country has always come together at critical moments, and we're at one of those critical moments right now. and we're going to come together and we're going to get the job done for the american people. we're not going to default for the first time in our 235-year history. we're not going to engage in job-killing tax increases in the middle of one of our toughest economic times ever. we're going to begin to reduce spending and get our books in order and head america in the right direction so we have a great country for our kids just like our parents left behind for us. >> schieffer: some people say the republic

congress directed us to formulate the guidelines to minimize the likelihood that the federal prison population will exceed the capacity of the federal prisons. we are 35% over capacity in our federal prisons. congress has given the commission clear direction. that we must consider retroactive application of the guideline reducing amendments and that, as part of that consideration, we must take into account the purpose of sentencing set out in the sentencing reform act and our other statutory reform responsibilities both lofty and practical. we must avoid unwanted sentencing disparities. -- unwarranted sentencing disparities. i share the view of the congressional black caucus that retroactive application of the fair sentencing that guideline changes would help address racial disparities and excessive sentences for crack offenses and a long history of sentencing disparities. this commission has no agenda other than to fulfil our statutory duties to the best of our ability. i appreciate the concern that reducing the sentences of crack offenders since the bronx until the one that sends the wrong s

yet a recent poll says 41% of us wants congress to happen with 38% saying otherwise.ve to figure a lot of people think raising the debt limit is giving a new credit card to a chronic shop holic. the problem is the debt limit is really a lot more like the coupon book to pay off the loan money you've already spent. the alternative, economic catastrophe. maybe worldwide. a lot think it won't happen. maybe. but let's be real. president obama through down the gauntlet yesterday. no mercy, no quarter. and today the gop was about the same. would they all be doing that if anything was working out in the talks behind the scenes. to me this is a lot more like that nfl lockout that nobody thought would happen. now all we can say about that is they haven't missed any games yet. >> and this, of course, is no game. >> no. >>> all right. great today. low humidity. it was warm. but very comfortable. >> i loved it. >> it's going to be nice tomorrow and then the heat is going to creep in here for the time of the 4th of july. let's start with temperatures. some areas already in the low

. >>> roger clemens going on trial today in dc on charges of lying to congress about using performance enhancing drugs live at the courthouse about who is expected to testify. >> then, we all love roller coasters, but imagine being stuck on one for 8 hours. >> not so much fun. >> that happened to these riders more on that horrifying story as fox 5 morning news continues right now. >>> well, let's see what is happening over northwest dc a low cloud cover, haze, plenty of heat and humidity too. just another summer day in the city i am steve. >> i am alison seymour. >>> july in dc tony perkens good to see you. >> you as well. good morning everybody happy to see you, yep, you know the routine, hot, humid, chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms some of you there is a chance of that this morning. off to our west there is some thunderstorm activity this morning, moving to the north and east, roughly south of front royal and north and west of culpepper making its way north and east we don't know if this will hang together and get into areas, parts of our immediate viewing area but we wi

these are the senate, the library of congress, the capitol visitors center use polystyrene products. congress should be setting the example for sustainability in the 21st century. we should be leading by example, and my amendment provides a way through which we can show that leadership to the thousands of constituents who visit our offices each year. polystyrene is practically unrecycleable. they normally end up in landfills and incinerators. problems is cancerous chemicals, minimal recycleability and toxic byproducts that are released during incineration. a 1986 e.p.a. report on solid waste named that polystyrene manufacturing process the fifth largest creator of hazardous waste. and toxic chemicals leak out of these containers into the foods and drink they contain and they endanger the human health and the reproductive systems of the people who visit the capitol and who work in the capitol. 105 members have sent a letter to house leadership asking that they eliminate polystyrene from house food service operations. my amendment would do just that, by limiting the funds made available

he is accused of lying to congress about using steroids >>> jury selection begins today in the case againsteball legend roger clemens. he is accused of lying to congress about using steroids during his 23-year career. the trial is expected to last four to six weeks. >>> well, a slugger's bat goes flying and injures three fans during last night's giants game. one woman was hospitalized with head injuries. watch. >> oh, look out! sandoval loses his bat. >> well, the slugger as you heard was pablo sandoval. he lost his bat. that was the 1st inning last night. it went flying not stands right above the padres dugout. one man hit above the eyebrow, second in the shin. the woman had to go to the hospital to get checked out. she is expected to be okay. hopefully he let her keep the bat and gave her a couple of souvenirs. scary situation, flyballs and foul balls flying all over the places. bats are scary. >>> a decision expected in the next couple of hours on which city will hose the winter olympics in 2018. >> plenty of festivities today in durban, south africa where the international olympics comm

i think this is something more members of congress will support. it gets us to balance. at has to be our objective as voters. we want the members of congress to support bills that will give us to balance. that is the only time you stop adding tdebt. host: some folks who align themselves with tea party interests say that we should cut more and do it faster. why are you not advocating for more and quicker cuts? guest: we wanted to make sure the numbers work. we met with leading economists, getting ideas, bouncing things off of each other. when we came up with the 1 cent solution, one of the goals was to put a plan in place that would not be cataclysmic. it would have a pathway to balance. it would get there but not be so significant in the early years that it would cause disruption in the economy. that is what we believe we have. the idea of cutting $36 billion next year off of the $3.6 trillion budget is something congress should be able to do. we would take that route. it is gradual but certain. it gets us to balance. we think that is preferable to making more significant

us are corrupt. i'm team sprinkler. and congress people, they make a great salary, but they are so worth it, aren't they? >> i would double their salary if they left us alone. but what about a merit pay system? they are directors of the board. if the gdp goes up, their salary goes up. >> so pay them more if they do less? >> yes. we sit at the adult table. we get some adult ideas and fewer fart jokes. >> well, wait. i haven't gotten to bill yet. >> jesse, thanks for joining us. does congress get a bad wrap, or are they doing a tough job and they deserve what they are get ?g. >> well, i saw japanese politicians make far more. in fairness to the japanese, their campaigns are actually three times more expense si. > it is not as much the money the congress people make. it is they are making three to four times more than the average american makes. in japan it is 2.3 times what the average citizen makes. >> for this what we call a public service it is interesting to see how it compares to the military servicemen and women who are dying fo

stems from originally statements that he made under oath before congress, congress that was investigating whether or not he was usingnd that being part of a larger issue that the congress was looking at, in terms of u.s. drug policy, and there you see him leaving the courthouse, this after the perjury trial was declared a mistrial by the judge. so still uncertain, his fate, roger clemens' fate, legally, but for now there is -- there are those charges as well as that trial no longer on the table. we will have more after the break. >>> time for the help desk where we get answers to your financial questions. we have the executive editor the moneywatch.com, and the manager of capital management. interesting question, carol in new york writes i have a credit card charging me annual fee of $59 and my credit is good and i make my payments on time. should i close this card and pay it off? i have another credit card that did not charge annual fee. >> before you get a credit card, we always advocate not getting a card that has a annual fee. does she have nine to 12 months of living exspaens, and the elimination of the credit

trying to use the congress to pass a law and coaches teach through constitution. speakers and prompts these members of. their lives issue branches the be as ignorant as you since. the american hostage is the court watchers we should. lose since he moved lives. we have this is her nationally. who once believed in any foreign leaders. our constitution. the founding wouldn't marry people on this gingrich agrees with former president thomas jefferson and frankly most of the other founders of this country let's break it down first newt's assertion that the congress can pass laws that limit the powers and the behavior of the supreme court constitution in section two of article three which establishes that the judiciary does give the congress the power to define and limit what the supreme court and you cannot do here's the exact language and supreme court shall have apologized diction both as to law and fact with such exceptions and under such regulations as the congress shall make yes that's what the constitution says in plain black and white if congress disagrees with

have flip-flopped and started pushing job killing nafta style agreements, nothing happens to us until congressgrees. that's our jobs to make sure we don't. >> you're great at telling us what to do. we do what to tell congress, what happens? >> everyone needs to call their member of the house of representatives. it's incredibly easy. you don't have to know for sure who it is. just call the capitol switchboard, key number for all them to know 202-225-3121. call the utility number. 202-225-3121. if you feel nervous about the details go to our website, tradewatch.org. find out about the job losses from korea for every congressional district. you can find out about the import safety problem. even find out how agreements would undermine the bank re-regulati re-regulation. everything you sneed there and make that call and tell your member of congress their job is going to be the next one that's going to be lost if they don't vote for you on these trade agreements and stop these offshore agreements. >> thank you so much, lori. thank you so much, leo. see both of you sooner than later, i'm sure. >>> pa

congress has. it's time each and every one of us here in congress remembered that. in the words of american business leaders, it's time to pull together rather than apart. madam president, i would -- would you announce morning business? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of s. 1323, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 93, s. 1323, a bill to express the sense of the senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit. the presiding officer: under the previous order -- under the previous order, there will be one hour of debate equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i rise to speak in morning business. madam president, i want to thank my colleague, the democratic majority leader, for his opening remarks. he and i have been given an assignment of going to the white house each day to sit down with the leaders, d

join us for the library of congress. tonight at 8:00 p.m.. >> robert mcdowell on the fcc's actions this week to begin cracking down on unauthorized service charges on consumers' phone bills. that and other issues before the fcc. the website firedoglake.com is organizing people to visit their local congressional offices tomorrow. this morning, we talked with the blog founder. ues. host: at the table, founder of firedog lake blog, jane hamsher. we are talking about the future of spending in this country. guest: we have been organizing around the attempts to cut social security benefits. it looks like they are really going to do something this time. we are asking people to go to their local congress office and tell their member of congrs that they oppose it. host: how big will it be? guest: we have already had it thousand people commit to doing this. people are concerned understandably. they need to put a face to it. host: what darker thoughts on the idea of a balanced budget and how to get there? guest: i think -- the conc

again, congress tells us what to do, not the other way around. there are a lot of other issues about universal service, perhaps several hundred million in incorrect payments over the years and $ 900 million surplus, some accounts don't like it call it a surplus. i don't know what leader cantor is thinking in which portion of the fund might be used for that. obvious we have statutory obligation of the mission to help subsidize from low income people as well. >> amy schatz. >> if they are talking about using usf for reduction, is that for companies to currently get this, or will you see a rise in the contribution. the folks are paying this every month in the phone bill might have to start paying more? >> i haven't seen any of the living in capitol hill regarding this. i don't want to speak for them. one the summaries i read said they do not want an increase in the tax rate. i don't know what they are thinking. those questions are probably better addressed to leader cantor. >> two bills have come before the house now. i'm sorry, before the congress.

us. often a regulation is not the best answer to a problem. congress has given us many different tools to address problems in consumer financial markets. we will strive to address problems as we see them as effectively as we can and through the least burdensome means available to us. in addition, we will consider the potential benefits and costs of proposed regulations for consumers and covered persons including small blenders. -- lenders. we will comply with the regulatory flexibility act, and we will follow the requirements of the small business regulatory enforcement act. our statutory objectives and statutory authorities do focus on financial products and services for consumers. the bureau does not have jurisdiction over business credit except in limited cases where congress has explicitly and affirmatively granted the bureau such jurisdiction. we recognize that a vibrant small business sector is critical to our economy, and we're aware that many small businesses today report having difficulty obtaining credit. a difficulty rooted in the most sever

three, since congress forced the use of foreign made c.f.l.'s four years ago, american lighting manufacturers have made substantial investments in technology and have retooled their factories to make new l.e.d. and incandescent bulbs which meet the energy efficient standards congress mandated. the best part, these new american made bulbs are mercury-free, energy efficient, cost effective and provide better lighting than their c.f.l. counterparts. let me say that again. this amendment does not ban energy efficient bulbs from the capitol. on the contrary, they make sure that the energy efficient bulbs that are used are mercury-free and made in america. let's take a closer look at these two bulbs. this c.f.l. is energy efficient by definition. no doubt. this hallucinogen incandescent is also energy efficient. this c.f.l. contains mercury and if it breaks we have to evacuate this chamber. this hallucinogen bulb is mercury free and if it breaks, we get the broom. this c.f.l. is made in a foreign country. this hallucinogen bulb is made in america wit

fix this for us, congress. >> would you like to respond to that? do you feel we're half way there?inly hope we're not half way there in the context of giving additional benefits contrary to current law of prohibiting them through doma. however, as i noted the administration plans not to defend it. secondly, the funding tale of personnel costs quoted by outgoing secretary of defense gates himself is taking up 10% of the defense budget. what these additional costs with this new policy are going to impose on the pentagon, not just in the case of housing, but additional medical costs and benefits along those lines are not going to improve that fiscal situation in the slightest. >> all right. both of you, appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, randi. >>> and it's time now for a cnn political update. hi, mark, what's crossing on the ticker right now? >> randi, we're about less than seven months before republicans will start voting for their nominee for president. we have new cnn orc poll numbers. how unsettled the race is. let's take a quick look at it right there. mitt romney re

you're asking us to call congress? oh, yeah, sure, i'll call the congress. why don't you come here and mow my (bleep)ing lawn because i've got (bleep) to do! (cheers and applause) you know, it's like you've given up! it feels like that moment when you were a kid and your family's late for an event and your dad won't come out of the bathroom and you mom looks at you and says "will you talk to him? he'll listen to you." he won't listen to me, i'm seven. and he's an ideologue. i actually feel bad for the president now! he interrupted "the bachelorette" to be like (whispering) ca"can you call your congressma? i can't talk to them!" it's like going to that restaurant where they're like "you get to make your own pizza" and you're like, you make your own (bleep)ing pizza. (laughter) he's in a tight spot with the economy which became very apparent by the end of his speech. >> so let's seize this moment to show why the united states of america is still the greatest nation on earth. not just because we can still keep our word and meet our obligations but because we ca