. >> geraldine ferraro, walter mondale's running mate -- you have a story. >> i recall the day she was chosen, and we're not supposed to be subjective and emotional. i was, and whether you are a mother or daughter or sister or wife, he could not watch -- >> i have a mother. >> then you had a similar feeling. >> i don't remember it. >> ronald reagan's pollster it died last week, and he told me that every night of the 1984 campaign, the one night of the whole year when walter mondale led ronald reagan was the day he chose geraldine ferraro as his running mate. he got a boost, it just did not last. >> i covered the campaign. it was the first campaign i have ever been on that it was majority female. now it is common. she really did break a glass ceiling that was significant for everybody. for a transcript of this broadcast, log on to insidewashington.tv.

hillary clinton, and the man who chose ferraro as his vice presidential running mate back in '84, walter mondale. ferraro died over the weekend of multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. she was 75 years old. >>> when we come back here tonight, a prominent name in the news going without a wedding band, and news from here in new york that has a whole lot of new yorkers breathing easier now. >>> well, the big story tonight here in new york on local news, the snake has been found. it was six days ago that officials at the bronx zoo made a somewhat alarming revelation. they couldn't find a two foot long egyptian cobra. there was a feverish search. it actually received worldwide news coverage. even a closely followed fake snake twitter feed. and today relieved zoo officials announced that they had found her coiled in a dark and secluded corner of a non-public area of the zoo's house of reptiles. caught at 9:00 a.m. this morning using tongs and something resembling a golf club we're told. >>> a curiosity out of england today that got a lot of folks talking on the web. prince william will not wear a

www.ncicap.org-- >> in his acceptance speech at the 1984 democratic national convention in san francisco, walter mondale said that "by the end of my first term, i will reduce the reagan budget deficit by 2/3. mr. reagan will raise taxes, and so will i did he won't tell you, i just did." that did not work out too well for mr. mondale, as i recall. barack obama is talking about reducing the deficit and raising taxes, this time in response to paul ryan's deficit reduction plan. >> they want to give people like me a a tax cut that is paid for by asking 33 seniors each to pay $6,000 more in health costs. that is not right, and it is not going to happen as long as i'm president. >> it is almost as if he wanted to pay his political adversaries, supposedly us, in a cartoonish kind of like, in a caricature, as if we want to hurt people's grand barons, we are against families who have children with autism or disabilities, and we don't want kids to go to college. how'd you have a serious debate about this? >> that is a very good question. how do you have a serious debate about this, mark? >> this is a debate has s

i keep going back to geraldine ferrarro who we lost recently, when walter mondale put her on the ticket he thought women would flock the ticket. ronald reagan won women that year. a so it's got to be about a change in tone and attitude towards this population. >> it's got to be the republicans really have to get their act together and put in an effort to speaking to the hispanic population in the united states if they're going to have any hope of reaching them and getting their votes. and that is they talk to them about similar values, self- reliance, independence from the government. in other words, not being dependent on the government. they're very socially conservative. in california when the gay apparently proposition came up last time the two blocs that defeated that proposition were african-americans and hispanics. so the republicans do have the momentum behind them in terms of ideology, philosophy and values, but they need to be able to make their case and they haven't done it quite so far. marco rubio is a great spokesman for it. >> in california exactly right, hispanics voted

it was 1984 with walter mondale. she served three terms in congress. she represented new york city. was 75 years old. >> a symbol of american resilience is about to play role in america's favorite pastime the national 9115 will be carried on to wrigley field during the opening day tomorrow. firefighters is local service years will present the 30 ft. american flag during the singing of the national anthem. the flag was destroyed in the collapse of the twin towers but it is slowly being stitched back one step at a time. >> hear some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow chicago tribune. here they are. merrill leapt flexing his money raising muscle to help shape the city council to his liking. will he have enough votes to back to city hall agenda? >> palsy @ schools is causing controversy it mercy. a little boy won the lottery to attend an elite public school but his luck ran out when they said he was too old. the age limit is five and he will be six. his parents are angry and there are many more angry parents just like him. they said the rules on fair and is only being enforced at th

she ran for president in 1984 on the december you can tick wet walter mondale. a tended the funeral along with former president bill clinton and sex of state hillary clinton. ferraro was 75 years old. >>> paying your parking meter now just a phone call away in one area. >> up next, where you can now dial for the right to park and where more of those new meters are coming soon. tony? >> coming up in just a few moments, we have the latest on your forecast. wet conditions this morning. not a pleasant start to the day by any means. julie wright is here. she will tell us about this morning's rush hour traffic. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. this is the sleep number store, a place that changes lives every day. welcome to the sleep number store. a visit here can improve your whole life. as the sleep number setting goes down, the mattress gets softer. that's nice. as the sleep number setting goes up, the bed gets firmer. it's really molding to my body. here, you'll learn how your bed may be causing pain and how the sleep number bed can relieve that

she ran as a running mate to walter mondale in 1976. she died of blood cancer. this is 45 minutes. ms. mikulski: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that our remarks regarding the passing of skwrer dean tper -- of geraldine ferraro appear at an appropriate place in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i also ask that the following senators be permitted to speak for five minutes each: senators -- on the subject of geraldine ferraro: senators boxer, hutchison, stabenow, shaheen. i don't know if the gentlelady from maine wishes to speak at this time or another time about -- would you like to speak at this time? let me reiterate the unanimous consent. the following senators be permitted to speak for five minutes each: boxer, hutchison, stabenow, shaheen, snowe. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: thank you. mr. president, we come tohe floor with a heavy heart and great sadness. geraldine ferraro, a former member of the united

she ran for vice president in 1984 on a ticket with walter mondale.e attended the funeral today along with former president bill clinton and secretary of state hillary clinton. ferrero was 75 years old. >>> with the dead ryan for our government shutdown approaching -- deadline for our government shutdown approaching again, lawmakers might be on the verge of a compromise agreeing to cut $33 billion of spending for the rest of the fiscal year but have yet to work out the details. meantime the tea party is urging republicans to keep their promise to cut $100 million from funding. >> i appreciate speaker boehner and the rest of his republican leadership in the house, what a tremendously difficult job they have. i'm sure it's not easy trying to negotiate with the tea party screaming in their ears. >> the president has set the debate up entirely and democrats have the nerve to call anyone who expresses concern an extremist. if you're wondering where the tea party came from, look no further than that. >> the senate has passed a measure that would block salar

1984 new jersey rally looking to cement his lead over the democratic presidential candidate, walter mondale, and enhance his legitimacy in a traditionally democratic, industrial state, ronald reagan grasped at the star power of a favorite son. america's future rests in a thousand dreams inside your heart, the president exhorsed. it rests in the message of hope and songs of a man so many young americans admire, new jersey's own bruce springsteen. in a warm gesture of ingray shake, reagan summarized, in and helping you make those dreams come true is what this job of mine is all about. then segwayed into a love fest with the audience as reagan ticked off the list of his administration's achievements, supporters were prompt today reply, "usa." to untrained eyes and ears, this spect call resembled spring steven's own ledge jind dare -- general -- more savvy onlookers recognized the irony in the president's attempt to cloak himself in the popular rocker's reputation. why should a republican cold war era and conservative family values advocate try to ride the coat tails of a working class hero roc

walter mondale wrote a piece this week in "the washington post."put a portion up on the screen. it has to do with the tax debate. he says this -- "we will not be able to control our budget deficits without raising axes. president obama's speech wednesday lived up to that moment. now democrats and republicans in congress must take a similar stand. i told the truth in 1984 in my acceptance speech at the democratic national convention in san francisco. the budget will be squeezed, taxes will go up. it must be done. mr. reagan will raise taxes and so will i. he won't tell you. i just did. i lost the election, but i won the debate. reagan ended up increasing taxes in 1984, '85, '86, and '87 to mend the budget and tax systems." do taxes have to go up to resolve the debt? >> no, and with respect to mr. month dale, that conversation won't go over any better now than in '84. >> but reagan did it at one point. >> you can't raise taxes, particularly in this economy, without hurting jobs and economic growth, and we desperately need those things. whether you're

on july 11, 1984, when mo walter mondale called geri ferraro and sctd her to be his vice-presidential mate, an amazing thing happened: they took down the men-only sign on the white house. they took down the men-only sign on the white house. for geri and all american women, there was no turning back, only going forward. america knows ger implete as a political phenomenon. i knew her as a dear friend and colleague. we served in the house together in the late-1970's and whenhe left in 1984 to run for vice president, i left in 1986 to run for the senate. we were among the early bird women in the house of representatives and as early birds, we weren't fraid to ruffle some feathers. we had some good times and passed some good legislation. it must be historically noted that when geri came not house in 1979, only 16 women were there. in 1984 when she left, my gosh, we'd moved to 23. but in 2011, on the day of her death, 74 women now serve in the house, 50dems, 24 republicans, and 26 of those women are women of color in the congress, geri was a fighter, she was a fhter from new york. she fough

in the essence of what walter mondale is saying today is that barack obama is saying i'll raise taxeseted areas if the american people would support something like that. guest: i think it's still mixed. let's not forget that rage rage also reduced the mancheinal tax rates. you saw the 20-year period of economic growth because of his policies, more private enterprise, more growth in the small business sector. when you're talking about those taxings, again, back to the gang of six, i think there's going to be probably the biggest part of the debate on the senate side is whether or not to close these loopholes. you're already seeing some of the conservatives pusng back on that. it's going to be a vy difficult fight. guest: we do have to give the republicans credit. they want cuts for everybody, and state budgets, cut pensions for firefighters and cops they want poo cut medicare for social security. social security recipients are seniors. then they want to cut taxes for the wealthy. but that's not the kind of shared sacrifice people want. if we're going to cut things for people who are wo

let me begin by saying to jackson what ronald reagan once said to walter mondale. we will not use your inexperience against you. [laughter] i have two problems in following the speakers. i should be in bed drinking tea with lemon. i was ordered to come here so i am here. i agree with both of them. in almost everything they have said. i would like to put a twist on the israeli-palestinian part. i was in israel 10 days ago and the government is frozen. trying to figure out what to do given the various pressures that are emerging. some of them, the arab revolt. jordan looks different. part of it is really politics which is as usual, difficult. as the prime minister tried to figure out what initiatives he might take diplomatically he had the same problem that aerial shot brown had which was a fractious coalition and a difficult party. more difficult because he created a new party and more of the central elements are of right wing party that it was. he had another great advantage as he thought about taking risks. that was the certainty the u.s. had his back. you heard d

let me begin by saying to jackson what ronald reagan once said to walter mondale. we will not use your inexperience against you. [laughter] i have two problems in following the speakers. i should be in bed drinking tea with lemon. i was ordered to come here so i am here. i agree with both of them. in almost everything they have said. i would like to put a twist on the israeli-palestinian part. i was in israel 10 days ago and the government is frozen. trying to figure out what to do given the various pressures that are emerging. some of them, the arab revolt. jordan looks different. part of it is really politics which is as usual, difficult. as the prime minister tried to figure out what initiatives he might te diplomatically he had the same problem that aerial shot brown had which was a fractious coalition and a difficult party. more difficult because he created a new party and more of the central elements are of right wing party that it was. he had another great advantage as he thought about taking risks. that was the certainty the u.s. had his back. you heard den

in the essence of what walter mondale is saying today is that barack obama is saying i'll raise taxes in targeted areas if the american people would support something like that. guest: i think it's still mixed. let's not forget that rage rage also reduced the mancheinal tax rates. you saw the 20-year period of economic growth because of his policies, more private enterprise, more growth in the small business sector. when you're talking about those taxings, again, back to the gang of six, i think there's going to be probably the biggest part of the debate on the senate side is whether or not to close these loopholes. you're already seeing some of the conservatives pushing back on that. it's going to be a very difficult fight. guest: we do have to give the republicans credit. they want cuts for everybody, and state budgets, cut pensions for firefighters and cops they want poo cut medicare for social security. social security recipients are seniors. then they want to cut taxes for the wealthy. but that's not the kind of shared sacrifice people want. if we're going to cut things for peopl

instead they got the fiscal policy of walter mondale and phaou cal due -- michael dukakis.taxpayers who use their own dollars to deduct mortgage interest, make contributions to charities, save for education or save in a pension plan will be treated the same as spending for nevada's cowboy poetry festival. to me, they are not the same. but to the president, they are. david plouffe, the president's senior advisor and former campaign manager, had this to say about the president's proposal -- quote -- "people like him who have been very fortunate in life have the ability to pay a little bit more. well, that's big of him. we hear this quote quite a bit from rich democrats. please tax us more, they say. well, i know a whrot don't say that -- a lot who don't say that. as the ranking member on the senate finance committee, i feel obligateed to tell mr. plouffe, those rich democrats can write a check to the i.r.s. and make a payment on their tax returns to pay down the federal debt. the option is right there at the bottom of their tax return. this might be a good talking point. i am

let me just begin by saying to jackson what ronald reagan once said to walter mondale. we are not going to hold your youth and inexperience against you. [laughter] i have two problems in following the previous two speakers. i apologize, i should be in bed, probably drinking tea. the second is, i agree with both of them. in almost everything that was said. but i would like to put a little twist on the israeli-palestinian part. i was in israel 10 days ago, and it seems to me that the government is frozen, trying to figure out what to do, given the various pressures that are emerging, some of them the arab revolt, in jordan looked different, lebanon, egypt. part of israeli politics is difficult. as they try to figure out what initiatives they may take diplomatically, he has the same problems that ariel sharon had, which is a fractious coalition, more difficult in a way because he created something, so some of the more centrist elements are not there anymore. it is in that sense more or right wing than it was. he had another great advantage, frankly, in as he thought about

in the essence of what walter mondale is saying today is that barack obama is saying i'll raise taxes in targeted areas if the american people would support something like that. guest: i think it's still mixed. let's not forget that rage rage also reduced the mancheinal tax rates. you saw the 20-year period of economic growth because of his policies, more private enterprise, more growth in the small business sector. when you're talking about those taxings, again, back to the gang of six, i think there's going to be probably the biggest part of the debate on the senate side is whether or not to close these loopholes. you're already seeing some of the conservatives pushing back on that. it's going to be a very difficult fight. guest: we do have to give the republicans credit. they want cuts for everybody, and state budgets, cut pensions for firefighters and cops they want poo cut medicare for social security. social security recipients are seniors. then they want to cut taxes for the wealthy. but that's not the kind of shared sacrifice people want. if we're going to cut things for peopl

i'll remember her at the 1984 convention standing on the stage with walter mondale, both putting their arms around them and there was a question they would interact because it was the first time a woman was on the ticket. i'll miss my friend, gerry. we will all miss her but we are all better people because of her. rest in peace, gerry. we will always remember you and so will the history books. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. burton, for 30 minutes. mr. burton: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for 30 minutes and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: thank you. mr. speaker, you know a while ago one of my colleagues was down here talking about the obamacare and what a problem it was going to cause for this country from a financial standpoint as well as causing rationing of health care and a whole host of other things. but what