that will do it for our first segment and up next, we will have william hoagland join us, the seniorice president of the high partisan policy center and longtime budget committee staffer and we will talk about the status of budget talks on capitol hill and later, julie appleby of kaiser health news will join us to talk about why some insurers are dropping coverage for some americans. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> i'm surrounded by just a few of the items they kept mami on the 10 best dressed list when she was first lady. she worked with one of her favorite designers for pursuits and a where. this is the outfit she wore to the formal opening of the saint lawrence seaway where she and ike met queen elizabeth and prince philip. another custom designed dress is referred to as the eisenhower toile which is a cotton fabric. symboludes the five-star of five-star general eisenhower. these are a few examples of her day dresses. she was very fond of the color pink and wore it in many different shades and styles. jackie kennedy is well-known for the little black dress and here are two examples

host: we are talking about the budget conference that just began meeting last week with william hoagland of the bipartisan policy center. he is here to answer your questions, and our phone lines are open. you can also send us e-mails and tweets or post in our facebook page. the phone lines are on the screen. mr. hoagland, you said the december 13 deadline is for the committee to present its final report? guest: yes, the house passed a budget resolution under regular order back in the spring. the senate passed a budget resolution, a blueprint, for how congress should spend their tax the money going forward. the house bill, the senate bill go to conference or are supposed to go to conference but we have not gone to conference for the last four years of this is an achievement in and of itself. that came about with the crisis back in early october. the house and senate will go to conference, and hopefully they can resolve their differences and come up with a conference agreement, and that conference agreement goes back to the house and hopefully passes the house then passes the senate, and i

. >> on the next "washington journal a william hoagland will examine status and budget talks on capitol hill. whether another fight over government funding and the debt ceiling can be avoided. as part of our series on the affordable health care act, kaiser health news correspondent julie appleby looks at the individual notices. wall street journal reporter nick discusses why the federal housing administration has received close to $2 billion from the treasury department to stabilize its fiscal position. washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. the best dressed list every year she was first lady. this was the outfit she wore when she and i met queen elizabeth and prince philip. another designer dress, this is cotton fabric with many of the houses the eisenhower's lived

here to discuss that effort is william hoagland, senior vice president at bipartisan policy center. and, mr. hoagland, the headline of the "usa today" talked about low expectations for a deal coming out of this conference committee c budget talks set low expectations for the deal is the headline from last week. do you agree with that? >> guest: i think that the assumption that we were going to reach some grand bargain, a large deficit reduction package over the next 10 years, i think it's clear that the expectations for that have been lowered dramatically. >> host: why? >> guest: because the differences between the house ft and senate are very, very dramatic. almost like we're on different planets even though in the same universe. of theferences in terms house position, in terms of the resolution they passed back in the spring which had no tax increases, no revenue increases, assumed the repeal of the affordable care act, capped block grant at medicaid program antithesis to the senate position. position, budget resolution they passed, senate had about a trillion dollars, $890 billio

. >> on the next washington journal, william hoagland and the former republican staff director of the senate budget committee will examine status of budget talks on capitol hill. whether another fight over government funding and that it ceiling can be avoided. as part of our series on the affordable health care act, julie appleby looks at the individuals who are receiving notices that their health insurance plans are being canceled. wall street journal reporter next discusses why the federal housing administration has received close to $2 billion from the treasury department to stabilize its fiscal position. washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. kept herof the items on the best dressed list. she often worked with one of her favorite designers forsooth and daywear outfits. this is a suit she wore for the opening of the sea where where she met queen elizabeth and prince philip. this is a cotton fabric with many of the