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what is congress doing about that? >> mayor gray, as a d.c. resident, i have a sense of unlike a lot of parts of the country the housing market is more stable here because of the federal government in large part. as we look at longer term trends and people who are unemployed and maybe unemployed so long that they are no longer looking for work. what is the longer term outlook for how bad this economy is and what it will take to get people back to work? >> to go back, we've got to make the investment. we have to have help from the federal government especially the congress. there are days and i'm right here in washington where i wonder if they even listen to us and understand what's going on in our cities. the kind of investments that mayor nutter talked about would be valuable in every one of our cities. there's not a mayor in town this week who wouldn't underscore the importance of making those kinds of investments. right here in the city, for example, we, along with the rest of the mayors, talked about getting a transportation bill. investin
what is congress doing about that? >> mayor gray, as a d.c. resident, i have a sense of unlike a lot of parts of the country the housing market is more stable here because of the federal government in large part. as we look at longer term trends and people who are unemployed and maybe unemployed so long that they are no longer looking for work. what is the longer term outlook for how bad this economy is and what it will take to get people back to work? >> to go back, we've got to...
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should congress respond? >> they should wake up with 9 percent approval rating should tell them something right there. with the insider trading laws they don't understand why they are so on popular. look at the money that they make the power over buddies lives and they resent it. and terms of the congress. >> you said lawmaker signed cleanup the a government pledge. why? >> was the parts the tax reform facilitated for members to sign nobody can deny the fact that but i don't believe republicans are not raising taxes only because of the pledge. people forget not raising taxes is the primary tenant of the republican party. so he did is proselytized and to a pledge so if somebody breaks that to the voters they can hold that to the voters. so let's come up with changes that will fix the system so that they will do what they can to push through legislation to enact these changes and afterwards and afterwards kick them out >> a aztek college republican describe the role that these two men played in your life. >> gr
should congress respond? >> they should wake up with 9 percent approval rating should tell them something right there. with the insider trading laws they don't understand why they are so on popular. look at the money that they make the power over buddies lives and they resent it. and terms of the congress. >> you said lawmaker signed cleanup the a government pledge. why? >> was the parts the tax reform facilitated for members to sign nobody can deny the fact that but i don't...
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, the congress we have today. so the baseline then for the budget that we're going to be discussing this morning, the fiscal year '13 budget is actually the fiscal year 2012 appropriations, which was passed by congress late in december. there are two interesting dynamics at work here that we'll come back to over the koufcours the morning. one is the sec. dear of defense has made it clear that he anticipates the reductions that he's taken so far, you know, all that he wants to take. he does not want sequestration and he stated that crystal clear yesterday. now there is a little bit of ambiguity and room and we'll look at some of the nuances if you will because when you don't have numbers you have to look at words and the words yesterday have a little bit of deviation between the written word that was approved by the communications professionals for the document, the spoken words in the actual transcript of the speech, and the expected words of what's really going to happen, and we'll look at some of those nuances a
, the congress we have today. so the baseline then for the budget that we're going to be discussing this morning, the fiscal year '13 budget is actually the fiscal year 2012 appropriations, which was passed by congress late in december. there are two interesting dynamics at work here that we'll come back to over the koufcours the morning. one is the sec. dear of defense has made it clear that he anticipates the reductions that he's taken so far, you know, all that he wants to take. he does not...
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are involved in corruption like that bribery like that well i mean ultimately every member of congress who's taking a check a contribution from a lobbyist or from a company or from a union or anyone who needs or get something from washington whether it's conscious or not they're involved in it alternately you can't accept something from somebody without unless you're a oh yes absolutely they all do and what i'm saying is you can't as a human being if somebody gives you something you're going to feel gratitude and even if you don't do with that person once right there you say look i can't you can't buy my vote for two thousand dollars and most of them say that of course but the issue is if you do something nice for me in my heart i'm going to have to feel little bit better about you and what i'm saying is that is the moment of the problem if you're a public servant with all the crimes that you committed there's still a sense that you were used as a poster boy is kind of a scapegoat for the corrupt system that is very much alive and kicking i want to ask you about the supreme court decis
are involved in corruption like that bribery like that well i mean ultimately every member of congress who's taking a check a contribution from a lobbyist or from a company or from a union or anyone who needs or get something from washington whether it's conscious or not they're involved in it alternately you can't accept something from somebody without unless you're a oh yes absolutely they all do and what i'm saying is you can't as a human being if somebody gives you something you're going to...
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>> members of congress want to clarify to the public that they aren't above the law. there are some experts saying that there hasn't been a member of congress that has gone to jail or prosecuted for insider trading. people are wondering, are they really accountable to the s.e.c.? this is basically the members saying, yes, we are accountable. >> we're talking with rachel bade covering this story for cq/roll call. by all accounts, the bill is expected to pass the senate. it then goes to the house. eric cantor said that this needs to apply to the executive branch as well. >> today he came out and said that he wants to expand a disclosure requirement included in the s.t.o.c.k. act zit would include congressmen and their staff to disclose on an online database within 30 days. right now the bill -- that closure bill only includes the bade, writes for cq/roll call, her work is available online. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. >>> this is "washington today." c-span. >>> on the what street, dow fell 20. >>> new budget report from cbo predicting that government
>> members of congress want to clarify to the public that they aren't above the law. there are some experts saying that there hasn't been a member of congress that has gone to jail or prosecuted for insider trading. people are wondering, are they really accountable to the s.e.c.? this is basically the members saying, yes, we are accountable. >> we're talking with rachel bade covering this story for cq/roll call. by all accounts, the bill is expected to pass the senate. it then goes...
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let's make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for congress can't lobby congress. and vice versa. an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of washington. some of what's broken has to do with the way congress does its business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything, even routine business, passed through the senate. (scattered applause) neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. ( applause ) for starters, i ask the senate to pass a simple rule, that all judicial and public nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. ( applause ) the executive branch also needs to change. too often it's inefficient, outdated and remote. that's why i've asked this congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy, that our government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to the needs of the american people. ( applause ) finally none of this can happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town. we need to end the notion that the two parties must be
let's make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for congress can't lobby congress. and vice versa. an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of washington. some of what's broken has to do with the way congress does its business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything, even routine business, passed through the senate. (scattered applause) neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. ( applause ) for...
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, the congress we have today. so the baseline then for the budget that we're going to be discussing this morning, the fiscal year '13 budget is actually the fiscal year 2012 appropriations, which was passed by congress late in december. there are two interesting dynamics at work here that we'll come back to over the course of the morning. one is that the secretary of defense has made it clear that he anticipates the reductions that he has taken so far, all that he wants to take. he does not want sequestration. and he stated that crystal clear yesterday. now there is a little bit of am a ambiguity and room. we'll lock at some of the nuances if you will. when you actually don't have numbers, you have to look at words. and the words yesterday have a little bit of deviation between the written word that was approved by the communications professionals for the document, the spoken words in the actual transcript of the speech, and the expected words of what is really going to happen. and we'll look at some of those nuan
, the congress we have today. so the baseline then for the budget that we're going to be discussing this morning, the fiscal year '13 budget is actually the fiscal year 2012 appropriations, which was passed by congress late in december. there are two interesting dynamics at work here that we'll come back to over the course of the morning. one is that the secretary of defense has made it clear that he anticipates the reductions that he has taken so far, all that he wants to take. he does not...
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in 2008, you saw the time of real rethinking, and then sort of defensive work in congress. in a lot of ways, the great success of the 2008 congressional year was that no major bad immigration legislation passed. there was so much potential to do a lot of damage. that was sort of paving the way to turn the page. with the election of president obama in 2008, one of the things that we saw was a clear impact of immigrants in many key swing states. it was important to acknowledge and to lift up this idea that immigration, although for immigrants, it will not always be the top issue. economy, health care -- the same things that mattered to native- born people are the same things that matter to immigrants. it really became clear that this was an issue that was going to matter. the white house has been very consistent about saying that this is an issue that they have prioritized. although many of us are frustrated that it has not moved as quickly as we would like, at the same time, it really is on their agenda. it's difficult to stress how important that it is. it's difficult to st
in 2008, you saw the time of real rethinking, and then sort of defensive work in congress. in a lot of ways, the great success of the 2008 congressional year was that no major bad immigration legislation passed. there was so much potential to do a lot of damage. that was sort of paving the way to turn the page. with the election of president obama in 2008, one of the things that we saw was a clear impact of immigrants in many key swing states. it was important to acknowledge and to lift up this...
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republican leaders in congress say those proposals are just more of the same. john boehner called them pathetic. republican congressman paul ryan expects tonight's speech will be about politic, not policy. >> a politically devicive speech, or what we are seeing come before us as a politically devicive agenda that does not grow the economy or jobs. >> reporter: unemployment is at 8.5%. and the latest cbs news poll shows 60% of americans don't think he's done a good job handling the economy. cbs news, washington, d.c. >>> every year the state of the union means that roads gets closed for hours around capitol hill. those closed roads affect pedestrians. let's take a welcome at a map of the closings. pretty much every street two to three blocks from the capitol. and the closures will begin tonight at 7:00 p.m. the streets will stay closed until a few hours after the president's speech. pedestrians will not be allowed in the capitol square starting at 6:00 p.m. metro buses and circular buses will be routed around those closures. now we have a list of all the streets
republican leaders in congress say those proposals are just more of the same. john boehner called them pathetic. republican congressman paul ryan expects tonight's speech will be about politic, not policy. >> a politically devicive speech, or what we are seeing come before us as a politically devicive agenda that does not grow the economy or jobs. >> reporter: unemployment is at 8.5%. and the latest cbs news poll shows 60% of americans don't think he's done a good job handling the...
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but she came into congress in a into congress in 897 cover her net worth is around $3 million. and a 20 year she served in congress after that come her network has gone up 876%, which means if you do on a compounded basis can you average about 24% return on investment every year. i think george soros or warren buffet or certainly me would kill for that kind of return on investment. so a dramatic increase in wealth. i will argue part of that, a large part of that is due to her political position. what about a republican? the speaker of the house immediately before her was dennis hastert. when he became speaker in the late 1990s, had a net worth around $300,000. when he left as speaker less than a decade later, it was in the millions. it could potentially have been $11 million. you can inherit money, win the lotto. it's a function of them leveraging its position in order to enrich himself. there's multiple others in the book. this information comes from public financial disclosures and comparing their duties with what they were gone in terms of legislation, what access they might
but she came into congress in a into congress in 897 cover her net worth is around $3 million. and a 20 year she served in congress after that come her network has gone up 876%, which means if you do on a compounded basis can you average about 24% return on investment every year. i think george soros or warren buffet or certainly me would kill for that kind of return on investment. so a dramatic increase in wealth. i will argue part of that, a large part of that is due to her political...
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let's make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for congress can't lobby congress, and vice versa -- an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of washington. doe of what's broken has to with the way congress does its business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything -- even routine business -- passed through the senate. neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. [applause] for starters, i ask the senate to pass a rule that all judicial and public service nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. [applause] the executive branch also needs to change. too often, it's inefficient, outdated and remote. [applause] that's why i've asked this congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy so that our government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to the needs of the american people. [applause] finally, none of these reforms can happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town. we need to end the notion that the two parties must be locked in
let's make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for congress can't lobby congress, and vice versa -- an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of washington. doe of what's broken has to with the way congress does its business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything -- even routine business -- passed through the senate. neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. [applause] for starters, i ask the...
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the deal that was the president and congress cut back even further. i don't believe that's the right course for america. we have to have a military so strong and superior that no one in the world would never think of testing it. i will rebuild our american military strength. [applause] there is one more verse that i might mention. "oh beautiful for patriot's dream that sees beyond the years." the idea was the patriot's dream, the founders dream of this country was not something temporary, but something enduring. i am convinced the principle of opportunity and freedom and protection of life were not temporary, but are permanent and if america is going through tough times, we should not stray from those principles but return to them. i will get america strong again by restoring those principles. [applause] while we may have a president in looking at our history and principles who is inclined to apologize for america, i will never apologize for this nation, which is the greatest nation on earth. thank you. thank you. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ â™
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there are still dealershat have not been indicated --- vindicated. >> it is incumbent upon congress to bring these high paid executives, millions of dollars that they were paid, that stood before congress s and raised their right hand to swear an tell the truth, and you have a 45-page reportrom the inspector general telling you tt they lied. there should be accountability. if you canan h hold a a baseball playerer accouountablele for applying underr oath, we should be able to bring back executis who were paid millions of dollarars fono reason at all. >> tammy darvish, one of the things i like about my y job is playing the devil's advocat. i welcome ecutives from chrysler corp.p. gm to come and sidown t to explplain it to me. the book is called utragege." tay daish, you did a a great job advocating and documenting a real eye oner for the bubusiness world. thank you for coming on. up next, how to get your message out in the age of social media. that is next. >> is used to be public relatitions was reaching o out to a shorort list of reporters. if youou are n not knowledgegeable on the ma
there are still dealershat have not been indicated --- vindicated. >> it is incumbent upon congress to bring these high paid executives, millions of dollars that they were paid, that stood before congress s and raised their right hand to swear an tell the truth, and you have a 45-page reportrom the inspector general telling you tt they lied. there should be accountability. if you canan h hold a a baseball playerer accouountablele for applying underr oath, we should be able to bring back...
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do you think they have a right to be and how should congress respond? >> guest: they should wake up for openers. they have a 9% approval rating and that should tell them something right there. you rarely hear them worry about that. they have things like the insider trading laws and they don't understand why they are so unpopular. they don't understand that people look at them and they look at what they are doing and look at the money they make and the power they wield over everybody's lives and they resent it. we don't have a monarchy in this country but we certainly have something close. in terms of congress and to some degree the white house. >> host: government lawmakers signed the a clean up the government pledged not unlike the grover norquist's antitax pledge. why? >> guest: the pledge facilitative for members to sign or not, nobody can deny it's a factor. now i don't believe that the republicans aren't raising taxes according to grover's pledge. people forget not raising taxes is a primary tenet of the republican party so what he has done though
do you think they have a right to be and how should congress respond? >> guest: they should wake up for openers. they have a 9% approval rating and that should tell them something right there. you rarely hear them worry about that. they have things like the insider trading laws and they don't understand why they are so unpopular. they don't understand that people look at them and they look at what they are doing and look at the money they make and the power they wield over everybody's...
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the president, the congress. they just have to get us through the laws. >> host: what about the use of unlicensed spectrum? >> guest: that is more controversial. we believe unlicensed spectrum is good. that is spectrum that is not licensed to anyone who does not produce but it's a free market and what allows our baby monitors and garage door openers, devices that they don't even know what they are and people used. that is what wifi is about, unlicensed spectrum so we need more of that. the sad thing is that can be solved by definition because no one own it's except the public in the way it works is the devices have to respect each other. >> host: there are a couple of bills in congress right now dealing with piracy. where does the cea stand on those bills, sopa and pipa. >> guest: certainly we agree that this piracy is hurting american businesses. we have to shut down web sites. weather is disagreement is how that is done. couple of proposals moving rather rapidly basically would mess with the internet itself so
the president, the congress. they just have to get us through the laws. >> host: what about the use of unlicensed spectrum? >> guest: that is more controversial. we believe unlicensed spectrum is good. that is spectrum that is not licensed to anyone who does not produce but it's a free market and what allows our baby monitors and garage door openers, devices that they don't even know what they are and people used. that is what wifi is about, unlicensed spectrum so we need more of...
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refusinggto answer questions from congress. without cunningham...the committee can't determine if... fast and furious was... a rogue operation by a few bad apples in phoenix...... or if orders pame from washington. issa says: we have the abillty to grant limited immunity. we take it seriously, we don't want to do it haphazardly, so ultimatelyywe may grant him some immunity after we have ssen if we can get the same inffrmation from other sources the justice department isnnt commenting. &p3 3 the latino vote is a politiccl force to be reckoned with.as ninette sosa explains... the republican candidates foo president prepare tt face off in florida, they're reaching out to the state's large latino voting bloc. bloc. the republican presidential winninggflorida may be its &phalf-million republican latii vvters.the candidates have been fighting hard for those votes -- giving peeches... "thank you."...ann running ads targeted to the latino community.immigration is one of the top prioritiis for latino oters......ann iitwas one of the dom
refusinggto answer questions from congress. without cunningham...the committee can't determine if... fast and furious was... a rogue operation by a few bad apples in phoenix...... or if orders pame from washington. issa says: we have the abillty to grant limited immunity. we take it seriously, we don't want to do it haphazardly, so ultimatelyywe may grant him some immunity after we have ssen if we can get the same inffrmation from other sources the justice department isnnt commenting. &p3 3...
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vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests and fellow americans. last month i went to andrews air force base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in iraq. together we offered a final proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought and several thousand gave their lives. we gavp tonight knowing that this generation of has made the united states safer and more respected around the world. [ applause ] >>> for the first time in nine years there are no americans fighting in iraq. [ applause ] >> for the first time in two decades, osama bin laden is not a threat to this country. [ applause ] >> most their top lieutenants have been defeated. taliban's momentum has been broken and some troops from afghanistan have began to come home. these achievements are a testament to the courage, selflessness and teamwork of america's armed forces. at time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations. they are not consumed with personal ambitions. they are not obsessed over their
vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests and fellow americans. last month i went to andrews air force base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in iraq. together we offered a final proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought and several thousand gave their lives. we gavp tonight knowing that this generation of has made the united states safer and more respected around the world. [ applause ] >>> for the first...
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vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests and fellow americans. last month i went to andrews air force base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in iraq. together we offered a final proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought and several thousand gave their lives. we gavp tonight knowing that this generation of has made the united states safer and more respected around the world. [ applause ] >>> for the first time in nine years there are no americans fighting in iraq. [ applause ] >> for the first time in two decades, osama bin laden is not a threat to this country. [ applause ] >> most their top lieutenants have been defeated. taliban's momentum has been broken and some troops from afghanistan have began to come home. these achievements are a testament to the courage, selflessness and teamwork of america's armed forces. at time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations. they are not consumed with personal ambitions. they are not obsessed over their
vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests and fellow americans. last month i went to andrews air force base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in iraq. together we offered a final proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought and several thousand gave their lives. we gavp tonight knowing that this generation of has made the united states safer and more respected around the world. [ applause ] >>> for the first...
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and occupy activists descend on congress and the white house saying it's now money that makes all the decisions at the top be invented didn't live up to the hype of organizers hope to draw tens of thousands of people. to retreat now joins us with a sports. you know the fourth quarter not to welcome to the program thanks for joining us this hour the headlines. doing well defending champion came close to the only one game to make it into the third round of. them all the season. gets a walkover into the next round well to prove on court that it is to play in round three. and on a winning streak. of home ice to register consecutively three in the child. had to start with tennis where roger federer has advanced into the third round of the australian open the world number three didn't actually play in the second round as his opponent back of germany it withdrew from the tournament with an injury while thomas birch of the czech republic played only three sets to make it into the next round seventh seed check out class. of thirty to ease in the in the second set through a side track to titrat
and occupy activists descend on congress and the white house saying it's now money that makes all the decisions at the top be invented didn't live up to the hype of organizers hope to draw tens of thousands of people. to retreat now joins us with a sports. you know the fourth quarter not to welcome to the program thanks for joining us this hour the headlines. doing well defending champion came close to the only one game to make it into the third round of. them all the season. gets a walkover...
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but back in 1989, when congress traded the office of thrift supervision there was a challenge to the director. and i want to read something from you, judge lambert of the, i think it was the u.s. district court for the district of columbia, found that the company that was raising the challenge and i'm quoting here was subject to regulation only by individuals with legal authority to act. then goes on to say, because the director was not properly appointed, he has no power, he has no power or right to exercise the director's appointment powers than this court does. and then says, olympic has the ability to seek an injunction to restrain to stop the director so not only do we have this constitutional issue, which i think is fundamental to our power of advice and consent under the constitution. but if you are successfully challenged, would you agree with me that your actions will be invalid during the time that you are in this position? >> senator, i don't know that i believe that's clear-cut one way or the other. it also not clear-cut, by any means, that this is not a valid appointment
but back in 1989, when congress traded the office of thrift supervision there was a challenge to the director. and i want to read something from you, judge lambert of the, i think it was the u.s. district court for the district of columbia, found that the company that was raising the challenge and i'm quoting here was subject to regulation only by individuals with legal authority to act. then goes on to say, because the director was not properly appointed, he has no power, he has no power or...
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congress and u.s. house of representatives. more members of the congress walking in. jessica yellin is there. what is the most important thing the president of the united states needs to accomplish tonight? >> reporter: he needs to convince the american people he has a vision for improving the economy that can work and already started to work. he will not only lay out that vision but tout his accomplishments. he'll start ticking off data to convince people he's gotten the economy going even though it's not where it needs to be yet. the person at that speech, very important to making this case is debbie bosanek, if that's how you pronounce it, warren buffet's secretary getting a tax rate higher than her boss, warren buffet, the billionaire and going to make the case she is an example of an unfair society she has to get a different tax rate. it's the same day mitt romney released his tax returns, wolf. this is an important contrast, sort of subtle. he's make this case over and over throughout the speech, he stands for a fairer society where people like her will get a fa
congress and u.s. house of representatives. more members of the congress walking in. jessica yellin is there. what is the most important thing the president of the united states needs to accomplish tonight? >> reporter: he needs to convince the american people he has a vision for improving the economy that can work and already started to work. he will not only lay out that vision but tout his accomplishments. he'll start ticking off data to convince people he's gotten the economy going...
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now, these are not rules that congress applies to itself. as we move forward in our political process, i think one thing you will see is that voters will continue to demand greater transparency from everybody. if you look right now at governor romney's kind of flailing around on whether he's going to release his tax returns, the reality is that politicians aren't going to have a choice about transparency much longer in this country because voters expect it of them. >> okay. >> let me just say for future questions. i'd like to start with the mayors. >> we've got the lights on now. right there, yes. we'll get you a microphone. go ahead and start. >> who are you? >> timothy herbst, mayor of trumbull, connecticut. i want to thank you both for coming. i've enjoyed your chat. i have a very simple question. last two presidents have really i think put an emphasis on who they have selected as a vice president looking for certain things in their running mates. if you were advising mitt romney, what would you be advising him as to look for in a running
now, these are not rules that congress applies to itself. as we move forward in our political process, i think one thing you will see is that voters will continue to demand greater transparency from everybody. if you look right now at governor romney's kind of flailing around on whether he's going to release his tax returns, the reality is that politicians aren't going to have a choice about transparency much longer in this country because voters expect it of them. >> okay. >> let...
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five pieces of legislation through congress where congress did not address this problem. we have a piece of legislation pending before congress now a plan to give the d block to public safety and also give them some money. but i make a prediction it is going to be a little controversial. i predict that five years from now we will be having the same conversation. we will not have built out a nationwide interoperable public safety network. there are some companies we have given wavers too to build their own interoperable public safety networks. and i think that is important. and we need to examine how many that is. but new york, washington, d.c. where we are right now the gulf region, the entire state of mississippi, for example san diego, los angeles and a bunch of smaller areas were smart and bright to apply for these waivers so they could build up their own. it builds up to one premise which is the need for a nationwide interoperable network. sometimes it is sold as the fireman in new york needs to be able to talk to the fireman in san francisco. that is not going to tra
five pieces of legislation through congress where congress did not address this problem. we have a piece of legislation pending before congress now a plan to give the d block to public safety and also give them some money. but i make a prediction it is going to be a little controversial. i predict that five years from now we will be having the same conversation. we will not have built out a nationwide interoperable public safety network. there are some companies we have given wavers too to...
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not because it may not be a good idea because it's an election year and right now nobody in congress wants to have something which happened yesterday happen closer to the election it's just not going to it's just not going to fly you know after the election is over that's a different story but right now this whole issue is really just just is not so so it was similar but already the dollars tax reduced the new open bill in the house so you know i think they are moving forward with ok i want to change gears a little bit here just jason if i'm going to do an ad also ok go ahead jason jump in. i was going to say on the open act an important distinction is that there is the there is available of independent review before any of this censorship actually happens which is something that i think is very important for protecting freedom of speech in which is one of the principal defects of so far in the protect id act one of the things that the white house has zero going on ok if i can ask you and i think was pretty impressive this seven thousand maybe more sites when i went dark on wednesday
not because it may not be a good idea because it's an election year and right now nobody in congress wants to have something which happened yesterday happen closer to the election it's just not going to it's just not going to fly you know after the election is over that's a different story but right now this whole issue is really just just is not so so it was similar but already the dollars tax reduced the new open bill in the house so you know i think they are moving forward with ok i want to...
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-- well, congress does too. [laughter] [applause] in 1983, women filled 73% of all the new jobs in managerial, professional, and tech technical kneeleds, but we know many are still out of work wondering what will come of their hopes and dreams. can we love america, and not reach out to tell them you are not forgotten, we will not rest until each of you can reach as high as your god-given talents will take you. [applause] part of america is strong, it's good and true. the cynics were wrong. america never was a sick society. we're seeing rededication to bedrock values of faith, family, work, neighborhood, peace, and freedom. values that brought us together as one people from the youngest child to the most senior citizen. the congress deserves america's thanks for helping us restore pride and connect to our military, and i hope you're as proud as i am of the young men and women in uniform who defend the ramparts and freedom and whose dedication and skill increases our chance of living in a world of peace. [applause
-- well, congress does too. [laughter] [applause] in 1983, women filled 73% of all the new jobs in managerial, professional, and tech technical kneeleds, but we know many are still out of work wondering what will come of their hopes and dreams. can we love america, and not reach out to tell them you are not forgotten, we will not rest until each of you can reach as high as your god-given talents will take you. [applause] part of america is strong, it's good and true. the cynics were wrong....
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can we set aside that newt was a member of congress and used the skills he developed as a member of congress and went out and devised temperatures. he worked hard you see guys leave that alone and focus on the answers. >> what is your reaction to that? >> yeah. (applause) >> what advice? what are you telling these candidates? >> we want somebody to step up do the job and tell us what they are doing and work hard for us. >> david he's also controlling the dialogue letting the moderators control it. he kept it to a point that it is important to all of us. let's talk about the issues we care about and not what they are trying to put in their corner if you will. >> need to ask you a tough question you did incredibly well exceeded expectations with performances like that why aren't the numbers higher? >> if you look at the debate they have had a huge impact on this campaign. in the last couple of debates where the fields have been small enough, i have been sitting out on the end of most of these debates and not getting a whole lot of time. people are asking me why didn't you take on mitt romney b
can we set aside that newt was a member of congress and used the skills he developed as a member of congress and went out and devised temperatures. he worked hard you see guys leave that alone and focus on the answers. >> what is your reaction to that? >> yeah. (applause) >> what advice? what are you telling these candidates? >> we want somebody to step up do the job and tell us what they are doing and work hard for us. >> david he's also controlling the dialogue...
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and occupy activists descended on congress and the black tiles saying it's not the money that makes all decisions at the top but events it didn't think about the right. to draw tens of thousands of people. when it comes to big money in america's politics lobbyists a lot of people who know exactly how it works but it starts he talks to form an obvious jack off explains why he thinks washington is corrupted to the cool. i i. i'm sitting down with jack abrams off once the most powerful lobbyist in washington referred to as the man who bought washington he brought government officials in order to gain political support for his clients in two thousand and six he was convicted of ripping off his clients jack abramoff served three and a half years in prison guilty of conspiracy fraud and tax evasion mr abrams thank you very much for coming since your release from jail you've been very vocal about corruption in washington i read your book and i got a sense of your frustration about the fact that while you were sent to jail people involved in the same corrupt practices are sitting pretty in thei
and occupy activists descended on congress and the black tiles saying it's not the money that makes all decisions at the top but events it didn't think about the right. to draw tens of thousands of people. when it comes to big money in america's politics lobbyists a lot of people who know exactly how it works but it starts he talks to form an obvious jack off explains why he thinks washington is corrupted to the cool. i i. i'm sitting down with jack abrams off once the most powerful lobbyist in...
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and all members of congress are going to really have to take account of that it's important though to keep in mind that the copyright owners and technology companies are only two sort of sets of stakeholders and we also have ordinary members the public and users of consumers of copyrighted materials and so i would hope that any process going forward would be inclusive of them as well we just have not had an inclusive process this is very interesting as you may mention i know history and sideways if i'm going to we're going to weigh in here i mean i think that you jason you bring up a very interesting point here i mean do you think if the industry wrote it in sent it over to congress because this is jason pointed out and i said early in the program in a lot of politicians in washington are walking away from it even though they used to be supporters i mean did they actually read it or did they listen to their constituents and did they listen to these technology companies or change. i think what happened is two things one of which is i think we should make it abundantly clear to the peop
and all members of congress are going to really have to take account of that it's important though to keep in mind that the copyright owners and technology companies are only two sort of sets of stakeholders and we also have ordinary members the public and users of consumers of copyrighted materials and so i would hope that any process going forward would be inclusive of them as well we just have not had an inclusive process this is very interesting as you may mention i know history and...
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the occupy activists descend on congress and the white house saying it's now money that makes all the decisions at the top. a number of european energy. time in twenty minutes in the business but it's. on air and online twenty four hours a day your watching welcome to the program. pushing for stability through dialogue in syria calling for military action against sovereign states russia's top diplomat also criticize western sanctions against iran as he faced media questions on the. global arena in twenty seven. hours at the foreign ministry for us now. the situation in syria dominated the pose to the foreign minister who was sure is keeping efforts to bring peace to the troubled country very much alive isn't it. for all of really reiterating what's been russia's. ongoing situation in syria from the beginning saying that both the the governments.
the occupy activists descend on congress and the white house saying it's now money that makes all the decisions at the top. a number of european energy. time in twenty minutes in the business but it's. on air and online twenty four hours a day your watching welcome to the program. pushing for stability through dialogue in syria calling for military action against sovereign states russia's top diplomat also criticize western sanctions against iran as he faced media questions on the. global arena...
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those are going to be put on hold until congress gets its act together. >> the u.s. house won't be putting in a full week's work. they'll barely be putting in a full day's work. many lawmakers will be leaving town and washington caroline, ktvu channel 2 new. >> some of the internet's most popular -- to highlight their opposition to legislation pending in congress. the bills are called protect the ip in the senate and stop online privacy act in the house of representatives. web sites say the bills will force them to become online police. wikipedia saying its planning a total black out for 24 hours. sites read it and boeing boeing also plan to shutdown. it will post a link planning to post its opposition. >>> they'll pay tribute to the music of late michael jackson. the show by the french canadian grand group includes high flying acrobatics. tickets start at $50 and go as high as $250. >>> you might say the city of san francisco is seeing red now. coming up a way to queue on the home team. winter weather is finally here, going to be another chilly night. they'll tell u
those are going to be put on hold until congress gets its act together. >> the u.s. house won't be putting in a full week's work. they'll barely be putting in a full day's work. many lawmakers will be leaving town and washington caroline, ktvu channel 2 new. >> some of the internet's most popular -- to highlight their opposition to legislation pending in congress. the bills are called protect the ip in the senate and stop online privacy act in the house of representatives. web sites...
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but i can give you a sense of what congress may to in the here and now. based on the membership that we have. the way we would approach your question is to empower the state and states as much as possible. that is the approach you would see coming out of house. and i think that is where this decision lies. the answer lies at the state level and what your taxpayers and voters are more comfortable with. keep in mind though, once you the confidence of your taxpayers a and residents, and the nation, think florida 2000, you'll see the federgovernment and congres like we always do, act and act quickly, and generally over react to the situation. so i think your goal has to be in an aura of federalism, do what you have to do to keep the confidence of the voter and the taxpayer in the process that you have. and that is not to dive into another topic, that is an example of how we successfully approached the photo id in indiana, it was a confidence builder and increased voter turn out. so do it that way and then you have that back stop and the defense to say to the
but i can give you a sense of what congress may to in the here and now. based on the membership that we have. the way we would approach your question is to empower the state and states as much as possible. that is the approach you would see coming out of house. and i think that is where this decision lies. the answer lies at the state level and what your taxpayers and voters are more comfortable with. keep in mind though, once you the confidence of your taxpayers a and residents, and the...
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congress. i mean, literally, you know, something that can happen, you can have two or three lines in a bill -- i'll give you one example, the health care bill, obamacare. there were two or three lines in there that said biopharmaceutical companies were given this that bill a 12-year exclusive patent rather than five years which is what other drug manufacturers do. that's a huge gain. can you imagine what that did for the biotech sector? that was actually a member of congress that bought a large amount of biotech sector funds at the same time and saw those pop 25% because once the bill passed and everybody realized what a boon it was going to be to biotechnology, everybody suddenly wanted to buy those companies. so, yes, i think it is a problem at the state level, but i think more so here because there's more power here. yes, question right there. >> hi. i'm david with the heritage foundation. that was an excellent talk, and i'm frustrated listening to you asking myself why have i not heard of t
congress. i mean, literally, you know, something that can happen, you can have two or three lines in a bill -- i'll give you one example, the health care bill, obamacare. there were two or three lines in there that said biopharmaceutical companies were given this that bill a 12-year exclusive patent rather than five years which is what other drug manufacturers do. that's a huge gain. can you imagine what that did for the biotech sector? that was actually a member of congress that bought a large...
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do you think they have a right to be and how should congress response? >> guest: they should wake up. the 89% approval rating that should tell them something right there. they have these things like the insider trading laws and they don't understand why they are so unpopular. they don't understand if people look at them and look at what they are doing the look of the money they make and the power they yield and they resent it and they don't have a marquee but they certainly have something close in terms of congress and the some degree the white house. >> host: you recommend a sign of a cleanup not unlike grover norquist anti-tax pledge. >> guest: one of the one supports for the tax reform facilitated for members to sign or not nobody could be nine. i don't believe they are not raising taxes. people forget that not raising taxes is a primary tenant in the republican party. so what he's done though is turned it into an actual pledge so that if somebody breaks that to their constituents and to the voters they can help them accountable. what i propose is sim
do you think they have a right to be and how should congress response? >> guest: they should wake up. the 89% approval rating that should tell them something right there. they have these things like the insider trading laws and they don't understand why they are so unpopular. they don't understand if people look at them and look at what they are doing the look of the money they make and the power they yield and they resent it and they don't have a marquee but they certainly have something...
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the use of the word regulation of congress or within basically within rules defined by congress for the exact wording wouldn't be possible and the last president to really seriously take the seriously as franklin roosevelt. would have been possible instead for congress to pass a law saying that the supreme court does not have the power to say that corporations are persons well you know that even more politically impractical in my view it is more politically impractical because it's asking congress to do something but i also actually believe that the supreme court it's a dynamic process so yes con the supreme congress has the ability to define the jurisdiction of the supreme court congress has some ability to define the numbers of justices on the court which is why we had franklin roosevelt's so-called court packing plan there is a healthy tension that the elected branches should bring to the supreme court from the president to the congress and you know when president obama called out the supreme court two years ago after citizens united and that was considered shocking no that's not sho
the use of the word regulation of congress or within basically within rules defined by congress for the exact wording wouldn't be possible and the last president to really seriously take the seriously as franklin roosevelt. would have been possible instead for congress to pass a law saying that the supreme court does not have the power to say that corporations are persons well you know that even more politically impractical in my view it is more politically impractical because it's asking...
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the congress is not here on weekends. how many pro labor, pro women rights, pro the lesbian, pro peace. but to the occupy think? they knew that that wasn't enough. they decide to stay 24 hours a day. and they learn something else. they ask themselves the question, how do we prevent people from dividing the ruling, pitting one group against another? one of the greatest slogans of the 21st century will turn out to be, we of the 99%. they came unified. very, very resistant to being divided and ruled. it's all about people suffering in 1 degree or another. pursuing a just society. >> a lot of other innovations. how about my check. we're going to pull the plug. you can have a pa system in a public park. okay. level might check. as of that involves the audience. in repeating. it's participatory as well as a summit of asian. we have not scratched the surface. our civic, political, creativity. not to mention our technical creativity. so i hope that those of you here in the audience will consider this pleasure. it has no legal bin
the congress is not here on weekends. how many pro labor, pro women rights, pro the lesbian, pro peace. but to the occupy think? they knew that that wasn't enough. they decide to stay 24 hours a day. and they learn something else. they ask themselves the question, how do we prevent people from dividing the ruling, pitting one group against another? one of the greatest slogans of the 21st century will turn out to be, we of the 99%. they came unified. very, very resistant to being divided and...
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but congress is really unpopular. just 13% of americans approve of the way congress is handling its job. things that are more popular than congress, paris hilton, the irs, even o.j. simpson. but he closed on an up. >> anybody who tells you that america is in decline or our influence has waned, doesn't know what they're talking about. >> reporter: in the end, president obama tried, again, to sound that old theme of bringing the country together. >> each time i look at that flag, i'm reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes. no one built this country on their own. this nation is great because we built it together. >> president obama, staking out his turf in the coming campaign battle in an election year. state of the union address. >>> well, just ahead, a cooking boot camp where top chefs put green recruits to the test, in the name of keeping your kids healthy. ♪ a refrigerator has never been hacked. an online virus has never attacked a corkboard. ♪ give your customers
but congress is really unpopular. just 13% of americans approve of the way congress is handling its job. things that are more popular than congress, paris hilton, the irs, even o.j. simpson. but he closed on an up. >> anybody who tells you that america is in decline or our influence has waned, doesn't know what they're talking about. >> reporter: in the end, president obama tried, again, to sound that old theme of bringing the country together. >> each time i look at that...
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so the congress passes it. except that 12 to $15 million is allocated back to each state goes into early childhood trust them. i would argue has to be spent time the education portion because i think that is where the real need is. states often time to gaming. great? pattycake gaming past? be tied to education. nowadays it is a person's nightmare. it turns out these side effects, that it may be a specific policy option that's actually doable. >> do something like that practical and workable? and if it is, how long would it take to get something like that going? >> you didn't mention that they also is the deputy director of the congressional budget office and people in the budget office very much tied taxes. but after eight years will forgive you. i am the price of the third inning. it is important priority to ensure that it's going to be a priority for many years in an efficiency and equity created by the fact that the service is usually thought to the internet via myers. solving that problem and dedicating to
so the congress passes it. except that 12 to $15 million is allocated back to each state goes into early childhood trust them. i would argue has to be spent time the education portion because i think that is where the real need is. states often time to gaming. great? pattycake gaming past? be tied to education. nowadays it is a person's nightmare. it turns out these side effects, that it may be a specific policy option that's actually doable. >> do something like that practical and...
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the previous all time low for congress was 14%. that record was set in august at the end of the debt ceiling debate. >> with what you makers back on the job, members of the occupy movement turned their sights to the capitol. >> reporter: occupy congress was billed as the largest began iring of occupy activists to march on the capital and there are still a few on the west lawn behind me. at its height, they had about 1,000, according to organizers. they marched, they met, they chanted, they carried signs and they sang and then they went inside, we have pictures to show you as they tried to lobby members of congress, bring their message that congress is representing the richest 1% and not the 99% that the occupiers say are unrepresented in this weak economy. the question tonight remains, is anyone here on capitol hill l t listening? americans from across the country occupied congress on the first day the house of representatives reconvened after returning from their holiday recess. >> we're going to do some legal info. >> the occupie
the previous all time low for congress was 14%. that record was set in august at the end of the debt ceiling debate. >> with what you makers back on the job, members of the occupy movement turned their sights to the capitol. >> reporter: occupy congress was billed as the largest began iring of occupy activists to march on the capital and there are still a few on the west lawn behind me. at its height, they had about 1,000, according to organizers. they marched, they met, they...
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responsibility for curbing piracy in light of the law that is in front of the laws that are in front of congress right now. well i think internet companies have a responsibility to not knowingly participate in pirated information or information for which the copyright use is in question in other words if they know that something is being used illegally then they obviously should not allow it to be on their sites but you know most internet sites don't have a way to know what's in there most of them simply act as what you might call giant receptacles of data and as a result they don't specifically look at what the content is somebody complains about it so they have a responsibility if they know that it's illegal but they may not know jason what do you think about that i mean to what degree should the internet companies be held responsible because if you're if you're a web site like you tube i mean i've talked to people at you tube it is very very hard to police it because so many uploads going on through every hour and we're looking at and through the course of months and years it's a huge number
responsibility for curbing piracy in light of the law that is in front of the laws that are in front of congress right now. well i think internet companies have a responsibility to not knowingly participate in pirated information or information for which the copyright use is in question in other words if they know that something is being used illegally then they obviously should not allow it to be on their sites but you know most internet sites don't have a way to know what's in there most of...