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What he would not do for george w. bush. he voted against the debt limit. >> it was a symbolic vote, as you well know. >> it was not a symbol irk -- >> of course it was a symbolic vote. was there ever any moment that you thought the debt ceiling would not go up? >> he wants me to cast a vote he wouldnt cast. im willing to do that. ive done that before. >> yes. >> and the president likes to talk about the deficit coming down. a big reason was, with the negotiations we had the last time, i think w...
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Card cordray step? ? >> reporter: first of all this was created under the dodd-frank legislation, after the financial collapse of 2008. republicans have opposed it ever since then, saying it is overly restrictive as the legislation in general. in particular they opposed the creation of this consumer financial protection bureau and the way its structured. what theyre insisting on in the senate and the reason why most republicans with two proment nent exceptions voted against moving on to this deb...
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>> kimberly: advocating on behalf of the constituency. >> eric: the fiscal year ends at the end of september. october 1 is the new year. there will be funding for fema. its just a matter of we need to go through the appropriations process. >> bob: there will be planty of money around. >> kimberly: the bills will get paid. >> eric: can we talk about this, staying on the theme of global warming? did you hear comments out of al gore friday night? this is friday as the east coast is about to be pumm...
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Good on the campaign promise to have a vote to repeal health care. so heres what were going to see. friday, a procedural vote to lay the groundwork for wednesday, were expecting a vote on the full repeal of health care reform and even though there are votes in the house, there are not votes in the senate, kyra. we talked about this. democrats still hold the majority and certainly never getting past president obamas veto pen. >> like we all know, theres a plan "b," right? >> reporter: there is. h...
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Slip into legislation for home state projects. although they can be controversial earmarks account for less than 1 percent of the federal budget. many republicans have signed on to a ban. lets ask our next guest if hes going to as well, senator saxby chambliss, republican from georgia. senator, are you going to sign on in favor of moratorium on earmark? >> jenna, i consistently voted number one for earmark reform, secondly to eliminate earmarks and i will do so again today. its going to be an ov...