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Public expression. it says if one flag goes up, all flags regardless of what they represent must be allowed to fly at the site. the town is fighting the ban. liberals in southern arizona want to break away from the rest of that largely conservative state. a new political action committee called start our state, aims to split off pima county to form the 51st state, tentively called baja arizona. supporters have until july 5 next year to get 48,000 signatures on a petition. to get the measure on...

One bright spot, the nations capital. homes still going on sale in washington, d.c. the government, folks. this is a fox news alert. budget battles are sparking union protests all across this country. more than a dozen states. we start in ohio where unions and their supporter are holding a solidarity rally at the capitol building in columbus. this is lawmakers inside the building hold a hearing on ohios controversial bill not unlike the one in wisconsin that would end collective bargaining right...

Woman and child in this country. all 208 million. the disturbing news does not end there. emergency fun set up by the federal reserve seems to have had a different impact than its architects intended. the fund which provided banks with short term loans to boost confidence in the financial system gave over half loans to foreign banks. im glad your tax dollars hemmed the rest of the world out of an economic slump. i wonder if our lawmakers realize that we here in this still stuck. will the new rep...

Were all -- none of us are elected officials and our goal is to produce a budget game plan. >> neil: wasnt it created by executive order, senator? >> ours was created which a foundation. >> neil: im sorry. >> were running parallel to the president. if the presidents fails, well have one ready. all citizens. >> neil: my bad. i apologize. youre saying the former top number cruncher and others are saying -- >> shes cochair. allison. >> so youre saying, cant control spending, taxes have to go up, ri...

Reduce spending, but an increase in some type of tax. >> republicans go for an increase in tax, theyre heeded for suicide. theyre not going to do it. theyre not going to go for taxes and democrats are not going to cut social security, medicare, medicaid, education, unemployment. those are the big items on the spending side. i think were headed for the cliff. >> thats what i think is interesting about it. you can blame politicians but i think everybody has to look inward as well. are americans re...

Former presidential candidate rick santorum in a moment. first, fox senior capitol hill producer on the latest plan that is now emerging. the headline, please. >> reporter: this is a new plan, would keep the government open just through december 15th, the tedline the house appropriations committee chairman, hall rogers, was pushing for help didnt want something that would extend into next year. he thought that was too long. they can write the individual appropriations bills and control spending....

Times are tough. thats the lesson. the take away from this race. its medicare and the willingness to accept someone that says times are tough. theres a few ways to do it. control spending there is a revenue side that needs to be on the table as well. >> just to be clear, you think in term of democrats look farg way to speak effectively to middle of the road voters, potential crossover voters, middle class people that there is an effective message out there. political message out there in terms o...

Will remain confident that the united states of america will meet all its obligations. not just our interest payments, but also our commitments to our seniors. >> so this itch came into more focus last week when a report on medicare came out showing the entitlement program going broke. much sooner than expected. shep? shep like everything else in that town, politics is involved here. republicans are standing firm. saying they are not going to vote to raise this debt limit until we cut the spendi...

Im newt gingrich and im announcing my candidacy for president of the united states because i believe we can return america to hope and opportunity. to full employment. to real security. to an american energy program. to a balanced budget. i worked with president ronald reagan in a very difficult period. we got jobs created again. americans proud of america. and the soviet union disappeared. as speaker of the house i worked to reform welfare to balance the budget. to control spending. to cut taxe...

Woman and child in this country. all 208 million. the disturbing news does not end there. emergency fun set up by the federal reserve seems to have had a different impact than its architects intended. the fund which provided banks with short term loans to boost confidence in the financial system gave over half loans to foreign banks. im glad your tax dollars hemmed the rest of the world out of an economic slump. i wonder if our lawmakers realize that we here in this still stuck. will the new rep...