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>> if this doesnt force congress to do mental health reform nothing will. >> youre jealous. >> i i am not jealous. i am pleased that there is something more embarrassing than me trying to dance. >> he was doing a country western thing. >> it looked like something the 7-year-old dared him to do. >> i bet the lot will be full this weekend. >> i remember priority motor sports. >> you know. you have had to drum up your own business in the past. isnt that right? >> it is a genius move. he will get al...

Vice president cheney. maybe it wasnt the best way to deal with these people. >> gregg: can championshiply hurtt, thank you very much. >> julie: most folks have to live by a budget and uncle sam has to do the same. president obama in his weekly address praising lawmakers for passing a measure that aims to bring federal spending under control. the new rule require that congress has to pay for what it spends now. critics say it ignores the biggest issue, cutting away, waysful spending. so why is t...

Again, found 69 early education programs, but this time they were being administered by ten agencies instead of nine. he says congress has got to cure its, quote, scourge of overspending. >> they ought to start with congressional committees. i have never seen such duplicate work, committees are essentially task with the same goals and objective and writing expensive reports with expensive staffs that nobody reads. >> well, senator coburn would like to hear from you, im sure. >> ill send him a le...

Particular on targeting wasteful spending? >> yeah, oklahoma senator tom coburn introduced an amendment calling for hundreds of dupe cat it didnt go as far as he want, but commission the gao, department of the office, to research that. and said that the gao has already done some of that writing quote. in 2000 the gao published a report that found 69 early education programs were being administered by nine agencies and warned that such duplication would lead to ineffectiveness of the programs ori...

President obama signed pay-go into law last night and today the president said in his weekly radio address, this is quote, a common sense rule. >> it was this rule that helped lead to balanced budgets in the 1990s by making clear that we could not increase entitlement spending or cut tacks simply by borrowing more money. and it was the abandonment of this rule that allowed the previous administration and congressing to pass massive tax cuts for the wealthy and create an expensive new drug progra...

It illegal to force citizens to buy health insurance. delegate bob marshal is the assemblyman who wrote the bill and passed the house of delegates, right. >> yes, sir. >> brian: it has to go through the senate. >> a companion bill has passed both the house and senate. >> brian: this is fait accompli. >> correct. >> brian: lets talk about this, you basically came up with this idea that says if the federal government says that i have to go out and buy insurance, you think that the state of virgini...

>> brian: the feds cant tell the commonwealth, everyone in the commonwealth youve got to get health insurance. >> the congressional budget office stated 1994 in a congress, in 220 years has never done this brian, if they havent done it in 220 years, one suspects they dont have the powers. >> brian: you suspect its a states rights. >> the 10th amendment of the constitution, and recommended by layton. >> brian: some democrats joined new this measure. yes, they did about a third of the democratic c...

Pay go, gregg, because they say it doesnt force congress to cut spending. it allows lawmakers to increase taxes to pay for programs they want to fund. and they say the way to get the governments ledger books under control is to rein in that spending you were just talking about. >> one republican in particular targeting wasteful spending. tell us about that. >> oklahoma republican congressman called for hundreds of duplicate programs to be consolidate. congress did not go that far, but rather vot...

Philly, back to you. >> rick: all right. thanks, i think. okay. >> well, when the mid term elections roll around it looks like both parties could be facing major hurdles, a new poll from the pew research center find just under half of the voters questioned would like to see their congressman or woman reelected. 30% say no. we havent seen this sentiment since 2006 and we had seen it before in 1994 when congress changed hands. so, will heft history repeat itself in this terms mid term election sns...

Feelings. he no longer thinks its a good idea and knows it would cost too much money, not to mention security issues that could potentially cause our city. congressman olson, why do you think then, after all of this debate from both sides of the aisle, why doo you think the president is still so adamant to try to secure funding for civilian trials of these 9-11 suspects? >> i dont have a good answer for that, julie. you got the former mayor, the current mayor, youve got the governor of new york,...