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Where mccarthy was talking to reporters, and he was asked why, what does it show that its taken so long to elect a new speaker. he said, well it shows that we are learning, and we are getting to the point where we are getting to learn how to govern. and that is a shocking thing to say because the example so far that we have seen is that this republican caucus is not in a rare, and what they are doing, what they are looking, with the are they leveraging at mccarthy sets up a major, budgetary figh...

Experienced is going to be part of the course for the next two years, what say you? >> there is this point where mccarthy was talking about reporters and he said, he was asked what does it show that is taking so long to elect a new speaker and he said well it shows that were learning and were getting to the point where we are learning how to govern. and thats a pretty shocking thing to say because what they example so far weve seen is that this republican caucus is not in a ray. what theyve repo...

Paul Ryan has come full circle.

Its both parties. thats true. i just want to note that the deficit grew every year under the trump administration, two of those years the republicans were in control. i dont sense an appetite among your fellow house republicans to take on the fight. there are individuals like john thune and others. generally in the house i dont sense it. senator thune floated an effort to, quote, get serious about possible changes to make social security and medicare more sustainable. he wants to do this during ...

The super committee must set priorities and make bold decisions to solve Washington’s spending and debt crisis.

The financial reporting principles used by the private sector andstate and by local governments should be applied to the federalbudget to give policymakers a clearer picture of the nation'sfinancial health. Congress should change the federal budget processto reflect changes in long-term liabilities and obligations as thefirst step in addressing $36 trillion in unfunded entitlementobligations.

But again, the win in the senate gave us leverage for how we go forward. >> there is a lot more fat to be trimmed beyond entitlement programs. they want congress to do three things. cut off the credit card the rest of the year. no more borrowing in 2022. pass a budget. something that hasnt happened for the past seven years and fire any budget chair that doesnt do their job. >> the narrative in the media has been pretty slanted as though this will be the gutting of social security and medicare if...

The future of health care in America looks grim—but it does not have to be. Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) has proposed “A Roadmap for America’s Future”—the only comprehensive plan in Washington that deals with the looming fiscal and economic crisis, driven by ever-increasing government spending on health care. Ryan’s Roadmap would reduce the deficit, allow Medicare to become truly sustainable, establish equity and efficiency in the federal tax treatment of health insurance, and i...

Have a paycheck now where maybe they didnt have a paycheck. theyll spend money and puts upward pressure on inflation and the fed is looking and saying it could be a green light for another aggressive rate hike in the beginning of november. >> dana: lets bring in larry kudlow, host of kudlow on fox business. why does the labor participation rate keep going down? where are all the people? >> well, i wouldnt -- you had a huge influx of workers last month, i think 700,000. so you lost about 50, 55,0...

America urgently needs to reform its health care system. Obamacare falls short of genuine reform because its alleged benefits increase not only government spending but also the cost of private health insurance.