trade, tax, and banking, all of which that are being bought by these special interests. americans are tired of washington s short-term fixes and gimmicks. we oppose the senate bill, because a two-mont extension instead of a full-year extension causes uncertainty for job creators. all it would take in the house, if all democrats or virtually all democrats vote for it is about 25 or 30 republicans, 12% of republican support in the house for this thing to become law. well, if these guys can t even agree to give americans free money, what can they agree on? nbc s luke russert with a front row seat to the side show, live at capitol hill. is there any better way as a politician to keep your job than inventing free money and giving it away? no, i think both sides would agree that tax relief for american workers is far and away the most popular thing they can ever campaign on, dylan. and yet, am i misunderstanding this, in that they re having a hard time agreeing to give aw
affecting our country. trade, tax, and banking, all of which that are being bought by these special interests. americans are tired of washington s short-term fixes and gimmicks. we oppose the senate bill, because a two-mont extension instead of a full-year extension causes uncertainty for job creators. all it would take in the house, if all democrats or virtually all democrats vote for it is about 25 or 30 republicans, 12% of republican support in the house for this thing to become law. well, if these guys can t even agree to give americans free money, what can they agree on? nbc s luke russert with a front row seat to the side show, live at capitol hill. is there any better way as a politician to keep your job than inventing free money and giving it away? no, i think both sides would agree that tax relief for american workers is far and away the most popular thing they can ever campaign on, dylan. and yet, am i misunderstanding this, in that they re having a hard t
this monday morning, july 18. how about this that vote? should it make or break a congressional career? democrats, call 202-324-1111. republicans, 202-324-1115. independence, 202-324 gregory court writes this. former congressman spoke about his vote to raise the national debt limit saying it was more like an albatross. what has changed? we will get to that and the answer. first we have a congressional editor for politico that is on the phone. good monday morning. many talks occurred over the weekend. what is on tap for today? guest: no serious talks over the weekend and nothing specific on the schedule. when they sit down publicly, it is a little bit more feeder. there will be action this week as you indicate. there will be votes on the house floor and maybe even the senate floor. this is not the actual vote. the package is something that the conservatives want to check up on but has no chance of passing the senate. host: explain it for us. guest: a vow to cut spending and b
nation on the road tour. we are here today putting education issues front and center looking for solutions to the continuing problems facing our public schools. at the nbc education nation experience visitors to the constitution center are getting an interactive look at the current state of education and the skills needed to be successful in the 21st century work force. and joining us live this hour we ll talk to philadelphia school superintendent arlene ackerman. senator robert casey, chaka fattah and patrick murphy. in washington today and in new york the pressure is on new york congressman anthony weiner to resign. here is former democratic national chairman tim kaine. lying is unforgivable. lying publicly about something like this is unforgivable and he should resign. here to talk about all things political, bill burton, senior strategist with priorities usa and former deputy white house press secretary. and msnbc contributor michael steele who of course is the former
palin where? you tell me. reporter: well, we got that s right. mitt romney announces this week. we also have rick santorum getting it done this week, herman cain but out his announcement video, michele bachmann seems to be doing all the groundwork you do when planning a bid, in iowa and new hampshire this week. looks like she keeps talking about waterloo, iowa, where she plans on announcing. she was born there. and, obviously, wants to make iowa. so, we re starting to see this take shape among those that are interested but then you have this sort of folks on the side who are doing their best to create the idea that there s still time for more to get in, the field is not settled . you brought up the sarah palin road show. you have rudy giuliani speaking in new hampshire later this week. chris christie having dinner with iowans tonight, in new jersey, not iowa. and rick perry deciding to listen again. what s interesting about rick perry is much of his political campaign bra