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Successful, and thats what im trying to inject into this debate. can we really ask taxpayers to subsidize ethanol? can we really ask taxpayers to subsidize the $55 billion very profitable, mature industry, the oil industry? thats money out of your pocket. everything has got to be on the table. >> absolutely. well come to those no doubt into the future. congressman peter welsh of vermont, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. coming up, victor conte, the godfather of steroids, joins us exclus...

At the top of the hour the spending bill passed in the house, 260 votes to 167. one of those no votes came from congressman peter welsh, democrat from have the, avermon. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> why did you vote no and why did you allow the speaker mr. boehner to appear as the man who was nonpartisan and drawing everybody together? >> well, the good news is that the government is continuing to function, but there were two reasons that i voted no. number one, there were cuts in that ...

and as we said, the house of representatives just passed that 11th hour bill which was finally agreed upon late last friday night, but if you thought that agreement would usher in a period of reasonable discourse over the challenges that lie ahead, then im afraid you would be badly mistaken. before the vote was even taken, house speaker john boehner offered a withering assessment of the presidents approach and warned that there will be even more bitter fights to come. >> the ryan budge...

Martha: a fox news alert. republicans pushing full steam ahead on repealing the healthcare law. eric cantor is daring the senate to go ahead and just bring up a vote on this at least in that chamber as well. saying if harry reid is so con if i debilit -- soconfident thie senate. he should bring it if you he thinks he has the votes to defeat it. lets bring in democratic congressman peter welsh. you fought hard for this bill and today you face watching it go down for repeal at least in your chambe...

Peter welsh joins us with his reaction. bill: another member of the senate, joe lieberman is set to announce hes not running for reelection. in moments the impact on the balance of tour when conrad and lieberman say they wont seek reelection. 3q if you have osteoporosis, and you take once-monthly boniva,

State dinner, thats the place to be. martha: the big events. we have not seen a state dinner since 1997 for a chinese leader. president bush just gave an official visit at that time. in the meantime we have a big story happening on capitol hill. house majority leader eric cantocantor tells harry reid tod a vote and see what happens in the senate on repealing healthcare. democrats are less than pleased. listen to this. >> i think its a matter of building on something thats good, not destroying so...

costs. we are already seeing premiums go up across the board. we are hearing from thousands of employers across the country talking about dropping their employer-sponsored health insurance, and we are already hearing from the lack of choices consumers will get as this new law is put into place. this new law is a fiscal house of cards and a healthcare house of cards. bill: this is the day democrats fighting to make sure the law stands. the president is working to make it better but refu...

through until they get to that vul vote. new republican rules will say that no bills can pass to add to the nations blooming decifit but theyre making an exception to their own reform with this repeal bill because of the ways the numbers are figuring out. its a developing story, one full of process, procedure, and pomp and circumstance, right gregg? well keep you up to date on whats happening on capitol hill. we did get mixed news on the economy today. the unemployment rate dropping,...

and the real unemployment rate is, of course, a lot higher if you count the 1.3 million workers who have given up on their job search. here with us now, u.s. labor secretary hilda salis. thank you for joining us. its a mixed report. the rate is down and you dont have as many jobs created as you want. what kind of trends, though, are you seeing? >> if you look back at this year, weve actually added jobs every quarter of this last year and weve actually improved. so, 1.3 million jobs in ...

nothing for jobs or the debt, but it does help maintain that polarizing political environment. >> 112th congress will be sworn in tomorrow. >> a new political order with a republican majority in the house. >> mr. speaker or protester general. >> welcome back, congress. less than 24 hours until republicans control the house elect john boehner as speaker and face a joyce between governing or playing political games. >> the president said hes expecting politics as usual. >> a sign of who ...