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With the white house. where do we stand with this? >> ill tell you where we stand. article 1, section 8 of the constitution gives congress the authority to raise revenue and appropriate spending. we have be a gated that responsibility to the secretary of the treasury. im not sure its a good idea, particularly with this secretary of the treasury but its our responsibility and the presidents not going to push us around on this. i guarantee youll see the majority house members draw a line in the sa...

Lifting when it was necessary to save benghazi in the east. its the other peoples turn. exhausted. trillion dollars in iraq. probably half that in afghanistan. the clock is still going in both those countries. >> juan: california, former governor schwarzenegger. >> my man. >> juan: helping out the son of the former california assembly, the man was convicted of manslaughter. what did you find out here? >> well, first of all, i am holding in my hand a copy of the relevant portion of the california...

They did it and did the heavy lifting when it was necessary to save benghazi in the east. its the other peoples turn. exhausted. trillion dollars in iraq. probably half that in afghanistan. the clock is still going in both those countries. >> juan: california, former governor schwarzenegger. >> my man. >> juan: helping out the son of the former california assembly, the man was convicted of manslaughter. what did you find out here? >> well, first of all, i am holding in my hand a copy of the rele...

Lifting when it was necessary to save benghazi in the east. its the other peoples turn. exhausted. trillion dollars in iraq. probably half that in afghanistan. the clock is still going in both those countries. >> juan: california, former governor schwarzenegger. >> my man. >> juan: helping out the son of the former california assembly, the man was convicted of manslaughter. what did you find out here? >> well, first of all, i am holding in my hand a copy of the relevant portion of the california...

Lot of things we are doing, art cal 1, section 8, a list that enumerates the powers of congress to act. we have to find bridges to send the powers back to the people as our founding fathers meant for us to. i believe in freedom and the president and the loo he der ship of the democratic party believes that government needs to control everybody and everything. thats not freedom. all i have done is pointed out the differences in the two parties. we have to get the economy going and start creating ...

.01% goes 0 public television. more than 20% of the budget as ben said goes to things like social security. when it comes to conduct social security, as dana said, 87% of americans dont want it touched. the bottom line, simply cutting unpopular programs isnt going to make much of a dent. dana, is it time for americans to accept that the only way to deal with our burgeoning federal deficit is to actually make tough cuts in programs that we like or conversely, raise taxes? >> right. i mean theyre ...

Substitute for elbow grease. we have no safety net. it is when a guy has got his back up against the wall he is forced to go to work every day and do what he has to do to make it happen. >> now, according to the small business administration, about half of new businesses fail within the first four years. but it is a risk that more and more young people are now willing to take. shannon? >> shannon: very much the backbone of america and our economy. casey stegall, thank you very much. well, year...

Put in article 1, section 8, by the founders. they wanted to restrain what they called the dog of war, they didnt want it in the hands of an executive. they wanted it in the hands of a direct representative of the people. the war powers act actually needs to be challenged because in it congress essentially provides a vehicle for seeding to the executive the ability to wage war. this is not an academic issue. it a president can take this country into a war straining greater the military, causing ...

Really stunningly asserted the ability to make war that congress does not provide for the executive branch, and in fact candidate obama on december 20, 2007 told the boston globe that a president wouldnt have the ability unilaterally to use force against another nation without congressional intent. >> president obama now maintains the war powers act enables him to do this, that is what other presidents before him cited going forward in these kinds of exercises without a congressional vote of app...

War, and the president has really stunningly asserted the ability to make war that congress does not provide for the executive branch, and in fact candidate obama on december 20, 2007, told the boston globe that a president wouldnt have the ability unilaterally to use force against another nation without congressional intent. >> president obama now maintains the war powers act enables him to do this, that is what other presidents before him cited going forward in these kinds of exercises without...