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routine business, passed through the senate. neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. for starters, i asked the senate to pass a simple rule that all judicial and public service nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. [ applause ] the executive branch also needs to change. too often its inefficient, outdated, and remote. thats why ive asked this congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureauc...

Dollars out of the budget. dont forget a year ago we had an election where republicans said they would cut $100 billion out of the budget. here we are at the end of the year, by my calculations backed up by the senate budget committee looks like we didnt cut one penny of the budget. looks like were going to have 50 to $100 billion increase in government spending in 2012 which you asked the right question, what happened? jon: well, what did happen? you say there are a couple of players who you mi...

shia compound where many gather on this important holiday and the photographer we spoke to describes how the explosion inside this crowded compound, bodies fanned out and were decimated. the death toll were hearing could be in one to two dozen but given the scene where we heard from witnesses we are expecting it to rise in the coming hours. zain? >> nick paton walsh. im zain verjee. "world business today" starts now. hello, im andrew stevens in hong kong. >> and from cnn london, im c...

Lobbyists. >> if a member has a troop of lobbyists coming through thinks office every single day its still up to them to say no but they love to say yes. they absolutely love to say yes. you want something, i want to give it to you because i need your vote. they have to learn to say no a lot zbloochbh there are so many advocates with so much need. this woman is upset about the governors cut. >> i am a nurse, he will not give me a voice to advocate for them. >> john: she says budget cuts are raci...

>> you are a naturalist. >> members of congress have a lobbyists coming through his or her office it is still up to him to say no. they absolutely love to say yes. you want something i want to give it to you because i need your vote. they are going to have to learn to say no. >> practice hard because there are so many advocates with so much need. this woman is upset about a governors cup. >> i am a nurse i care about people. he is going to make my patience thicker because he will not give me a v...

Lobbyists. >> if a member has a troop of lobbyists coming through thinks office every single day its still up to them to say no but they love to say yes. they absolutely love to say yes. you want something, i want to give it to you because i need your vote. they have to learn to say no a lot zbloochbh there are so many advocates with so much need. this woman is upset about the governors cut. >> i am a nurse, he will not give me a voice to advocate for them. >> john: she says budget cuts are raci...

lets get you up to speed on this tuesday, november 22nd. a million man sit-in is taking place on tahrir square as violence erupts around it. security forces are using tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters armed with rocks and molitov cocktails. youre looking at live pictures right now of tahrir square. 24 have been killed, many injured. they have a new demand, this time aimed at egypts military leader. >> we have a crowd here angry, young, furious at the loss of life here over...

captain dennis davern was one of those people. in the past he said that woods death was a direct result of a fight with wagner onboard his fight. listen to what davern told "today" show this morning. >> youre saying that wagner did not do everything he should have done to look for her after she went missing. >> exactly. >> was he responsible for her death in some way? >> well, like i said, i think we all made mistakes that night and -- >> that wasnt my question. was he responsible for ...

Table and weve got to control them if we want to control debt. >> reporter: so its up to the supercommittee designed to find more than $1 trillion in savings over the next decade, debating changes to tax it is and entitlement programs like medicare. democrats have mostly defended against substantial changes to those spending programs, asking republicans for tax increases in exchange, and republicans maintain a pledge to refuse any tax increases, saying the problem is unsustainable spending incre...

Businesses. if you took all of the income from every millionaire in america today it would run the government for about four months. second i had a better idea. in stead of tax increases why dont we stop subsidizing wealthy people. lets go off the corporate welfare in the tax code, in the spending, and why dont we income adjust our spending programs so we dont subsidize wealthy people as much. i think thats a better idea, get more savings in the budget, get our debt down without doing economic d...