chances that what elizabeth warren wants actually happens? because i think that might be an issue. i think this is very good for her brand. somewhere between 0% and 5%, but not a lot more. and i think mike s right, we ll hear a lot more over the next couple years from elizabeth warren. whether we re actually going to hear her get things done over the next couple years in congress is a totally different matter. there is no appetite in washington, either on the democratic or republican side for shutting down the government, which is what would happen if we had to go back, renegotiate all of this and try to get this repeal of the dodd/frank provisions out of this omnibus spending bill. it would take forever. it would be incredibly complicated, and i don t there s any chance it s going to happen. we re up against a tight deadline. this whole thing has to be done by midnight tonight. so, this bill is going to pass. this spending provision is going to pass. the government will be kept open
gets after the shenanigans played at the last minute when writing appropriation bills tucking a spending provision in there that nobody ever sees. this goes after those games, which both parties have been a party to. we banned earmarks, but that doesn t get at the heart of this issue, and we think this is a step in the right direction. what it does, andrea is makes it much harder for a member of congress to sort of quietly slip on a spending project that may not be in the national interests. right. and sneak it on by sticking it with everything else that is legitimate spending. it s kind of the christmas tree approach, where a lot of people may want to add their ornament. this says we re going to take an opportunity to have an up or down vote on the things that may not be necessary. now that i ve got you both there, more or less a captive audience, you ve agreed on the line-item proposal. how about the payroll tax?
a rebel stronghold preparing for a possible attack by gadhafi forces. back in the u.s., police are searching for a suspect who opened fire on a teen party at a new orleans, restaurant. an 18-year-old died at the scene. four other teens were wounded. the motive for the shooting is still unclear. a homecoming this weekend in wisconsin for 14 democratic senators who fled the state to block a vote on a bill cutting public workers union rights. the republican-controlled senate passed the controversial bill last week without the democrats by taking out its spending provision. the democrats were greeted by cheering crowds at the state capitol and vowed to fight on. people think that this was a picnic for us, they re wrong. but i tell you something, we did it for the right reasons and the fight will continue. it does not end with that vote. we gave them hope. they gave us inspiration. republicans say the bill
they rnot sure they want to invest. in fact, they might have equipment sitting around doing nothing, it s just idle. so in they, putting money into a machine or any equipment should stimulate invesent, but they have to ask, do i want to do this? do want to do this now? the provisions obama is taing about, the spending provision, would expire in 2011. so that gives me a lot of time to think what i want to do with this investment? i might i m not sure, i m going to wait a little bit. of the $350 billion that president obama announced this week t $100 billion would be an extension ofa tax break for consumers and the other would be if you buy equipmentor build more plant, the economy is still going to dictate what companies
10 years projected to be 33 percent. it is unsustainable. we don t have the money and it is eating up our budgets and we need to put competition in the markets instead of taxpayers dollars at the program. rick, this was sold with a proposition that it would not add a dime to the deficit. do you believe that? the honest answer, i don t think we know yet. most of the spending provision have not gone into affect yet and when they do it is experimental. it is not for the states emac who have to begin to set up the exchangings. there is no guarantee that obama care will be repealed and that it will not be in or out and states have to prepare right now . that costs money. it feels like a high school science project throw in the baking soda and soda and right