americans out of work on top of 23 million americans. that s not the right direction. so my objective would start with a conversation of tax reform and spending control. \[inaudible] i would think that most americans are members of the tea party principally. we believe in limited government. we believe in lower taxes. we believe in keeping the government out of your pockets. if you believe in freekts, free markets, those are the basic tenets of the tea party. i would hope we all believe in that. that would be a decisive yes. \[inaudible] you look at his scorecard with the heritage action. he was a 98 and i was closing in on i think it was a 090. there was a couple that separated us, maybe some of the more well-known votes. other than that, i m not quite sure where we disagree. i would think philosophically we re on the same page and hopefully we ll continue to work together. i look forward to hearing more from the senator. last question. \[inaudible] that s a
from the republican standpoint, if you go over the cliff and the tax rates go back up, you instantly thought and the tax base. it also means more taxpayers are paying. instead of having 50% of taxpayers having no liability because their income is too low and because of deductions, you have a higher percentage that are pain and a broader base. you have more people to start sweating out more money from. once you do these spending cuts, then you decide from the standpoint of, we have already cut all this money, what do we absolutely need to add that in. in some ways, the reset would be shocking for members of congress to go through it. host: larry, you are on the line. caller: mine is a simple solution. we cannot keep going with the unlimited budget spending. my thought is one item, 1 vote. why don t we change what people want to hear and just vote on it? that is as transparent as it gets. guest: i do not think it will work because the size of the government is so big and the nu
stopped the landing, because a lot of this was due to reckless lending. and of course, not only do you have banks sitting on the sidelines, but of course any company that has cash sitting on the sidelines, it is a turbulent economy, and it would be reckless to do anything because you do not know what is going to happen, and the same applies for the lack of clarity on taxes for the next year. it is the wise thing to do, to sit on cash and conserve it because you do not know what your tax bill is going to be, you do not know how much longer your economy is going to be in disastrous shape. host: the hill is reporting this with house gop setting a 1:00 p.m. conference meeting. we are learning that house gop rank-and-file will gather for a conference meeting. boy, would you like to the inside of that conference meeting. guest: indeed, but my hunch is it will not be a raucous affair. i would assume speaker boehner would have a hands-off approach, and say, guys, i did my best, th
congress be doing about immigration? as always, you can join in on the conversation to social media, send us a tweet at http://twitter.com/cspanwj, send us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org , or join us on facebook. we will focus on immigration this morning. profiles in caution is a cover story on cq weekly. what does it mean into the future of any bipartisan deal this year in congress? insight on the issue of immigration. there is this jane te last year, john boehner addressed the , talking about taking a piecemeal rather than comprehensive. [video clip] the american people are skeptical of comprehensive bills, frankly, they should be. the only way to make sure that these work this time is to address these complicated issues one step at a time. by doing so we give the american people confidence that we are dealing with these issues in a thoughtful way and a deliberative way. makeconfident that we can progress on this important issue. that was the speaker of the house, lat
history. here are a couple of important things. most of it seems to be about the tariff. the 16th amendment came into being. there was the oil decision in 1911 and more states admitted to the union. taft s role, how long was stroke? that she had a 15 may 15 they went on a cruise, and they said, there is something wrong with ms. taft. realized she had a seizure. president,ked at the seeing hisuch pain wife have a seizure. she had some temporary , and it came back shekly that was her voice. lost that articulation, and it took a long time for it to come back. earlier that morning her son had surgery. she was a nervous wreck that and worried about the operation. she was quite tense to begin with. he had blood and stuff. he was her favorite son. she said, i will never have him again. the nice thing, there are stories of him sitting on the , saying, say the. say it again. he was running a rehab for his was also being president. was he able to do his duties? i think he car