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Congress. That is followed by paul ryan on u. S. Tax policy. He is the incoming chair of the tax committee. The Washington Post reported today that president obama will nominate Ashton Carter to be the next secretary of defense, succeeding chuck hagel. Mr. Ashton carter is a trained as a deputyo served secretary of defense from october, 2011 to december, 2013. The announcement could come as early as this week. Jeh johnson reportedly removed himself from consideration for the defense position. Secretary johnson testified today about president obamas immigration order that would delay the deport...

Herman it expansion on section 179 and other longerterm extensions and the president blew it up so we will do a clean one year deal. Does that, kate your task next year . Yes we will have more work to do but this has more uncertainty. One question on that part of the president s objection is the income tax not being extended here which is some thing you talked about and supported. Even if youre unhappy with him on this point you take the point on income tax credit . I do intend taking up the issue on reforming income tax credit i put up a lot of put up a plan on a lot of issues surrounding pov...

Caller it was encouraging for me when this gentleman took over the House Armed Services committee. It is a difficult time for our United States and our military one of the encouraging things is to have our guest in a position of influence. Sometimes, you spot somebody when they are new and you recognize that they are capable and will make a tremendous contribution to the nations interests over time. Because of their judgment, their integrity, their willingness to work. Their charity. Their understanding that congress is a place of people with different views and you have to understand how to p...

Four years later the squadron was operational and we built nearly 3,000 of them. Compare that to the f22. In 1981 the air force established a requirement for 750 advanced tactical fighters. It wasnt until 2005, 24 years later, that the f22 was first introduced and instead of 750 of them, we bought 195. If boeing can field a new commercial airliner in five years, and ford can take a car from design to production in 24 months, then theres absolutely no reason the pentagon should take two decades to put a new fighter into service. Things have to change. We have the unfortunate tendency to fix org...

Doma or this bill, and mr. Holder decided to stop making them. And that is what made me say hes abandoned his duty. Do you agree . I agree. I thought that the decision was wrong. I happen to agree with the president. I was a critical of doma. But i thought that the abandonment of the defense of doma was to the rule of law. I thought it violated a longstanding understanding with this body. You know, theres history here, as you know. Youre a student of the constitution. And you know that theres always been this tension between the congress and the Justice Department as to who can be in court def...