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one-year payroll tax cut extension passed by the house last week. senate majority leader harry reid said publicly he would not bring the senate back to negotiate again over the bill. we turn to all of you this morning to get your take on the sterile tax holiday. house or senate plans -- what you want washington lawmakers to do? we will get to your phone calls in just a minute, but i want to begin with house speaker john boehner last night after he met with his rank and file for two hours. this is what he had to say about the republican's opposition to the bill. >> our members believe...

>> each week the house of commons is in session we air prime minister's questions, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern and again sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. you can watch any time at c- span.org where you can find past videos of prime minister's questions and other british public affairs programs. tonight on road to the white house, republican regimental candidates at -- jon huntsman's remarks at a rally. then periscope, restoring america's financial future. and another chance to see q&a with nicholas be. nick gillespie.the lusb a meeting at the white house rather than earli...

>> i have a question, why do the majority of jobs in vermont go to people outside of vermont? i worked in a resort town and our construction workers were from canada, massachusetts, new york, international students running the hotels. >> on one part of that issue, we are a nation, and vermonters, i know are working in massachusetts and connecticut and that's what happens. contractors get a job and bring in their own people. i will tell you an issue we have with that that does concern me very much. immigration in this couldn't vi a serious issue and we have to deal with it in a compre...

we will hear more about the proposed budget from bernie sanders and the president of the national council of la raza focuses on issues affecting latinos. every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. president obama proposed a budget of nearly $4 trillion for fiscal year 2011. over the next several hours, you'll hear the president's comments and a briefing with white house budget director peter orr said. in less than an hour, defense secretary robert gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff take reporters' questions on proposed defense spending. after that, the budget briefing at the st...

. much of the discussion was about partisanship or bipartisanship. my question to you is with the topic you explored, at this time, is partisanship helpful? -- bipartisanship. >> i was going to said. >> are we at the point where parties are so divided? >> it is intentionally partisan. when george w. bush was elected as chairman of the policy committee, i invited him to meet with the democrats. he came, and we had a good exchange, and it was polite and respectful. i did not get the chance to see all of it. this intense partisanship is not good for the system and the way of governing. ...