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Lives of his youngest son and three grandchildren, this according to a government spokesperson. u.s. security officials say they believe such attacks may be the only way to force gadhafi from power. and in rome, the late pope john paul ii moved a step closer to sainthood, as he was celebrated during a joyous ceremony that drew more than a million people to st. peter's square. back in washington, the fight over spending will continue in full force as congress returns from a two-week spring recess to face debates on raising the debt ceiling and crafting a 2012 budget. i'm joined now by the i...

Their new rules about how congress was going to run. one of the new rules was they would take a full week off for every two weeks they worked. sweet. tons of time home in the district, which for a member of congress must be awesome. unless, of course, the last thing you did before heading home to your district for your spring recess was voting to end medicare. voting for the paul ryan budget plan. a budget which is making for lots of very uncomfortable encounters between republican members of congress and their now very angry constituents. paul ryan himself who represented the district in wisc...

Every two weeks they worked. sweet. tons of time home in the district, which for a member of congress must be awesome. unless, of course, the last thing you did before heading home to your district for your spring recess was voting to end medicare. voting for the paul ryan budget plan. a budget which is making for lots of very uncomfortable encounters between republican members of congress and their now very angry constituents. paul ryan himself who represented the district in wisconsin, you'll recall him getting booed by his constituents last week. when he tried to defend the parts of this pl...

This is what we've seen in spain, in portugal, in greece, and ireland and elsewhere. no one is saying the u.s. is anywhere near that stage at the moment. with the kind of numbers you were talking about earlier, a deficit of nearly 11% this year, debt to gdp ratio, let's get this together and not be a drag on the markets so people can get their confidence back again in the u.s. bond market. let's face it. as long as the treasury is buying on qe2, that's okay. but major international buyers, are they going to want to buy u.s. debt over the long term unless we get a handle on this issue? s&p firi...

Spring recess. look, there is a statute called the war powers act that lets the president act in an emergency situation when he believes the vital interest of the united states is at stake, it requires that he consults with members of congress. are the vital interests of the united states at stake? no, no one could make the argument that libya is a serious threat to american security. the president believes that he's engaging in a humanitarian mission by getting involved. he still must consult with the congress. you're talking about $100 million a day in expenses. only the congress can declare...