december. made the specific entitlement programs that the medicare and social security. okay, obama care took o 7 - when you go back up to the hill, can you give john boehner my copy of the 27th amendment on congressional pay? i can tell you he has already read it. thank you both very much for joining me tonight. coming up, the president didn t say a word about gun control or the second amendment yesterday, but the nra s wayne lapierre has scheduled an announcement likely to occur live in this segment. and here on the 40th anniversary of roe v. wade. and in the rewrite, what did bill o reilly say last night in reaction to president obama s speech that slaveholders would actually have agreed with whole heartedly. in the rewrite coming up. [ garth ] olaf s small business earns 2% cash back
would be a goal then we have to talk about raising $1.2 trillion over the next two years, because we have over a trillion in the bank through spending cuts and tax increases. that 1.2 trillion is not that heavy a lift with a functional congress. but we can t get there if we re playing around with this crazy legislation, that you yourself are not going to vote for. remember when you got the house back from nancy pelosi, first thing you did was go out there on the floor and read the constitution. and the new rule was going to be every piece of legislation comes with a constitutional explanation and now, here you are in straight violation of the 27th amendment. you give me the choice of which side to argue before a court i m arguing that this is unconstitutional. it sounds like complete disarray up there. boehner and cantor, going forward, as far as you can tell
come out at the other end a better place. in new york, dr. mark siegle, fox news. rick: switching gears, house republicans are expected to vote to raise the debt ceiling for three months giving congress more time to pass a federal budget. they re warning a failure to do that could result in a freeze of salary. a poll said government spending is out of control k. this new pressure fine will he be enough to get congress to act? our political panel joining us. kristy sellser is president of new heights communication and former spokesperson for vermont governor howard dean. trey hard sun a form republican campaign manager and former aide to the gop house leadership. good to sigh both. thanks for coming in. trey, this news about this idea that we re going to freeze congress pay unless they pass a budget in the senate, now coming under attack. i guess because of something called the 27th amendment, which forbids congress to make any changes to pay until after
rise of the debt ceiling. republicans are making up for this by saying congress will get paid will not get paid unless the senate passes a budget. even republican congressman darryl issa knows it s a violation of the 27th amendment not to pay congress. when told about the plan, issa said that s unconstitutional. he wants a paycheck. now republicans are claiming the plan will just withhold pay for congress. so all of them will get paid, no matter what. what is it? it s just a big sham. it s just a big game. nancy pelosi rejected the plan as a gimmick. she s correct. this gimmick is the only thing republicans have up their sleeves right now. john boehner told everyone two years ago the country would not default on its debt. do you agree with administration officials and other economists that defaulting on the full faith and credit of the united states would be a
boehner rule, which requires any bill to have cuts equal to the rise of the debt ceiling. republicans are making up for this by saying congress will get paid will not get paid unless the senate passes a budget. even republican congressman darryl issa knows it s a violation of the 27th amendment not to pay congress. when told about the plan, issa said that s unconstitutional. he wants a paycheck. now republicans are claiming the plan will just withhold pay for congress. so all of them will get paid, no matter what. what is it? it s just a big sham. it s just a big game. nancy pelosi rejected the plan as a gimmick. she s correct. this gimmick is the only thing republicans have up their sleeves right now. john boehner told everyone two years ago the country would not default on its debt. do you agree with administration officials and other economists that defaulting on the full faith and credit of