defines into his priorities. . it is utter nonsense. here s a partial list mr. job job the war on jobs act, the pa pace. universal pre-krnd condition. overhaul and expansion of unemployment benefits. these diverse proposals have one thing in common. they went nowhere because congressional employments as bill buster early. the republican agenda hasn t gone anywhere, either.
defines into his priorities. . it is utter nonsense. here s a partial list mr. job job the war on jobs act, the pa pace. universal pre-krnd condition. overhaul and expansion of unemployment benefits. these diverse proposals have one thing in common. they went nowhere because congressional employments as bill buster early. the republican agenda hasn t gone anywhere, either.
there be a government what do you call it a lockout? will there be the end of the continuing resolution, the failure to meet our debt ceiling requirements. it goes on and on. i think there s a political purpose here. you may not agree. i think there s a purpose in this, to undermine the government. i don t know if it s to undermine the government, but i think there is a political purpose and a political calculation by both parties. what takes me aback, chris, is how we always get to this precipice and everyone always acts so shocked we re here. the sequestration was voted on in 2011 2012, rather. it s not like it was something new that we didn t know was coming. the congress didn t do its job, house, senate, and the white house. the democrats run two-thirds of the government. the republicans in the house, yes, they have been obstinate on spending and taxes, but the agenda hasn t changed from the white house or the senate either. where is the budget? but why you know why m
we, indeed, have a republican majority, we, indeed, got the tax rates extended, we, indeed, had some accommodation. at the end of the day, though, the agenda hasn t changed, and i believe michele bachmann will give voice to that agenda. but i can tell you, ali, that lots of republicans are not happy that michele bachmann s going to be out there giving her own version of a response of the state of the union, because they think that paul ryan in the official response is going to speak for the fiscal conservatism of the republican party. so, they re kind of scratching their heads saying, you know what, we re the official response. don t, you know, you shouldn t pay as much attention to michele bachmann as you do to paul ryan. so, there s a big split in that party right now. gives us that much more to talk about. got to take it away now, but thanks very much. good to see you. pete dominick, mark scoda and gloria borger. we ll have more discussion about the state of the union today and
was there a name? very close. annual report. reporter: annual report to congress, okay. but although it hasn t always been an annual report. it s sometimes been an occasional every other year thing, but this isn t jeopardy! reporter: i don t mean to be difficult. i ll give you a chance to redeem yourself. who was the first president to give a state of the union on tv? reporter: that was fvengdr, then lbj had the first one in prime time. harry truman, i m told. reporter: truman, you re right. i messed up. truman tv, lbj first in prime time and truman had the longest one ever, over 25,000 words. you can just say you weren t born yet or weren t around for that. reporter: i wasn t. you may have been. you re a little older. and lbj, 1956, the first prime time. who was the first opposition response? who gave the first opposition response to a state union? reporter: i don t know. that s a great question. i don t know that. much later than i would have thought. mi