Good evening. Its 10 00 on the east coast and we begin with brooking news on the looming fiscal cliff. For the past few nights weve been telling you about the frustrating lack of progress to avert a deal on automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that kick in less than four weeks from now. Poll after poll shows the American People want compromise but there werent many signs that was going to happen, nothing was getting done. In a cnn crc poll, 67 said washington officials would behave like spoiled children in the fiscal cliff discussions. Only 28 said they would behave like adults. Tonight signs that maybe some adult behavior might be prevail and a compromise might be reached. Jessica yellen joins us, dana bash and david gergen. Whats the latest . Reporter they are a long way from a deal, but late today Speaker Boehner and president obama did speak to one another on the phone. Now, this is an Important Development because its the first time theyve talked in a week about the fiscal cliff.
In a cnn crc poll, 67 said washington officials would behave like spoiled children in the fiscal cliff discussions. Only 28 said they would behave like responsible adults. Tonight, signs that maybe some adult behavior might be prevail. And a compromise might be reached. Joining me now, dana bash, jessica yellin, and david gergen. Whats the latest . Reporter they are a long way from a deal. But late today Speaker Boehner and president obama did speak to one another on the phone. Now, this is an Important Development because its the first time theyve talked in a week about the fiscal cliff. I am told, though, that there was no Real Progress in negotiations. In this sense there was no breakthrough on that Central Point of tax rates. As you know, president obama insists there is no deal unless the gop agrees to raise rates on the top 2 of earners. The gop says thats a nonstarter. And the two men have not moved from that basic position. Now, all of this comes at the same time treasury secre
Certain provisions of the Senate Amendment to h. R. 2642, relating to Crop Insurance. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. The chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir. Pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u. S. House of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on october 11, 2013, at 10 15 a. M. , that the Senate Passed senate 1276. That the senate agreed to with amendments house concurrent resolution 58. With best wishes i am, signed incerely, karen l. Haas. The speaker pro tempore does the gentlelady from North Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Foxx mr. Speaker, by direction of the committee on rules, i call up House Resolution 380 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 67, House Resolution 38
Night. You can read the latest and theres a business week magazine exclusive interview with the president of the United States, barack obama. The president had lots to say about lots of stuff. Until tomorrow. Coming up, hardball with chris matthews. Tie goes to the republicans. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im joy reid in for chris matthews. The Supreme Court delivered a blow to president obamas immigration policy. The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided court. Translation, its a tie. The court split 44 essentially delivering no decision at all. An Appeals Court ruling that blocked the program for being implemented, stands for now. The president called the news heartbreaking for millions of immigrants. The fact the Supreme Court wasnt able to issue a decision today doesnt just set the system back even further. It tabs kes us further from the country we aspire to be. More fully contribute to this country we all love in an open way. Republicans celebrated. They say the preside
Four years yesterday. We would like to hear what you think about pat to marry patty mariposa proposal that includes spending cuts and tax increases. Here are the numbers to call. Here is the headline in the Baltimore Sun this morning. The budget plan the Senate Democratic plan released yesterday would raise taxes on the wealthy and some corporations we focused yesterday on the gop proposal and we will reflect on that a little today as we dig into one democrat tab on the table. Heres the headline in the Washington Times. Thats the direction the Washington Times is taking. We will look at a couple other headlines and how they are covering this story. The headline in the New York Times says we will hear more about that this morning and that is coming into play as well. Lets listen to senator patty murray, the head of the Budget Committee. She unveiled her 2014 budget plan yesterday afternoon. [video clip] are budget tackles this issue the way the American People have consistently said the