Country. And the fact is, that would be an Important Role for those caucuses to play. We need to share the many faces of immigrants, including the undocumented in our nation. Do you believe that the 1965 Immigration Reform law that ended Northern European preference expanded the diversity that were experiencing in america . I think it played some role. So do birth rates and the like. I will say that even, again, i do think we have to be more realistic on the quotas. We have people with families for in some cases, decades and decades and beyond. It would seem to me to take that into account and reunifighting families. What is the likely timeline for congress to start debating an actual immigration bill . What is plan b if the republicans dont go for a full package . Im hoping on plan a. I will say this, we dont expect that this will just be up to the congress. Weve seen in the past, particularly, with this donothing congress of last session that they respond to public pressure. I think
Inauguration coverage. Speaking of congress, republicans at the house retreat this weekend have decided upon a plan they will vote upon next week to extend the debt limit by three months with hopes of using the federal budget as a way of tackling spending. What do you think of that strategy . You can call us at 202 5853880 for democrats and 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 6280205 for independents. Send us a tweet at twitter. Com cspanwj you can send us comments on our Facebook Page and our email at journal cspan. Org. From the Baltimore Sun a story about the weekend retreat and a detail about the plan. Writing debt limit vote set. Heres what they write host attending the retreat and writing a story about it, jonathan strong from roll call. He is their staff writer. Jon, can you give us a little bit of the thinking by house leadership as to how they came up with this as a plan . Good morning. Im happy to explain it. One of the parts of this plan thats been a little misconstrued, its no
East coast, 9 00 a. M. Out west. Five stories trending out of this hour. Out of afghanistan but is it Mission Accomplished . Epidemic virus the flu will it slow down . California cold snap, citrus in danger. Admission imminent. Word of a Lance Armstrong tell all. And oops, did britney do it again . We have details on all those stories. But first now were getting to the president as he is sharing new details today on americas future role in afghanistan after meeting with afghan President Hamid karzai on friday, he is giving us an update on how he will end the war in afghanistan. This remains a very difficult mission. The work ahead will not be easy. Our forces are still in harms way. But make no mistake. Our path is clear, and we are moving forward. Because after more than a decade of war, the nation we need to rebuild is our own. Now at the same time, Democratic Leaders in the senate are advising president obama to consider any lawful steps to avoid a debt ceiling crisis, even fit mean