Thank you so much chairman, smith, Ranking Members for organizing this hearing and for inviting me. Im a researcher and officer of Political Science at columbia university. Over the past two years dip mats, politicians have focused mostly on the political crisis around general elections and on the struggle for power. Were so preoccupied with the up coming elections that were diverting our attention awae from the many other issues that are causing violence in congo. And were wasting the opportunity to tackle these issues. Based on peace building and several years of working in congo, i believe and i will show you in my state, theres a better way to help revise these conflicts. There are many other caws of violence beyond the electoral political issue. And by acknowledging democracy and peace do not always go together. The two most important measures congress can take are to increase the United States support to peace building and to put local actors in the drivers seat. The delay of Hol
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Symbolic votes in senate, but less than an hour of serious negotiating. What will it take to break the stalemate . Well get into that this morning, with two big roundtables of elected officials and experts. Lets begin with the lawmakers. Senator tom coburn for the republicans and Debbie Stabenow for the democrats. And congressman hensarlingg. The president said that for there to be a big deal, tax rates on the wealthy are going to have to go up. If thats his bottom line, can there be a deal . Again, as the speaker has said, unfortunately what we see out of the president is my way or the highway. One dollar revenue for 2. 5 of spending reductions. Now, after the election, its a little bit of bait and switch. Now hes asking for 1. 6 trillion. And if you look closely, for every one dollar of tax increase theres about 20 cents of spending reductions. Im talking about the rates. If the rates go up, can the republicans in the house accept the tax increase . No rep wants to vote for a rate ta
Conservatives on the hill are counting on us. And the Supreme Court court takes on gay marriage. Well break it all down with george will, James Carville and mary matalin. Paul krugman of the New York Times and abcs own matthew dowd. Hello, again, just over three weeks away from that fiscal cliff, we just come off a week of press conferences, symbolic votes in senate, but less than an hour of serious negotiating. What will it take to break the stalemate . Well get into that this morning, with two big roundtables of elected officials and experts. Lets begin with the lawmakers. Senator tom coburn for the republicans and Debbie Stabenow for the democrats. And congressman hensarlingg. The president said that for there to be a big deal, tax rates on the wealthy are going to have to go up. If thats his bottom line, can there be a deal . Again, as the speaker has said, unfortunately what we see out of the president is my way or the highway. One dollar revenue for 2. 5 of spending reductions. N