medicaid is awful, and for them to do this as i said before as a cynical, political ploy has been shown for what it is. it was a scare tactic, scare tactic that isn t working, it s not working with the american people, and it s certainly not working with many members of congress, and i think they ve put themselves in a box that they can t get out of. congressman grijalva, the last time you and i spoke was because of the very sizable caucus of democrats in the house, the progressive caucus, which you help lead, the progressives pledged not to raise the debt ceiling if it came at costs like medicare and social security. i know you committed to that position and conveyed it to the white house, is that still your position even though there s been this progress, a deal still isn t nailed down? yeah, it continues to be the
about anything else. the republicans will get nothing from the democrats or the white house in exchange for the debt ceiling going up. it will be handled essentially as a matter of housekeeping, and the only thing new under the sun is the unemployment problem in this country might be about to get worse by two. the leadership jobs in the house and senate count as jobs? who do you think the republicans are going to have to replace john boehnor? who are they going to swap in for mitch mcconnell? joining us now, raul grijalva of arizona, congressman grijalva, thank you for your time tonight, sir, i appreciate it. thank you very much. what do you make of senator mcconnell s proposal today, and what do you think happens from here on out? major concession to the reality that the american people were not buying the threat and were not buying the idea that we were holding hostage valuable
expecting you and our party to stand firmly with them on vital programs, social security, medicare, medicaid, and those investment strategies that are part of this american legacy, stand with us. the longer you stand with us, the stronger you become and the chances not only for our political renewal in the future but for for actually solving this fiscal crisis that we re in becomes even stronger. i think he s in a position of strength, he should use it, and it would be to the benefit of all of us. arizona congressman and co-chair of the progressive caucus, raul grijalva. you re always a valued guest, sir, thank you for your time tonight. thank you. the madison, wisconsin, uprising that starts this year in the freezing cold is not over. the next big movement in the rollback of republicans stripping union rights in that state is happening right now. the polls just closed on today s recall primaries in wisconsin.
yeah, the advice is, mr. president, with all due respect, the american people are expecting you and our party to stand firmly with them on vital programs, social security, medicare, medicaid, and those investment strategies that are part of this american legacy, stand with us. the longer you stand with us, the stronger you become and the chances not only for our political renewal in the future but for for actually solving this fiscal crisis that we re in becomes even stronger. i think he s in a position of strength, he should use it, and it would be to the benefit of all of us. arizona congressman and co-chair of the progressive caucus, raul grijalva. you re always a valued guest, sir, thank you for your time tonight. thank you. the madison, wisconsin, uprising that starts this year in the freezing cold is not over. the next big movement in the
social security, medicare, and medicaid is awful, and for them to do this as i said before as a cynical, political ploy has been shown for what it is. it was a scare tactic, scare tactic that isn t working, it s not working with the american people, and it s certainly not working with many members of congress, and i think they ve put themselves in a box that they can t get out of. congressman grijalva, the last time you and i spoke was because of the very sizable caucus of democrats in the house, the progressive caucus, which you help lead, the progressives pledged not to raise the debt ceiling if it came at costs like medicare and social security. i know you committed to that position and conveyed it to the white house, is that still your position even though there s been this progress, a deal still isn t nailed down? yeah, it continues to be the position. while we ve said a clean debt