OTTUMWA — South Green Street from Main Street to the BNSF railroad tracks will be closed for the Green Street sewer separation project, which is expected to last until late
was not the way it should have been said. if he had a position on the issues he should have given those issues and i think that is my personal opinion. chris: you regret it? i think it was inappropriate. can i say something, go back to the pledge because. chris: 30 seconds. the american public heard from the young guns. it turned out to be a pop gun. turned out to be spin, not substance, not specifics. it turned out to be a return to the failed bush policies which demonstrably got us into a deep hole. the american public two economic prell issues. one we pursued wigraine us the best economy we have seen in yours and my life sometime in the 90s or the worst economy we have seen in the 2000s. chris: congressman hoyer, thanks so much for coming in. with 37 days left to the elections it will be quite a rush to the
november because the tea party is well within the republican intent and pushing it forward. afterwards if they don t govern in a way that they are emboldened energized grass roots want them to theyville a lot of problems. i don t think we have seen a time when a party that is this unpopular is poised to make such big gains in congress and there is a lot of warnings in that. chris: brit, twine ask you a version of what i asked bill. do you think this pledge to america is serious? i think it is serious. it is just small. it isn t really serious. this issue of this entitlement tsunami of unfunded liabilities which is staggering and would bring the economy to its knees in we went on as we are, is the great economic issue of our time. the recession will in the fullness of time, the effects of it will subside but that
why not pass the extension of the middle class tax cuts before you go home to campaign for a month. the senate decided they odd don t it. chris: that is the senate, you are in the house. it would be a specious act for us. what is not a specious act is we have guaranteed there will be no increase in middle income taxes. the president said that and speaker and i have said that. harrharry reid and dick durbind that. chris: here is the point. the democrats held a big majority in the house and senate for almost two years. at any time a serious fail your by democrats in the house and the senate that you haven t told the american people that what is going to happen their taxes on income, on dividends, on capital gains and on inheritance and it is coming up three months away. is that any way to add certainty and confidence.
want to know how you would run things and what kind of house it would be with speaker boehner. i think the american people want us to find a way to address the concerns that face the american people every day. this is not about democrats or republicans or about politics. it is about meeting the needs of the american people who sent us here to do their bidding. chris: and can you give me areas, obviously you have your agenda and you would like them to adopt it. probably not. can you see compromise between the president at one end and speaker boehner at the other end? to is extent we can find common ground, i would w