under their thinking, basically, once the government says you re a terrorist, you re a terrorist. reporter: the amendment by congressman smith and republican justin amash failed 238-182. opponents argue it would weaken national security, it would too easy on terrorists. the house did pass an amendment from louie gohmert that says terror suspects legally in the u.s. cannot have their constitutional rights reduced. jenna: mike, this came as the house is working on the defense budget for next year as well, so how did these two things come together, and what should we know about that? reporter: well, it s a $642 billion defense budget including money for the war in afghanistan, weapons, ships, aircraft and more. there was some debate about whether the bill should be even leaner considering the nation s debt and deficit problems, but the chairman of the house armed services committee has warned fat in the defense budget is gone and is worried about cutting into the muscle. you know, m
listen. this president is comfortable with trillion dollar deficits, i m not. i will stop that. this is a president who is comfortable cutting our military. i m not. i will stop that. this is a president who is not taking advantage of our energy resources. instead he is taking your dollars and investing it in some of the little businesses of his campaign contributors and that s wrong and that will stop. we will not do that when i m president. [applause] reporter: hearings on capitol hill today about some of those alleged donations to and from and loan guaranties for obama donors. romney repeatedly criticized the president for trying to blame the debt and deficit on former predecessor, george w. bush when in fact some of obama s policies added to debt and deficit problems themselves. jenna: virtually uncontested at this point governor romney is getting some help or so we hear attacking the president s record. how so. reporter: new bunch of affidavits going out. crossroads pac. fro
of the republican race, mitt romney can finally turn his attention to the fall fight against president obama. if this week is any indication, it s shaping up to be quite a brawl. so what will the november election turn on? will it be the so-called war on women? will it be the economy? or what? kim, you know, the economy has taken a lot of attention this week, but i got to say that the fight over women, that holds center stage now, doesn t it? yeah, does it. the way i look at this, this is the first of many flashpoints and hullabaloos you ll see from now until november, fight over an issue like this. it s worthwhile stepping back and seeing what we have now, now that rick santorum has left the primary, which means mitt romney is the presumptive for the gop. you ve got a president who in many case is a very weak president. he s got deficit problems. the economy is not great. people don t love his record. you have mitt romney who has his own challenges. we re now going to get a sense
of the republican race, mitt romney can finally turn his attention to the fall fight against president obama. if this week is any indication, it s shaping up to be quite a brawl. so what will the november election turn on? will it be the so-called war on women? will it be the economy? or what? kim, you know, the economy has taken a lot of attention this week, but i got to say that the fight over women, that holds center stage now, doesn t it? yeah, does it. the way i look at this, this is the first of many flashpoints and hullabaloos you ll see from now until november, fight over an issue like this. it s worthwhile stepping back and seeing what we have now, now that rick santorum has left the primary, which means mitt romney is the presumptive for the gop. you ve got a president who in many case is a very weak president. he s got deficit problems. the economy is not great. people don t love his record. you have mitt romney who has his own challenges. we re now going to get a sense
make, we re going to make sure every american knows about it, in a few weeks there will be a vote on what we called the buffett rule. simple concept. if you make more than $1 million a year, not that you have a million dollars, but if you make more than $1 million annually, you should pay at least the same percentage of your income in taxes as middle class families do. on the other hand, if you make under $250,000 a year, like 98% of american families do, then your taxes shouldn t go up. that s the proposal. now you ll hear some people point out that the buffett rule alone won t raise enough revenue to solve our deficit problems. maybe not. but it s definitely a step in the right direction. and i intend to keep fighting for this kind of balance and