$200 billion or so. i can give you $100 billion out of americorps which is a silly program that shouldn t have existed in the first place. the fact is there are many options. the president says i want to do something big. he wants to have a big debt limit extension to go back to the old spend and borrow that got us in this trouble in the first place. if you want to do something big, mr. president, let s do some big cuts in the budget that accommodate to a hope that in fact we won t have these dilemmas in the future. shannon: dick armey, former house majority leader and now chair of freedom works, thank you so much for your time. thanks for having me. shannon: a couple of active duty and retired military members took to the streets in san diego to march in the gay pride parade. the group wants don t ask don t tell repealed. the obama administration began phasing out the policy earlier this year but on friday a federal appeals court temporarily halted its repeal
the fact is there are many options. the president says i want to do something big. he wants to have a big debt limit extension to go back to the old spend and borrow that got us in this trouble in the first place. if you want to do something big, mr. president, let s do some big cuts in the budget that accommodate to a hope that in fact we won t have these dilemmas in the future. shannon: dick armey, former house majority leader and now chair of freedom works, thank you so much for your time. thanks for having me. shannon: a couple of active duty and retired military members took to the streets in san diego to march in the gay pride parade. the group wants don t ask don t tell repealed. the obama administration began phasing out the policy earlier this year but on friday a federal appeals court temporarily halted its repeal while the legal battle over the policy continues. new research shows that falling could be an early sign
maryland. more so than other events. no indication if that is related to what happened in arizona. this is locked down. the press not allowed inside at all except with the exception of joe biden speak. lock down mode here security wise, thomas. is this a real venting opportunity for those in atte attendance to have the president s ear, not in a mean capacity, but in an expectation capacity of what they want to see in his next two years? reporter: well, thomas, as you know, the president s harshest critics after cutting that tax cut compromise with senate republicans at the end of the lame duck situation were the house democrats. a lot of them were in the caucus room in december saying no we can t, no we can t accept this deal. there is going to be some lingering tension. but most of that dissipates when the president actually goes in the room, puts his arm around more liberal members and say, look, i got health care path. i have don t ask don t tell
from the employees at the prison, maybe even the prison director who is missing. went missing immediately after the escape. they are known for drug groups. no immediate sign the gangs are involved. this is a mexican state prison, it happened just across the river from a texas town, a u.s. town. could be a landmark day on the hill. they are set to vote on two big issues, the dream act and the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. first up is a procedural vote on the dream act. it would give young, illegal immigrants who came here as children, many brought by their children, would give them a path to citizenship if they go to college or enlist in the military. this first vote, it s a
constitution, two-thirds of the senate. you only need 60 to break the filibuster for don t ask, don t tell. politically for president obama if he s looking to, you know, gain some points with the liberal wing of the democratic party or the democratic party passing don t ask, don t tell would seem would do that more than the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. that s huge. if you come to the end of this lame duck session, if you look have the vocal liberals within the party upset, if you look at the polls, it s interesting, the rank and file liberals aren t nearly upset but if you can counter that with, i ve got $300 billion of stimulus in this tax deal and also i got don t ask don t tell repealed, and this was on the heels of an election in which the republicans won 65 extra seats in the house, a think a lot of democrats look at that and say for everything in this lame duck session, that s not the worst scenario. the white house would rather get it all and thinks it s a false choice between one o