she will help to concentrate on creating jobs and reducing the the deficit. meanwhile, while republicans have promised to keep an eye on the but, they are celebrating at a lavish ceremony tonight before the the swearing in. brian todd has the report. well, these have not been sworn in yet, and the fund-raiser of $2,500 a person is raising questions of whether the republicans are going back on the tea party promise to change things in washington. reporter: they took back the house ma jor the by saying they d fight for average family struggling in a tough economy and republican leaders said they would change the culture in washington and fiscal discipline will be a big part of that. i will tell you that we will cut spending. reporter: but one republican party in washington, the dancing and drinking kind is not so austere, and incoming house speaker john boehner headlines the invited guestscht it is a
that s right. middle of the country. $38,000 a year. and the average rent there is about $600 for low-income housing, affordable housing or two-bedroom apartment. now, a working family could conceivably get an extra rent payment under the obama tax plan. well, this is real money, and it could make a world of difference for a family struggling in a tough economy. i get all that. i still want to kill this bill and come back and get a better plan. for more on this, let s go to ohio senator, sherrod brown. senator, good to have you with us tonight. there are some good things in it. the earned income tax credit has been around for a long time, and it s borderline disingenuous, i think, for the white house to list this and sell it as one of the new things that s out there in what they negotiated for. how do you feel about that? is that job stretching it a little bit? maybe. i do like a lot of things in this deal, as you do, ed. you know, when we borrow $700
$38,000 a year. and the average rent there is about $600 for low-income housing, affordable housing or two-bedroom apartment. now, a working family could conceivably get an extra rent payment under the obama tax plan. well, this is real money, and it could make a world of difference for a family struggling in a tough economy. i get all that. i still want to kill this bill and come back and get a better plan. for more on this, let s go to ohio senator, sherrod brown. senator, good to have you with us tonight. there are some good things in it. the earned income tax credit has been around for a long time, and it s borderline disingenuous, i think, for the white house to list this and sell it as one of the new things that s out there in what they negotiated for. how do you feel about that? is that job stretching it a little bit? maybe. i do like a lot of things in this deal, as you do, ed. you know, when we borrow $700 billion from china, charge it to
wheresthenote.com. you say, i want to see the me. this is in a very obtainable document and one the banks are having a hard time illustrating and that is where this will put the pressure on our government to really deal with the core corruption in our housing market. you have someone koling up that really personalizes this. we have to go to break, but they are family struggling. a family, nine kids, six adopted, evicted from their home while in the middle of a foreclosure proceeding. they were never able to go to court. the bank said they were negotiating. they were evicted and the house was sold by the bank, but they never had the foreclosure process. so, the family came in, changed the locks and moved back in. the mother joins us at 4:00. thanks. absolutely. a pleasure to see!çyou. up next, you ll find out what s making headlines. stay with us.