and it goes on. so we are aware and we have to abide by that high ethical standard so let s get on with it. there s a meeting on tuesday between congressional leadership and the president of the united states, of course, we re facing a potential government shutdown here. what message do you want leadership in the house, leadership of your party to carry to the president? what are the nonstarters over funding taking place over the next few days? let s understand that the december 8th deadline for both the extending the debt limit as well as funding government is going to be preceded by a very, very significant and, in my view, a horrible vote on the tax cuts. take $1,500,000 out of the
you ve got to make the government work. got to do the routine things, funding government. i think we can get that done, too, by the end of the year. again, our fate s in our own hands. you re foolish not to recognize it s a midterm. nobody does well in midterns. have a lot of challenges. individually you ve got to be ready. your committee s got to be ready and most of all, deliver for the american people. tom cole, straight talk from you. republican from oklahoma. appreciate when you come on. i can talk politics with you a long time. anyway good to see you, sir. thanks for coming on. thanks. we ll be right back. everyone deserves attention, whether you ve saved a lot or just a little. at pnc investments, we believe you re more than just a number. so we provide personal financial advice for every retirement investor.
cuts, so they can see the benefits when they are running the midterms. we are focused on the short-term but they are focused on next year, the midterms. eric: some of the things they are talking about is attaching these agenda items to bills the other side can t vote no for. funding government, funding veterans affairs, they are catching some major attaching some major initiatives to these bills. legislation of legislative gymnastics. senator scott said last week that we are going to keep the tax increases in the health care plan, the ones i was mentioning for obamacare. we know how important it is to make capital available to individuals for businesses to be started. he said we will deal with that in the tax reform bill. no, you won t, because where are you going to get $172 billion in revenue when they are already struggling to raise revenue. if they think they can kick this can down the road even a few
because of the affordable care act and medicaid expansion there are more patients on medicaid that are coming to us for health care. this morning the majority leader kevin mccarthy said he wants to set up a select committee on planned parenthood like the one they ve got on benghazi. so this hearing was just the first step on the fight that planned parenthood hadn t planned on. brett? thank you. this hour, speaking of the house leadership, that leadership is trying to come up with a plan not just for gop intermural politics, but concerning the politically perilous issue of making a stand with a possible government shutdown looming, chief congressional correspondent mike manuel is up on the hill with more. house republicans are meeting this hour to talk strategy, a new approach moving forward. and critical work to be done on issues such as funding government with a tomorrow deadline. the house continues to focus its attention on the american people s priorities.
care act and medicaid expansion there are more patients on medicaid that are coming to us for health care. this morning the majority leader kevin mccarthy said he wants to set up a select committee on planned parenthood like the one they ve got on benghazi. so this hearing was just the first step on the fight that planned parenthood hadn t planned on. brett? thank you. this hour, speaking of the house leadership, that leadership is trying to come up with a plan not just for gop intermural politics, but concerning the politically perilous issue of making a stand with a possible government shutdown looming, chief congressional correspondent mike manuel is up on the hill with more. house republicans are meeting this hour to talk strategy, a new approach moving forward. and critical work to be done on issues such as funding government with a tomorrow deadline. the house continues to focus its attention on the american people s priorities.