was wrong. the fed wasn t going to be that aggressive on interest rates. the highwire act republicans are dealing with right now. it only takes two or three to sink this plan, and it only takes one to create real problems right now. if one senator has deficit problems and gets a coupp el of his colleagues to come with him. mitch mcconnell has a math problem. i think there s a lot of issues here, and the most interesting element may be over the last month or so, republicans have been able to brush off what they would view as negative analysis. something that paul was talking about. and they ve still gotten to this point, yet they re not quite there yet. they have more work to do, and the reality of that is, that work is going to come tonight, largely tomorrow, and then they re going to vote to pass this, and it s going to move forward. when we return, significant breaking news on the president,
element you re seeing right now, you can dig through the various parts of the plan, regardless of where republican senators stand on the analysis on the joint committee on taxation, to mike s point, the vast majority of republican senators just brushed off the analysis today. said they didn t believe it. said they believed the modeling was wrong. the fed wasn t going to be that aggressive on interest rates. the highwire act republicans are dealing with right now. it only takes two or three to sink this plan, and it only takes one to cause real problems right now. if one senator believes the joint committee on taxation problems, if one senator has deficit problems and gets a couple of his colleagues to come with him. mitch mcconnell has a math problem. i think there s a lot of issues here, and the most interesting element may be over the last month or so, republicans have repeatedly been able to brush
deepwater gulf of mexico and it has major affect on my company. two weeks ago we laid off 18 people. that is half of his staff. he says the work began drying up almost the minute the moratorium was announced. we are talk about 700,000 of revenue overnight. we are going to go from a million a month to 300 a month in july. if i don t find alternative renew in six months i will be out of business. currently there are 33 rigs in the gulf that have been idled by the president s may 28 moratorium. some say a six-month ban is drastic, but needed in light of the continuing oil spill. deepwater drilling was highwire act without a safety net. now that we exposed that, it would be irresponsible to move forward without answering the concerns and the questions about how you make it safe, if you can. lawmakers from gulf coast states are fighting the moratorium. among them, two republicans. senator david vitter from louisiana and representative pete olson from texas. who proposed legislatio
deepwater gulf of mexico and it has major affect on my company. two weeks ago we laid off 18 people. that is half of his staff. he says the work began drying up almost the minute the moratorium was announced. we are talk about 700,000 of revenue overnight. we are going to go from a million a month to 300 a month in july. if i don t find alternative renew in six months i will be out of business. currently there are 33 rigs in the gulf that have been idled by the president s may 28 moratorium. some say a six-month ban is drastic, but needed in light of the continuing oil spill. deepwater drilling was highwire act without a safety net. now that we exposed that, it would be irresponsible to move forward without answering the concerns and the questions about how you make it safe, if you can. lawmakers from gulf coast states are fighting the moratorium. among them, two republicans. senator david vitter from louisiana and representative pete olson from texas. who proposed legislatio
twisting, suzanne. ate of arm twisting obviously going on on capitol hill and obviously the white house as well. aides i speak to realize that, look, this is on congress timetable, as much as the president pushes really, really hard, it s obviously up to lawmakers to make this thing happen. we ll get back to you. a highwire act for president obama, and he is working, you could say without a net. he flew to ohio today for another campaign-style pitch for health care reform. i don t know about the politics, but i know what s the right thing to do. and so i m calling on congress to pass these reforms, and i m going to sign them into law. i want some courage. i want us to do the right thing, ohio. hmm. i want to bring in our senior political analyst gloria, talking to white house folks throughout date about this process. wrap struck me about the president s speech is, he says, you know, i m doing this for natoma, the woman suffering from