democrats, not by us, republicans and democrats passes, the president will support it. bret: the first sound byte was march of 2009 and the second one from today. the battle is over whether or not you give continuing resolution, what the republicans favored, something that is a patchwork to extent the game. this game of chicken going on involving not only the christmas holidays and new year and possibility of having a session after christmas and week between christmas and new years, but the republicans hoping that things will lay over and they ll have more power in the new congress. there is no incentive for it. president wants the bill signed. bret: despite what he said in march. absolutely. he and the white house wants something that is their own. they are delighting in poking the republicans saying many of you have earmarks in the bill.
is fought for in the courthouse today. in march, this was filed in hours of president obama signing the bill into law. there are currently 20 lawsuits against this, filed entirely by republicans. they turn their eye to the court. it s a pattern we ve seen with other significant legislation in the country. the government argues choosing not to buy health insurance is an action that affects interstate congress. because everybody will use the system. playing advocate, they ask does congress have the power to force every american to eat procly because it s broccoli because it s healthy for you? to paraphrase the reply, everyone is getting nutrients of broccoli, i.e. healthcare, but whether they pay for it or someone else pay for it is another matter.
to do. the fact that is republican congress and president bush pass thunderstorm in the first place doesn t make it a bad thing. bill: but you know the left would crush him for that. you conceded, you tkpwhaeuf, and you lost. well, if you want to govern, you have to govern in the interest of the american people and not in the interest of any particular fringe of the political spectrum. you have to do what you believe is right, and the american people i think spoke loudly on november 2nd that they do not want to see taxes raised on anyone. bill: he pulls in the treasury secretary tim geithner and budget director, too, to join this panel of lawmakers from the house. is that how you get out of a corner? you take their recommendation and say this is what they came to me with, and i ve got to follow them on this one? bill, i think that s exactly what they re looking to do. i think they have an understanding. they re not going to be able to let taxes increase on all americans which will
being unveiled, raising the retirement age, cutting social security, a torrent of tax breaks all on the line guaranteed to spark fiery debate in congress and also from coast to coast. here is alan simpson. reporter: things are very different than they were two to three years ago waoefplt all know the figures and the math, and the fact really is thinks it, no more fun and games, smoke and mirrors. alchemi, countrying, demogry and making promises we can t possibly keep and no more cya. martha: no more cya. jims live from washington. reporter: simpson lays it on the linement this fiscal commission gathered to consider a revised plan for deep reduction in deficit spending.
today. we ve seen a number of extensions for these jobless benefits. that was the scene in cleveland last night, a group calling on a senator to support a benefits extension once again. moderate democrats have said they are open to do that but did not want to add to the national tebgt. one protester did not buy that. it s time to bail out the united states citizens, it s time to bail out main street. it shouldn t be tied to anything. martha: carl cameron is live on capitol hill. this is a tough one. reporter: christmas season is not the time that any lawmaker wants to be blamed for cutting off the unemployment benefits for folks not able to have their jobs for a while but it is a very, very big dilemma. right now there are about 2 million people overt next weeks that will see their benefit checks stop as a consequence of the lack of the extension. congress seems to do these sort of things in short-term periods.