and psychological associations say there s no evidence that it works and there s plenty of evidence in fact it can be hurtful and harmful. for days now congresswoman bachmann and her husband refused to answer questions about it. but today in minneapolis star tribune he defends the clinicses saying he and others do not deny they have tried to help homosexuals become heteroswals but it s not a specialty service and only at the client as request. will i address it? certainly. we ll talk about it. adding is it a remedy form that i typically would use? it is at the client s distropical depression. five years ago he flat out denied his counselling service engaged in reparative statement. the most he would say about it back then, if someone is interested in talking to us about their homosexuality we re open to talking about that. if someone comes in a homosexual and they want to stay homosexual i don t have a problem with that . he says reparative therapy is not a focus at bachman
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out a plan palatable to both sides, and there s a separate push for the balanced budget amendment. the president suggested this morning that the u.s. doesn t have time have for any proposals. we don t need a constitutional amendment to do our jobs. the constitution already tells us to do our jobs and to make sure that the government is living within its means and making responsible choices. so it this notion that we re going to go through a multi-year process instead of seizing the moment now and taking care of our problems is a typical washington response. we don t need more studies. we don t need a balanced budget amendment. we simply need to make these tough choices and be willing to take on our bases. everybody knows that. so august 2nd is the looming deadline. that s the day when the treasury warns the u.s. will have to decide which bills it will pay and which ones won t get paid. with no talks scheduled at the white house today, house republicans offering up their o
she shun the media spotlight or will she try to capitalize on her supposed fame? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president obama back at the bully pulpit for the second time this week to make sure ameripay bill. he went before reporters to keep pushing raising the debt ceiling limit before the august 2 deadline. he seems to be softening his terms somewhat. let s go to the white house. our correspondent dan lothian has the very latest. he said it time for law makers from both parties to make tough choices. he says he s been willing to put entitlement programs on the table, but even so, there s no deal tonight. and some republicans are saying it s time for the president to put his own plan on the table, not make another speech. president obama still thinks the so-called big deal option is the right deal. what s important is that even as we raise the debt ceiling, we also solve the problem of underlying debts and deficits. i m glad congressional leaders
opportunity to do something big. we have a chance to stabilize america s finances for a decade, for 15 years or 20 years. if we re willing to seize the moment. what that would require would be some shared sacrifice and a balanced approach that says we re going to make significant cuts in domestic spending. and i have already said i m willing to take down domestic spending to the lowest percentage of our overall economy since dwight eisenhower. it also requires cuts in defense spending. and i ve said that in addition to the $400 billion that we ve already cut from defense spending we re willing to look for hundreds of billions more. it would require us taking on health care spending. and that includes looking at medicare and finding ways that we can stabilize the system so that it is available not just for this generation but for future generations. and it would require revenues. it would require, even as we re asking the person who needs a student loan or the senior citizen o