if there was a hall of fame for budget directors, then jack lew surely would have earned a place for his service in that role under president clinton when he helped balance the federal budget after years of deficits, when jack left that post at the end of the clinton administration, he handed the next administration a record $236 billion budget surplus. that was president obama yesterday nominating the state department s jakon lew to serve as the white house budget director. it s a position that lew previously held during the clinton administration. with us from washington, d.c. now, chair of the congressional oversight panel elizabeth warren who is back on the show. good to have you back, elizabeth. good to be here. let s, first of all, talk about what the oversight panel might be a little bit concerned about and that would be, if i m
reporter: long before the current battle, said bishop stephen blair, stockton chair of the conference committee on justice and human development, the catholic church was persistently and advocating for the overdue national priority. in the recent health care debate, the bishop a dollars they called affordable health care an injureient national priority and moral imperative. also mobilizing for the culture war is a group narow prochoice america, spending $250,000 in radio ads in four battle ground states. we scored an important victory when the president stood up for our health care and guaranteed insurance coverage of birth control at no cost. he s making sure women of all faiths, no matter where they work, can get contraceptive coverage. reporter: this impasse is likely to continue. just as white house chief of staff jakon lew told fox news sunday host chris wallace this post weekend, the obama administration is not revising this policy