coming days. if 100 house republicans won t vote for a plan with zero tax increases, there s no way on earth they re going to go along with the gang of six deal. senator tom harkin nailed the republicans on this one. the sad reality is that america no longer has a two party system. one of our two parties has morphed into kind of a cult driven by a singular fixation and obsession, preserving and expanding tax breaks for the wealthy at all costs. harkin is exactly right. the republican devotion to protecting the rich is a religion in this country. there s no way boehner will be able to deprogram enough of his party to take a deal by august 2nd. president obama might be trying to buy more time with the tan man. jay carnie today left the door open a little bit for the possibility of a short term extension in order to get a bigger deal. the president has been clear that he will not support a short
to buy more time with the tan man. jay carnie today left the door open a little bit for the possibility of a short term extension in order to get a bigger deal. the president has been clear that he will not support a short term extension of the debt ceiling. there s no reason why we cannot come together now and get something significant done. what we mean by that, we would not support a short term skens absent of a longer deal. we will spoert the measures needed to finalize the details of that. that would be $4 trillion and hitting the big three. in that sound byte, is that the definition of kicking the can down the road? yes, is. president obama has clearly decided to make massive cuts to the debt by making modifications to the big three. i applaud him for holding the line on revenue increases.
increases could be part of it. everything is on the table except raising taxes on the american people. we, as republicans are not going to support tax increases. it is counter intuitive to think you can raise taxes in a sputtering economy. nancy pelosi listen up. listen to what she says before you react. okay? expected to meet privately with president obama today to discuss raising the debt ceiling. entitlement reform is expected to come up. reductions to medicare and social security. jay carnie says it s not news. pelosi and other house democrats expressed alarm at the proposal. we do not support cuts in benefits on social security and medicare. any discussion of medicare or
residents. so, they re all working hard down there, they re back burning, they re going to get control of it and we hope that they do that really soon. some stuff going out there. the wallow fire, by the way, is about one third contained. today, president obama is mixing a little business with pleasure. taking to the links for a bipartisan round of gulf with speaker of the house, john boehner, the first time the two have played together. and joe biden and republican ohio governor john kasich completing the foursome. many of them wondering what are they talking about. caroline shively, to be fly on the wall or do you think it s just a round of golf? jay carnie says don t expect any deals, any political deals done today. between the tea talks, we expect president obama and speaker boehner who talk about the the deficit and the rising 14.3 trillion dollar debt ceiling while cutting spending. even if the president, boehner and golfing partners.
$1.1 billion by the end of september. the findings, drawing sharp reaction on capitol hill, where a bipartisan group, led by dennis kucinich filed a lawsuit, against the president and against lawmakers for not speaking permission by the house against libya. the creative arguments made by the white house raise a number of questions that must be fut further explored. the commander of chief needs to articulate how it is consistent with our policy goals. speaker boehner was the one who prompted this report from the white house. white house press secretary, jay carnie, says the report should soothe concerns raised by congress. i think that it will continue the tradition and consulting