start february 9th. faith, he gets two years. is that fair? the judge looked at a number of factors here but i will say, his punishment is among the most lenient we ve seen in recent major public corruption cases. when you look at this case even the u.s. probation office recommended 12 years, because they looked at the fact that he didn t take a plea deal. he didn t accept responsibility. he went to trial. he testified on the witness stand. they say he obstructed justice and they showed eight times where they believe he committed perjury. let me go on the point about recent trials. rod blagojevich, 14 years. former u.s. congressman, william jefferson, 13 years. former alabama governor don siegelman, six years. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell, two years. why the difference? the difference is because the
way to solve it was a one size fits all mandate that s increasing premiums by $2,100. cbo said it didn t reduce premiums. let me go on the last point here. there s a lot to get into. i want to go to medicare. you want to go to a premium support system. you re privatizing medicare. there s no other way to look at it. you want to make it more private insurance companies in the medicare system. no, chuck, that s still not right. if you read the plan, it says the government you continue to have access to the government run for fee service plan. but you re incentivizing you re trying to incentivize and create a private market inside the system. it s called medicare part c and d. medicare advantage already offers private plans. what we re saying is there are ways to allow the beneficiaries to save money. cbo said you could save taxpayers $15 million a year, and save beneficiaries 6% through out of pocket spending, with premium reform and medigap
any documents from the network, then admitted having done so and said it was done at the behest of the obama white house. aides to obama denied that but did not dispute that feinstein had complained to the council as the rare rift between the senate and ci arx deepbes. thank you. what do you think about the allegations that the cia spied on senate computers? let me go on facebook or twitter. use the hash tag #specialreport. as the investigation into malaysian airlined boeing 777 disappearance goes on, things seem to be getting more confusing, not clearer. correspondent catherine herridge on a mystery that continues to deepen. as the search for mh 370 expands to the malakha strait well beyond its last confirmed location in the waters between malaysia and vietnam, investigators are sharpening their focus on the transponder that went silent about an hour
about it. let me go on. let me ask you the second question. hold it, lanny, because this is an important point. he was offered $3 in spending cuts for every dollar in taxes increased. he got the reverse. the answer is true. secondly, john kennedy was shown on television because shaun liked the speech. you said a reduction from 90 to 71%. bill clinton increased taxes from 35 to 39%, started with a $300 billion deficit. ended with a trillion dollar surplus. all of you and i think you on television predictedicted thered be a recession. 23 million jobs later, there was no recession. lanny, if what you say is true, that the clinton tax cuts did it, why doesn t barack obama say let s have back all of the clinton tax hikes? let s have back all of the clinton tax increases object on everybody and we ll have a boom
trust in the lord to let me go on. reporter: ruthie lewis life has spanned 24 presidential elections. this is the time she s voted in one. she completely understands what she just did. my grandmother never forgets anything. i said tell me when and where because i will be there. reporter: family friend gerry ware registered her inspired by barack obama s election four years ago. i said i m going if the lord spare my life this time, and i made it up in my mind to vote. reporter: miss rosie has lived through major turning points in american history. she was just a child when the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. she was well into her 50s by the time jim crow laws were abolished, giving her the chance to do what she did today.