Reports on various topics. We just had one on student loans, for example. Then we do i host of scorekeeping functions. In support of the appropriations process. Tracking spending and helping Congress Figure out how much they are spending and how much bills will cost. Mr. Mcardle talk about who you answer to. Mr. Swagel we are a nonpartisan agency. We answer to the congress. We work through the two budget committees, the House Budget Committee and the Senate Budget committee, but we work for the entire congress. Generally our work is for the chairs and ranking members of the various committees of jurisdictions. If there is something on health care that would be in the senate for the finance committee or the health committee. And similarly in the house. And so in a sense we answer to all the members and support all the numbers equally on a nonpartisan basis. Mr. Mcardle all of the members are interested in your budget and economics outlook. What is the takeaway from that . Mr. Swagel the
With a taliban leader more attacks on the afghan army prompted a u. S. Air strike against the. Low will mark them to the program our top story this hour Turkeys Parliament has descended into chaos amid rising tensions over the countrys military policy in syria a fight broke out involving dozens of politicians off to one opposition member accuse the president of disrespecting turkish soldiers whove died in syria. On was also labeled irresponsible for sending troops into the conflict without air cover turkey has sent thousands of soldiers into syria to try to halt a government offensive in province or the brawl in the parliament followed the deaths of 2 turkish soldiers during an attack in Turkish Forces also suffered heavy losses last week when 34 soldiers were killed in as strikes 59 have now died in Northern Syria one is due to meet his russian counterpart in moscow on thursday to discuss a cease fire. Or. None of our martyrs none of our veterans and none of their blood none of their
The bloomberg candidacy. He is bypassing the caucuses and primaries. His eye is on super tuesday. Our phone lines are open, 202 7488001 is the line for republicans, 202 7488000 if you are a democrat and 202 7488002 if you are an independent. We are also taking her text messages, that phone number is 202 7488003. Be sure to tell us where you are texting from and your good name. Good sunday morning. We begin with president ial politics. We are in the february season of caucuses and primaries. All eyes are on the nevada caucuses a week from saturday. Virginia is a key state for bloombergs super tuesday strategy. If there is a state or Democrat Michael bloomberg could expect a return on investment, it is virginia. By investing millions, bloomberg helped democrats take back the statehouse last fall with full control of government in virginia, democrats have started pushing through legislation on everything from gun control to gayrights. The state could serve as the centerpiece of the strate
Of december and november was a very strong month for stocks, even though you did see some declines on black friday youre looking at the best returns we saw since june for all of the major averages. Last week again, you did see some big gains too right now the dow, s p and nasdaq are still less than 1 to 2 of the intraday highs with these gains, youll see them challenging that as tom mentioned. Although, i also remember last the first trading day of december last year. Not quite as much fun. I still have some night mares about that. Would not be the only one with scars leftover from that. I think the dow was down 15 at one point in december last year we were having a great year. Markets were up, not up like they are this year. Bottomed on christmas eve, december 24th and saw things take off from there. Its been a very strong year. Will a santa claus rally power the s p 500 and dow to their best year in a generation . Could happen. Were up a lot. What will that take to get there, 5 . Pro
The nsa leaker, better known by the dems as the whistleblower. These are some of the people the republicans are seeking to question. You know what . Its about to change. Corruption is corruption. And it must be exposed. I want to start with hunter biden and his 83,000 3 a month gig. I never heard of a board gig of a u. S. Company paying anything close to this. You might make 83,000 a year to sit 0 some boards. But not 83,000 a month. Something is amiss. You can go out and hire a guy and pay hip the same amount of money when he has no experience in the Energy Business unless there is a reason. In this case that reason seems to be connections to the obama white house. If the newhires father is Vice President of the United States and can influence distribution of fund toward a company and country, then guess what . It doesnt take a Rocket Scientist to figure out burisma saw hunter bind as an access point. The whistleblower the message i recall hearing back was the Vice President s son was