have to be in tune with the president all the time. what burton was saying bob, i called you bill. what bill was saying was exactly right, that you have to just have somebody that you can trust, you can go to bed president go to bed at 11:00 knowing the chief of staff will still be there at 2:30 the next morning. here s the other side of the argument. if you buy what rich is saying, you have to disagree with what we ve heard from charlie rangel and the fact that passed over at least from what we re hearing for chief of staff were two deputies, nancy-ann deparle and alyssa mass trow mondayco. ? a problem for the administration? well all due respect i think it is a phony issue. when they are done picking the white house staff and cabinet, this will be the most diverse group of people that will reflect the country just as they did in the first term.
by drip process of trying to delay the implementation of this law which ultimately doesn t come into full effect until 2014. a lot of eyes on issa. as the floor gets going, you re going to be very busy for the next seven hours. thank you. msnbc coverage of the health care fight on capitol hill. s tomorrow on jansing & company. joined by nancy-ann deparle at 11:00 a.m. eastern. president obama s preparing for a chinese visit from president hu jintao. it will begin with a private dinner with president obserama the white house and highlighted with a formal state dinner tomorrow night. joining me now, john harwood. this is a very important relationship. put that in perspective for us. reporter: absolutely, it s an important relationship. the united states exports $100
conditions, that s what you have to do. jon: nancy ann deparle is white house office on health care reform director. thank you for being with us. thank you. jenna: for all the latest details on this developing story, tune in for america live ppg with megyn kelly, also go to foxnews.com for the newest breaking details. we ll be right back. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made.
exactly what he wants? yes. we think this bill achieves his principles and his goals for the american people. but, remember, ed, as you know, today the senate will take up a small package of tweaks to that bill. some fixes to improve the affordability, to make sure that the doughnut hole is closed for seniors, to strengthen insurance reform. so there s a small bill, 100 pages or so, that they re taking up today, that also has some really great provisions. and i m very proud of for pell grants, increase the number of pell grants for kids going to college and make other improvements in higher education. just to the left of you we re watching a live picture of the senate floor. this, of course, is the senate in action, taking up the reconciliation bill. and they re going right to work. nancy-ann deparle with us from the white house, this is rather unusual, but i am a business owner. i have a couple of businesses. i have to meet payroll.
and one of the unsung heroes of this effort, an extraordinary woman who led the reform effort from the white house, nancy-ann deparle. president obama saluting nancy-ann deparle, the director of white house office of health reform. she joins us live from the white house today. nancy-ann, congratulations. i know you spent countless hours working on this. i would like to ask you, what determined what went into the bill? who were you listening to? where was your what was the white house s major source of information? i mean, you did town halls. you listened to people. was it letters? was it e-mails? was it business leaders? how did you formulate this bill that the republicans claim is