boehner agrees with the president the states may need help to keep from laying off teachers, firemen and policemen but argues spending should be cut elsewhere to free up the $50 billion. majority leadersy tosy tosy to agree steny hoyer agrees and says take it from unspent debt. it s accurate, there is spending fatigue around the country. people are concerned about the debt level and we are as well. reporter: boehner and others have been complaining for days that the leadership in the house has not passed a budget for the first time in more than 35 years. boehner evoked the chairman of the federal reserve who said last week the deficit is unsustainable. chairman bernanke also expressed his concern that congress has no exit strategy in place to get out of this mess. no strategy, no plan and not even a budget. reporter: why haven t democrats been able to pass a budget? some want large deficit spending to help those hurt by the recession.
they need help, services, help pay for health insurance. it s tough. very difficult. reporter: other democrats fear running up more debt when voters who are enraged by deficit spending. there are some democrats wisely who think if they pass a budget and increase the deficit they ll be voted out of office in november. reporter: it s apparent as well, since they ve offered this explanation why they don t have spending cut and send it to congress. it s question of whether it s exercise because we have little credibility. we have the house, senate, presidency with one party, all under the control of the democrats. reporter: new never fear, the absence of a budget doesn t keep congress from spending the money, your money, just keeps rolling out. though we re spending so much these days, 43 cents of every dollar spent is borrowed. bret? bret: unreal. jim, thank you. the lack of a budget in
constructive conversation. my hope is by the time the chairman and i meet on wednesday, that we made sufficient progress that we can start to actually see a structure that would be in place. reporter: the president says he hopes to have the announcement wednesday. the meeting at the white house with the b.p. executives would occur after the oval office address to the nation under the spill. under the administration pressure, b.p. said today would increase oil containment by 20,000 barrels a day. by the end of the month, by 40,000 barrels a day by mid-july. bret: major garrett in alabama. thank you. we will have complete coverage of the president s speech, plus analysis tuesday night. 8:00 p.m. eastern. the disaster has renewed the call by some to eliminate america s dependence on oil. foreign and domestic. correspondent james rosen looks at how realistic that idea is. oil can cause horrific accidents and environmental damage and often comes from the places where government is u
worked on in the way that katrina, you can send 100,000 people, it doesn t work or fix it. reporter: in orange beach, alabama, oil is on shore and swimming is forbidden. the oil clumps ashore and break apart, some bigger than others. they are breaking up the oil turning it to slightly brownish white. even after the clean-up, it s stained. but not everyone is boycotting. lisa brought her children and nephew down from greenville, mississippi, and says most of what she comes here for over the year remains. the beach is wonderful and the kids can play in the sand just like they always do. you still feel the breeze. you still hear the ocean. reporter: nearby theodore, alabama, mr. obama surveyed workers decontaminating oil slick boom at a 16 boom staging area laced across the gulf. white house is pressuring b.p. to place billions in escrow fund to pay economic and environmental claims. so far, we ve had a
gumming up the presidency, traveled for the first time to mississippi and alabama. while, there he heard from the coast guard and put in a chamber of commerce plug for local beefs. they are still a lot of opportunity for visitors to come down here. a lot of beaches that are not affected. his lunch was crab cakes and shrimp salad. later he declared seafood fit to each. the beach umbrella are over the soft, white, deserted sand. blocks away at a popular hangout, patrons are few. steve flats, 50, grew up here and before the spill ate seafood once a day. an obama supporter he says he is off seafood for good. in my heart, i don t want to fish or eat fish anymore. i don t trust anything out of the gulf. reporter: he says the oil spill viewed strictly as economic menace is worse than katrina. oil in the water can t be