We will have a debate on the balanced budget amendment this week in the united states senate. we ve got to get this job done. the president is there standing by, willing to help us, but we have got to accept the initiative as elected leaders in congress to really solve this problem and move america s economy forward. before i let you both go, i want to ask you about the breaking news and the arrest of rebekah brooks and world of the news in great britain, and rupert murdoch and the media empire is something that s reached here in the united states. would you like to see congressional hearings as to whether there s any tie here to the united states in this phone hacking scandal, senator durbin? yes, i would. i can tell you that there are questions about whether the foreign corrupt practices act has been violated by rupert murdoch and his news empire, and what s going on in england is startling to think of the extent that they went to to break the law to try to report a story. we n
2nd and a default, which would drive up interest rates and really hurt our economy. we will have a debate on the balanced budget amendment this week in the united states senate. we ve got to get this job done. the president is there standing by, willing to help us, but we have got to accept the initiative as elected leaders in congress to really solve this problem and move america s economy forward. before i let you both go, i want to ask you about the breaking news and the arrest of rebekah brooks and world of the news in great britain, and rupert murdoch and the media empire is something that s reached here in the united states. would you like to see congressional hearings as to whether there s any tie here to the united states in this phone hacking scandal, senator durbin? yes, i would. i can tell you that there are questions about whether the foreign corrupt practices act has been violated by rupert murdoch and his news empire, and what s going on in england is startling to t
Majority leader harry reid and mitch mcconnell are working on an approach which will avoid this terrible deadline of august 2nd and a default, which would drive up interest rates and really hurt our economy. we will have a debate on the balanced budget amendment this week in the united states senate. we ve got to get this job done. the president is there standing by, willing to help us, but we have got to accept the initiative as elected leaders in congress to really solve this problem and move america s economy forward. before i let you both go, i want to ask you about the breaking news and the arrest of rebekah brooks and world of the news in great britain, and rupert murdoch and the media empire is something that s reached here in the united states. would you like to see congressional hearings as to whether there s any tie here to the united states in this phone hacking scandal, senator durbin? yes, i would. i can tell you that there are questions about whether the foreign cor
The same group, but i can tell you what s going on. majority leader harry reid and mitch mcconnell are working on an approach which will avoid this terrible deadline of august 2nd and a default, which would drive up interest rates and really hurt our economy. we will have a debate on the balanced budget amendment this week in the united states senate. we ve got to get this job done. the president is there standing by, willing to help us, but we have got to accept the initiative as elected leaders in congress to really solve this problem and move america s economy forward. before i let you both go, i want to ask you about the breaking news and the arrest of rebekah brooks and world of the news in great britain, and rupert murdoch and the media empire is something that s reached here in the united states. would you like to see congressional hearings as to whether there s any tie here to the united states in this phone hacking scandal, senator durbin? yes, i would. i can tell you th
Congressional hearings as to whether there s any tie here to the united states in this phone hacking scandal, senator durbin? yes, i would. i can tell you that there are questions about whether the foreign corrupt practices act has been violated by rupert murdoch and his news empire, and what s going on in england is startling to think of the extent that they went to to break the law to try to report a story. we need to follow through with the fbi investigation and also with congressional investigations. senator demint, what do you think? david, we need to let law enforcement work here. congress has got a big issue in front of us. we need to handle our own business for a change. and the focus this week is on the only plan we ve got, and that s cut, cap and balance. all right, we re going to leave it there. thanks to both of you. coming up, the debt deliberations are dominating the discussion here in washington, but the question that remains at the top of voters minds, of cou