everybody enjoys, as david brooks called him, a blowhard. it s fun to watch. i actually think as journalists, there s a serious question here, which is what does don t trump want to do to perhaps end the war in afghanistan or does he want to continue the war in afghanistan? does donald trump want to continue the current rate of medicare growth or does he favor the paul ryan budget plan and the cuts that are in there? what does he think about the defense budget? and the responsibility also lies with media questions asking questions like this. they do ask questions like this. the first question that is always asked of him is about the birther issue. sure. because, you know, it makes headlines and also, you know, i do think he should be presented the evidence and we have to settle this controversy once and for all. i actually think the much more difficult questions is answer the question how you will solve the budget deficit. how you will try and end a war in afghanistan, those are th
bill. not one. according to the new orleans times picayune, a grand total of 101 such bills have been introduced in this congress. not one of them has passed. democratic congressman ed markey of massachusetts has interest g introduced a number of these bills, trying to toughen up the oil industry. whistle-blower protections for oil industry employees who disclose safety violations at rigs. tying drilling permits to the oil industry investing in better cleanup technology. none of those bills have become law. what has been done in congress, regarding the oil industry in the last year, what s happened? well, last week, house republicans passed their big paul ryan budget plan. that legislation, which dismantles medicare and calls for drastic cuts in food stamps for low income americans, that budget still manages to pay out 40 billionรง dollars in taxpaye subsidies to oil companies. no money to pay for health
passed one single spill-related bill. not one. according to the new orleans times picayune, a grand total of 101 such bills have been introduced in this congress. not one of them has passed. democratic congressman ed markey of massachusetts has interest introduced a number of these bills, trying to toughen up the oil industry. whistle-blower protections for oil industry employees who disclose safety violations at rigs. tying drilling permits to the oil industry investing in better cleanup technology. none of those bills have become law. what has been done in congress, regarding the oil industry in the last year, what s happened? well, last week, house republicans passed their big paul ryan budget plan. that legislation, which dismantles medicare and calls for drastic cuts in food stamps for low income americans, that budget still manages to pay out 40 billion dollars in taxpayer
according to the new orleans times picayune, a grand total of 101 such bills have been introduced in this congress. not one of them has passed. democratic congressman ed markey of massachusetts has introduced a number of these bills, trying to toughen up the oil industry. whistle-blower protections for oil industry employees who disclose safety violations at rigs. tying drilling permits to the oil industry investing in better cleanup technology. none of those bills have become law. what has been done in congress, regarding the oil industry in the last year, what s happened? well, last week, house republicans passed their big paul ryan budget plan. that legislation, which dismantles medicare and calls for drastic cuts in food stamps for low income americans, that budget still manages to pay out 40 billion dollars in taxpayer subsidies to oil companies. no money to pay for health compare for senior citizens.
trace: quickly, the paul 89, house passing the paul ryan budget plan. your thoughts? chris: well it is not going to pass congress. when it arrived at the democratically controlled senate it will be beat but it stakes out a position, a bargaining position, and, obviously, the obama plan, why necessity if you can call it a budget, but the plan he laid out this week stakes out another position and you have the gang of six, a bipartisan group in the senate that will be in the middle and i don t know that they will ever arrive at an agreement about the 2012 budget or not had year. we could be in continuing resolutions in 2012 but they will have to make a deal for at least some deficit reduction so though can increase the debt limit over the next couple of months and there will be a lot of negotiating or as they say sausage making, and it will be ugly. trace: and back to the congressional budget office report, chris, the nonpartisan congressional budget office, and the $38.5 billion spe