We will have special lines for republicans and democrats independent, and active and retired military. The numbers are on the screen. You can also use social media on twitter, facebook, or email us. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. Two charts to help understand the piece of the budget puzzle that we are talking about this morning on the first front first 45 myth of washington journal and that is the 585 the 4 trillion request. What we are talking about this morning to my want your thoughts on defense spending and the increases that the president is seeking. Here is a comparison of the department of defense spending request to some other agencies on the hill. This is according to Washington Post this morning. The president s budget plan came out yesterday, and of course, all of the agency heads and undersecretaries Holding Press Conferences to talk about their agencys budget request for fiscal 2015 fiscal 2016. Secretary of defense spoke about how the 585 billion request is still a s
Insurance, and can now afford lifesaving treatments, will go back to the days of when they did not have insurance. This is a 56 the 50 sixth attempt to repeal the Affordable Care act. We need to work on ways of improving it, not having nothing unavailable to replace it. Thank you, very much. All three of you have come to this panel today to help us understand more about your ideas. 180 days is because we do not know what the Supreme Court will say. I think there is a serious threat egg and at least a part of the Health Care Bill as a result of the law not being utilized as prescribed by law. It is not to wrap us into a circumstance in which we cannot adapt to whatever the Supreme Court says. That is not a frailty. Dr. Burgess, mr. Scott just said that just about everyone has insurance today. You just made that statement. Is that right . Dr. Burgess . I do not know where the data comes from. I believe that may be an overestimation of the facts. Do we know the facts are . There are repor
The house proceedings, and we will see you live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern, 4 00 pacific. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , february 3, 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable charles j. Fleischmann to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. Pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five mi
President obama reset the goal for that initiative at the African Leadership summit. Those resources will help bring tens of billions of dollars in private investment to the african power sector. This budget request includes 1. 02 billion devoted to the feed the future initiative. The state aid managed portion of that will be 970 million. In addition to bringing more than 70 companies to coinvest with us in countries around the world this program has directly helped more than 7 million farm households move out of poverty and improve nutrition for more than 12 million children, who otherwise would go hungry, not by giving out food but by helping their families stand on their own two feet. Since 2014, the president s budget has ensure that we meet more hungry people at their hour of need. Look forward to working with congress to get that done on a bipartisan basis this year. In doing so, we hope to renew the unique policy partnership between the Food Producers shippers humanitarians, and
Happening this morning, the Supreme Court will take up the latest challenge to the Affordable Care act. Much more on that throughout todays washington journal. Democratslenny gainthis is the houston chronicle. This is a failure. To fund the department through september. No strings attached. Here is the front page of the boston globe. The house oks homeland funding. Divisions widen between john boehner and hardline conservative republicans. Also this morning their headline on this story. Homeland security receives funding. They say the gop capitulates but the war is not over. This is immigration is the reaction from capitol hill. I voted against this because it does not deny funding for the president unconstitutional action. He voted against what the speaker wanted to do. Since it democrats refuse Senate Democrats refuse to compromise. Another chairman who oversees reform panel voted no on the funding bill. I will not power amnesty. Harry reid tweeted out open or i hope we all i hope we