up the tax loopholes, you can grow prosperity and you can grow revenues. how do you think the reinterpretations of the buffet rule play out. it will get a lot of conversation, but in the end we need comprehensive reform of the tax code, not just taking singular pot shots. as we have been talking about, when it comes to a lot of movement in process in washington, d.c., with the president talking about his budget, we have senators toomey and manchin, we also expect and anticipate something on immigration reform this week, what do you think is going to be the hot button topic of dinner conversation tonight when you re at the white house. i think it s going to be the debt and deficit, it s going to be spending, reform of social security and medicare, that is the big issue that we have got to face. this is the year where we can face it politically, because
passion purchase a handgun to do bad things with it. even as my dad did, kill themselves. waiting a few days, helps. . today first lady michelle obama will make a rare speech on a contentious issue she s headed to her hometown of chicago to discuss the city s wave of gun violence. after speaking at a luncheon by mayor rahm emmanuel she ll go to harper high school. normally on the day the president releases his budget, the story of the day, today it may not be the story even of the hour. at 11:00, just when senators toomey and manchin are announcing their background check deal, is when the president is expected to speak on his 2014 budget in the rose garden. i say scheduled. perhaps they wait. his budget comes two months late after the house and senate have already passed their budgets for next year. we previewed the president s
off the house from actually putting its piece into the policy. but, jean, do we really think it will be a gun excuse me. freudian slip. done deal. yes, this compromise on background check feems real. there s reports the nra wasn t just informed of the compromise but may have been in the room as it was being made. so that the manchin/toomey compromise may get significant, 70%, 75% support because the nra may say we re not scoring it. toomey does provide some cover not just in the senate, he provides it in the house. the house members need it. the nra for a long time had been in support of broader background checks. so it is not inconceivable that there is some element of this that they can get behind. speaker, let me get you to jump in here a minute. how important would it be to rounding up votes in the house if the nra doesn t score this vote? doesn t score the background check compromise? if the nra doesn t score it, it ll be much easier to get the votes. the thing is, this
. all right a programming note for you, tomorrow i m going to be join bid vermont senator bernie sand ders who s driving social security cuts in the president s budget. now connecticut s governor rallied to her cause and this whole story has blown up in a big way. there you see senators toomey and pat manchin revealing their bipartisan deal in background checks and we ll hear how they were able to come together in a compromised deal between the left and the right. anthony weiner is describing his new political plans, it s a story that everybody is buzzing about today. the details straight ahead. [ male announcer ] it s simple physics.
to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com the house and the senate are back in action. on the docket, the budget, immigration and of course, guns. president obama unveils his already leaked budget proposal tomorrow before making his pitch to senate republicans over dinner. nothing like a little free food to quell the critics. the senate is setting pace for thursday on gun control legislation and a whole package of reform. senators toomey and manchin are working on background checks. some republicans promise to prevent a vote. they are being lobbied by the 11 newtown family members president obama brought with him to d.c. after monday s rally at the university of hartford. they re saying they ll do everything they can to even prevent any votes on these