overwhelming force, which is a drop in the stock market. that may be what finally gives us the urgency. remember back to september of 2008 when the house failed to pass the t.a.r.p. deal. we had a 700 point drop. i m not saying that s going to happen, but given all this build-up, it s really shifted from business, from ceos to consumers. that s what we re seeing right now. now it s in the mass populous. i want your audience to get a cup of coffee, particular starbucks, but i m going to bore you for the next 20 seconds. there used to be what they called the bond aage land, basically, the bond market was bigger than the debt market, and when things would get out of whack, the bond market would come in and fix it. it would sell u.s. debt, force change that way. now the federal reserfrserve ow
requisite number of votes. i would hope that john boehner to get certainly more than half of his caucus. let me remind you, andrea, when president bush came to a democratic led house and senate in september of 2008 and said we had a cal crisis that could thread a depression if we did not act, as you recall the minority of republicans or the majority of republicans did not support their own president. but the majority of democrats, a handy majority of democrats did support president bush because we thought the country was in crisis and needed help. not in a partisan way but in a bipartisan way and we were there. i think that would be the same in working with john boehner if, in fact, he can get significant numbers of people and reach an agreement with the president. steny hoyer, thanks so much. happy holidays to you, if you can have any holiday. we wish you well. we re here ready to work. thank you, andrea. happy holidays to you and to
a mall. three people killed there. so the context is just so alarming. senator feinstien, we talk about guns. it often overshadows the debate about mental illness. but in the vein of gun control in this country and presidential leadership, you heard from mayor bloomberg. this is how the washington post described the president s leadership back in july. i m not going to take away your guns, obama promised in september of 2008. however, he advocated closing a loophole that allows for gun purchases without background checks at gun shows and for reinstating the assault weapons ban. obama kept his promises to gun owners but not to gun control advocates. the president signed bills allowing guns in national parks and on amtrak. he has not pushed for the restatement of the assault weapons nor has he moved toward closing the gun show loophole. has the president failed to lead? i m not going to comment on that. he will have a bill to lead on because i m going to introduce the bill in the sen
not all at schools. and the number of victims going back to columbine in 1999 all the way to portland, oregon, at a mall. three people killed there. so the context is just so alarming. senator feinstien, we talk about guns. it often overshadows the debate about mental illness. but in the vein of gun control in this country and presidential leadership, you heard from mayor bloomberg. this is how the washington post described the president s leadership back in july. i m not going to take away your guns, obama promised in september of 2008. however, he advocated closing a loophole that allows for gun purchases without background checks at gun shows and for reinstating the assault weapons ban. obama kept his promises to gun owners but not to gun control advocates. the president signed bills allowing guns in national parks and on amtrak. he has not pushed for the restatement of the assault weapons ban nor closed the gun show loophole. has the president failed to lead?
back to columbine in 1999 all the way to portland, oregon, at a mall. three people killed there. so the context is just so alarming. senator feinstien, we talk about guns. it often overshadows the debate about mental illness. but in the vein of gun control in this country and presidential leadership, you heard from mayor bloomberg. this is how the washington post described the president s leadership back in july. i m not going to take away your guns, obama promised in september of 2008. however, he advocated closing a loophole that allows for gun purchases without background checks at gun shows and for reinstating the assault weapons ban. obama kept his promises to gun owners but not to gun control advocates. the president signed bills allowing guns in national parks and on amtrak. he has not pushed for the restatement of the assault weapons ban nor closed the gun show loophole. has the president failed to lead? i m not going to comment on that. he will have a bill to lead on