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obamacare was a huge legislative mistake has fouled up the health insurance market, put states in a deep hole in terms of the medicaid expansion in their own ability to finance it a few years from now. if i had the ability carl obviously i would get rid of it. obviously it s also chair he is still there so we will be discussing how to go forward on this issue when we get back. i will say this for sure there are pieces of it that are deeply unpopular to the american people. the medical device packs which has exported an enormous number of jobs, the loss of the 40-hour workweek, a big mistake. that ought to be restored. individual mandate. people hated so i think we will be addressing that issue in a variety of different ways. host: jackie kucinich this morning the washington post george will talks about what he says is a fresh start for congress and he makes reference to what senator mcconnell referred to as the medical device packs following a 29 billion-dollar blow ....
he was not using his own personal innuendo and i greatly enjoyed it and i hope you have more guests like that but he was right on target this morning. i am calling to say that i think like many people, c-span is wonderful but for criticisms i almost have none and i am a very partisan kind of person and you all do a tremendous job of showing just about every side of everything of the way people look at things in dc and elsewhere. i take my hat off to you. continue to let us know what you think about the programs you re watching. we are live on this friday morning for another look at the midterm election outcomes and how they will impact states and local communities by the governing magazines where it is just getting started. to discuss some specific initiatives but right now i would like to start with the governors races. you ve been tracking bees and predicting the rankings for more than a year as you ve done in several previous cycles. the republican wave that ....
the economy including home mortgage refinancing and the permanent end to congressional control over the debt ceiling. in return, president obama is offering republicans $400 billion in entitlement cuts over ten years. still to be negotiated. mr. obama also wants emergency unemployment benefits and a temporary payroll tax holiday extended along with the infrastructure spending and mortgage relief, the price tag for the president s stimulus bill could rise to $50 billion or more. after meeting with secretary geithner, speaker boehner said he didn t see any sign of compromise from the white house. first despite the claims that the president supports a balanced approach, the democrats have yet to get serious about real spending cuts. and secondly, no substantive progress has been made in the talks between the white house and the house over the last two weeks. eliot: no sooner had boehner finished then senate majority leader harry reid took the podium to challenge republ ....
well received. treasury secretary timothy geithner met with house speaker john boehner and laid out a detailed list from president obama that includes $1.6 trillion in tax increase over ten years. more stimulus spending to boost the economy including home mortgage refinancing and the permanent end to congressional control over the debt ceiling. in return, president obama is offering republicans $400 billion in entitlement cuts over ten years. still to be negotiated. mr. obama also wants emergency unemployment benefits and a temporary payroll tax holiday extended along with the infrastructure spending and mortgage relief, the price tag for the president s stimulus bill could rise to $50 billion or more. after meeting with secretary geithner, speaker boehner said he didn t see any sign of compromise from the white house. first despite the claims that the president supports a balanced approach, the democrats have yet to get serious about real spending cuts. and secondly, ....