darman here on the news you need to know that that's someone is to remind
speakers
john bainer
his already lost the election in november
on monday house republicans presented their proposal to avoid the so-called
fiscal cliff and as you'd expect it's a giant kickin they've got to working
americans
republican proposal extends the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest two percent of
americans and reverses the automatic defense cuts which could cut into
profits of war profiteers virginia
the republicans claim their plans still achieves trillions in savings over the
next ten years by closing
unspecified text loopholes and by slashing spending
on insurance programs like social security and medicare
as well as public health care programs
and other social insurance programs for working people
republican proposal also raises the eligibility age for medicare two years
and sixty-five to sixty-seven
which poll after poll has shown a large majority of americans oppose altogether
republicans asked not a single dime of the wealthy in america while seniors the
sick the poor the unemployed and the young are asked to endure
rule cuts
the white house is already rejected the republican proposal saying it does not
meet the test tube
balance
this issue should have been settled by the election
republican still won't budge in the american people know what
that's when you washington post poll shows that by a margin of fifty three to
twenty seven percent
the nation will blame republicans more than president obama if congress drives
us over the cliff
and screwed news this week the text message turns twenty years old and today
police water read all of your tax
c net is reporting that several law-enforcement groups passed the senate
consider measures that will require telecom companies to store their
consumers text messages
for up to two years stinky as cops may need to look at them down the road
groups are hoping they can attach this position to a new law of the senate is
considering enough states decades old privacy provisions in the new cloud
computing era
last year roughly two trillion text messages were sent in america and each
telcon company has their own policy regarding how long those texts our story
only t_n_t_ singular does not store text messages horizon holds onto them for as
many as five days
sleaze proposal by law-enforcement groups could counteract several
amendments purple proved last
week by the senate
require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants to read emails and other
electronic communications
civil liberties groups like the a_c_l_u_ have already come out
opposing any provisional requiring xmas story
and pass private conversations vanished after you're done speaking and letters
could always be burn
but now fly in forest and gets its way to keep his these remnants of the fourth
amendment good
in us the rest of the news democrats in the house led by minority leader in see
below sea
are trying to force a vote on middle-class tax cuts
legislation already passed by the senate to extend the bush tax cuts for ninety
eight percent of americans is stalled in the house representatives republican
leadership is refusing to hold a vote on it
a fear of might
pass
today felicia democrats began circulating a discharge petition to all
members of congress
democrats get can get two hundred eighteen signatures on that petitioned
than automatically the legislation will be brought before the house
for a full vote
as below sea said
the clock is ticking years andy thrill important for to happen now
currently there are two hundred one democrats in the house meeting or maybe
get seventeen republicans
to sign the discharge petition and then keep at least seventeen republicans on
board with the middle-class tax cuts but a lot of pass
and they sound tough but when it comes down to an actual vote to extend tax
cuts for ninety eight percent of working americans
some republicans may just caved the political pressure
banks are trembling
of in post reports that four different sources on capitol hill have confirmed
that elizabeth warren
will indeed sit on the senate banking committee next year
public it's in the senate were successful two years ago and blocking
elizabeth warmth adding up
consumer financial protection here which she created
but now they'll have to deal with her keeping a close on the banks in the
senate itself
remember the banking committee warren will oversee further implementation of
the dodd frank wall street law and other financial regulations
dresses finally have a strong ally in washington's buchanan hyatt on the banks
the feds are already clamping down on legalize marijuana in colorado and
washington state
u_s_ department transportation now it's monday that marijuana still violation of
its internal drug policies and any d_o_t_ employees
regardless of whether or not the using marijuana compliance with state law
a suspension or termination for marijuana use
pilot school bus drivers truck drivers in train engineers
will continue facing drug tests for marijuana
governors colorado and washington are still waiting word
uh... department of justice on how the federal government plans to react and
leave legalize marijuana in their states
let's hope president obama tells his justice department just yet
min violate a new poll by public policy polling shows
but a full quarter
registered republicans want their states
to secede from the union
already republicans and every single state the nation filed secession
petitions with the white house
asking for a peaceful except from the united states of america
spirit of lincoln we can't let the nation to part mart however we can't let
all registered republicans leave
for the libertarian park paradise of somalia
we can't pay their way in caught cash for clockers too
that's the way it is today tuesday
somber fourth
went well
i'm john hartman