: baltimore. you are opposed? caller: yes. the lady that called about 15 minutes ago. it's the most beautiful speech i've heard for years. she was opposed to the bill. she said the people should do it themselves. i wanted to mention that. i worked all sda yesterday trying to reach senators because of the two violations to the constitution they were raising. i read the constitution in article 1, section 8, where all state hz to be treated equally on taxes and such. it's certainly a violation what they have done to these three states. as far as the president is concerned. i think he's the biggest con artist out there. >> mr. roberts, no. >> mr. rockafellar, aye. mr. sanders. mr. schumer, aye. mr. sessions. mrs. sheen. >> aye. >> mr. shelled by. >> missnow, no. >> mr. inspector, aye. >> there tester? >> aye. >> mr. udal of colorado? >> aye. host: the senate has now passed their healthcare bill. this is not the end. there will be some type of reconsiliation with the house bill which will pass on november 7th. we will continue that process but this is another step in healthcare reform in

the district or in baltimore this is wonderful for the process and iújy love having you guys here. i love teaching new and potentially big new in the future but, seriously, the fact that you're involved in this process is great writ my son is also involved in this kind of stuff and he wants to do can pay as part of which she was here today with you guys. this will be a tremendous learning experience for the next couple of weeks. ask questions of the guys and produce. ask questions and get their e- mail addresses. stay in touch with these people you want to follow up with barry we all have jobs. we are all hiring people and recommended people for campaigns. stay in touch with people you like and people you want to get to know. in another 10 or 15 years, you could be here teaching this class to the next generation. congratulations on being here. work your butt off in this class. good luck in 2010. i would be glad to take the questions. yes? >> can you talk about the fox news factor and how that affects the environment and if you saw anything similar in 2000-2001 and the opposite side a

morning in the "baltimore sun" they also look at the story from a distance -- different aspect. our question for you, though, this half hour is your favorite political story of the year. we will go to our first call from manhattan, and as we do, the year in cartoons. instead, democrats line, go ahead, you are first. caller: their christmas. host: thank you. caller: this health care story, we got no moderate votes. i think the republicans are to have their heads handed to them politically when all was said and done. there was no public option. if we would've had more bipartisan support -- this bill nelson from nebraska cost a fortune, his negotiation for this date -- for his stake, the medicare expenses being picked up by the government. i blame republicans for not being more bipartisan. i do not understand the idea of lowering the age of medicare would have been made by in program. -- would have been a body in program. host: do you think the idea will come back when they go to conference? caller: i do not think it will. my final point is that is a buy in program. it was not going to

, baltimore, peggy on the democrats' line. caller: good morning. i called to say that i do not understand when we worked we put taxes in. we never got a raise, but we stepped up to the plate when we did not have enough taxes. when it comes to the banks either we don't have enough money to even ask for a raise or loan. i don't understand why this is president obama's fault. we as americans have supplied the necessary taxes. we have never used anything, but then you find out that your bills at the white house before the president got there were not even pay. what does that say about the past president? @@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Å guest: that is a point that the democrats make fairly often, the president has been a bit more overt in his recent speeches to talk about some of the deficits that or run up by his predecessor, george w. bush. the white house is eager to say, wait a second of all those republicans on capitol that are complaining about deficit spending now, most of them voted for eight years of deficit spending under the previous president and they're extremely frustrated by th

york. that's all that is. thank you. host: baltimore, marlede on the line for inds. go ahead. caller: this has been the perfect decade of reaping what you sew. bush, i don't blame him for being an idiot. i think he's a product of what the ivey league schools are teaching you. i really don't blame him. he's a paun in the whole system that has been created. host: do you think there has been any lessoned learned we carry into the next decade? caller: i hope it is being good on the golf course doesn't make you a good executive. you have to actually take the test yourself. that's why i like obama and why i voted for him not because he's black but i think he can think. >> thanks for your call. >> terror attacks at finle changed our nation. host: back to the phones. maryland on the republican line. caller: my comment. please let me make it. in this decade, hurricane katrinaa and the misery and denial and response give tonet peopho most. it is a shame that still continues. you have a brown skinned hindu and now he's a chatholic. is louisiana any different with him being in the white

been listed in louisiana and on a local level here near our capitol, the "baltimore sun" yesterday reported on the death of the university of maryland pharmacologist cary john. she suffered an allergic reaction to a legal drug in the u.s. but purchased illegally from the philippines. apparently the counterfeit drug so closely resembled the legal version that two pharmacologists conducting the analysis after ms. johns' death could not tell the difference. local police have yet to identify the contents of the counterfeit drug. a few of my colleagues have already mentioned the letter sent last week by f.d.a. commissioner margaret hamburg outlining the safety concerns that the f.d.a. has about re-importation. specifically, the f.d.a. stated that importing non-f.d.a.-approved prescription drugs posed four potential risks to patients. let me go over those four risks. the first, the drug may not be safe and effective because it did not undergo the rigorous f.d.a. regulatory review process. number two, the drug may not be consistently made high-quality product because the facility in which

, they're doing their thing. we have opened three very large processing centers, one in baltimore, one in phoenix, and one in jeffersonville, kentucky. these processing centers are filled with machines, electronic scanners and sorters, that can process tens of thousands of questionnaires every hour. it's a massive operation. and then we have already printed hundreds of millions of forms. your press kit has a picture of one of our warehouses in the country stacked up with kits for interviewers, with forms of various kinds. it gives you a sense of how ready we are. we're ready to go on the form printing, still some forms are being printed. we're putting labels on the questionnaires that will be mailed out over the coming weeks. outreach and advertising, we have successfully formed partnerships with 135 organizations around the country. let me tell you what a partner is. a partner is a organization that volunteers to help us out. they volunteer to get the message out about the census to their group. some of these partners are national partners, some are large corporations like target