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HOLLEN SAID HE WAS CONCERNED THAT SPEAKER BOEHNER WAS STALLING. IN EVENT COMES WITHIN THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE BUSH TAX CUTS ARE SET TO EXPIRE AND DEFENSE...
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GOING BE REALLY BRIEF IN MY OPENING REMARK. I THINK THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TWO OBJECTS AS WE APPROACH THE FISCAL CLIFF. NUMBER ONE, WE'RE...
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THE TABLE. SO YOU'RE EXPERIENCED IN THIS, WHAT IS THE PRACTICAL DEADLINE FOR THE FORMULATION OF A DEAL, KIND OF A ROUGH OUTLINE IF YOU WANT TO GET IT...
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YEAR? YOU HAVE TO GET SOMETHING BY CHRISTMAS IF UP TO PRACTICALLY GET IT DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. >> IF YOU WANT TO AVOID
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THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PROBLEM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET IT DONE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK? >> I WOULD SAY
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BY THE END OF THIS WEEK IS THE MOST PRACTICAL TIME. I DON'T ASSIGN A HIGH PROBABILITY TO THE END OF THIS WEEK, I ASSIGN A HIGH HOPE BUT NOT NECESSARILY...
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SILENCE WITH THE PRESS BUT ARE KEY COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND RINKING MEMBERS SUCH AS YOURSELF BEING BRIEFED? >> I DON'T KNOW THE FULL
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EXTENT OF THE CONSULTATION. I DO KNOW THE TOP LEADERS AND SOME OTHERS HAVE BEEN KEPT INFORMED, YEAH. >> ONE LAST FROM ME THEN
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WE'LL GO TO BRINE. HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT YOU AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE MUSTER DEMOCRATIC VOTES IF THE DEAL AFFECTS THE COST OF LIVING...
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IN AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW BUT THOSE TWO PARTICULAR ITEMS CREATE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS WITHIN MOST OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS FOR POLICY REASONS. ON THE MEDICARE...
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BRIAN BUTLER. >> A LOT OF REPUBLICANS
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ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT JANUARY 1 -- THAT MAYBE THE HOUSE PASSINGS THE BILL BUT THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN...
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THAT REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY TO EXACT CERTAIN DEMANDSES IS ONE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE...
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OPERATIVE OR CAN YOU SEE A WAY THAT THEY CAN DO THE HEAVY LIFTING AND YOU CAN GET ENOUGH VOTES TO GET IT OVER? >> AS I LOOK THROUGH
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DIFFERENT SCENARIOS I THINK THE IDEA THAT THE SPEAKER MAY HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE, THAT DOES NOT...
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MAC THEN TO CHRIS AND THEN TO LAUREN FOX. >>
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BE INAUDIBLE] WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH SEQUESTRATION? NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. I WANT TO GET A SENSE FROM YOU WHETHER THESE DEFENSE CUTS ARE BEING...
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THE REASONS THAT THE SEQUESTRATION HAS GOTTEN LESS ATTENTION IS BECAUSE THE OPERATING ASSUMPTION -- MORE THAN ASSUMPTION, I THINK THE OPERATING UNDERSTANDING...
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CHRIS? >> TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK
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THE LEGACY OF THE CONGRESS WILL BE? WE'RE AT A BRINK OF AN ECONOMIC DISASTER. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR WHERE CONGRESS IS HEADING? >> WELL, I THINK,...
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WE KNOW THE 112TH CONGRESS, AT LEAST IS JUDGED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND ALSO JUDGED BY OVERALL WORK PRODUCT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LEAST PRODUCTIVE CONGRESS...
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I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE POINT THAT YOU MADE ABOUT THE SPEAKER NEEDING TO BRING A PLAN TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE THAT THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAUCUS WOULDN'T...
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SIDE? >> YES. >> I DON'T KNOW
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HOW IT IS GOING. THERE ARE SOME REPORTS THEY HAVEN'T BEGUN, WE'RE TESTING DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WITH THEIR MEMBERS YET SO WE DON'T KNOW. THE POINT I THINK...
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SCENARIO IN WHICH THE SPEAKER BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR THAT BASICALLY EXTENDED THE MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUTS BUT PRETTY MUCH NOTHING ELSE. ARE THOSE -- UNDER...
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QUESTIONS -- RIGHT IF YOU BROUGHT THAT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE THE DEMOCRATS WOULD VOTE FOR IT. WE CALLED FOR THE SPEAKER TO BRING THE BILL TO THE...
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IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE STIMULUS MEASURES AND THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL. I'M TOLD THEY ARE NOT A PRIORITY IN DISCUSSIONS RIGHT...
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LATER? >> SURE. I THINK THE PRESIDENT, ACTUALLY, IS VERY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE LEGISLATION TO EXTEND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY...
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COREY. >> I UNDERSTAND
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YOUR DEMOCRATIC CONCERNS TO CUTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY. IF THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER REACH A DEAL DO YOU PLAN A PASSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?...
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YOU CAN'T PREDICT WHAT WILL PASS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OR THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. I THINK THE PRESIDENT -- I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE CONFIDENT OF THE...
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| 00:27:04 |
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SYSTEMS. >> TWO QUESTIONS. THE FOCUS HAS BEEN AMONG DEMOCRATS ON TAXES. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE SUGGESTION THAT DEMOCRATS TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK...
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PART OF THE QUESTION? >> WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
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IN THE NEXT CONGRESS? >> ON THE -- FIRST OF ALL,
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LET'S REMEMBER THE FISCAL CLIFF HAS DEFINED THE KIND OF ISSUE BEFORE US, RIGHT? THE FISCAL CLIFF CONTAINS $5 TRILLION IN REVENUE, JUST A SIDE HERE,...
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JACKIE? >> I WANTED TO ASK
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ABOUT SEVERAL AREAS WHERE THE DEMOCRATS LEVERAGE MIGHT NOT BE SO GREAT. ON C.P.I. AND THE MEDICARE RETIREMENT AGE. HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT SAY NO TO...
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ITS EQUIVALENT. AS YOU KNOW IN THE DECEMBER 2010 TAX DISCUSSIONS, WE AGREED THAT WE WOULD REPLACE WHAT HAD BEEN THE MAKE WORK PAY TAX CREDIT AND THAT...
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COUPLE MINUTES LEFT SO LET'S GO TO PAUL. >> I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
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ABOUT THE ELECTIONS IN VIRGINIA BUT IN ANSWERING JACK'S QUESTION. ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THE SPEAKER WANTS TO WAIT UNTIL HE'S RE-ELECTED UNTIL HE...
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| 00:38:58 |
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CONCERNED ABOUT AND THIS SORT OF SEGWAY OUT OF THE QUESTION ABOUT THE RULE, YOU KNOW, MY VIEW IS -- A DEAL THAT WOULD BE PERCEIVED BY THE VAST MAJORITY...
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BIG ELECTION COMING UP FOR GOVERNOR. BUT THE STATE'S GONE FOR OBAMA TWICE NOW, THINGS SEEM TO BE CHANGING OVER THERE, AND YOU HAVE A WELL-KNOWN DEMOCRAT...
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THE LAST ELECTION SHOWED IT WAS NOT. AS YOU INDICATED, EVEN THOUGH MCDONNELL WON THE PRESIDENT -- >> YOUR PARTY GOT HIT
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PRETTY HARD. >> I'M SORRY YOU MEAN IN
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THE
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MID-TERM. >> YEAH. >> I DON'T THINK THAT IS A
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BELL WEATHER. WE GOT HIT HARD FOR A WHOLE VARIETY OF OTHER REASONS PRINCIPLELY BEING THAT -- THE DEMOCRATS WERE STILL IN CHARGE OF THE WHITE HOUSE,...
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LAST QUESTIONS. >> I HAVE
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ONE QUICK QUESTION. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HASN'T AT LEAST UNLY PUSHED THAT AT ALL. THEY HAVEN'T ANSWERED QUESTIONS...
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| 00:43:24 |
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THAT IT WAS ON A LIST OF THINGS THEY WANT TO INCLUDE BUT I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT FOR SURE IS TO ASK THEM, AGAIN. I DO THINK THEY RECOGNIZE...
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| 00:45:21 |
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A DIFFERENT TOPIC, MORE ABOUT POLITICS. YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU HAVE TWO NEW COUNTIES IN YOUR DISTRICT AND THE NEXT CONGRESS IS GOING TO START THE NEXT...
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THINK WE CAN GET THERE. WE THINK WE CAN PICK UP THE MAJORITY. AS YOU KNOW, WE PICKED UP THE FINAL COUNT, I THINK WAS EIGHT SEATS IN WHAT TURNED OUT...
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SIR. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >>
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