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THIS SESSION. A SESSION ENTITLED, IS THE BROKEN BRANCH ON THE MEND? A CONGRESSIONAL REPORT CARD AND FALL PREVIEW. I'M
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JOINED BY TWO COLLEAGUES, AND DEAR FRIENDS, SARAH BINDER ON MY RIGHT IS A SENIOR FELLOW AT BROOKINGS AND A PROFESSOR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY....
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| 00:04:00 |
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OF SPIN,
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| 00:04:01 |
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OF SOME DATA, AND I THINK A FAIR AMOUNT OF -- OF MISINTERPRETATION OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY GONE ON. IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET A REASONABLE BASELINE TO BEGIN...
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| 00:22:43 |
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ISSUES HAVE -- SOME OF THEM HAVE MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SENATE. MANY HAVE GROUND TO A HALT OR YET MADE THEIR WAY OFF TO CONFERENCE. IMMIGRATION...
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| 00:26:57 |
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OF GETTING THOSE 60 VOTES. : MENTAL HEALTH PARITY ACT, RP ON A DAILY BASIS, THE MAJORITY LEADER FACES ALL SORTS OF CHALLENGES ON ALL SORTS OF BILLS AND...
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| 00:31:26 |
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ABLE TO
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| 00:31:28 |
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OPERATE IN A PERIOD OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, BELIEVING TO SOME DEGREE THAT DIVIDED GOVERNMENT OFFERED MORE OPPORTUNITIES ACTUALLY FOR ACTION AND FOR...
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| 00:48:59 |
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IS COMING RIGHT AROUND. >> HI. JANE WEST WITH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION. I WONDER IF YOU MIGHT COMMENT ON THE SORT...
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| 00:49:21 |
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HOUSE INTRODUCED A DRAFT DISCUSSION BILL, THERE WILL BE A HEARING NEXT WEEK. HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE INTENDS TO MOVE IT. IT IS A BIPARTISAN DRAFT....
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| 00:50:06 |
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BUT WITH GEORGE MILLER IN THE HOUSE, WHEN WE GOT A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER TO MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT HE WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH...
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| 00:51:52 |
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REST OF
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| 00:51:54 |
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THIS YEAR? >> OKAY. THE AGENDA OF CONGRESS IS FILLED WITH ITEMS OF GREAT RELEVANCE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING ONES...
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| 00:52:15 |
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THE STANDARD BY WHICH CAPITAL GAIN OR ORDINARY INCOME THAT HEDGE FUND OPERATORS, HEDGE FUND EXECUTIVES ARE SUBJECT TO. BUT IF YOU GO DOWN THE LIST...
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| 00:55:28 |
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THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT PRIOR TO ANY BILL OR VETO. SECONDLY, WHAT ROLE YOU SEE MESSAGING OR MARKETING OF MESSAGING THAT FITS BUMPER STICKER VERSE...
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| 00:56:15 |
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ON CONFIRMATION
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| 00:56:16 |
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IN THE SENATE. THE PRESIDENT STAKED OUT A VETO POSITION BEFORE THE BILL COMES TO THE FLOOR BUT YOU DON'T SEE REPUBLICAN SENATORS COMING UP LOCK STEP...
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| 00:57:18 |
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THREAT, IT WAS BASICALLY BAUCUS AND GRASSLEY VERSUS BUSH. NOW, CHUCK GRASSLEY IS NOT YOUR GARDEN VARIETY MODERATE REPUBLICAN, BUT HE SAW A NEED TO DO...
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| 00:59:30 |
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BY CONNECTING TO IT THE REDUCTION IN THE SUBSIDY FOR MEDICARE PLUS, SOMETHING THEY HAVE BAENEEN BAENEEN CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO DO FOR SOME TIME, SORT...
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| 01:01:47 |
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COMMITTEE LEVEL THAT NORM SPOKE ABOUT MIGHT REVEIL IN AN OVERRIDE VOTE? >> I MEAN IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT YET DECIDED ON THEIR STRATEGY...
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| 01:02:15 |
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HAVE DONE. THERE'S ONE, OH, THE VETERANS BILL ARE ONES THAT HE'S GOING TO MOVE AHEADO BUT IT ISN'T CLEAR THERE ARE ANY OTHER TIME IN SEPTEMBER TO...
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| 01:02:31 |
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THEN MOVE FOR FINAL APPROVAL. SO THEY MAY
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| 01:02:35 |
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BE DEVELOPING A SORT OF STRATEGY OF CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THE BEST KIND OF DEAL THEY CAN THERE. ORIGINALLY THE IDEA WAS TO...
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| 01:04:46 |
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BECAUSE OF THE DIMINISHED RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO COVER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE FEWER REPORTERS WHO ARE COVERING WASHINGTON, WHO ARE COVERING CONGRESS...
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| 01:04:59 |
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OF PLACES THAT PEOPLE WILL COVER A BEAT FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN THEY WILL LEAVE IT. SO THE NUMBER OF REAL VETERANS WHO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE INS AND...
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| 01:07:04 |
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THAN THEY DESERVE. THIS ALL CAME TO LIGHT BECAUSE OF CUNNINGHAM AND THE CORRUPTION INVOLVED. BUT IRONICALLY HE DIDN'T WORK VIA EARMARKS. HE WOULD ACTUALLY...
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| 01:09:46 |
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MUCH AS ANYTHING, IS A DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE EXPECTATION THAT THE CHANGE FROM THE ELECTION WOULD RESULT IN A CHANGE IN IRAQ IS JUST NOT BEEN MET. ...
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| 01:10:01 |
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GROUND, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THESE APPROPRIATIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF REACHING SOME KIND OF A DEAL. THE HOUSE ACTED WITH SOME DISPATCH ON...
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| 01:11:51 |
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GIVEN THAT DEMOCRATS COULDN'T GET THE WITHDRAWAL DEADLINES THEY WANTED, THERE WAS AN A SAY, LET'S HAVE SOME REPORTING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THE GROUND,...
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| 01:12:49 |
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DICE AND HE HAS THE ROOM, AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND THE POLITICS ARE SUCH THAT HE COULD PUT THAT VERY MUCH IN TO ACTION. BUT I HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENT...
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| 01:16:44 |
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FANTASTIC STUFF. I'M SORRY, I'M MORE OF THE PRESS ISN'T THERE. ALSO WITH THE END OF THE IMMIGRATION BILL THERE WERE A LOT OF INDICATIONS THAT THEY WERE...
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| 01:18:13 |
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WITH IT, TAKES OVER. THEN THOSE TRAINS THAT ARE LEAVING THE STATION THAT YOU WERE PRETTY SURE WILL REACH A DESTINATION WILL END UP LOADED WITH ALL...
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| 01:19:04 |
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SENATE IN MORE REPUBLICAN-MIXED DISTRICTS. SO RATHER THAN START THAT PROCESS THEY WOULD RATHER LET IT SIT. I THINK IN POLITICAL TERMS THEY BELIEVE THE...
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| 01:20:11 |
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LESS TENSION OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, BUT STARTED THE CONGRESS WITH A LITTLE PROCEDURAL TIF BETWEEN LEADERS IN THE HOUSE SETTLING IN TO PROCESS...
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| 01:20:23 |
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GLOBAL WARMING. SEEMS TO ME THERE'S A GROWING, SLOWLY AGREEMENT OR CONSENSUS THAT IN FACT THERE MAY BE WAYS TO STRUCTURE EFFORTS TO LIMIT GREENHOUSE...
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| 01:21:44 |
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CARL LEVIN, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE, STANDS WITH HIS STATE COLLEAGUES AND THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY TO TRY AND BLOCK SOME VERY...
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| 01:23:23 |
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STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION, THOSE ARE THE I THINK THE TWO KEY MATTERS. IT'S POSSIBLE STILL, BUT I THINK...
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| 01:25:16 |
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SYSTEM. SO HERE WE ARE WITH THAT SYSTEM ON STEROIDS, IF NOT
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| 01:25:22 |
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WORSE. AND THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE
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| 01:25:24 |
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FOR ALL THREE OF YOU IS TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS MADISONIAN ON STEROIDS A FUNCTION OF LONGER TERM STRUCTURAL ISSUES LIKE REAPPORTIONMENT THAT'S GIVING...
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| 01:26:52 |
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ONE NOTE ON THAT MADISONIAN SYSTEM. MADISON MORE OR LESS DID NOT COMPLETELY ANTICIPATE WHAT PARTIES WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY WOULD ARISE, NO PROVISION...
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| 01:27:09 |
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UNDERSTOOD, NO ONE UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF NATIONAL PARTIES THAT WOULD EMERGE OVER THE NEXT 200 YEARS. WHEN YOU PUT A PARTY SYSTEM OVERALL, THESE...
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| 01:28:18 |
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IF ECONOMISTS ARE NOW SAYING IT'S NOWHERE NEAR AS EFFICIENT AS A CARBON TAX, BUT YOU HAVE THAT GROUND. YOU HAVE IT IN PLENTY OF OF AREAS OF HEALTH...
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| 01:30:23 |
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YEARS. BUT LEADERS AS NORM SUGGESTS ARE NOT MERELY WAIFS AMID FORCES, THEY'RE THERE TO EFFECT THE PARTY SYSTEM IN WAYS THAT MIGHT DIMINISH SOME OF THE...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.