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EVERYBODY. THE A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU HERE TODAY. THIS IS THE FIRST EVENT WE ARE HAVING IN OUR NEW CONFERENCE ROOM, AND WE HOPE TO HEADACHE IT A...
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| 00:00:46 |
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TO DIFFERENT PARTIES COULD STILL COME TOGETHER AND TRY TO DESIGN SERIOUS AND SUBSTANTIVE SOLUTION TOSS ADDRESS THE NATION'S BIG CHALLENGES. WE ARE...
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| 00:03:53 |
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ON FEDERAL BUDGET ISSUES WITH TWO OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS, DOLAN BAKER, AND OF COURSE WITH SENATOR PETE, ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH...
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| 00:07:04 |
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REITERATION AND MY OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM A GREAT DEAL HERE AT THE B.P.C. I AM DELIGHTED ONCE AGAIN TO JOIN THEM THROUGH SHEILA BURKE IN...
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| 00:10:15 |
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MANY OF THEM COULD. THE MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE AT THE MOMENT,
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| 00:10:23 |
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IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. BOB BIXBY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CONCORD COALITION, WHO I THINK OF AS SORT OF MR. DEBT AND BUDGET. STAND, PLEASE. JIM...
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| 00:13:23 |
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I HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY COME UP AND THREATEN ME. HE HAD ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN TO HIM LAST NIGHT. I GUESS THE WORST OF ALL IS HE LOST. WE ARE...
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| 00:25:38 |
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GREATEST THREAT TO OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM IS THE STRIDENT PARTISANSHIP WHICH HAS DEVELOPED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BOTH PARTIES THINKING THEY HAVE THE...
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| 00:30:39 |
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DOUBTLESS WOULD BE RATHER UNPLEASANT, WOULD BE ACTED ON? >> LET ME START. YES, WE HAVE A TIME FRAME. WE WANT TO REPORT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR,...
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| 00:31:07 |
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COMMISSION MOVES AHEAD, WE WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO BE KIND OF OF A GROUP THAT ILLUSTRATES THEIR WORK CAN BE DONE. IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WE WILL DO IT...
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| 00:31:45 |
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OUR LEADERS TO ASK THEM TO SACRIFICE. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE ARE GOING TO LOSENi THAT WHICH WE LOVE DEARLY. WE ARE GOING TO LOSE THE STRENGTH OF AMERICA,...
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| 00:32:49 |
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ADVOCATED -- >> HE IS NOT A PART OF THIS PROCESS. >> I KNOW. BUT HE HAS ADVOCATED THE ACCELERATED DEBT OF THE ELDERLY AS A WAY TO PROP UP THE SPECULATION....
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| 00:33:11 |
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| 00:33:13 |
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TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I AM NOT PART OF IT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. SOME PEOPLE WERE WITH THEM A MONTH AGO AND HAVE LEFT THE ORGANIZATION...
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| 00:33:35 |
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OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, BUT WE THINK HE IS A GOOD CITIZEN, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS HE IS FOR THAT WE ARE FOREOR AGAINST. IT SEEMS...
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| 00:34:23 |
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WE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THIS MATTER ANYWAY. FROM MY STANDPOINT, I THOUGHT THAT BOTH BILLS FAILED TO RESTRAIN GROWTH IN GOVERNMENT.
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| 00:34:42 |
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AND THEREFORE, I THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE AND WAITED UNTIL WE HAD A BUDGET PUT TOGETHER. THAT IS HOW I FEEL. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO...
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| 00:35:37 |
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NOT A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE LONG-RUN FUTURE PROBLEM. >> DAVE MCCONNELL, WTOP, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, SENATOR. WHAT IS THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM?...
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| 00:36:13 |
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THING WORK? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT AS POWERFUL A COMMISSION AS YOU COULD PUT TO TAKING THIS ISSUE, AND IRONING IT AND COMING...
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| 00:36:37 |
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BE PUSHED THROUGH ANY GROUPS, ANY POWERFUL GROUPS OR LEGISLATIVE GROUPS WHO ARE DOING ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WE WILL PUSH OUR APPROACH ON THEM IN THE...
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| 00:37:38 |
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THAT YOU CAN'T COUNT ON CONGRESS TO DO IT THEMSELVES? >> I THINK WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS WE HAVE LOST THE BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS THAT IT MUST BE DONE ...
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| 00:38:03 |
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A BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS REFLECTED IN THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF 1990, WHICH WERE WORKED OUT BY CONGRESS AND OPPOSITE PARTIES. IT PUT IN PLACE THE...
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| 00:39:12 |
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HAVE TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND SAY IT CAN BE DONE, AND TO DO IT BIPARTISAN. I THINK MAYBE WE WILL REKINDLE SOMETHING AMONG LEADERS THAT WE HAVE TO GET...
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| 00:40:16 |
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SOMEHOW COME UP WITH A COMBINATION OF INGREDIENTS THAT WILL BE POLITICALLY PAL ATABLE? AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF THE POLITICAL CALCULUS CHANGES IN...
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| 00:41:02 |
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NOT THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND IT IS NOT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE OPTIONS...
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| 00:41:38 |
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BIG, AND THAT WE HAD BETTER THINK BIG, ACT BIG AND TRY TO PULL OURSELVES TOGETHER SO THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING WE WOULDN'T OTHERWISE DO, IF WE CAN'T...
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| 00:42:14 |
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REPUBLICAN LEADERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE
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| 00:42:17 |
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SAID THEY WON'T COME TO NEGOTIATIONS WHILE TAXES ARE ON THE TABLE. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL SAID YESTERDAY HE WOULD COME TO A SPENDING COMMISSION, BUT...
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| 00:42:55 |
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IS SO BIG
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| 00:42:56 |
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THAT YOU CAN MEASURE THE AMOUNT
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| 00:43:00 |
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OF DEFICIT REDUCTION YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET. AND IF YOU WANT IT TO BE BIPARTISAN, SINCE THE AN AMERICAN DEBT, IT DOESN'T BELONG TO REPUBLICANS...
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| 00:44:08 |
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I AM BUCK. I WAS HEAD
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| 00:44:21 |
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OF THE TASK
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| 00:44:22 |
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FORCE ON THE 1993 CLINTON
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| 00:44:25 |
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TAX BILL, WHICH, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I THINK HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE PROSPERITY THAT WE ENJOYED FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THIS BUSINESS...
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| 00:44:40 |
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WE DID NOT GET ONE REPUBLICAN VOTE ON THAT, AND A LARGE PART OF THE DEMOCRATS THAT VOTED FOR IT LOST THEIR SEATS IN 1994. NOW HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL...
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| 00:45:29 |
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GROWTH START. BUT YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH GROWTH TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE IT HALF SOLVED?...
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| 00:46:12 |
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THE DANGER, BUTLER, IS IF THIS GOES ON THE WAY THE PROJECTED TO GO, WE MAY NOT JUST HAVE INCONVENIENCE. WE MAY HAVE DISASTER. AND IT WOULD BE GOOD IF...
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| 00:46:33 |
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THIS IMPENDING DISASTER, THAT THEY COULD TAKE STEPS BEFORE IT HAPPENED. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. [APPLAUSE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT...
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| 00:47:00 |
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IS PLANNING A VOTE TOMORROW MORNING
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| 00:47:02 |
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THAT WOULD REQUIRE CONGRESS TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE NATION'S DEBT. WE TALKED WITH A CAPITOL HILL REPORTER ABOUT THAT AND THE
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.