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Slen, Peter - Host
MOST PRODUCTIVE IN DECADES. WE WILL LOOK AT THE 111 CONGRESS AND WHAT IT PRODUCED AND WHAT IT DIDN'T DO AS WELL. WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS THE 111 CONGRESS...
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AND PASSED CONGRESS HAS BEEN A TOTAL FAILURE. A THING BETWEEN "DON ASKED, DON'T TELL" AND 9/11 LAW ENFORCEMENTS OF OUR BILL, THOSE MIGHT BE THE ONLY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THAT
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HIS SUCCESSES ARE SPELLING THE DECLINE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT IT ON OURSELVES WITH THIS INSISTENCE ON THIS IDEOLOGICAL...
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Slen, Peter - Host
CALLER: I THINK WHAT IS GOING ON IS THE REPUBLICANS KEPT VETOING EVERYTHING AMERICANS NEED -- I
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MEAN, FILIBUSTERING, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA BECAUSE I FEEL REPUBLICANS PUT THEM IN THERE -- THEY SCREWED UP AMERICA SO THAT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HEALTH-CARE REFORM, FINANCIAL REGULATORY REFORM, STIMULUS SPENDING, TAX CUTS, " PODCAST, DON'T TELL" REPEAL, START TREATY RATIFIED AND 9/11 RESPONDER'S...
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OF THE ONE CALL IN 30 DAYS. THERE IS A GUY FROM MICHIGAN WHO CALLS ALMOST EVERY DAY. HE GETS ON THE AIR EVERY TIME HE CALLS. AND THE REASON YOU LET...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WHO IS SINGING THE PRAISES OF A CONGRESS WHO HAS A 13% APPROVAL RATING.
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EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID IT WAS EVERYTHING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DID NOT WANT. IT WAS NOT ONLY UNEMPLOYMENT THAT THEY GOT SHELLACKED -- IT WAS BECAUSE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
EVERYONE. I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO "WASHINGTON JOURNAL"
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FOR PROBABLY FIVE YEARS. I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST PRESIDENT THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IN A LONG, LONG TIME. I THINK IT IS REALLY A SHAME THAT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
AM A FIRST-TIME CALLER. HOST: WELCOME.
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CALLER: MY COMMENT IS ON THE 111 CONGRESS, THE MOST PRODUCTION. -- PRODUCTIVE.
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THE 13% APPROVAL RATING TO ME, IN MY OPINION, IS DUE TO ACTUAL DENIAL OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN MY FEELINGS -- TWO FIRST...
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Slen, Peter - Host
CALLER: I THINK IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE CONGRESS WE HAVE EVER HAD. THE AMOUNT
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OF MONEY, AMOUNT OF FEDERAL MONEY THEY SPENT IN THEIR CONGRESS ADDS UP TO MORE MONEY THAN WAS SPENT FROM THE FIRST TO THE 109TH CONGRESS COMBINED. IF...
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| 00:13:26 |
Slen, Peter - Host
TODAY," CONGRESS HITS STRIDE AT END OF LAME-DUCK SESSION. THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE ARTICLE BY JOHN FRITZ. OSAGE BEACH, MISSOURI. YOU ARE ON THE AIR....
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IF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE DO NOT SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT. AT LEAST, FOR ALL OF THIS CRITICISM, GEORGE BUSH IS A U.S. CITIZEN. THANK YOU. HOST: DETROIT,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
CONGRESS -- THE MOST PRODUCTIVE EVER AND HERE IN MICHIGAN WE HAVE SUFFERED THE MOST OUT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. I SIMPLY FEEL, GIVING IT SOCIAL SECURITY...
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| 00:15:20 |
Slen, Peter - Host
STANDARD THE LAST ONE THEY LIST IS BIPARTISANSHIP HAS BROKEN OUT IN WASHINGTON. THE NEXT CALL, INDIANA. BOB, REPUBLICAN LINE. YOU ARE ON THE AIR. CALLER:...
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RID OF SOME OF THESE REPUBLICANS IN THE NEXT ELECTION. "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" -- THEY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN SOLDIERS OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT OF THE SERVICE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
NOW I GO TO WORK. HOST: WHAT WERE YOU DOING PRIOR? CALLER: WORK IN A FACTORY. HOST: THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. FROM "THE NEW YORK POST."
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| 00:16:44 |
Slen, Peter - Host
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA. SCOTT ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? CALLER: UPSET AT THE UNEMPLOYMENT -- I FELT WE WERE KIND OF DUPED. 15.8%,...
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ON 16% UNEMPLOYMENT. I HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR AWHILE. I AM A 99ER. I MAINTAINED JOB SCHEDULES -- THERE WERE ABLE TO CHECK AND LOOK AND COULD NOT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IN -- "THE WASHINGTON TIMES" THIS MORNING. ALASKAN PORK ROLLS FOR THE ALASKAN -- ALASKAN COURT RULES FOR MURKOWSKI. JANET, GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND. CALLER:...
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2% AND GETTING INTO THE IRAQ WAR WHICH WAS UNNECESSARY. I AM DISAPPOINTED IN A PRESIDENT OBAMA BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FIGHT FOR GOING BACK TO THE TAXES FOR...
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Slen, Peter - Host
AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. I AM CALLING BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN PRODUCTIVE AT ALL.
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I AM A DISABLED VETERAN. I HAVE BEEN DISABLED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I SERVED DURING DESERT STORM. I AM NOT GETTING ANYTHING. I ENTERED PORT. -- I AM DIRT-POOR....
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Slen, Peter - Host
TALKING ABOUT OF $4.9 BILLION HEALTH BILL THAT PASSED CONGRESS YESTERDAY. GEORGIA. CHARLES, REPUBLICAN. CALLER: YES. I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE AFRAID IN...
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LIFE. I AM 82 YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE JUST ABOUT RUINED IN THE COUNTRY. IF WE CAN'T HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTIVE, REAL REPUBLICANS GET UP THERE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HIGH TAXES, THE STIMULUS, THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN -- JUST ABOUT ALL OF IT. EVERY TIME
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I HEAR DEBATES ABOUT THESE PEOPLE ARE RICH -- THESE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RICH, WE WANT TO TAX THE HECK OUT OF THEM. BUT IF WE DID NOT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
KYLE IN HENDERSON, NEVADA. DEMOCRAT. CALLER: NOW I AM SO CONFUSED WITH WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY -- I AM
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A CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE CONGRESS SHOULD BE PATTING THEMSELVES ON THE BACK WHERE THE PRESIDENT. I THINK WHAT THEY PROVED IS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
CALLER: I WOULD SAY -- YOU CAN TELL THE HOUSING, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, THERE ARE HOUSES THAT ARE BOARDED UP AND
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I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD TO MOVE, WHO LOST THEIR HOMES. THERE JUST AREN'T A LOT OF JOBS HERE. I SHOULD NOT SAY THAT -- THERE ARE JOBS, BUT THERE...
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PEOPLE -- AND THAT WAS ANOTHER LIE. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS TO US. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE LETTING THIS HAPPEN. ...
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| 00:25:03 |
Slen, Peter - Host
ANOTHER E-MAIL FROM ROBERT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA -- CAROL IN CLINTON, NEW YORK -- ONE MORE -- STEVE, DEMOCRAT FROM KENTUCKY -- METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS. JOE...
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LEADERSHIP SHOULD BE TRIED FOR TREASON. THE FACT THE BILLS FOR 1000, 1200, 1400 PAGES LONG TELLS ME SOMETHING. THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF STUFF HIDDEN IN THEM....
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Slen, Peter - Host
BOTH -- VOTE. THE LEAD EDITORIAL IN "THE WASHINGTON POST." A GOOD YEAR IN IRAQ. FORMATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OFFERS CHANCE OF SUCCESS. OHIO. WENDELL ON...
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YOU KNOW, WE PASSED HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE U.S. MILITARY -- U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HEALTH-...
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REPORT, AND THE INFORMATION C- SPAN IS PROMOTING, IS WE HAVE A DO NOTHING GOVERNMENT LOOKING FOR REFINED FISH OIL FOR MOOD DISORDERS WHEN WE HAVE GUYS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THIS MORNING. RIGHT, DEMOCRAT FROM PHOENIX. -- RICK, A DEMOCRAT FROM PHOENIX. CALLER: ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS I AM A LIBERALIST DEMOCRAT, BUT I AM IN...
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AND JOHN MCCAIN IS CORRECT -- WHICH, I DID NOT VOTE FOR HIM. HE IS CORRECT IN THAT WE HAVE TO CONTROL SPENDING. JOHN MCCAIN IS RIGHT. THE FIRST THING...
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SUSAN HAD A QUESTION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WHY DO YOU WATCH C- SPAN. WHEN THE HOUSE DEBATES -- AND I GO TURN TO THE SENATE ON C- SPAN2. I AM NOT GOING TO...
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I WAS BORN IN 1941. IT'S, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF FOCUS -- WHAT ABOUT THE 111 OF CONGRESS DID YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE? CALLER: A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SO ANGRY...
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NEGATIVE THING. PEOPLE ARE UPSET BECAUSE -- THEY DID GET A LOT DONE, IT IS JUST THAT THEY WERE SO ANGRY. THE PAST -- SMALL BUSINESS BILLS, I THINK IT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
MUCH YOU CAN DO WHEN THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS -- DEMOCRATIC HOUSE AND
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DEMOCRATIC SENATE AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE, LIKE I SAID, I WAS WATCHING C-SPAN2 -- I OBJECT, I OBJECT. INSTEAD OF OBJECTING, THE SITDOWN...
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| 00:35:13 |
Slen, Peter - Host
LONDON, KY. CALLER: FIRST OF ALL, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO CHRISTIANS EVERYWHERE AND TO REMAINDER, ENJOY YOUR DAY OFF
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WITH PAY, I GUESS. I DID NOT DEAL CONGRESS HAS BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE THE TREND IN THE BILL PASS. GIVE THEM ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE...
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| 00:36:49 |
Slen, Peter - Host
GET WIKILEAKS FILES. THAT IS IN YAHOO NEWS THIS MORNING. FROM "POLITICO," BARACK OBAMA'S PLANS TO CLOSE IT DIDN'T KNOW IN A SHAMBLES. -- CLOSE GITMO...
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THIS COUNTRY, AND IT IS EDUCATION, IT IS THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT NOBODY KNOWS THAT DECEMBER 21, CHRISTMAS, IS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY AND THAT IS THE...
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THIS ALL STARTED WITH RONALD REAGAN. WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT, THE NATIONAL DEBT WAS UNDER $1 TRILLION. HE DOUBLED IT. EVERY OTHER PRESIDENT SINCE THEN...
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Slen, Peter - Host
LEAD EDITORIAL IN "THE FINANCIAL TIMES." ODD OUTCOME FOR NET NEUTRALITY. HERE IS THE CONCLUSION -- THAT IS "THE FINANCIAL TIMES" EDITORIAL. PAUL IS...
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YOU KNOW, I CANNOT THINK WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN OR INDEPENDENT OR TEA PARTY OR WHOEVER YOU ARE, WE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS. AND OUR...
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CONGRESS, THEY DID NOT ACCOMPLISH AS MUCH AS THEY COULD HAVE BECAUSE -- I LISTENED TO IT OVER AND OVER, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AND IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THEY COULD...
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| 00:44:57 |
Slen, Peter - Host
PRESS, " JOHN CONYERS REIMBURSES TAXPAYERS FOR THE CAR HIS SON DROVE. GEORGE E. IN WARREN, OHIO. DEMOCRAT. YOU ARE ON THE AIR. WHAT DO YOU THINK? CALLER:...
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| 00:46:16 |
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TO REALIZE HE DID NOT EVEN SERVE HIS PRESIDENCY YET AND HE IS PICKING UP ALL THE SLACK BUSH LEFT US AND I GIVE MY HAT OFF TO PRESIDENT OBAMA. THE ONLY...
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TELL ME, OCCUPATION FOR SIX MONTHS -- IT IS HEARTBREAKING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THREE CHILDREN. HOST: GEORGE, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN THIS MORNING....
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Slen, Peter - Host
RESEARCH AND THAT FUNDING FOR THAT. BUT UP NEXT, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENSUS. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS...
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