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Slen, Peter - Host
FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TOM DAVIS. IF YOU WERE RUNNING THE NRCC TODAY, WOULD...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
IT WILL BE FINE BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT OVER -- IF IT GOES AND ANSWERED, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO PEOPLE OVER 55, THEIR BENEFITS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IN YOUR VIEW EFFECTIVELY ANSWERED TO DEMOCRATS? GUEST: NO, THEY ARE RUNNING
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
FOR COVER. THAT IS THE DIFFICULTY. LOOK, THE RYAN PLAN MAY NOT BE THE PERFECT PLAN FOR ANYBODY BUT AT LEAST HE IS ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. EVERYBODY ELSE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
YORK SPECIAL? GUEST: IT IS COMPLICATED
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
BECAUSE IT IS A THREE-WAY RACE. I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING -- IT IS CLOSE. HOST: THEY PICKED UP THE
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Slen, Peter - Host
MASSA SEAT. GUEST: BUT WE LOST TWO
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
OTHER SPECIALS. IT DID NOT PORTEND ANYTHING FOR THE NEXT NOVEMBER. MEDICARE WILL HELP THE DEMOCRATS WITH THEIR BASE VOTE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY OF...
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Slen, Peter - Host
A STRONG CANDIDATE?
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
GUEST: AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE. THE PROBLEM IS THE CANDIDATES LOST CONTROL. YOU HAVE OUTSIDE GROUPS RUNNING ADS. WHAT THE PARTIES AND CANDIDATES SPEND...
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Slen, Peter - Host
RUNNING NRCC, WOULD YOU BE SPENDING MONEY UP THERE? GUEST: THEY
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
ARE SPENDING MONEY. I THINK THEY WILL SPEND A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT ON THE GROUND. BY GETTING YOUR BASE VOTE OUT AT THIS POINT,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
VOTE ON GOP MEDICARE PLAN. SET TO VOTE NEXT WEEK ON PAUL LINE THAT A BUDGET BUT IS THIS A SMART POLITICAL MOVE? GUEST: IT LOOKS GOOD TODAY,
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AHEAD IN POLITICS. IT IS NOT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. WAYNE GRETZKY USED TO SAY HE WAS GREAT BECAUSE HE SKATED WHERE THE PUCK WAS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
SERVED AS CONGRESSMAN FROM 11TH DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN. HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN GOOD RATIONAL COMMITTEE FROM...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
IS, IS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH PARTIES TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS. NOBODY WINS ON A DEBT CEILING VOTE. THIS WILL BE POLITICALLY POISONOUS....
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Slen, Peter - Host
NRCC TODAY, WHERE WHAT RESOURCES BE? REPUBLICANS WENT FROM 178 SEATS TO 240 IN THE 2010 MIDTERMS AND DEMOCRATS WENT FROM 257 TO 192. ARE THE REPUBLICANS...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
HAVE SEEN IN THREE STRAIGHT NATIONALIZE ELECTIONS ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. ALL BUT SEVEN HOUSE MEMBERS WILL BE RUNNING IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF...
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Slen, Peter - Host
BUT SEVEN? GUEST: AND THEY ARE THE
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
SEVEN WHO ARE AT LARGE. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE KEY BATTLE IS OVER REDISTRICTING, SHAPING MEMBER DISTRICTS, TRYING TO MAKE MEMBERS WHO ARE MAYBE A...
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Slen, Peter - Host
BE IN THE MAIN STREET CHRISTMAS GUEST: I TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE HE WOULD APPEAL TO THE SWING VOTERS AND THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I THINK HE HOLDS THE BASE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
CAN A REPUBLICAN MODERATES ABIDE ABOUT -- ABOUT JON HUNTSMAN. GUEST: I THINK SO BUT IT HAS
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
TO BE THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHO ARE NOT GIVEN CHOICES THEY WANT IN ELECTIONS. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK OF THE POLARIZING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
OF YOUR OLD SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH'S RON? GUEST: OFF TO
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
A ROUGH START. WE LOVE THEM -- THOSE WHO WORK WITH THEM. TOE TO TOE IN A DEBATE NOBODY IS BETTER. IF YOU GET HIM IN A ROOM WITH PEOPLE AND TALK ABOUT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
NAME NAMES, WHO ARE THE TWO MOST ENDANGERED CONGRESSMAN AT THIS POINT? GUEST: YOU DO NOT WANT TO
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
NAME NAMES. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS THAT OBAMA PERFORMED VERY WELL IN THE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF MINORITIES IN A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
CHANCE TO MEET WITH REINCE PRIEBUS?
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
GUEST: I HAVE NOT. THE MONEY IS NOW WITH OUTSIDE GROUPS. A LOT OF THESE OTHER GROUPS ARE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THIS. HOST: THIS WEEK
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Slen, Peter - Host
FOR YOU, TOM DAVIS -- THIS TWEET FOR YOU, TOM DAVIS -- GUEST: YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
ADS GOING BACK AND FORTH. THERE IS A BUDGET AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES MEDICARE. WHAT WORRIES ME IF THE DEMOCRATS WIN THE SPECIAL ELECTION IN NEW YORK,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
ALSO PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE REPUBLICAN MAIN STREET PARTNERSHIP. THE FIRST CALL FOR HIM COMES FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I AM VERY CURIOUS. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED AS ANTI-WOMEN, ANTI- GRANDMOTHERS, BUT WHAT IS VERY INTERESTING...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
LET'S LOOK AT NEW YORK CITY. SOME OF THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS LIVE THERE. THESE AREAS OVERWHELMINGLY WENT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. YOU GET INTO SOME OF THE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: THIS STREET -- GUEST: THAT IS A
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
SUPREME COURT DECISION. YOU HAVE THE CASE WHICH UNDERMINED CAMPAIGN REFORM. IT DEFINES FREE SPEECH, AND CORPORATIONS GET FREE SPEECH AS TO INDIVIDUALS....
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Slen, Peter - Host
IN -- GUEST: I APPRECIATE
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
THAT. THAT IS A PREVALENT DEAL. I RESPECT THAT. TO LET ME GIVE YOU AN ALTERNATIVE. HOW DO YOU RESOLVE BUDGET ISSUES AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE BORROWING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HI, BONNIE. CALLER: IT IS
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CALLER, -
STRANGE WHEN DEFICITS ONLY MATTER WHEN THERE IS THE REPUBLICAN NOD IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WE HAD A PERFECT SOLUTION FOR MEDICARE. INSTEAD OF MEDICARE PART...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
AND SUPPORTED MEDICARE PART D. 'I AM NOT PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THAT VOTE. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THERE WAS A COMPETING BILL THAT WOULD PROVIDE A MUCH LARGER...
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Slen, Peter - Host
SERVED AS A SUPERVISOR IN FAIRFAX COUNTY HERE IN THE WASHINGTON AREA. LAST NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT IN BOSTON SAID THIS. GUEST: AGAIN, I THINK IT
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
HAS TO BE SHARED. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUSH TAX CUTS, THE WEALTHY PART OF THAT WAS LESS THAN 20%. IF YOU REALLY THINK THERE IS A REVENUE ISSUE,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
DAVIS, IF YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, WHICH DEMOCRATS WOULD TO BE TARGETING? GUEST: FIRST OF ALL,
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
I WOULD BE FOCUSING ON REDISTRICTING. IN INDIANA, THE HAVE PICKED UP A SEAT. -- THEY HAVE PICKED UP A SEAT. YOU LOOK AT REDISTRICTING BECAUSE THE MAP...
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Slen, Peter - Host
COMES FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. OBAMA MADE A SPEECH THE OTHER NIGHT, AND EVERYBODY PICKS UP ON THE SAME THING. SHARED SACRIFICE. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES THAT DO NOTHING IN...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW -- THERE IS A FIVE-YEAR PAY FREEZE. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT A TWO-YEAR PAY FREEZE ON THIS. I THINK EVERYBODY GIVES ON THIS....
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Slen, Peter - Host
LOST AN ELECTION?
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
GUEST: NO. HOST: THE NEXT
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Slen, Peter - Host
CALL FOR HIM COMES FROM FORT WORTH, TEXAS. CALLER: THANK YOU, GUYS,
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CALLER, -
FOR TAKING MY CALL. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE SPENDING ON MEDICARE HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. HOWEVER, WOULDN'T...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
BACK TO THE 1960'S, WHICH WERE SPENDING OVER 60% OF OUR BUDGET ON NATIONAL DEFENSE. NOW IT IS ONLY 20%. THAT HAS GONE STEADILY DOWN AT THIS POINT. IT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IN FOR YOU -- GUEST: YOU KNOW, WE
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
ARE NOT TEA PARTIERS. I THINK THE THRUST OF WHAT THE TEA PARTY IS LOOKING AT, I THINK WE ALL SHARE THAT. THE TEAP PARTY HAS DONE A SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
FROM
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CALLER, -
CHICAGO. CALLER: [UNINTELLIGIBLE] --YOU JUST LOSE SOME PEOPLE. LISTENING TO YOU AND KNOWING ABOUT YOUR POLITICS, YOU HAVE PROGRESSED FROM THAT. WHEN...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
THAT IS A GOOD COMMENT. WHAT SHARED SACRIFICE IS IS DIFFERENT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THE RYAN PLAN DOES TALK ABOUT CLOSING SOME OF THE LOOPHOLES. THERE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
DO YOU TEACH? GUEST: AT GEORGE
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
MASON UNIVERSITY. I TEACH A THREE-HOUR CLASS ONCE A WEEK. I ALSO HAVE TO DO WITH ME AND JIM GRANT. WE GET TO GO AT IT IN THE CLASS. HOST: HAVE YOU TALKED
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Slen, Peter - Host
TO PAUL RYAN OR JOHN BOEHNER? HOW ARE THEY BOTH DOING? GUEST: I THINK THEY
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
ARE BOTH DOING GREAT. THIS IS NOT EASY STUFF. YOU HAVE TO GIVE PAUL WRITING CREDIT FOR ATTACKING A PROBLEM. PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY TELL YOU THAT MEDICARE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
ON SCOTT WALKER AND THE RECALL ELECTION. GUEST: IT IS GOING
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
TO BE VERY INTERESTING. THEY HAVE BASICALLY BEEN A CULTURAL. THIS PUTS A BIG FISHER WITH YOUR BLUE-COLLAR UNION WORKERS AND SYMPATHIZERS. FOR THE RECORD,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WITH ELECTORAL POLITICS? GUEST: I AM
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
DONE WITH ELECTORAL POLITICS. HOST: IT IS GOING TO BE
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Slen, Peter - Host
AN INTERESTING RACE. THEY HAVE SOME SOLID ATTRIBUTES AND SOME SOLID BASES. ALLEN'S PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE NORTHERN VIRGINIA. IN A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR...
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Slen, Peter - Host
OF THE SENATORS? GUEST: I COULD GO BACK
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
TO RORSCHAK. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK A WAYS. VOTERS MAKE UP THEIR MINDS, IT IS TOUGH TO COME BACK. ON THE OTHER HAND, TIM KAINE WAS THE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN....
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Slen, Peter - Host
CALL" THIS MORNING -- GUEST:
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
THE DYNAMICS ARE DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE AN ECONOMY NOW -- LAST TIME, THE REPUBLICANS ARE OWNED IT AND YOU WERE IN AN ECONOMIC MELTDOWN. YOU WERE COMING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LEFT WITH OUR GUEST. INDIANA, JAMES IS A DEMOCRAT. CALLER: I HAVE
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CALLER, -
A QUESTION. YOU TALK ABOUT ENTITLEMENTS AND SOCIAL SECURITY. SOCIAL SECURITY HAD A LOT OF MONEY BEFORE THE GUYS LIKE YOU STARTING GIVING I.O.U.'S FOR...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
TO SOLVE YOUR DEFICIT PROBLEMS. YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE SPENDING MONEY ABROAD THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE. EVERYTHING NEEDS TO TAKE A HAIR CUT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HAPPENED IN TO THE FORE WITH PRESIDENT BUSH? DIDN'T HE POUGHKEEPSIE TO IN THE CONGRESS? GUEST: THEY PICKED
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
UP THREE SEATS BUT FIVE OF THEM WERE TEXAS IN HIS DISTRICT. BASICALLY, IT STAYED WHERE IT WAS. BUT I AM TALKING ABOUT MASSIVE LANDSLIDES. THESE WERE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THIS TWEET -- GUEST: THE TEXAS
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
BUDGET HAS ITS OWN ISSUES RIGHT NOW. I THINK THE GOVERNOR IS TAKING HIMSELF OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CONSIDERATION. TEXAS HAS A A DYNAMIC ECONOMY. IF...
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Slen, Peter - Host
AIR. CALLER: IT IS LIKE
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CALLER, -
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO LISTEN TO YOU. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BECOME SO EXTREME OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT IT JUST MAKES ME CRAZY TO HEAR HOW THEY...
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
LOOKING AT THESE ISSUES. REPUBLICANS HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES. INSTEAD OF CAP AND TRADE, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS THESE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
TWEET -- GUEST:
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Davis, Thomas "Tom" M. - President and CEO
NOTHING. RON PAUL BRINGS A LOT OF ENERGY TO IT. RON IS OUT OF THE TRADITIONAL MAINSTREAM OF WERE THE PARTY IS. I ENJOY SERVING WITH RON IN THE HOUSE....
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Slen, Peter - Host
YOU FOR COMING ON TO THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." COMING UP NEXT, A DISCUSSION WITH THE CHAIR OF THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION AFTER THIS NEWS...
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RELATIONS CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS OF TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES FOLLOWING THE RAID THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN. THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE CIA AND...
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