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Harleston, Robb - Host
SANDERS, INDEPENDENT OF VERMONT, AND MEMBER OF THE SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS HERE TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION REGARDING THE STALLED GATT TALKS. WELCOME...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
TO BE WITH YOU. HOST: THE FIRST PARAGRAPH
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Harleston, Robb - Host
FROM "POLITICO " -- HOST: IS IT FAIR
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Harleston, Robb - Host
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BLAME THE REPUBLICANS?
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
GUEST: SIGNIFICANTLY, YES. WHAT POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS IS THE BEST MAJORITY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE THERE IS A SERIOUS DEBT CRISIS BEST TO BE SOLVED...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE SIDE, INCLUDING SENATOR GRASSLEY, WILL SAY THAT CORPORATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ALREADY PAY THE HIGHEST DIGITIZE CORPORATE...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
GUEST: THAT IS NOT TRUE. YOU HAVE A REAL TAX RATE, AND A NOMINAL TAX RATE. NOMINAL TAX RATE COULD BE ANYTHING. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY 99% OF YOUR INCOME,...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
DURING HIS NEWS CONFERENCE, THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED DEMOCRATS SAYING THEY MUST AGREE TO PAINFUL SPENDING CUTS. THIS IS WHAT HE HAVE TO SAY. WE WILL...
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TO EXCEPT SOME PAINFUL SPENDING CUTS THAT HEARD SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENCIES, AND WE MAY NOT LIKE. WE HAVE SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT FOR THE GREATER...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
HOST: SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY ABOUT SPENDING CUTS, AND WHAT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO CUT TO BRING...
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GIVE ME AN EXACT -- HOST: GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE
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Harleston, Robb - Host
BEYOND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. GUEST:
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
I THINK WE CAN MAKE MEDICARE MORE EFFICIENT. THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF FRAUD WE ARE SEEING IN MEDICARE, THAT IS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN SMALL-TIME OPERATORS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
DISCUSSION REGARDING STALLED DEBT TALKS WITH BERNIE SANDERS FROM VERMONT. OUR FIRST CALL COMES FROM WYOMING ON OUR LINE FOR REPUBLICANS. CALLER: YES,
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SIR. I AM KIND OF DISTURBED BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU WORK ALL OF YOUR LIFE. HE TRIED TO...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
WITH YOU. IF THE PEOPLE WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIVES, CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO KEEP THOSE PROGRAMS, AND THAT IS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
SYRACUSE, N.Y., AND OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR
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CALLER, -
C-SPAN. I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT AND QUESTION FOR THE CENTER. BERNIE SANDERS, I AM PROUD OF YOU. YOU ARE ABOUT THE ONLY SENATOR LOST THAT CARES ABOUT...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
ARE STILL IN THE PROGRESS. YOUR COMMENT IS RIGHT. REPUBLICANS HAVE JUMPED ALL OVER THE NLRB FOR SUGGESTING BOWLING MAY HAVE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WORKERS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
FOR INDEPENDENCES, FROM MILWAUKEE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. CREDIT UNIONS HAVE BEEN MOVING THEIR COUNTRY'S -- COMPANIES OUT OF THE COUNTRY. NOW, WE HAVE WISCONSIN, SCOTT WALKER, AND BASICALLY TRYING...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
GOOD QUESTION. I BELIEVE WORKING PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE, AND THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. A LOT OF NON--UNION PEOPLE -- UNWINDING...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
OUR DISCUSSION ON THE STALLED DEBT TALKS WITH SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. OUR NEXT CALL COMES FROM CALIFORNIA, ON OUR LINE FOR REPUBLICANS. CALLER: WHAT ABOUT...
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IN HOLLYWOOD? DO YOU TAX THEM?
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. CALLER: I HAVE
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FRIENDS THAT MAKE TO THE $50,000, -- TO THE $50,000, AND HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU MAKE OFF OF YOUR BOOK, THE TAX YOURSELF? CALLER: -- GUEST:
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THANK YOU FOR THE PLUG ON THE BOOK. IT'S CALLED "THE SPEECH." I WILL TELL YOU I DO NOT MAKE ONE PENNY OF THAT -- ON THAT BOOK. ALL PROFITS WILL GO TO...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
HERO WRITES -- GUEST: THAT IS THE
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
REPUBLICAN LINE AS WELL. WE SAW THAT MOVIE. THAT WAS THE LINE FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SAID IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
FOR DEMOCRATS, AND DEBORAH, IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. CALLER:
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I WANT DEMOCRATS TO STOP CALLING THE A TAX BREAK FOR THE RICH, AND, AN ENTITLEMENT FOR THE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE. WOULD YOU PLEASE REFER TO IT AS AN ENTITLEMENT...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE REAL STORY HERE IN WASHINGTON THAT THE MEDIA DOES NOT WRITE ABOUT ENOUGH IS THE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IN THE "ROLL CALL" THE CHAIRMAN OF YOUR COMMITTEE, KENT CONRAD PUT FORWARD THIS DEBT SOLUTION. THEY WROTE THAT SENATOR CONRAD SAID -- GUEST: I AM ON
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
THE COMMITTEE, AND I THINK SENATOR KENT CONRAD HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB, AND I TRUST HIS JUDGMENT. I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I KNOW THAT AS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ON TO SAY THAT ALL SETTINGAMT RELIEF WITH REVENUE ELSEWHERE -- GUEST: KENT CONRAD IS
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
A SMART GUY. HOST: WE WILL LEAVE
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IT THERE. LET'S GO TO ROME, GA., ON OUR LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS. CALLER: WE SHOULD
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KEEP ALL EFFECTIVE TAX RATES THE SAME, GET RID OF ALL LOOPHOLES, EVEN FOR THE POOR, THAT WAY EVERYONE IN AMERICA PAYS THEIR FAIR SHARE. GUEST: EVERYBODY...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
R-TEXAS AND IS ENORMOUSLY -- EVERYONE KNOWS THAT OUR TAX CODE IS ENORMOUSLY COMPLICATED. I BELIEVE NOT THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD PAY 12% OR 15%. I BELIEVE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ROSA, YOU'RE ON WITH SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
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WHY THEY QUIT GIVING THE SENIORS THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY RAISES. OR, IF THEY WILL EVER GET THEM BACK. MY RENT IS $600, AND I ONLY MAKE LIGHT $700 A MONTH....
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
THE REPUBLICAN LINE? HOST:
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Harleston, Robb - Host
SHE WAS ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. GUEST: THANK
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
YOU. I HELPED LEAD THE EFFORT IN THE LAST YEAR, NOT ONCE, BUT ON TWO OCCASIONS TO SAY JUST WHAT YOU SAID -- TO TELL MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF SENIORS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IN "THE WASHINGTON TIMES" --
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
GUEST: YOU DON'T NEED ANY MORE URGENCY. WE WANT TO BE CLEAR WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE. WHAT IS AT STAKE IS THAT ACCORDING TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
STAY IN TOWN TO HELP WITH DEBT NEGOTIATIONS AND FOUND UNLIKELY ALLIES -- WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GO TO YOUR LEADER AND SAY -- GUEST: THESE ARE THE
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
THINGS WORD THEY WALKED AWAY FROM BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS, ARE IN TODAY? MR. CANTOR AND MR. KYL GOT UP AND WALKED OUT. WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A LOT...
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DEMOCRAT, CALIFORNIA. DIANE? LET'S MOVE ON TO LOUISIANA, DEAN ON THE LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS. CALLER:
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I NORMALLY VOTE REPUBLICAN, BUT I I'M CALLING IN A PANIC BECAUSE I AM SO DISGUSTED BY THE WAY THINGS ARE RUNNING NOW -- CALLING INDEPENDENT BECAUSE I'M...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
CORRECT THE RECORD, AND THERE IS A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING SET OUT ON THE INTERNET -- I AM ON IT SAME SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM YOU ARE, BLUE CROSS BLUE...
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FOR REPUBLICANS. CALLER: GOOD
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MORNING. I WAS COMMENTING ON WHAT THE SENATOR MENTIONED ABOUT UNIONS. UNIONS WERE A GREAT THING WHEN THE INDUSTRIALS WERE OVERCOMING WORKERS, AND THEY...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
THIS. I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU EVERY UNION DECISION OR UNION IS PERFECT. THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE. BUT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AUTOMOBILE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE WEEK, TWO OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, SENATOR LIEBERMAN AND SENATOR COBURN, INTRODUCED AT PLAN. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS, INCLUDING INCREASED ELIGIBILITY...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
GUEST: NOT IN A MILLION YEARS. HOST: WHY
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IS THAT? GUEST: YOU
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
TELL PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AT 64, 65, GUESS WHAT, YOU WILL NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE. WHO IS GOING TO PICK UP THE BURDEN? WHAT HAPPENS IF I'M 656...
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KENTUCKY. CALLER: HERE IN KENTUCKY,
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WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HANDICAPPING. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THESE LOBBYISTS -- I DON'T BELIEVE THE WORD "COINCIDENCE." IT COSTS SO MUCH MONEY TO RUN...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
FOR THAT EXCELLENT QUESTION. I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD. THE REASON THERE ARE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT GIVING TAX BREAKS TO MILLIONAIRES...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS COMES FROM MINNESOTA ON THE LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS. CALLER: GOOD MORNING
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CALLER, -
AT. I HEAR A LOT ABOUT RAISING TAXES ARE NOT RAISING TAXES, BUT I TRULY BELIEVE WE NEED TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR PAST FROM 1940 TO 1990....
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
YOU SHOULD NOT VOTE EVERYBODY -- I HEAR THAT OCCASIONALLY -- WHAT IS YOUR POINT? WHAT IS YOUR VIEW? YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE A BELIEF. DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
TOM ONLINE FOR REPUBLICANS. CALLER: SENATOR
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CALLER, -
SANDERS, THAT YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO I HAVE A STATEMENT --
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Harleston, Robb - Host
HOST: TOM, I AM RUNNING SHORT ON TIME. CALLER: I BELIEVE IT
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IS THE ROOT OF OUR PROBLEM WITH CONGRESS BEING OPEN TO BIG MONEY INFLUENCE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN IF WE PAID CONGRESS 5 $1,000 A YEAR? -- $500,000...
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY WOULD GO NUTS. I DON'T SUPPORT THE -- I DON'T SUPPORT THAT AT ALL. CONGRESS, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS -- IS NOT SALARY -- IS ATLOBBYING...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS OF VERMONT, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." GUEST: GREAT TO BE WITH
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Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
YOU. HOST: ONE OF THE HEADLINES
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IN "THE WASHINGTON POST" -- COMING UP, A DISCUSSION OF TYPE 1 DIABETES, ALSO KNOWN AS JUVENILE DIABETES, AND MEDICINE. FIRST, AND IS BRICK AND C-SPAN...
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THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS SEEKING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WAS MOSTLY UNCHANGED LAST WEEK. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT APPLICATIONS...
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A NEW, EASY
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