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NEW POLICY CHAIRMAN IN THE GOP HIERARCHY. CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT ENTAILS COMPARED TO YOUR PREVIOUS POSITION. >> TO MAKE SURE
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| 00:02:07 |
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OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CONFERENCE HAVE CREDIBLE, RELIABLE INFORMATION IN A TIMELY WAY SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING POLICY ON BILLS ON THE FLOOR...
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| 00:03:28 |
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KYL IS RETIRING. THERE WILL BE A MOVE TO REPLACE HIM IN 2013. IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU WOULD RUN FOR THE NUMBER THREE SPOT BECAUSE ANOTHER SENATOR HAS...
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| 00:03:49 |
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HAD OUR ELECTIONS ON TUESDAY. I WILL NOT TAKE OVER THIS JOB UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY. >> DO YOU HAVE
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| 00:04:00 |
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ANY IDEA WHY THE PUBLIC HAS SUCH A LOW IMPRESSION OF CONGRESS RIGHT NOW? >> WHAT THEY DO IS SEE A
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| 00:04:09 |
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LOT OF ARGUING AND BICKERING AND THEY DO NOT SEE PLACES WHERE WE ACTUALLY GET ALONG. IT SEEMS THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO RUN AGAINST A DO NOTHING CONGRESS....
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| 00:05:23 |
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ONE POINT AND TAKING BACK TO THAT MOMENT WHEN THE SENATOR STEPS DOWN FROM LEADERSHIP. HE GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT THE CULTURE OF CONGRESS AND THE CLIMATE...
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| 00:05:48 |
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AN INCREDIBLE RESPECT FOR LAMAR ALEXANDER. HE WAS A GOVERNOR FOR TWO TERMS. HE HAS A LOT MORE WISDOM THAN I HAVE. I HAVE ONLY BEEN IN THE SENATE FLOOR...
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| 00:06:53 |
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MANY TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT CALLERS TO C-SPAN HAVE REPEATED SENATOR MCCONNELL'S STATEMENT EARLY IN THE OBAMA PRESENTS IT...
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| 00:07:42 |
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THE FEELING UP THERE. WE CAN GET MORE DONE ALONG OUR OWN APPROACH, SMALLER GOVERNMENT VERSUS BIG GOVERNMENT, LESS SPENDING VERSUS MORE SPENDING, LESS...
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| 00:07:59 |
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PASSED THROUGH COMPROMISE. BY SETTING THAT AS YOUR I OBJECT, DOES THAT NOT SUGGESTS - IT WILL NOW- YOUR OB -- YOUR OBJECT, DOES THAT NOT SUGGEST YOU...
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| 00:08:19 |
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A 80% THAT WE AGREE ON AND THE 20% THAT WE DON'T AGREE ON, LET'S PUT THAT ASIDE. WE HAVE BILLS PASSED THROUGH THAT ARE ABOUT THINGS WE AGREE ON. THE...
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| 00:08:51 |
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COUNTERPART IN THE HOUSE ENDORSED MITT ROMNEY? >> I HAVE
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| 00:09:01 |
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NOT ENDORSED ANYONE. I WATCHED THE DEBATE THIS WEEKEND AND THE ISSUES BEING DISCUSSED. I DO NOT PLAN ON GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CONTESTED PRIMARY. >>...
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| 00:09:13 |
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ARE TALKING ABOUT NEWT GINGRICH AND HIS SESURGE IN THE POLLS. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY NEWT GINGRICH CANNOT BEAT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CAN HURT THE REPUBLICANS....
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| 00:09:29 |
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IS NOMINATED WILL BE A STRONG CONSERVATIVE VOICE. OBAMA INHERITED A BAD ADMINISTRATION -- A BAD SITUATION AND HE HAS MADE IT WORSE. HIS POLICIES HAVE...
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| 00:09:52 |
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CAN BEAT PRESIDENT OBAMA? >> ANY OF THE
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| 00:09:55 |
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CANDIDATES WILL BE BETTER THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON ELECTION DAY. WE WILL HAVE A VICTORY BY ANY...
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| 00:10:09 |
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THIS MANY DAYS HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING? >> LOOK DEAD JOHN
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| 00:10:14 |
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MCCAIN WINNING NEW HAMPSHIRE -- IN THERE -- LOOK AT JOHN MCCAIN SITTING THERE WHEN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE AND JUST SITTING THERE ANSWERING QUESTIONS. THE...
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| 00:10:45 |
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TOWN HALL MEETING. IT HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF LETTING PEOPLE STAY AT THEIR HOMES. IS THERE A DOWNSIDE TO THAT WHERE YOU ARE NOT ACTUALLY HAVING THE KIND...
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| 00:11:23 |
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GOOD. THAT IS WHY I GO TO WYOMING TO GO TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. AS FOOTBALL GAME, GO THERE EARLY. GO TO TILT ITS PARTIES AND VISIT WITH PEOPLE. JUST...
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| 00:12:18 |
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FORMER SENATOR WITH WYOMING HAS HAD A PUBLIC FEUD WITH GROVER NORQUIST. HE HAS CRITICIZED PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED AND CONTINUE TO SIGN AND ABIDE BY THE...
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| 00:12:44 |
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THE PLEDGE. I HAVE NEVER SIGNED THE PLEDGE. I REALLY DO NOT LIKE TAX RAISES. WE NEED MORE TAX REVENUE. WE CAN GET IT BY PUTTING MORE PEOPLE BACK TO...
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| 00:13:39 |
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REPUBLICANS HAVE TO GET ALL LOW, WHETHER IT IS SOME KIND OF REVENUE CLOSING LOOPHOLES? OTHERWISE, DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO REFORM MEDICARE. >> NUMBER
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| 00:13:53 |
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1 IS TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE. YOU DO NOT WANT ANYONE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOMETHING THAT SEEMS UNFAIR TO MANY. THAT IS NOT RAISING RATES. IT IS LOWERING...
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| 00:15:55 |
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THINK THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY OF A BIG DEAL OR A MINI DEAL IN 2012? >> THIS
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| 00:16:04 |
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PAST YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN THE YEAR TO DO IT. YOU HAD A BIPARTISAN CONTROL GOING BACK TO THE RONALD REAGAN, TIP O'NEIL DAYS. YOU COULD AT HAD AN AGREEMENT....
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| 00:16:31 |
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SUGGEST THAT THE DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT THEY STARTED THE YEAR WITH AND HAVE STUCK WITH RELENTLESSLY -- THAT THE RICH NEED TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE FINANCIAL...
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| 00:17:00 |
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TALKING ABOUT -- THE WORDS HE IS GOING TO USE OUR DIVISIVE WORDS IN TERMS OF OUR COUNTRY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. WE WANT EVERYONE TO DO WELL. WE...
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| 00:18:43 |
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SURGEON -- WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO THE SENATE, WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE THERE WAS THIS PROVISION THAT LIMITS THE -- IF IFTHE DOC FIX PASSES, WE WILL...
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| 00:19:13 |
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BACK FROM 1997 WHEN THEY SAID DOCTORS WOULD NOT SPEND ONLY SO MUCH MONEY ON MEDICARE. NOW THEY SAY, THEY SPEND SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT SO WE WILL CUT...
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| 00:21:46 |
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ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY. I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT A LOT OF DEMOCRATS SAY IS THE LEADING ISSUE, CLIMATE CHANGE. IT IS CLIMATE CHANGE REAL AND IS ITS...
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| 00:22:09 |
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THE CLIMATE CHANGE? THE CLIMATE DOES CHANGE. THE QUESTION IS, IS ITS MAN- MADE? -- IS IT MAN-MADE? IS YOU ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT, YOU SAY, WHAT...
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| 00:22:53 |
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YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE GET DONE NEXT YEAR? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
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| 00:22:59 |
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AMERICANS GET BACK TO WORK BY HAVING MORE FOCUS ON JOBS. THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO TAKE HIS EYE OFF OF THAT BALL. HE HAS CONTINUED LTO TAKE HIS EYE...
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| 00:23:23 |
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THIS WEEK. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >> WE ARE
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| 00:23:28 |
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BACK. AFTER TALKING WITH SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO OF WYOMING, WHO HAS A NEW JOB. LET ME ASK YOU BOTH ABOUT THIS YEAR, THE LAST HALF OF THIS YEAR. IT HAS...
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| 00:24:02 |
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ARE BE USED -- ARE THE LOSERS BECAUSE THE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL RATINGS ARE SO LOW. THERE IS SO MUCH ANGST OUT THERE THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH PARTY...
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| 00:24:44 |
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WAS A REACTION TO THE LAST TWO YEARS. YOU WILL SEE THAT CONTINUED. JUST ABSOLUTE DISCIPLINE AND FOCUS ON THE REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT THAT IT IS SPENDING AND...
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| 00:25:27 |
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HAVE BEEN EQUALLY FOCUSED IN THEIR MESSAGE THIS YEAR. BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN FOCUSED AND HAVE NOT STRAYED OFF OF THEIR MESSAGING AND PARLOR -- AND POLICY...
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| 00:25:58 |
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AND JOBS. BOTH SIDES WILL BE TALKING ABOUT ITS ENDLESSLY -- IT ENDLESSLY. MITCH MCCONNELL HAS SAID, I HAVE MANY FAULTS, BUT DISCIPLINE IS NOT ONE OF...
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| 00:26:25 |
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THE FEW REPUBLICANS NOT TO SIGN GROVER NORQUIST'S TAX PLEDGE. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO THERE? >> PHYSICIANS HAVE
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| 00:26:36 |
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A SPECIAL ROLE IN CONGRESS IN THE LAST FEW CONFERENCES. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS IN THE WYOMING SENATE, HE HAS A PARTICULAR SKILL SET. YOU ARE NOT A LAWYER....
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| 00:27:10 |
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UP THIS HERE IS THE SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF THE HEALTHCARE LOB -- ANOTHER THING COMING UP THIS YEAR IS THE SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF THE HEALTH-CARE LAW....
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| 00:27:28 |
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A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2013. THEY MAKE THE PREMONITION THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE AND BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS. ONE...
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| 00:27:55 |
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ARE ALSO COUNTING THEIR NUMBERS SUGGESTING THEY HAVE A SHOT OF TAKING THE MAJORITY. >> THEIR
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| 00:28:02 |
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FUND RAISING HAS BEEN QUITE IMPRESSIVE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR APPROVAL NUMBERS, IT IS AN UPHILL BATTLE. GETTING OUT OF DEBT, LIKE THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE...
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| 00:28:20 |
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TIME OF YEAR TO DO THE YEAR INTO REVIEWS. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON CONGRESS, WHAT WOULD BE PRESCRIPTION BE? >> IT IS FAIR TO SAY A LOT
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| 00:28:33 |
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OF ANGUISH AMONG MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. THEY CAME HERE TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY SEE THE PROSPECT EXTENDING THROUGH THE ELECTION OF...
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| 00:28:48 |
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I WOULD SAY FRUSTRATION. WE HAVE SEEN THE PRESIDENT TALKED REPEATEDLY ABOUT HIS FRUSTRATION. CONGRESS IS FRUSTRATED WITH THEM. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE...
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| 00:29:11 |
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YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> NEXT, HISTORIANS DISCUSS
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| 00:29:22 |
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THE C-SPAN SERIES, "THE CONTENDERS." AFTER THAT, PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKS TO TROOPS AT FORT
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.