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HILL" AND
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MRS. SHINER. BIGGEST THING ON THE AGENDA? >> I THINK WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE DOMINATE ARE THE TWO DUELING TAX PLANS, ONE FROM THE SENATE, ONE FROM...
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| 00:00:23 |
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THE SENATE VOTING ON THE BUFFET RULE WHICH IS THE 30% TAX ON AMERICANS MAKING MORE THAN $1 MILLION. IT FITS INTO THE DEMOCRATIC NARRATIVE OF TAX REFORM....
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| 00:01:31 |
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OF MESSAGING ON IS THE DEPENDING HIGHWAY BILL, THE CYBERSECURITY BILLING DEPENDING IN CONGRESS. TAXES IS GOING TO BE BOTH THE MAIN TALKING POINT NOW...
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| 00:01:51 |
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CALL. BOB CUSACK, HAVE YOU ENTERED THE PEOPLE THAT IS ABOUT THE RUNUP OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS? WE MARK TIMES AND TIMES BY RECESSES WHEN MEMBERS...
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| 00:02:26 |
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHERE THERE. ERIC CANTOR, THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE, SHOWED UP. HE'S HAD A STRAINED...
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| 00:02:59 |
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MILLION, LOWER RATE FOR INCOMES BETWEEN $1-2 MILLION. WE ARE LOOKING AT A VOTE TODAY. IT WOULD CREATE AN ESTIMATED $47 BILLION IN TAX REVENUES OVER A...
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| 00:03:42 |
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SENATES ON THE SENATE SIDE HAVE TRIED USING THE SURTAX FOR THE MILLIONAIRES THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND WINTER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY BELIEVE...
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| 00:04:30 |
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SHE'S FOUND ONE IN THE BUFFETT RULE. WHILE IT REMAINS TO BE SCENE HOW WELL THE MESSAGE PLAYS IN WISCONSIN, IT DEMONSTRATES HER SAVVY ABOUT WASHINGTON...
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| 00:04:52 |
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THEM ON THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT TAMMY BALDWIN I ASKED LEADERS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY...
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| 00:05:53 |
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A QUESTION ON THE SEX
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| 00:05:56 |
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ISSUE IN CONGRESS. I'VE
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| 00:05:58 |
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HEARD
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| 00:06:00 |
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DEBATES ABOUT ONCE THEY WANT TO TAX TO US, I WANT TO IMPOSE HIGHER TAXES ON THE LIST. THE QUESTION IS HOW CAN YOU IMPOSE MORE TAXES ON THE LIST IF ...
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| 00:06:27 |
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THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT TAXES BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST TIME TO TURN IN THE PERSONAL INCOME TAXES. CAN YOU REFLECT ON RALPH'S QUESTION AND THE BALANCE...
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| 00:06:50 |
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A MATTER OF FAIRNESS. THAT'S THE WORD YOU HEAR FROM THE WHITE HOUSE REPEATEDLY, REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO COUNTER ON THE BUFFETT RULE THAT ONLY RAISES...
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| 00:07:46 |
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DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T MADE A BUDGET OVER
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| 00:07:49 |
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300 DAYS. AND BUDGETS IS WHAT THEY COULD DO IS CONSTRAIN SPENDING. THEY BOTH DON'T LIKE A CONSTRAIN ON SPENDING. THEY'D LIKE TO SPEND MORE. ECONOMICS,...
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| 00:08:49 |
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A BUDGET IN A LONG TIME. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE WITH. THEY ARE HONED IN AND REALLY USED IT AGAINST
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| 00:08:58 |
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THEM. PAUL RYAN, THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS PUT FORTH A PLAN WHICH THE DEMOCRATS DON'T LIKE. THE REPUBLICANS THROW UP THEIR ARMS WE PASSED A BUDGET....
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| 00:10:25 |
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BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, WHO HAS THE LEVERAGE? THE DEMOCRAT-LED SENATE, OR REPUBLICAN-LED
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| 00:10:32 |
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HOUSE? REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE HIGHWAY BILL. IT GOES TO THE SENATE DEMOCRATS. ON THE BUDGET, HOUSE REPUBLICANS PASSING THE BUDGET WAS...
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| 00:11:04 |
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WILL BE A HUGE ISSUE. ESPECIALLY IF IT CREEPS UP. SOME SPECULATE IT
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| 00:11:10 |
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COULD HIT $5 A GALLON. ESPECIALLY IF LAST A STRIKE ON ISRAEL AND IRAN. DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO GO AFTER BIG OIL, OIL SPECULATORS, AND REPUBLICANS ARE...
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| 00:11:33 |
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ONE OF THE PEOPLE WORKING WITH ObamaCare IN
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| 00:11:37 |
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2008, MAKING CALLS, KNOCKING ON DOORS. I WENT TO A SPEECH IN AN OFFICE THAT OPENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M GETTING TO MY QUESTION. WE HAVE LEFT ALL...
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| 00:14:36 |
HOST, -
THE CONSERVATIVES -- GUEST: THIS WILL BE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO WATCH. SENATOR JOHNSON WAS TASKED TO COME UP WITH A UNIFIED
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| 00:14:54 |
GUEST, -
MESSAGE AND POLICY DOCUMENT FROM MITT ROMNEY AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS. CERTAINLY MITT ROMNEY WON THE ENDORSEMENT BATTLE AMONG REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL...
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| 00:15:44 |
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GUEST: YES, THEY WERE QUITE PLEASED WITH THAT STORY. THIS IS A BIT UNUSUAL. ALWAYS SEE TURNOVER IN CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES, BUT SOMETHING
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| 00:15:55 |
GUEST, -
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT HIS DISCLOSURES AND AT HIS PUBLIC RECORD OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS, THE ONLY RETAIN FIVE STAFFERS FROM HIS...
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| 00:17:30 |
GUEST, -
GET THE VOTES. HE WAS THE WHIP IN THE HOUSE. IT IS TOUGH. ONE OF THE THINGS TO WATCH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS IS SOME OF THE PRIMARIES. NOT A LOT OF...
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| 00:18:14 |
GUEST, -
WHO DID THAT LAST CYCLE OR SENATORS ELECTED IN 2006 FOR. THERE WERE STILL NEW AND WERE NOT TOTALLY OF WASHINGTON. CLAIRE MCCASKILL WAS HIS NATIONAL CO-CHAIR...
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| 00:18:49 |
HOST, -
TEA PARTY SUPPORT -- STEVE IS IN INDEPENDENT CALLER IN ARIZONA. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING IF. THE LADY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TEA ARE GOING
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| 00:19:10 |
CALLER, -
TO BRING MORE TEA PARTY PEOPLE INTO THE SENATE, I HOPE, IN 2012. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE THEREFORE. WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THIS, GET RID OF ALL THE OLD-STYLE...
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| 00:20:17 |
GUEST, -
JEFF FLAKE RUNNING AS WELL. TEA PARTY HIT ITS PEAK IN 2010, REPUBLICANS HAD A BIG YEAR. THE TEA PARTY HAS TAKEN A BIT OF A HIT ACCORDING TO POLLS. BUT...
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| 00:20:48 |
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LET'S HEAR FROM EILEEN, A REPUBLICAN IN MICHIGAN. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. FIRST, ABOUT THE BUFFETT RULE.
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| 00:21:11 |
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I THINK THAT IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING THAT WARREN BUFFETT IS WORRIED ABOUT EVERYBODY'S TAXES, BUT HE, INSTEAD OF CLAIMING AS HIS TAXES THE INCOME FROM...
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| 00:22:21 |
GUEST, -
IS THAT ONE OF IT CAME OUT AND SAYS I'M NOT PAYING THIS IN TAXES BUT I AM OK WITH THAT. I WOULD LIKE THE GOVERNMENT TO COME IN AND TAX ME MORE. THE THING...
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| 00:24:02 |
HOST, -
CUSACK IS MANAGING EDITOR FOR "THE HILL." HE WAS THE CHIEF EDITOR OF "INSIDE WASHINGTON PUBLISHERS." LET'S TURN TO THEWHAT IS FACING THE HOUSE, GOP TAX...
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| 00:24:24 |
GUEST, -
WOULD CUT TAXES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 20%. THE DEBATE WILL START ON WEDNESDAY ON THAT IN THE HOUSE WITH A FINAL VOTE ON THURSDAY EXPECTED TO PASS, BUT...
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| 00:25:02 |
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GUESTS, I BELIEVE THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN UNDULY INFLUENCED BY MONEY
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| 00:25:08 |
CALLER, -
AND POLITICS AT THIS TIME. AND WITH THE MEDIA, ALSO, BEEN CORRUPTED BY CITIZENS UNITED DECISION AND MANY OTHER DECISIONS RECENTLY THAT THE COURTS HAVE...
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| 00:26:46 |
HOST, -
EVERYBODY'S MIND RIGHT NOW WITH THE HEALTH CARE COURT CASE STILL
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| 00:26:49 |
GUEST, -
PENDING. THAT IS EXPECTED TO COME IN JUNE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ELECTION-YEAR. I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATING TO SEE IF ANY OF THE CONSERVATIVE...
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| 00:27:48 |
HOST, -
OBSERVATION ON WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY AND THIS
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| 00:27:51 |
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WEEK IN WASHINGTON KIND OF DEFINES THE TWO PARTIES. YOU HAVE ONE OF THEM HOLDING HEARINGS TODAY ON THE GSA AND HOW THEY'RE WASTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS....
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| 00:29:04 |
HOST, -
TACKLES THAT TODAY AT 1:30 AND C-SPAN WILL BE BROADCASTING THAT ON C-SPAN 3. MEREDITH, THERE'S MORE TO COME. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY GSA HEARING. THIS HEARING...
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| 00:29:23 |
GUEST, -
JACK NEELY, A PERSON BASICALLY IN CHARGE OF THIS LAS VEGAS CONVENTION THAT IS NO DISPUTE, THE GSA IS BASICALLY A FEDERAL AGENCY THAT IS IN CHARGE OF...
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| 00:30:28 |
HOST, -
GUEST: YES, AND THIS IS GOING INTO A ROMNEY'S NARRATIVE. YOU HAVE THE SECRET SERVICE CAMPBELL AND GS-8 AND SOLYNDRA. YOU HAVE THE OBAMA
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| 00:30:39 |
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ADMINISTRATION PLAYING DEFENSE ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES AND IT'S ATTRACTING HEADLINES, WHICH IT WILL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. IT PLAYS INTO ROMNEY'S...
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| 00:31:20 |
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WE WILL SEE THAT TOMORROW MORNING. ON THE TAILS OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE POSE A HEARING TODAY. WHAT ABOUT DEMOCRATS, HOW ARE THEY HANDLING THIS ISSUE?...
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| 00:31:52 |
GUEST, -
WATCH AND IT IS VERY ADMINISTRATION. IT'S A TOUGH SPOT FOR CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, BUT THEY HAVE TO EXPRESS OUTRAGE IF AND BE WILLING TO LOOK INTO THIS....
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| 00:32:25 |
GUEST, -
ANNUAL FISCAL YEAR REVIEW OF OF WHAT KIND OF FUNDS THAT AGENCY SHOULD GET. THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST DIFFICULT HEARING OF ALL. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE...
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| 00:32:47 |
HOST, -
IS --
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| 00:32:49 |
CALLER, -
AND I LISTEN TO WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFINGS WITH JAY CARNEY AND I LISTENED TO A LOT OF NEWS AND I READ A LOT OF NEWS. I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYBODY EXPLAIN...
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| 00:33:39 |
HOST, -
REPORTERS, WHEN BARACK OBAMA
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| 00:33:44 |
CALLER, -
IS FEIGNING DISCUSSED AT NOT PAYING ENOUGH TAXES, WHY DOESN'T ANY REPORTER ASKING WHILE WIDE- -- ASKED HIM SHEYWHY DO YOU CLAIM EVER DEDUCTION POSSIBLE?...
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| 00:34:22 |
HOST, -
HAS A LOWER RATE FOR INCOMES BETWEEN $1,000,000.1999999 DOLLARS. THE SENATE WILL VOTE ON THAT TODAY. IT'S EXPECTED TO BRING IN $47 BILLION IN TAX REVENUE...
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| 00:34:48 |
GUEST, -
JAY CARNEY TRIES TO GET PUBLIC FIGURES TO GIVE TO THE TREASURY TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT. A COUPLE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DO THIS. THE PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED...
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| 00:35:26 |
HOST, -
2008 VERSUS 2012 AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS ARE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND OVERALL. GUEST: THAT'S QUITE A QUESTION. IT IS INTERESTING,...
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| 00:35:39 |
GUEST, -
LOOK AT RIGHT AROUND ELECTION TIME IN 2008, THAT'S WHEN YOU REALLY HAD YOUR BIG STOCK MARKET CRASHES AND YOU HAD ALL THESE LARGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS...
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| 00:37:24 |
GUEST, -
AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN PLAYS IN MICHIGAN AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE AUTOMOBILE BAILOUT HAS CERTAINLY HAMPERED MITT ROMNEY...
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| 00:38:10 |
HOST, -
WHY, SINCE THE
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| 00:38:13 |
CALLER, -
CONTRACEPTION BILL BECAME LIKE AN ALBATROSS AROUND THE NECK OF THE REPUBLICANS, WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE BLUNT AMENDMENT, ORIGINALLY IT WAS THE BLUNT-...
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| 00:38:47 |
GUEST, -
AND FIRST UNVEILED IT, MARCO RUBIO WAS THAT AND THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WERE GETTING BEHIND. I THINK IT IS SORT OF WE REFER...
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| 00:39:51 |
GUEST, -
ABOUT IT, I THINK RUBIO IS BY FAR THE NO. 1 CANDIDATE FOR ROMNEY TO CHOOSE. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CHATTER AND SPECULATION. BUT I THINK THAT TOURMOBILE...
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| 00:40:18 |
HOST, -
GUEST: BOTH PARTIES ARE KIND OF INTRINSIC. IT IS SOMEWHAT FRUSTRATING, AS SOMEONE WHO WATCHES THEM EVERYDAY. IT'S A GOOD
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| 00:40:32 |
GUEST, -
QUESTION BECAUSE IF YOU SAW THE DEBATE SHIFT VERY SHARPLY OVER LONG-TERM SAVINGS AND POTENTIAL TAX CODE REFORM AND ENTITLEMENT REFORM. THIS IS SOMETHING...
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| 00:42:20 |
HOST, -
MAIN CONSIDERATION FOR HIM. BEFORE THIS CONGRESS, HE WAS REMOVED AS THE TOP
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| 00:42:25 |
GUEST, -
DEMOCRAT ON THE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE. HE WAS VERY UPSET. NANCY PELOSI HELPED PUSH HIM OUT BECAUSE DEMOCRATS WANTED A STRONGER SPOKESMAN TO GO...
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| 00:43:00 |
GUEST, -
THE REDISTRICTING EFFORT IN NEW YORK AND HOW LAWMAKERS WERE LOBBYING EVEN BEFORE THE DISTRICT LINES WERE DRAWN TO TRY TO INFLUENCE THE DEBATE. IT WAS...
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| 00:44:57 |
GUEST, -
UP AND BE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IN CONFERENCE THIS WEEK. SO I THINK HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PROBABLY ADDRESS THIS. HE HAS TALKED TO SOME MEMBERS ABOUT...
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| 00:45:35 |
HOST, -
NEXT WILL TALK WITH A TAXPAYER ADVOCATE OF TOMORROW'S TAX DEADLINE. FIRST A NEWS UPDATE FROM C- SPANRADIO.ORG. >> IF IT CAUGHT 33 EASTERN. AN UPDATE...
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| 00:45:50 |
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SIX U.N. OBSERVERS HAS ARRIVED IN DAMASCUS TO MONITOR THE COUNTRY POSING FOUR-DAY-OLD CEASE-FIRE. IT SAYS THE MISSION WILL START WITH "SETTING UP OPERATING...
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