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WELCOME. >> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. >> AND JOINING US IN THE STUDIO -- JONATHAN STRONG AND JONATHAN WEISMAN.
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| 00:00:22 |
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GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY AT. LET'S START WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES. 8.1% IN NINE STATES WITH JOBLESS FIGURES ADDED BACK. WHAT DOES...
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| 00:00:46 |
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THE PRESIDENT'S JOBS BILL. IS THE ONLY JOBS BILL THAT IS OUT THERE. IT PUTS 2.1 BILLION PEOPLE -- 2.1 MILLION PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO...
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| 00:01:36 |
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TO BRING THE ECONOMY BACK TO WHERE WAS BEFORE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS? >> HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE BEFORE THE SENATE WILL REFORM CLOTURE...
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| 00:01:48 |
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THE 497 BILLS THAT -- WHILE WE WERE IN THE MAJORITY -- THEY MADE SURE DID NOT GET TO THE FLOOR? AND THE OBSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE, AS I SAID EARLIER....
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| 00:03:01 |
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OR IMPLICIT PROMISES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. BUT EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE CHANGING. SO, HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN...
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| 00:03:39 |
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ACT TAKES IT OUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT YEARS. UNDER THE ROMNEY PLAN, IT WOULD BE A CHANGE AS WE KNOW IT BY 2016. AGAIN, I THINK PRESIDENT CLINTON OUTLINED...
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| 00:06:50 |
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US FROM GOING OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF AND WOULD BUOY THE ECONOMY BY JUST DEMONSTRATING COOPERATION IN WASHINGTON? >> AGAIN, I'VE WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD...
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| 00:07:11 |
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RESPECT, AND THIS IS NOT WITH ANY HEAVY THINKING HERE, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JOB CREATION AND DEFICIT REDUCTION, IF WE TAKE UNEMPLOYMENT UNDER 7%,...
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| 00:08:46 |
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WILL BE LEAVING CONGRESS. SOME WILL BE LEAVING BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO RETIRE. OTHERS IN VOLUNTARILY. I HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT...
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| 00:09:06 |
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IS THAT YOUR POSITION AS CONGRESS IS SCHEDULED TO COME BACK? >> I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PATTY SAID THAT IN FRUSTRATION. OUR POSITION CONTINUES TODAY LET'S...
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| 00:09:20 |
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LET'S DEMONSTRATE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- >> WHEN YOU SAY LET'S WORK TOGETHER, WHAT ARE DEMOCRATS GOING TO CAN SEE? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE UP?...
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| 00:09:32 |
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WE HAVE PUT FORWARD A PLAN. WE HAVE PUT FORWARD A BUDGET. WHEN THE OTHER SIDE SAYS, EVEN THE
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| 00:09:40 |
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SAY, LISTEN, EVEN IF YOU A $10 OF TAX CUTS FOR EVERY $1 OF REVENUE IN COME COME UP GOOD TO AT LEAST -- IN COME, COULD YOU LEAST...
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| 00:11:25 |
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BE HAVING REAL TROUBLES IN CONNECTICUT WITH HIS RACE TO THE SENATE. AND MCMAHON, WHO LOST HANDILY TWO YEARS AGO, IS DOING VERY WELL. WHAT IS GOING ON...
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| 00:11:53 |
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WE HAD A LOT OF THE CONVENTION. CHRIS MURPHY HAS GOT TO CONTINUE WHAT HE IS DOING. GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING HIS MESSAGE OUT. WHEN YOU COME FROM...
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| 00:13:41 |
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STAINING IN POLITICS WHERE SOME OF THE TYCOON'SS THAT FILL THE COFFERS IN THE PAST FOR DEMOCRATS ARE TURNING AWAY, HELPING NOW MITT ROMNEY? >> THAT COULD...
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| 00:14:10 |
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I THINK WHAT STINGS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THIS CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, IT JUST SIMPLY IS NOT FAIR THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS...
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| 00:16:04 |
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AL. THE YOU EXPECT TO HAVE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE NEXT CONGRESS? >> HOUR AND TIGHTER FOCUS -- OUR ENTIRE FOCUS IS WINNING BACK THE MAJORITY. >>...
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| 00:16:21 |
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YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR VICE CHAIR. >> LET ME SAY THE VICE CHAIRMAN POSITION AND THE CHAIRMAN
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| 00:16:31 |
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POSITION OF OUR CAUCUS -- THERE IS AN EXCELLENT
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| 00:16:36 |
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ROLE. IT IS, AS YOU POINT OUT, TERM- LIMITED. MOST MEMBERS, I DARESAY, AND OUR CAUCUS ARE FOCUSED ON THEIR REELECTION. YOUR COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND THAT...
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| 00:17:22 |
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THERE. AND WE BELIEVE ONCE WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF A SALE TO OUR BACK HERE -- SAIL TO ARE BACK HERE. RE-TAKING 25 SEATS. THERE IS NOBODY WHO WORKS HARDER...
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| 00:18:49 |
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NO, IT IS THE DEMOCRATS THAT HAVE RATED MEDICARE, TAKEN $700 BILLION -- RAIDED MEDICARE, TAKEN $700 BILLION FROM A. HOW MUCH DID THAT MUDDY THE WATERS?...
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| 00:19:15 |
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IN HIS OWN BUDGET, YET DOESN'T PUT IT BACK TO RESTORE MEDICARE OR HOW ABOUT SENIORS, BUT TAKES THAT MONEY OUT OF THE BUDGET ALTOGETHER? LET'S BE CLEAR...
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| 00:21:08 |
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OBAMA. BILL CLINTON. AND JUST
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| 00:21:11 |
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WHEN YOU SAY HOW CAN ANYONE SUPERSEDE THAT, BARACK OBAMA. THEY OBVIOUSLY SET THE BAR INCREDIBLY HIGH. I THINK THERE WAS AN ARRAY OF PEOPLE WHO SPOKE...
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| 00:22:13 |
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RIFT OVER THE PLATFORM FIGHT OVER GOD AND JERUSALEM? >> WELL, YOU
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| 00:22:20 |
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KNOW, EVERY CONVENTION I HAVE EVER BEEN SUED, EVERY PLATFORM, THERE
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| 00:22:27 |
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ARE ALWAYS RIFTS. IT IS MINOR. I THINK IT WAS SMART TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY AND STEP IN AND INDICATE WHERE HE IS. I THINK IT IS A MINOR THING AND WE...
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| 00:23:32 |
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WELL, LISTEN, WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT TWAS. OBVIOUSLY COME EVERYBODY WISHES MORE JOBS WERE CREATED.
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| 00:23:43 |
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90,000 JOBS WERE CREATED. THE DIRECTION IS HEADED THE RIGHT WAY. INSTEAD OF 8.3%, AT 8.1%. I THINK THE PUBLIC HEARS THIS, BUT CAN WE GET THROUGH ENOUGH...
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| 00:25:54 |
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FORCE. GIVEN THOSE TWO THINGS, IS IT REALLY FAIR TO SAY WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FROM THAT NUMBER? >> 8.3% TO 8.1%. I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT...
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| 00:26:14 |
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CREATION. LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE IN THE PAST. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF PROGRESS FOR US TO MAKE. THAT IS THE CHALLENGE. THAT IS THE CHALLENGE. CONNECTING...
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| 00:27:25 |
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ON -- MR. BOEHNER, I THINK, HAS ACTED IN GOOD FAITH SEVERAL TIMES. BUT HE IS THE
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| 00:27:33 |
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RUG PULLED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM BY THE TEA PARTY CAUCUS ALL THE TIME. WE WILL SEE IF THAT REMAINS SO OR NOT. >> CONGRESSMAN JOHN LARSON, DEMOCRAT...
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| 00:27:50 |
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THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU. >> WE HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES WITH OUR GUESTS -- JONATHAN WEISMAN, WHAT IS
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| 00:28:03 |
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THE REALITY OF THE REPUBLICANS WORKING TOGETHER IN THE CONGRESS? >> REALITY AS THERE IS GOING TO BE READ IT -- REALITY IS THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE ORDER...
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| 00:28:18 |
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STOPPEDGAP, GET THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION GOING. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PRESSURE TO DO THE FARM BILL. I THINK REPUBLICANS WILL BE COMING BACK WITH...
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| 00:28:45 |
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IS INTERESTING IS THE CONGRESSMAN KEPT POINTING TO THE PRESIDENT'S JOBS PLAN. IT HE IS A MORE VOCAL
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| 00:28:52 |
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ADVOCATE OF THAT PLAN AND PRESIDENT OBAMA IS AT THIS POINT. LAST NIGHT IN HIS SPEECH, HE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY MAJOR NEW PLANTS OR INITIATIVES, DESPITE...
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| 00:29:32 |
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THE ELECTION I YOUR PRIVATELY FROM DEMOCRATS IS PESSIMISTIC. MUCH MORE PESSIMISTIC. MANY
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| 00:29:40 |
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PEOPLE CAN SEE TO ME THERE'S NO WAY THE DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE IT BACK. >> I TOTALLY DISAGREE. I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF PERSONAL FRIENDS WHO ARE...
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| 00:29:53 |
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LOT OF THESE, ON THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT SIDE. THEY REALLY MADE YOU FEEL THAT THE MEDICARE ATTACKS HAVE REALLY HURT REPUBLICANS. THE REPUBLICANS...
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| 00:31:39 |
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BOTH YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON "NEWSMAKERS." >> WHAT "NEWSMAKERS" >>
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