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HOST: INDEPENDENT VERMONT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS JOINS US FROM CAPITOL HILL THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. SHOULD DEMOCRATS BE READY TO WALK...
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WE ALL WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SEE THAT THE FISCAL CLIFF IS AVOIDED. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST IS A LEVEL OF OBSTRUCTIONISM ON THE PART OF...
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| 00:02:10 |
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A LOOK AND WITH THE FISCAL CLIFF COULD LOOK LIKE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A $6 BILLION REDUCTION. NEARLY $400 BILLION IN TAX INCREASES, $100 BILLION IN...
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| 00:02:43 |
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UP FOR A SECOND. WE TALKED ABOUT GOING OVER THE CLIFF. IS A 10-YEAR PROCESS. I WANT EVERYONE TO BE CLEAR, IF BY DECEMBER 31 A AND AGREEMENT IS NOT REACHED,...
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| 00:06:53 |
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IS SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, FOUNDED THE DEFENDING SOCIAL SECURITY CAUCUS. HERE IS A STORY IN "THE NEW JERSEY NEWS." IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION...
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YOU THIS MORNING? I AM GLAD TO EVEN GET THROUGH. YOU HAVE TO BE A MASTER TO DO THIS. SECONDLY, I WANTED TO SAY, THE FISCAL CLIFF WILL NOT HAPPEN. WE...
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| 00:08:35 |
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BELIEVES ALL PARTIES SHOULD SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT, AND ALSO, HE EXPRESSES THE BELIEF THAT THE FISCAL CLIFF WILL NOT BE BREACHED, THEN THIS WILL END UP...
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| 00:08:47 |
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AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH HIM, THAT ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT WE EXTEND BUSH'S TAX BREAKS WAS THE DEFINING ISSUE OF...
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| 00:10:17 |
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FROM REPUBLICANS -- FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, REPUBLICAN.
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| 00:10:23 |
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I DO NOT THINK THE DEMOCRATS WON THE ELECTION BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGREE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC VALUES. I THINK THEY WON THE...
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| 00:10:54 |
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I DON'T THINK WE WILL CONFISCATE ANYBODY'S MONEY. I DO THINK THAT A TIME WHEN THIS COUNTRY HAS AN UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH WHERE YOU HAVE THE TOP...
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| 00:12:07 |
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SANDERS IS AN INDEPENDENT FROM VERMONT AND WILL START HIS SECOND TERM IN JANUARY. JOE IN NORTH CAROLINA. CALLER:
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| 00:12:19 |
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GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS COUNTRY. IT GIVES CHINA MONEY THEN BORROWS MONEY FROM CHINA. IT IS MONEY TO SAUDI ARABIA. WE GIVE COUNTRIES ALL...
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| 00:13:11 |
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FOR YOUR QUESTION. THERE'S A LOT I AGREE WITH. IT IS IMPORT HOW WE GET INTO THE DEFICIT SITUATION. MANY VIEWERS WILL REMEMBER WHEN BILL CLINTON LEFT OFFICE...
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| 00:15:22 |
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ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE A CAUCUS WITH THE DEMOCRATS. WE SEE THIS HEADLINE IN "THE BOSTON GLOBE." WHAT ADVICE DID YOU HAVE FOR THIS FELLOW INDEPENDENT?...
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| 00:15:42 |
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A COUPLE OF TIMES RECENTLY. ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE ASKED ME ABOUT IT IS WHAT IS A LIKE TO FUNCTION WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP...
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| 00:16:26 |
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DOES IT GIVE THE INDEPENDENT VOICE ANY MORE SWAY? GUEST: I THINK
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| 00:16:32 |
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IT DOES. HE WON AS AN INDEPENDENT. HOST: ENVIRONMENT,
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| 00:16:44 |
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PUBLIC WORKS ARE AMONG THE COMMITTEE'S SENATORS SANDERS SITS ON. HE WAS THE MAYOR OF BURLINGTON. GLORIA FROM TEXAS. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
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| 00:17:05 |
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CAN USED TO THAT CHART THAT YOU SHOWED EARLIER ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD BE PAYING IN TAXES? HOST: WE WILL GET
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| 00:17:17 |
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THE READY FOR YOU. DID IT CONCERN YOU? CALLER: EVERYBODY IS TALKING
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| 00:17:28 |
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OUT DEVASTATING IT WILL BE TO GO OVER THE CLIFF. PEOPLE MAKING UNDER $20,000, $7.50 A WEEK. THERE IS ONLY $270 A WEEK. I DIDN'T THINK THE COUNTRY WILL...
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| 00:18:29 |
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COMES FROM THE TAX POLICY CENTER AND SHOWS WITH THE TAX INCREASES COULD BE. GUEST: THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT
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| 00:18:51 |
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TAX INCREASE AND WE HAVE TO AVOID IT. THE PRESIDENT HAS URGED AND I SUPPORT -- LET'S VOTE TODAY ON MAKING SURE THAT THE BOTTOM 98% OF TAXPAYERS IN THIS...
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| 00:20:02 |
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CALIFORNIA. CALLER: I'M
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| 00:20:06 |
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CALLING FROM MY MOTHER. SHE IS SHAKEN UP ABOUT THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND MEDICARE. SHE HAS HER OWN INSURANCE AND FORCED TO USE MEDICARE. SHE CANNOT GET...
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| 00:20:38 |
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I DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOUR MOM IS AIN. CALL UP YOUR SENATOR ARE CONGRESSPERSON IN TEXAS. MEDICARE IS A NATIONAL PROGRAM WHERE ALL PEOPLE PARTICIPATE....
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| 00:21:06 |
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MINORITY LEADER SPOKE OUT AND SAID YOU CANNOT TAX THE WEALTHY ENOUGH TO DO WITH THE NATION'S DEFICITS. LET'S HEAR HIS STATEMENTS. [VIDEO CLIP] >> THE
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| 00:21:24 |
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BIG ARGUMENT DURING THE CAMPAIGN OVER WHETHER WE SHOULD RAISE TAX RATES ON PEOPLE ABOVE $250,000 WOULD HAVE PRODUCED ENOUGH REVENUE TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT...
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| 00:22:04 |
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OLD BUSINESS. NOBODY SUGGESTS ASKING THE TOP 2% TO PAY MORE IN TAXES IS GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. IT WILL BRING AND HELP US DO WITH ABOUT $1...
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| 00:23:49 |
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MIKE, WELCOME. CALLER: GOOD
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| 00:23:53 |
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MORNING. I AM PUZZLED ABOUT THE VALUES OF MODERN PROGRESSIVISM. YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT SPOKESPERSON. WASTHERE WAS AN EIGHT-HOUR FILIBUSTER AGAINST THE BUSH...
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| 00:25:03 |
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ABOUT DEFICIT REDUCTION, WE HAVE TO END THE ABSURDITY OF ONE OUT OF FOUR OPERATIONS STOPPED PAYING A NICKEL AND TAXES AND MAKE SURE THAT THE WEALTHY...
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| 00:26:31 |
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GET ONE BUT LAST PHONE CALL AND. FROM MICHIGAN, A DEMOCRAT. CALLER: THIS IS MY FIRST
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| 00:26:38 |
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TIME GETTING IN. MY COMMENT IS, WHY IS IT THAT WE CAN GIVE ALL THIS EXTRA AID TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, BUT WHEN WE TRY TO FEED OUR OWN PEOPLE,...
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| 00:28:23 |
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IN FROM LONNIE IS. -- A TWEET CAME IN FROM LONNIE. WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THAT WILL GO UNFUNDED FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AT THE END...
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| 00:28:39 |
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IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS CAN BE RECTIFIED IN GENERAL ARE FEBRUARY. I DO NOT WANT TO SAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE...
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| 00:29:00 |
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SANDERS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. COMING UP NEXT, JENNIFER TOLBERT. >> 9:18 A.M. EASTERN
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| 00:29:16 |
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TIME. UNITED STATES AND AFGHANISTAN HAVE BEEN -- NEGOTIATIONS TODAY ON THE AGREEMENT THAT WILL SHAPE THE U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN THAT COUNTRY. REPRESENTATIVES...
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