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HOST: GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." CONGRESS RETURNS TO WASHINGTON WITH THE CLOCK COUNTING DOWN ON TIME LEFT TO TACKLE THE TOUGH FISCAL...
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ROLE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS? WE ARE HEARING ABOUT HOW REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA ARE NEGOTIATING. CALLER: I THINK THE
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DEMOCRATS SHOULD HAVE SOME FORM OF A DEMOCRATIC RIP -- RIP AT THE TABLE. I BELIEVE EVERYBODY SHOULD BE INVOLVED. IT HAS GONE ON TOO FAR LIKE THIS WITHOUT...
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| 00:06:13 |
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COMING FROM FACEBOOK. YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON FACEBOOK BY LOOKING FOR C-SPAN AND WEIGHING IN THERE. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT CALL, JASON FROM NEW...
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. I THINK IT IS IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT STATES' RIGHTS, WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE CONSTITUTION AND OUR VIABLE...
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| 00:07:20 |
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FOR THAT CALL. YOU CAN CALL US AND GIVE YOUR INPUT. I WILL GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS AGAIN. THEY ARE DIFFERENT THIS MORNING. LOOKING MORE AT WHAT SOME OF...
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| 00:09:16 |
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THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS STATE SHOULD HAVE A SAY SO FOR THE GOVERNMENT, ALSO. HOST: WE MISS
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| 00:09:28 |
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THE FIRST PART OF YOUR CALL. HOW SHOULD IT BE DONE? CALLER: I THINK THE
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STATE SHOULD POLL THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE STATE. THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE STATE THAT KEEP THE STATE'S GOING. I THINK...
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| 00:10:06 |
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A FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA ON THE DEMOCRAT LINE. CALLER: I THINK WE NEED TO
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BUT CONGRESS HAD ALL THIS BUSINESS. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY DO. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE ELECTED FOR. I JUST DO NOT THINK THE STATES WOULD...
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| 00:10:47 |
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DO YOU THINK THE STATES SHOULD USE THEIR LINE OF COMMUNICATION OF CONGRESS OR THE WHITE HOUSE? CALLER: I THINK WE NEED TO
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TRUST THE CONGRESS AND BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ELECTED THEM TO DO THE STATE'S BUSINESS AND TRUST THEM TO DO IT. HOST: LET'S GO TO MIKE. CALLER: I THINK...
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STATES ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL BUDGETS TO THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS. IF THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO HAVE A SAY ON THE BUDGET, GET A HOLD OF THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS,...
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| 00:11:42 |
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MARIE HAS TO SAY ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: I THINK ONLY THE
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BLUE STATES SHOULD HAVE A SAY BECAUSE THE BLUE STATES CONTRIBUTE OVERWHELMINGLY MORE MONEY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE RED STATES TEND TO BE MORE...
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| 00:12:20 |
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THAT? DID YOU BASE THAT ON WHO THEIR GOVERNOR IS ARE THERE LEGISLATURE? CALLER: LOOK AT THE
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MAP. I SEE WHERE THE RED STATES ARE AND THE BLUE STATES ARE. THE BLUE STATES ARE WHERE YOUR BETTER EDUCATED HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE LIVE WHO I THINK ARE...
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| 00:13:08 |
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TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT STAGE GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE. FIRST, "NEWSMAKERS," WHICH WILL BE ON AT 10:00 THIS MORNING, HAS A...
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| 00:13:45 |
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SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER'S CONCEPT OF A BRIDGE DEAL, WHICH COULD BE A REVENUE PACKAGE AND TAX REFORM AND THE NEW YEAR THAT DOES BRING IN NEW REVENUE? >>...
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IT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA TO HAVE TAX REFORM IN THE NEW YEAR. I THINK JOHN BOEHNER KEEPS TRYING TO SOFT AND WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAID ON NOVEMBER 6....
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THEY PLAN TO DO TO HELP THE PRESIDENT? HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU PLAN TO SPEND? >> WE HAVE JOINED
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WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, LABOR AND COMMUNITY, WHICH STARTED ON NOVEMBER 8 WITH 44 ACTIONS A RUN THE COUNTRY. WE WERE DOING VISITS ON THE HILL TOGETHER....
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| 00:15:47 |
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10:00 THIS MORNING. AT A CERTAIN RATIO READ JOGGED -- THAT EXCERPT SHOWED HER TALKING ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF AND JOHN BOEHNER. WE ARE ASKING YOU IF...
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THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. I DO NOT THINK THE STATES SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT BECAUSE IT IS COMPLICATED ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH CONGRESS. I CERTAINLY HOPE WE WILL...
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| 00:17:04 |
Casey, Libby - Host
FROM UNION CITY. GOOD MORNING. ARE YOU WITH US? OK. DAVE IS TURNING INTO THE TV RATHER THAN THE PHONE CALL. WE WILL LOOK AT THE PEACE STUDY. -- PEW STUDY....
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GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I THINK THAT THE STATES ARE ALREADY REPRESENTED THROUGH THEIR CONGRESSPERSONS. WE DO NOT NEED TO HAVE DOUBLE REPRESENTATION....
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| 00:18:37 |
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OK. LET'S GO TO SPRINGFIELD, GEORGIA ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER:
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GOOD MORNING. MY COMMENT IS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATES THAT ARE NOT PAYING ENOUGH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY GET A LOT MORE MONEY BACK. TO HAVE...
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ACTUALLY, THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. THEY HAVE SPOKEN BECAUSE THEY REELECTED PRESIDENT OBAMA. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS. IF ONLY THE REPUBLICANS CAN GET OVER...
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| 00:20:35 |
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CALLERS HAS CALLED IN AND TALKED ABOUT STATES AND HOW IT WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY AFFECTED. THIS STUDY FROM PEW POINTS OUT -- HERE ARE STATES THAT WOULD...
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CALLER: HELLO, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. YOU CANNOT SATISFY THESE PEOPLE. PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO EVER BE SATISFIED. THEY...
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| 00:23:12 |
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THINK ABOUT THE ROLE STATES SHOULD PLAY? SHOULD THEY HAVE A SAY AS CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE TALK ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF? CALLER: THE WHOLE
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THING ABOUT THE MATTER IS, THE STATES HAVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. THEY NEED TO HANDLE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING? THEY NEED TO LET...
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| 00:23:57 |
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IS ALSO THE CONGRESS THAT HAS AN INFLUENCE A ROLE IN THIS. SHOULD THE STATES TRUST CONGRESS TO STRIKE THE DEAL WITH THE PRESIDENT?
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CALLER: THEY NEED TO GET THEIR BUTTS OUT OF THEIR TAILS -- HOST:
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| 00:24:11 |
Casey, Libby - Host
LET'S MOVE ONTO MICHAEL ON TWITTER. RICK JOINS US FROM PITTSBURGH, A MISSOURI AND THE DEMOCRATS' LINE. CALLER:
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HELLO. IT IS VICK. GOOD MORNING. IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I TALKED TO C-SPAN. MY CONCERN IS THIS. I VOTED FOR OBAMA TWO TIMES. I AM A WHITE MAN, 58 YEARS...
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| 00:25:11 |
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TO DO WITH THE FISCAL CLIFF AND STATE'S ROLES? CALLER: A LOT
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OF THE PEOPLE BEING AFFECTED, ESPECIALLY IN THE -- HAPPEN TO BE MULTIRACIAL AND WHITE. THE FEW AT THE TOP -- AND I KNOW THEM AT THE TOP -- THE WEALTHY...
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| 00:26:57 |
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WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE AND GO TO A TWEET. BILL SHARED HIS COMMENTS BY WRITING @CSPANWJ IN HIS TWEET. HERE ARE SOME FACEBOOK COMMENTS COMING IN. OUR NEXT...
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THE STATE'S NEED TO HAVE AN OPINION BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO CRIPPLE IN THE AREAS THAT DEPEND HEAVILY ON THE GOVERNMENT....
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| 00:28:20 |
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BE AFFECTED BECAUSE OF THE DEFENSE SPENDING AND EMPLOYS THAT LIVE A CENTER OF THE VIRGINIA AREA. DOES THIS AFFECT YOU PERSONALLY? CALLER: IT
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AFFECTS EVERYBODY PERSONALLY. THEY NEED TO GET EDUCATED ON HOW MUCH INCOME WHEN NAVY SHIP ACTUALLY BRINGS INTO A COMMUNITY. JUST ONE CHIP.
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| 00:28:55 |
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HOST: THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO BRIAN IN ILLINOIS ON THE DEMOCRATS' LINE.
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THERE ARE TWO THINGS I WANT TO SAY. BEING IN ILLINOIS, THERE IS NO WAY I WANT MY STATE HAVING ANY INPUT ON THE FEDERAL BUDGET OR...
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| 00:30:14 |
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THINK CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO SOME TERMS BEFORE WE HIT THE END OF THE YEAR? CALLER: ON
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ONE SIDE, THERE HAS BEEN A STRATEGY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO VILIFY CONGRESS. IT INCLUDES NOT JUST THE REPUBLICANS. THERE HAS BEEN NO BUDGET PROPOSED...
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| 00:31:10 |
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TWEETS IN. OUR NEXT CALLER JOINS US FROM TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA ON THE DEMOCRATS' LINE. CALLER:
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I HOPE THEY DO NOT GIVE THE STATES ANY INPUT, ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. ANYTHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSED THAT WOULD GIVE...
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| 00:32:24 |
Casey, Libby - Host
TALKING ABOUT WHETHER YOU THINK THE STATES SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. THE CUTS WILL TAKE PLACE UNLESS THEY ACT. DO YOU THINK STATES SHOULD HAVE...
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WOULD TAKE THE POSITION THAT THE STATES ARE ESSENTIAL TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION AS MUCH AS THEY ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENS...
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| 00:33:44 |
Casey, Libby - Host
COMING TO US FROM TWITTER. WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE SUNDAY TALK SHOWS HAPPENING THIS MORNING. WE CAN LOOK AT A LINE UP OF THE GUESTS ON FOX NEWS SUNDAY....
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THE STATEMENT A FEW MINUTES AGO, EXACTLY MY THOUGHT. WHEN YOU HAVE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR IN CONGRESS, THEN THEY ARE REPRESENTING THE...
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| 00:35:51 |
Casey, Libby - Host
HOST: THANK YOU. WHAT YOU WERE QUOTING WAS EIGHT TWEET THAT CAME IN THAT SAID STATES ALREADY HAVE A SAY BY SENDING MEMBERS TO THE HOUSE AND SENATE. DEMOCRATS...
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TODAY POSE THE QUESTION IS INTERESTING. THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS ADDRESSED BY CONGRESS BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 1787 AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION....
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| 00:37:51 |
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FOR THE REFLECTION ON HISTORY. LET'S GO TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES." LOOKING AT OTHER STORIES THAT RELATED TO THE MIDDLE EAST. LOOKING AT THE SITUATION IN...
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CALLER: YES. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. ALL I WANTED TO SAY WAS, WE ARE ALREADY REPRESENTED IN THE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE FOR THE FISCAL CLIFF. HOST:...
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THINK THAT IS ENOUGH. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CALL OUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN AND GIVE OUR OPINION THERE. HOST: HERE IS THE
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HEADLINE IN THE "THE NEW YORK TIMES." WE HAVE A TWEET THAT ECHOES WITH THE LAST CALLER SAYS. CHARLOTTE ON THE DEMOCRATS' LINE.
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CALLER: HELLO. HOW ARE YOU DOING? I AGREE WITH THE LAST CALLER THAT CLARIFIED IT CONSTITUTIONALLY, NO, THE STATES SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY SAY IN THE FEDERAL...
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| 00:43:27 |
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THING WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IS A REPORT FROM THE PEW CENTER ON THE IMPACT OF THE FISCAL CLIFF. YOU CAN FIND US ONLINE ON THE WEB SITE. IF YOU WOULD...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.