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REPUBLICAN AIDES ARE CONTEMPLATING A FALLBACK PLAN FOR THE SO CALLED "FISCAL CLIFF", WHICH INCLUDES EXTENDING TAX CUTS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND RESUMING...
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WHEN DID THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BECOME THE PARTY THAT RESTRICTS POOR? I UNDERSTAND THE TAX CUT FOR THE RICH IS IMPORTANT TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT I FEEL THE...
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| 00:03:44 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
MAKE OF THE BACK A PLAN BEING REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYING IF WE CANNOT COME TO SOME SORT OF DEAL, WE SHOULD JUST PASSED TAX CUTS FOR THE MIDDLE...
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CUT FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION IS GREAT. THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR STIMULATING THE ECONOMY. BUT THE BIG THING IS HIT THERE NEEDS TO BE A BALANCED PLAN....
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| 00:04:44 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: ROBERT, MILWAUKEE, DEMOCRATIC CALLER. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO
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| 00:04:50 |
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SAY THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, NOT ALL OF THEM, I THINK IT'S JUST THE TEA PARTY, THEY ARE DESTROYING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. WHEN I SAW SENATOR DOLE...
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| 00:05:43 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WE JUST SHOWED WAS SHOT BY A C-SPAN PRODUCER WITH HIS IPHONE. IT WAS THE FORMER SENATOR IN A WHEELCHAIR MAKING HIS WAY INTO THE CHAMBER YESTERDAY FOR...
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| 00:07:01 |
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MORNING. I AM CALLING ABOUT SOMETHING I HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT. PEOPLE WILLING TO TAKE THE $15 OR $20 EXTRA THEY'RE GETTING FROM THE TO% TAX BREAK, IT...
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| 00:07:27 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE PAYROLL TAX CUT, EXTENDING THAT POSSIBLY AS PART OF THE FISCAL CLIFF NEGOTIATIONS. CALLER:
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| 00:07:34 |
CALLER, -
RIGHT. IT WILL COST THEM IN THE LONG RUN. HOST:
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| 00:07:39 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BECAUSE THE MONEY IS COMING OUT OF SOCIAL SECURITY. POLITICIANS SAY THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. THEY SAY SOCIAL SECURITY WILL HAVE ITS MONEY.
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| 00:07:48 |
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CALLER: THEY TELL YOU ALL KINDS OF THINGS. HOST: JOHN
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| 00:07:53 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IN ATLANTA, DEMOCRATIC CALLER. CALLER: HOW ARE
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| 00:07:56 |
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YOU? IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS OPEN PHONES. I THINK AS FAR AS THE FISCAL CLIFF IS CONCERNED, THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND THEY...
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| 00:08:27 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOU THINK IT DECIDES IT SHOULD JUST AGREE TO PASS THE TAX CUTS -- EXTEND THE TAX CUTS FOR MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS AND THEN WAIT UNTIL LATER TO RESUME ...
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| 00:08:45 |
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START WITH THAT. AND IF THEY AGREE ON THAT, THEN THEY CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT THING. BUT THIS LAGGING AND DRAGGING ALONG ON BOTH SIDES MAKES NO SENSE. HOST:...
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| 00:09:02 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS THE WASHINGTON POST THIS MORNING. [VIDEO CLIP] >> I
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| 00:09:23 |
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DON'T THINK THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW HAS TO DO WITH SITTING IN A ROOM. THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW THAT IS RELEVANT IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO...
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| 00:09:54 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE HAS SAT DOWN WITH HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER, SAYING YOU DON'T NEED TO SIT IN A ROOM TO GET IT...
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| 00:11:10 |
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MORNING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO COME TO SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT. THE GOP HAS TO GIVE GROUND, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S...
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| 00:11:43 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
JOHNSONVILLE, VIRGINIA. -- FLOYD. CALLER: I WAS THINKING
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| 00:11:52 |
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ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM AT. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN WE FELL OFF THE MORAL CLIFF. OUR PRESIDENT SAID GAY MARRIAGE WAS OK....
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| 00:12:56 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TIMES FRONT PAGE -- INSIDE THE PAPER, THEY QUOTE SEVERAL CONSERVATIVE HOUSE LAWMAKERS. AN IOWA REPUBLICAN SAYS THE SPEAKER HAS TO LOOK AT WHERE THE...
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU GUYS FOR C-SPAN AND FOR WASHINGTON JOURNAL. THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT GAVE ME THE CAPACITY TO LISTEN TO AN OPINION THAT...
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| 00:16:08 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWEET -- NOW? MIKE, AN INDEPENDENT CALLER IN WISCONSIN. CALLER: THE FISCAL
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| 00:16:27 |
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CLIFF AND ARE 100 TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT, MOSTLY IT'S THE FAULT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I BLAME CONGRESS IN GENERAL FOR NOT HAVING THE COURAGE TO TELL...
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| 00:16:46 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CUMENE? CA-- WHAT DO YOU MEAN? CALLER: WE
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| 00:16:59 |
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HAVE UNSUSTAINABLE DEBT. IT HAS TO BE REFORMED. FOR DECADES WE HAVE BEEN ELECTING POLITICIANS WILL TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR, BUT WE CANNOT PAY FOR...
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| 00:17:32 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE EDITORIAL IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THIS MORNING -- RICK? CALLER:
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| 00:18:33 |
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IT'S LIKE A BAR TAB. WE ARE THE RUNS THAT RAN UP THE BARTEC. OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO PAY IT UNTIL WE REALIZE WE HAVE TO STOP DRINKING...
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| 00:18:51 |
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NOT BE ONE OR THE OTHER. IT SHOULD BE ALL OF THE ABOVE. THE RICH SHOULD GO BACK TO THE CLINTON ERA TAX CUTS WHERE THEY DID A FANTASTIC. THE MIDDLE CLASS...
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| 00:19:28 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUR PHONE CALLS. SOME OTHER HEADLINES, IN THE BALTIMORE SUN, THEY ARE REPORTING MANNING IS CONFIDENT THINGS WILL TURN OUT OK IF HE DOES NOT SPEND THE...
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| 00:21:06 |
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ACT IS A SHAM. I AM IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION,. PUBLIC, WORKS. THEY ARE ALREADY TRYING TO COME OUT WITH AN INTERNATIONAL CODE BOOK ON DISABILITIES. MR....
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| 00:21:30 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY'S DEBATE IN THE SENATE.
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| 00:21:33 |
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CALLER: EXACTLY. I WISH HE WOULD BE AS PASSIONATE ABOUT TRY TO GET PEOPLE ON THE WEST COAST BACK TO WORK. IF THEY WOULD WORK AS HARD ON THAT AS THE DISABILITIES...
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| 00:22:23 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A TEA PARTY SUPPORTER? CALLER: I'M NOT AFFILIATED
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| 00:22:28 |
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WITH THE TEA PARTY, BUT I AM TIRED OF HEARING THEM BLAME IT, BECAUSE I SEE THE HARD-WORKING GENERATION THAT ARE IN THEIR 60S THAT PAID IN AND THEY...
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| 00:22:57 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SOUTH CAROLINA, WILLIAM, A DEMOCRAT. WE'RE LISTENING TO YOUR THOUGHTS THIS MORNING ON OPEN PHONES. CALLER: I AM A NEW
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| 00:23:06 |
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LISTENER AND A VETERAN. I I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT THE FISCAL CLIFF AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND,...
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| 00:23:43 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: THANKS FOR CALLING. AND THANKS FOR WATCHING. BLOOMBERG IS REPORTING THIS MORNING THAT SENATOR REELECT ELIZABETH WARREN FROM MASSACHUSETTS IS POISED...
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| 00:25:41 |
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THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE WITH MY MOTHER WHO WENT FROM THE HOSPITAL TO A NURSING HOME AND WAS TOLD SHE COULD NOT HAVE ANY REHABILITATION SERVICES, THAT SHE...
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| 00:26:25 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS A DEMOCRATIC CALLER. CALLER: I CANNOT BELIEVE
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| 00:26:29 |
CALLER, -
I GOT THROUGH. THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH C- SPAN WAS 2003. GIVE ME ABOUT A MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS. HOST: GO! CALLER: I THINK
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| 00:26:43 |
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BARACK OBAMA SHOULD KEEP DOING WHAT HE IS DOING, HOLD HIS GROUND. I THINK IT IS COLD HEARTED AND EVIL THAT THESE RICH PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY WHAT NEEDS...
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| 00:27:31 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OF TIME. WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 30 MINUTES FOR OPEN PHONES THIS MORNING. I WILL HAVE TO LET YOU GO. THE HOTTEST PROPERTY TO EMERGE FROM OBAMA'S VICTORY OVER...
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| 00:28:59 |
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CALLER: HOW ARE YA? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE DEBT GOES UP BECAUSE OF THE WARS. WHEN THEY WANT TO PAY FOR IT, THEY WANT TO PAY FOR IT WITH ENTITLEMENTS....
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| 00:30:25 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
LEARNING FORMER REPRESENTATIVE JACK BROOKS, A TEXAS DEMOCRAT, WHO WAS ONE OF THE GIANTS OF THE HOUSE DURING THIS TIME, DIED TUESDAY AT THE AGE OF 89....
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.