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Harleston, Robb - Host
IS POLITICS EDITOR WITH THE WASHINGTON TIMES AND HE IS HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF. WHAT'S NEXT. SO LET'S GET TO IT. ON FRIDAY YOU HAD THE...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
BEGIN THE WEEK WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SAYING NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN HE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD STALLED. THEY WERE STUCK ON THEIR -- I GUESS I...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
SHORT BECAUSE IT INVOLVED TAX RATE INCREASES AND IN EFFECT WOULD HAVE LED TO TAX RATE INCREASES. BOEHNER ARGS THE VOTE ITSELF WAS TO EXTEND TAX...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ABOUT ARM-TWISTING. IS IT THESE PEOPLE CAME TO HIM AND SAID THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT OR DID HE DO A HEAD COUNT AND JUST SAY, I WON'T...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
BOTH. I WAS OUTSIDE WHILE THEY WERE HUDDLING ESSENTIALLY. HE REALIZED WHERE IT WAS. EARLIER THAT DAY HE AND HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER ERIC CANTOR UNDER NO...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
TALKING WITH STEPHEN DINAN FROM THE "WASHINGTON TIMES POLITICS." ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF, THE NUMBERS ARE ON THE SCREEN. BEFORE GOING TO THE PHONES...
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THAT THE VOTE LAST NIGHT WAS GOING TO INCREASE TAXES. I DISAGREE WITH THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THAT BY, BUT IT WAS OUT THERE AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES, WERE THE CONSERVATIVES TAKING IT OUT ON THE SPEAKER? HE HAD MADE DECISIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT UPSET SOME OF THEM. TOOK...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
GUEST: MAYBE A LITTLE. BUT THE SPEAKER, ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID REPEATEDLY IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS THIS WAS A MESSAGE ON SPENDING. HE TOOK FROM,...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
BOSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, YOU'RE ON THE WASHINGTON JOURNAL WITH STEPHEN DINAN OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES. CALLER: MERRY CHRISTMAS
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TO Y'ALL. FIRST COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASED. MY SECOND COMMENT, AND PLEASE LET ME FINISH ON THIS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE HEADLINE IN THIS MORNING'S "NEW YORK TIMES." HURRICANE RELIEF BILL MOVES TOWARDS PASSAGE IN THE SENATE. A $60.4 BILLION TO PAY FOR RECOVERY EFFORTS...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
ABOUT? GUEST: YES. IT'S INTERESTING. YOU'VE SEEN THE SENATE. THE ARTICLE STAYS SENATE MOVED TOWARDS THIS PASSAGE AND IT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN NEXT WEEK...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
OUR DEMOCRATS LINE, LISA. CALLER:
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I'M A RESIDENT AND LIVE. MY PROMISE FINANCIALLY, I AM NOT WORKING. I CANNOT HAVE -- IN MY HOUSE THAT THE TIME. MY GRANDSON IS GOING TO SCHOOL. I...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
OUT THE WEEK BEFORE LAST AND WAS TOURING THE COUNTRY TELLING FOLKS YOU NEED TO GET ON YOUR CONGRESSMANEN AND WE NEED ADDITIONAL REVENUE. DURING THE CHRISTMAS...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
KNOW. I THINK EVERYBODY WAS SO EXHAUSTED AFTER THE LAST WEEK THAT THEY WANT A REAL BREAK AFTER CHRISTMAS TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO DO THAT. AS THEY ARE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ON OUR LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS. CALLER: I AM NEVER BEEN
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ABLE TO GET THROUGH BEFORE THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. YOU HAVE...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SPENDING CUTS. IT IS TRUE THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN AS EAGER TO PASS THE PRESIDENT'S'S STIMULUS PLAN. PREDICTABLY, THOSE TWO THINGS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IN TODAY'S WALL STREET JOURNAL -- TODAY'S WALL STREET JOURNAL IS HOW THIS UPLIFT TALKS HAVE HIT THE WALL. THE NEW TAX REVENUE PLAN CALLED FOR WAS TOO...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
IS -- A LEADERS OF GUY IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF HIS PATH. HIS PAC WAS BACK HERE SAYING NO. -- A LEADERSHIP KIND IS SUPPOSED TO BE AHEAD...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
STEPH EN DINAN, THE POLITICAL POLITICS AS A AT THE WASHINGTON TIMES. BUT OUR NEXT CALL COMES FROM CAL IN TENNESSEE ON OUR REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER:
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THE TAX INCREASES ARE NOT ENOUGH. WHEN YOU LOOK AT 1 $3 TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS -- THIS PRESIDENT OVER THE LAST -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT $1.30 TRILLION OLVER...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
LOT OF GOOD NUMBERS. THESE ARE ROUGH, BUT ABOUT $2.30 TRILLION IN REVENUE. LAST, WE ONLY HAD $1 TRILLION IN DEFICITS. HIS POINT IS CORRECT. THE PROBLEM...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
WE WANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS AND LISTENERS OF SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF GOING OFF OF THE FISCAL CLIFF IN TERMS OF TAX INCREASES. ACCORDING TO REUTERS,...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
TAX RELIEF WOULD EXPIRE. THAT WOULD CAUSE ANOTHER 95 OTHERS BILLION. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS EXPIRE FOR $65 BILLION AND NEW AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TAXES WOULD...
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BEND, INDIANA NEAR WHERE NOTRE DAME IS. I HAVE A COMMENT ON YOUR PREVIOUS CALLER FIRST. ONE OF THE IMPRESSIONS ONE COULD GET WITH THE WAY HE TALKED TO...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
POPULAR NOTION, PARTICULARLY AMONG REPUBLICANS. THEY ARE NOT LIKING THE DEFENSE CUTS. THERE IS A GROWING SENTIMENT AMONG SOME OF THEM THAT IF YOU GO OVER...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ARE -- IS ON OUR LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING
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MY CALL. MERRY CHRISTMAS. I HAVE BEEN LISTENING FORESEE -- LISTENING TO C-SPAN AWHILE. I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO GO OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF TO. COMING UP...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
HOST: WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE. STEPHEN DINAN.
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
GUEST: YOUR CALLERS ARE INCREDIBLY A FORM OF THIS. HOST: WE HAVE
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Harleston, Robb - Host
A SHARP PLUNGE OUT THERE. GUEST:-- BUNCH OUT THERE. GUEST: PRESIDENT,
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
SAYS HIS PLAN WILL PRODUCE X BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE THAN BOEHNER'S PLAN. BOTH OF THEM ARE TALKING ABOUT INCREASED DEFICITS OVER THE BASELINE. THEY...
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IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION. WE CANNOT KEEP GOING WITH THE UNLIMITED BUDGET SPENDING. MY THOUGHT IS ONE ITEM, 1 VOTE. WHY DON'T WE CHANGE WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
NOT THINK IT WILL WORK BECAUSE THE SIZE OF THE GOVERNMENT IS SO BIG AND THE NUMBER OF LINE ITEMS -- YOU SIMPLY COULD NOT DO IT. CONGRESS WOULD SPEND EVERY...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
DINAN WAS THE THE THEPOLITICS EDITOR AT THE WASHINGTON TIMES. HE COVERED THE LEGISLATURE IN VIRGINIA. HE HAS A BACHELOR'S FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA....
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
WERE HOPING THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE THAT VOTE TO MAKE THIS GO AWAY. IN SOME WAYS, IT IS BAD WE DID NOT GET TO HAVE A VOTE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
SPEAKING OF THE LEADERSHIP SITUATION, TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEAD -- ALLEGIANCES IN THE HOUSE, PUNCHING IN AMONG THE REPUBLICANS. DO THE...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
THE MEMBERS WERE NOT ANGRY WITH HIM. THEY WERE NOT SHOWING DISSATISFACTION WITH HIM. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS ABOUT THAT WAS THAT STANDING NEXT TO HIM...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALL ON OUR LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS. CALLER:
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I HAVE HIT SOME NUMBER CRUNCHING. THESE ENTITLEMENTS GET TO ME. I HAVE PRAYED $182,000 IN SOCIAL SECURITY OVER MY WORKING YEARS. IF YOU ADD TAXES TO IT,...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
NOT SURE WHAT NUMBERS THOSE ARE. HOST: IT
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Harleston, Robb - Host
SEEMS THAT HIS BASIC CONCERN IS THAT HE WOULD NOT GET OUT OF IT WHEN HE HAS PAID INTO IT. GUEST: IT DEPENDS ON HOW
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
LONG WE LIVE IN OUR LIFE SPAN. ON THE AVERAGE, THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED THAT YOU GET OUT WHAT YOU PAY INTO IT. I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT THE NUMBERS VARY...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THIS WEEK. HASN'T REPUBLICAN PARTY THE WOULD ASK POLICIES FROM REAGAN SHIFTED TO LOWER INCOME WORKING PEOPLE? -- REPUBLICAN PARTY POLICIES SHIFTED TO...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
PEOPLE PAY AN EXTRAORDINARY PERCENTAGE OF THE INCOME TAX BURDEN. THEY PAY A VAST MAJORITY OF THE INCOME TAX BURDEN. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE SHIFT HAS ...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
STEPHEN COMES FROM MARK ON OUR REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I AM
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CONCERNED ABOUT IF TAXES GO UP AGAIN. IT IS NOT TO THE POINT OF TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF A CHILD AND GET HIM INTO COLLEGE -- TRYING TO PAY FOR MEDICATION...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
MARK? WE HAVE LOST MARK. STEPHEN DIANA, -- DINAN, HAVE THE LAST WORD. GUEST: CALLER IS TALKING ABOUT TAXES GETTING TOO HIGH AND HE IS UNABLE TO AFFORD...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IS ON HIS WAY TO HIGH THIS WEEKEND. I AM ASSUMING SPEAKER BOEHNER IS GOING TO HIGH AND MAJORITY LEADER REID IS GOING TO NEVADA. WILL THERE BE ANY DISCUSSIONS...
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Dinan, Stephen - Political Editor
COME BACK AND WRAP UP THE SUPPLEMENTAL BILL HAND AND A COUPLE OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION THEY HAVE TO DO -- SUPPLEMENTAL BILL HAS AND A COUPLE OF PIECES...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
BEING ON THE PROGRAM. WE WILL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE SO-CALLED FISCAL CLIFF WITH STEVEN MORE -- STEPHEN MOORE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF COLUMBINE....
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