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00:03:07
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A QUICK COMMENT ON THE DEFICIT ISSUE. IF YOU LOOK AT IT HISTORICALLY, THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS INCREASED IN SIZE. OUR DEFICIT HAS ALWAYS INCREASED....
00:04:59
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IN DETROIT. THIS IS MIKE IN POMEROY, OHIO, REPUBLICAN. >> THANKS
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FOR TAKING MY CALL. I DID WANT TO SAY I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. I HAVE BEEN PAYING INTO SOCIAL SECURITY FOR 40 YEARS. I DON'T...
00:05:45
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TWEETS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. THIS IS A TWEET THAT WE RECEIVED FROM GINA. IF YOU HEARD BRIAN EARLIER, HE IS 14 YEARS OLD. HE HAS READ THE BILL AND HAD...
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REFLECTION ON THIS IS THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE A CLEAR DIVIDE ACROSS PARTISAN POLITICS, WHEN THE ACTUAL DIVIDE IS ONE OF PHILOSOPHY. DO YOU WANT A LARGER...
00:08:06
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CALIFORNIA. THE C-SPAN CAPITAL PRODUCER ALSO TWEETS REGULAR UPDATES. HERE IS ONE SHE JUST SENT OUT. THAT IS WHAT WE JUST WITNESSED, THOSE THREE VOTES,...
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WAS WATCHING LAST NOT UNTIL THERE WAS NO MORE NEWS OUT OF WASHINGTON TO WATCH ON OUR MAGNIFICENT, PUBLICLY OWNED TV STATIONS. AIRWAVES, EXCUSE ME. I...
00:09:37
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FOR CALLING IN. NICK IN WEST BLOOMFIELD, MICHIGAN. >> HAVE THE
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NEW YEAR. MY PREDICTION IS THAT THE HOUSE WILL NOT PASS THE SENATE BILL, AND TO GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT, THE COUNTRY IS BROKE. THE REPUBLICANS CAUSED THIS...
00:10:25
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IN MICHIGAN. A FOX NEWS PRODUCER ON CAPITOL HILL. THAT IS AN UPDATE FROM CHAD. MARK, WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA, A DEMOCRAT. >> IF YOU
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WERE WATCHING "MEET THE PRESS" RECENTLY, DAVID VITTER WAS INTERVIEWING THE PRESIDENT AND HE ASKED WHY NO ONE COULD EVER SAY YES TO THE PRESIDENT OF...
00:12:02
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IN FLORIDA, AND THIS IS MIMI IN DAYTON, OHIO, REPUBLICAN LINE. >> I HAVE JUST RECENTLY
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GOTTEN INTERESTED IN POLITICS. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I HEARD THAT THE PRICE OF MILK COULD POSSIBLY DOUBLE. IS THAT TRUE FOR OTHER COMMODITIES,...
00:12:31
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MISLEAD YOU OR ANYTHING. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, BUT THE MILK ISSUE WAS INCLUDED IN THE SENATE BILL. THERE WAS AN AG PORTION PASSED IN THE...
00:12:55
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IN INDIANA, INDEPENDENT. >> I THINK
00:12:59
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THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS GETTING SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE REDRAWN IN SOME OF THE STATE'SS, HOWEVER THEY DO IT. THE REPUBLICANS HAD...
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TOGETHER HERE AND WE ALL NEED TO PULL TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER AS ONE COUNTRY. WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, THE POOR, THE RICH, AND THE MIDDLE-CLASS....
00:14:13
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TWEAK THAT HAS COME OUT. SO IF THE RULES COMMITTEE DOES ANYTHING, THEN THE HOUSE CAN STILL VOTE ON ANY LEGISLATIVE ACTION TONIGHT. MORE TWEETS, THIS...
00:15:10
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CALLER. THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE PERSON NOT HURT IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO THAT IS REALLY QUALIFIED TO COMMENT ON THIS BILL, AND THAT WAS THE 14-YEAR-OLD....
00:15:34
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14-YEAR-OLD WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. I ENJOYED TALKING TO HIM. >> IT WAS
00:15:41
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SUCCINCT AND DID A GOOD JOB. >>
00:15:43
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HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING THIS ALL DAY? >> NO. >> JUST SITTING IN TONIGHT? >>
00:15:55
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I.T. AND THEN ABOUT A HALF- HOUR BEFORE YOU INTERVIEWED THE YOUNG MAN. >> -- ITUNES EN ABOUT
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A HALF- HOUR BEFORE YOU INTERVIEW THE YOUNG MAN. -- I TUNED IN. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND
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WHY THESE GUYS CANNOT GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER. TO ME, THEY ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THEMSELVES THAN WHAT THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY IS. I AM INDEPENDENT FOR...
00:17:00
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FOR CALLING IN THIS EVENING. FIRST IS THIS TWEET FROM JENNIFER. THIS IS FROM IAN. TEVIN SAYS -- BY THE WAY, THE SENATE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BE...
00:19:37
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ALL THE COMPLAINING ABOUT SPENDING, THE RECORD CLEARLY SHOWS -- TO WARS THAT TOOK A TRILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. UNFUNDED TAX CUTS CREATED...
00:21:05
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SPEAKER, WHAT WE KNOW WITH CERTAINTY ABOUT THE BILL WHICH PASSED THE SENATE? WE KNOW IT HAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. THAT IS ENCOURAGING. I AM A REPUBLICAN...
00:22:31
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HEARD FROM A COLLEAGUE ON MY SIDE THAT SOUNDS LIKE HE IS NOT GOING TO VOTE FROM THIS POSITION, AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE OTHER SIDE. I AM GOING TO VOTE...
00:23:49
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FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. >> LAST
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NIGHT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE THAT I HAVE SAT AT MY DESK AS WE WENT INTO A NEW YEAR, BUT IT GAVE ME A CHANCE TO CONTEMPLATE WHAT WE ARE ABOUT. WE...
00:24:59
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FROM THE HOUSE FLOOR OR FROM ABOUT NOON TODAY. WE ARE BACK LIVE HERE ON C-SPAN , THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 2013, AS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LOOKS...
00:25:52
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TO SAY I HAVE BEEN A DEMOCRAT ALL MY LIFE, AND MY PARENTS, ALSO. WE VOTED THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS IN THEIR. EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS ARE ASKING THE PRESIDENT,...
00:26:37
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JUST HAVE TO QUIT COMMONS. -- TWO QUICK COMMENTS. WE GOT INTO A BIND AND HAD TO DO WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR THREE MONTHS. NOW WE ARE BACK ON TRACK AND...
00:27:16
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IN NEW MEXICO. SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE TWEETS HAVE COME IN SINCE WE LAST LOOKED AT THESE. LANCE IN CALIFORNIA ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. YOU ARE ON THE AIR....
00:28:07
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FOR TAKING MY CALL. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT CONGRESS IS DEALING WITH A PRESIDENT WHO HAS FAMILY IN VALUES, WITH HIGH MORALS. HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE...
00:28:37
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CLEVELAND, OHIO, ANOTHER INDEPENDENT. >> MY COMMENTS IS
00:28:43
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ABOUT THE OATH OF OFFICE THAT THESE GUYS TAKE WHEN THEY GET ELECTED. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT FOR THE PARTY, WHETHER IT...
00:30:39
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HAS THIS WEEK. -- THIS TWEET. THAT IS THE SPENDING AMENDMENT THAT SOME REPUBLICANS HAD WANTED TO. AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT AMENDMENT WILL BE...
00:31:24
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AND DEMOCRATS HAVE TO GROW UP AND COME TOGETHER. IF THEY DON'T, I THINK IN 2014 THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOB AND WE WILL PUT SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE...
00:31:38
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MARK, HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY? >> HAPPY NEW YEAR,
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FIRST OFF. LET'S START BACK FROM THE BEGINNING, WHEN THE BUSH TAX CUTS TOOK PLACE. THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH VOTES, SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE FACING THIS FISCAL...
00:33:25
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IN NORTH CAROLINA. BACK TO THE TWEETS. PEAK IN LOUISIANA ON THE DEMOCRATS' LINE. YOU ARE ON C-SPAN. >> I WANTED TO
00:34:24
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SAY THAT IT SEEMS THAT NEITHER PARTY WANTS TO COME UP WITH TAX CUTS, ANYTHING TO RAISE REVENUE BY TAXES, TAX CUTS. ANYTHING THEY SAY IS GOING TO HURT...
00:35:06
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CALLING IN THIS EVENING. ROGER FROM ORLANDO, PLEASE GO AHEAD, REPUBLICAN. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY
00:35:14
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WE WILL NEVER GET UP THIS FISCAL MESS UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CANNOT SPEND MORE MONEY THAN YOU HAVE. FAMILIES HAVE TO LIVE WITH A BUDGET,...
00:35:49
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COUNTRY HAVE CREATED THIS MESS WE ARE IN. WE ARE THE ONES THAT ELECTED THESE YOUNG WHOSEYAHOOS WHO ARE SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW, NOT ACCOMPLISHING ONE...
00:36:26
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IN ALABAMA. -- PHILIP IN ALABAMA. THAT IS SOME OF THE TWEETS. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THE DISCUSSION YOU CAN GO TO #FIS CALCLIFF. TODAY, THE SENATE WAS...
00:37:37
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PATTING OURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR AVOIDING THE FISCAL CLIFF. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CONGRATULATION WE OUGHT TO HAVE FOR THAT. YESTERDAY I WAS BUYING...
00:49:08
MRS. BOXER
WONDERING IF YOU'LL USE FIVE MINUTES AND THEN I WILL SPEAK? MR. ENZI: IF I COULD
00:49:14
MR. ENZI
HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE MINUTES? THE PRESIDING
00:49:20
THE PRESIDING OFFICER
OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM WYOMING. MR. ENZI: WHEN IT CAME TO
00:49:27
MR. ENZI
THE FLOOR, SENATOR FRIST FILLED THE TREE. FILLING THE TREE MEANS NOBODY CAN MAKE ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO THE BILL. HERE'S THE CATCH. AFTER THIS THING...
00:52:07
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AT THE TOP OF THE CAPITAL. AT LEAST ONE OF THE HOUSES CAPITAL IS IN SESSION. THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN RECESS. THE RULES COMMITTEE IS GETTING READY TO MEET...
00:52:38
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ARE ABOUT TO SEE THE RULES COMMITTEE GO INTO SESSION. A MEETING THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SETTING THE GROUND RULES ON THE FISCAL CLIFF DEAL. IT IS OUR...
00:53:32
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THE SPENDING AMENDMENT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AND WHO IS BEHIND IT? >> THERE WAS TALK
00:53:39
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BY HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ATTEMPTING TO PAY THROUGH THE COST OF THE SENATE BILL OR SOME SORT OF LEGISLATION. THE HOUSE HAS PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON THE...
00:54:51
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NOW THAT THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE IS MOVING AHEAD WITH THE MEETING TIME AT 8:10, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW. AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE RULES...
00:55:44
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SEEN, THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF THAT IN THE MEDIA. EVERY TIME IT COMES UP, AS IT HAS COME UP AGAIN TONIGHT, PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO REFLECT REPORTS FROM THE...
00:56:33
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THAT THE HOUSE WILL VOTE AT THE 9:00 P.M. HOUR. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, LET US KNOW. WE DO NOT WANT TO KEEP YOU PASSED -- AWAY FROM WHAT YOU NEED TO BE...
00:57:13
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LIKE TO KNOW, HOW COULD THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HAVE SO MUCH AUTHORITY? WHY DO YOU NOT LET THE PRESIDENT TO HIS JOB AND STOP BEING SO RACIST? THAT IS...
00:58:03
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THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS WORKED OUT, AND VOTED ON THIS MORNING THE SENATE, WHICH WAS -- THIS MORNING, THE SENATE SAYS TAXES WILL BE ALLOWED TO INCREASE....
00:59:23
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WILL VOTE FOR THIS LEGISLATION? >> IT
00:59:26
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SOUNDS LIKE THERE WILL BE AN OVERWHELMING VOTE AMONG DEMOCRATS. THE SENTIMENT WAS BIDEN IS VERY GOOD AT MAKING SALES PITCHES FOR HIS PLAN. THERE WERE...
01:00:11
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SENDS OUT THIS WEEK. -- TWEET. HOW COULD THE SENATE PASSED THIS 89-8 AND YET IT IS SO HARD TO GET IT DONE IN THE HOUSE? >> THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
01:00:29
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TIME TTHIS HAS HAPPENED. THERE WAS A PAYROLL TAX CUT EXTENSION. WHEN YOU ARE ELECTED, YOU HAVE VOTERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE...
01:01:44
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FOR HOLDING. YOU ARE ON THE AIR. >>
01:01:47
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HELLO. I WANT TO KNOW WHY HE. I WORKED AT A COMPANY FOR FIVE YEARS. I AM UNEMPLOYED NOW. I AM GETTING UNEMPLOYMENT. HI HUSBAND DOESN'T WORK. IT WAS A...
01:02:42
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REPORT BY THE WASHINGTON POST THAT 71% OF PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR TAXES RAISED BY THIS DEAL? >> WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING
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TO IS THE TAX HOLIDAY, A SEPARATE PROVISION THAT WHEN IN SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT GAY PEOPLE, IT REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY HAD TO PAY TAXES. THE...
01:03:55
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TAX CUT. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NAME OF THE BUSH TAX CUT AND OBAMACARE WENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ? THIS GOES...
01:04:46
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IN THIS AGREEMENT SHOWS THAT SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT TO SOME OF THIS WAS THE LADY TAKE TAX WAS RESOLVED -- THE STATE TAX WAS RESOLVED. IT ONLY APPLIES ON...
01:05:49
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FROM ARIZONA ON OUR INDEPENDENT LINE. >>
01:05:57
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GOOD EVENING. I AM CALLING BECAUSE EVERYBODY I KNOW HERE IN ARIZONA, WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT HOW IN AT THESE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE ARE -- HOW IN...
01:06:27
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TURNS OUT, AND IT TOOK MANEUVERING TO GET THERE, BUT AS WE SAID AT THE OUTSET, THE MEETING, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A VOTE ON THAT SENATE BILL, AND THE...
01:07:16
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FEW MORE CALLS. REPUBLICAN
01:07:18
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LINE. >> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY NO ONE CAN STICK TO A BUDGET LIKE MY FAMILY COULD. MY FAMILY HAD TO MAKE CUTS. GROWING UP, MOTHER AND DADDY, THE...
01:07:57
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THOSE BIG, RECURRING INSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS. THIS DEAL REALLY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE SPENDING SIDE. THAT IS LARGELY WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH REPUBLICANS...
01:09:21
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ARE THOSE THE HOUSE BELLS GOING OFF THAT WE HEARD? >> YOU
01:09:25
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ARE HEARING THE HOUSE BELL'S IN THE BACKGROUND. THAT PROBABLY MEANS SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN ON THE FLOOR VERY SOON. >> WITHIN 50
01:09:35
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MINUTES USUALLY THEY WILL BE IN SESSION? IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT IS
01:09:39
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THE TYPICAL RULE. AN UNFORESEEN DEVELOPMENT. USUALLY ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE THEY COME BACK. >> WE WILL LET
01:09:47
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YOU GO. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. IT WAS SAID THIS WOULD ADD APPROXIMATELY $4 TRILLION TO THE DEFICIT OVER THE NEXT NINE YEARS. THAT CAME OUT JUST ABOUT...
01:10:17
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THE VIEW FOR SOME MEMBERS. FOR THOSE OF US HANGING AROUND IN THE SENATE LAST NIGHT, ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, WAITING FOR THINGS TO DEVELOP, WE KIND OF SAW...
01:11:32
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ROLL-CALL, HE HAS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS TO UPDATE US ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN ON C-SPAN....
01:11:45
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WE HEARD IN THE BACKGROUND, WE HEARD THE HOUSE BELLS GO OFF. IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEY WILL COME BACK INTO SESSION. THEY WILL START A SERIES OF VOTES....
01:14:58
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DOES THE JUDGE ON AN FOR MISSOURI SEEK TO HAVE RESIGNATION? >> I WILL VOTE FOR THIS
01:15:05
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EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT LIKE IT. THE REASON IS I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR SOME LAST-MINUTE GIFTS AND I STUMBLED ACROSS A SECTION WITH TO RELENT WILL END...
01:17:25
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HAVE A HOLD YOUR NOSE VOTE HERE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MANY OF US WILL WRESTLE WITH THE PROBLEM. WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STABILIZE TAXATION...
01:19:05
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WITH A BILL THAT, IF THE VOTE FULL VOTING- AGE ALLOW US TO GO OVER THE CEILING OR WE CAN TRY TO COME TOGETHER AND PASS SOMETHING THAT NEITHER THESIDE...
01:20:25
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WE EXPECT THEM BACK ANY MINUTE NOW. WE DO NOT KNOW YET EXACTLY WHAT ALL HAPPENED -- WHAT WILL HAPPEN. WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOURCES...
01:22:01
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KNOW HOW TO CUT A BUDGET. MY FAMILY HAD TO CUT THINGS WHENEVER WE HAD TO DO WITHOUT. WE COULD NOT GO ON VACATION. SOMETIMES, MOTHER HAD TO WORK OVERTIME...
01:22:44
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INDEPENDENT LINE. YOU ARE ON C-SPAN. >> THE LATEST ELECTION,
01:22:52
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THERE WERE 169 MILLION WHAT -- REGISTERED VOTERS. WITH REGARD TO THE SENATE, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER. WITH THE CONGRESS, IT WAS FORTUNATE. WE HAVE...
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WAS WILLIAM. JOANNA TWEETS -- GEORGE IS IN PENNSYLVANIA. >> I

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