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THAT SPEAKER BOEHNER AND HIS HOUSE COLLEAGUES HAVE DECIDED TO CHANGE COURSE AND PASS A BILL THAT DEFUSES YET ANOTHER FIGHT OVER THE DENTBT CEILING. THE...
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| 00:02:44 |
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LEADER. AMERICA IS SUFFERING FROM CONFRONTATION FATIGUE. THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT. THEY WANT US TO GET DOWN TO WORK TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES...
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| 00:05:23 |
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THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES. FIRST, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN RETREAT LAST WEEK. BUT IT SURE HAD...
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| 00:08:07 |
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THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS HAVE HELD THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HOSTAGE TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS...
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| 00:11:07 |
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THIS SETS A PRECEDENT, MOVING THE BOEHNER RULE [ INAUDIBLE ]. REPUBLICANS ON THE OTHER HAND SAY THEY'RE REORDERING THINGS THEY HAVE BETTER GROUND TO...
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| 00:11:31 |
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INTEND TO MOVE FORWARD A BUDGET RESOLUTION THROUGH THE SENATE TO DEAL WITH THE SEQUESTRATION REPLACEMENT AND SET APPROPRIATIONS LEVELS SO THAT WE CAN...
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| 00:12:16 |
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WITH THE LEGISLATION? ARE YOU GOING TO PASS IT AS IS? >> YES. >> DO YOU GO -- >>
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| 00:12:22 |
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I DON'T KNOW IF THE REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE FOR IT. WE'LL SEE. >> SENATOR McCONNELL SAID
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| 00:12:29 |
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ON THE ISSUE OF REVENUE GOING FORWARD AND THE BUDGET RESOLUTION, THERE WASN'T A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE IN CONGRESS FOR REVENUE. HE DIDN'T SAY TAXES....
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| 00:12:49 |
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FEW MONTHS, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID THEN. >> RIGHT. >> WELL -- >> DO YOU THINK IT'S
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| 00:12:55 |
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TRUE? DO YOU THINK NOW THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA GOT HIS TAX INCREASE THAT WILL BE INTRANS -- >> THE PERSON TO ASK THIS IS NORTH DURBIN WHO HAS SAT ON BIPARTISAN...
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| 00:13:23 |
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THAT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE GENERATED, AFTER THE FISCAL CLIFF NEGOTIATION, IS STILL SHORT OF ANY OF THE NUMBERS THAT WERE SUGGESTED BY SIMPSON...
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| 00:13:44 |
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WON'T ACCEPT A DOLLAR IN REVENUE COMING OUT OF TAX REFORM. THAT IS ALWAYS BEEN THE MANTRA ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. YOU'RE GOING TO SIMPLIFY THE TAX CODE...
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| 00:14:13 |
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WERE NEGATIVE. SOUNDS LIKE GOOD COP/BAD COP. IS THERE A DISCONNECT? >> WE BELIEVE
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| 00:14:29 |
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STRONGLY THAT THIS IS A WAY FOR SENATOR SCHUMER SAID, THIS IS CLEARLY A VICTORY FOR THE PRESIDENT. THERE'S NO LONGER THE BRINKSMANSHIP AND THAT'S WHY...
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| 00:14:51 |
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FEEL. >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. WILL THERE BE A SEPARATE DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE OUTSIDE OF THE -- >>
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| 00:14:56 |
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ANYTHING WE DO WILL BE BASED ON A BUDGET. NOW WE DO THINGS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THAT. THE FRAMEWORK FOR MOVING FORWARD IS THE BUDGET THAT SENATOR...
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| 00:15:11 |
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ABOUT TAXES, SENATOR DURBIN MENTIONED. ABOUT CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW YOU INTEND TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT? >> IT'S
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| 00:15:18 |
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VERY SIMPLE. SENATOR DURBIN CORRECTLY SAID IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A REPUBLICAN MANTRA. CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES, USE THOSE MONIES. NOW WE THINK SOME OF THOSE...
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| 00:15:41 |
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UP TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, PATTY, MAX, AND WE'LL ALL DISCUSS THAT. >> USING RECONCILIATION -- >> SAY THAT AGAIN. >> IF YOU...
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| 00:15:56 |
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SENATOR MURRAY WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON THE WAY OVER HERE. >> AS I JUST SAID, WE
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| 00:16:00 |
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ARE GOING TO PUT OUT OUR BUDGET RESOLUTION. I'LL BE WORKING WITH CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF MY BUDGET TO MAKE A DETERMINATION NOW...
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| 00:16:14 |
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CAN'T ROUND UP 217 REPUBLICANS, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE OF HOW DEMOCRATS? >> WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS
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| 00:16:23 |
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OVER HERE FOR WHAT WE DO. THAT'S UP TO -- I ALWAYS CALL HER THE SPEAKER -- THAT'S UP TO MISS PELOSI AND DECIDE WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE. >>...
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| 00:16:38 |
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BUDGET. WHY A SHIFT IN DOING THAT FOR A BUDGET? SENATOR SCHUMER, I REMEMBER KENT CONRAD WANTED TO DO ONE. PLARLY PARTICULARLY THERE WAS A PUSH NOT TO...
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| 00:16:57 |
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WHAT I SAID. WHAT I SAID IS THAT ANY COMMENTS, ANY CONVERSATION, ANY STATEMENTS MADE BY THE REPUBLICANS OF OUR NOT HAVING A BUDGET IS FALSE. IT'S UNTRUE....
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| 00:17:19 |
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A SLOGAN. IT'S NOT REALITY. WE'RE UNDER THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT AS WE SPEAK. THERE ARE LIMITS PLACED ON EVERY LEVEL OF SPENDING. THERE ARE LEVELS PLACED...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.