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Those have an impact and -- >> neil: you are battening down the hatches last fall, before the bp explosion, before the huge overhauls we saw going on. you must have seen something. >> well, it was different for our company with respect to looking back at the late summer, fall of last year for our company. we saw the economy was not as strong as we would have thought. the issue for our company was access for international oil companies. access to new oils to drill and produce oil and gas. as a re...

Democrats didnt want to pay for anything. yesterday they passed a $35 billion unemployment insurance extension they didnt pay for. the only thing democrats want to pay for is tax cuts. thats hypocritical. on this issue were discussing, it is true that the president signed the bill. im all for it. i want to get rid of the wasteful payments and eroan news and fraudulent payments but im with you, how is it were spending $100 billion a year -- >> neil: i thought that was a typo. >> i couldnt believe...

Option. we know as majority in the house it passed that. wide support in the public. the president of the united states said repeatedly in the past that he supports it and harry reid supports it and a growing number of senators. the first step we should take in any path to get this passed is put this to a vote in the senate. it does have 51 votes. at the very least we should make senators show us their cards. >> senator frist, tell us your take on yesterday. you know the senate well. were you op...

And it was about three -- almost three years into his first term. what is happening tonight? >> this is a focus on something other than what needs to be focused on. there are pens that have not been filled at senior levels in the administration. there is no legislative agenda to speak of of any merit. you can see whats happening on health care. the white house is looking for the senate to lead, or the hill to lead. the hill is looking for the white house to lead. there is a general unrest out th...

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Is whatever is going to be decided will be decided by a lame duck session? >> thats probably the game plan. im not privy to timing but my view is the sooner we can get certainty and predictability, the better for the economy. it seems to me from a political point of view its in the democrats interest to address the issue now, not december. >> neil: a lot of your colleagues, are they of similar thought that this is a kamikaze mission for democrats if they push this on the upper income? >> i think...

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