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>> we reject that america must comparing for those who built the country and the commitments we make to each other through medicare and medicaid and social security, they dont sap the initiative, they strengthen us. [ applause ] thaw do not make us a nation of takers, they free us to take the risks that make this country great. >> that is the only time he talk about the deficits. >> i had that same thought. reminded me of something that lincoln said or made a book review or critique. people who ...

Hit his state and whats seen as a hypocrisy coming out of washington, d.c. >> thats right. there are some house republicans who are completely consistent on this. they believe that spending is out of control and the only way to enforce spending discipline is to have cuts when youre spending more money. as you mentioned, tamron, the real sign of consistency is how do you end up voting on the measures when its affecting your own community? after the terrible 9/11 terrorist attack, there werent any...

Politics and they are sick and tired of the maneuvering. they want a solution. im cautiously optimistic that were on the verge of a solution. its just got to be bipartisan, and its got to get done. >> how much money will be in the final bill that you think might get through? >> well, weve already done over $9 billion, but that was for flood insurance. there are two additional bills that well be voting on and several amendments. one for $17 billion and one for $33 billion. if all the commitments ...

Then theres a way of balance laing that out so that we take in more money, increasing revenue, and we reduce spending and theres a recipe for getting that done. and, in the conversation that i had with speaker boehner before the end of the year we came pretty close. a few hundred billion dollars separating us when stretched out over a 10-year period, thats not a lot. but it seems as if whats motivating and propelling at this point some of the house republicans is more than simply deficit reducti...

Spending more than we take in, and if thats the case, then theres a way of balancing that out so that we take in more money increasing revenue and spending and there is a recipe for getting that done. in the conversation that i had with speaker boehner before the end of the year, we came pretty close. $300 billion separating us when stretched out over a ten-year period, thats not a lot. it seems as if whats motivating and propelling at this point some of the house republicans is more than simply...

Rather than mobilized our political and economic resources. but perfection is not the standard. commitment is. i make no claim that this organization is better than any other. but i believe the commitments of the more than 200,000 college and graduate members, of making our selves and our community and our nation better is a story worth noting. today is delta sigma thetas 100th birthday. happy birthday, sorors. thats our show for today. thank you to julianne malvo, to nancy, kaitlin, tracy, and ...

Should add that people earning, couples who earn 130,000 each, individually, fall into this category where they start to lose deductions. this isnt particularly rich, particularly in you live in new york. >> if theyre joint filers, over $250,000 threshold and when it begins to phase out. dan. >> paul, the democrats believe this generation of democrats believe that over the last 40 or 50 years the united states made all of these social commitments to the population, social security, medicare, med...

A huge give away to the pharmaceutical companies. and the bush tax cuts. those are the biggest drivers of the nations debt and now republicans are saying we spent the money and the commitments but we do not want to pay the bill because we want to try to shut down the government and enforce more spending cuts that will directly put americans out of work and will stop us from being able to do what we need to do to invest in our nations future. its really not good. >> what is your take on this, bob...

Authorized by the duly enacted budget of the united states. translation? go over the head of congress and raise the debt creeiling from t oval office, because it is an esoteric concern that has street level consequences burk i scons remains a matter of interpretation. think george w. bush, post 9/11 and bolt ststered by a fierce t of lawyers who e helped usher in the greatest debt in decades. and now it is not war powers or extraordinary rendition or interrogation techniques, but it is about the...

Withdrawal from afghanistan, not keep 20,000 troops there forever at a cost of billions, and finally i think its time to re-examine a nuclear deterrent which we still maintain basically at the strength we needed to defeat a fully nuclear armed soviet union and the troops in europe. i misspoke when i said pull the troops out of nato. i want us to stay in nato but let the western european nations keep the troops in western europe. lets have a genuine cooperation, not a one-sided deal where america...