nobody feels sorry for people earning $1 million. wouldn t that be a compromise solution that everybody could agree with? i think what we said was pretty clear. extend this because the worst thing you can do in a recession is pass job killing tax increases. remember, taxes go up absent an act of congress. and they could go up on everybody. i was a small business owner for 22 years. i talked to a lot of small business owners. there s a lot of money on the sidelines. people can t plan right now. there s a lot of uncertainty which leads to unemployment. i hear what you re saying about a lame duck congress. you don t want lame duck congressman to be voting on important things. unemployment benefits have run out for millions of americans who are seeking jobs. with unemployment, really, in the mid-teens, not the 9.6 that s reported. these are millions looking desperately for jobs. do you support extending benefits to those millions of families so they can buy food for their kids? eliot
dicey. despite continued pressure, the prime minister said he will not halt construction again. the palestinians have said they will negotiate they won t negotiate while construction is going on. on friday, the palestinians will meet with the arab league to try to get more support for their position. meantime, the u.s. envoy, george mitchell, is traveling trying to broker some type of compromise solution. so far, the united states has not been very successful. what s interesting is how this is playing out in the israeli press. you can see the headlines here and the picture of president obama, according to these reports, the united states offered a lot of assurances to the israelis if they would agree to continue the settlement freeze. obviously that didn t happen. what s unclear right now is that those assurances and concessions are still on the table and also how this is going to affect u.s.-israeli relations which went through a very, very difficult time this spring. juliet. juli
serbia s prepared to enter serious negotiations, serious dialogue with kosovo that is going to yield a compromise solution. we re not going to say no in advance to any solution. the only one thing that we are saying no to adamantly is no to the unilateral declaration of secession. now, you have it seems, certainly, from the united states, western world, it looks as though everybody has supported kosovo independence, but in fact i was struck when i was looking this up, russia is adamantly opposed, china is adamantly opposed, india is adamantly opposed, brazil is adamantly opposed, most of africa is opposed, and in all these cases of course these countries are worried about the precedent because they have regions that are restive within their nations. so at the ebbed of tnd of the d got a pretty strong set of supporters on your side. right now 2/3 of the world is not recognizing kosovo as independent state, despite heavy
to enter serious negotiations with kosovo, they are going to use a compromise solution. we re not going to say no in advance to any solution. the only one thing we are saying no to is no to the unilateral declaration of succession. it seems the united states, the western world, it looks as though everybody supported kosovo independence, when, in fact, i was struck that russia is adamantly opposed, china is adamantly opposed, india is add mantdly opposed, most of africa is opposed, and these countries are worried about the president which is they have them representing theirs. right now two-thirds of the world is not recognizing kosovo
cost to continue in a variety of other important issues we have been discussing here for a couple of. together, democrats and republicans have enough votes to pass it. five democrats crossed over and voted against shutting down the government. keep the government open while we do our work. the house saturday passed a. the president was ready to sign it. we were poised to send him this compromise solution and he raised the threat of a shutdown. but unfortunately, my friend, the democratic leader had other ideas. now, we all know in the senate, the minority has the power to filibuster. i support that right from an