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the invesco qqq legacy classic is back on tnt. >> that was fun! >> if youre wondering why were tired this morning -- >> oh, wait, are we on the air? >> yep! >> how are you guys doing? >> it was an awesome game. i feel energized by stuff like that. >> you were the last holdout. >> in alabama, theres a whole thing in the fourth quarter, everyone holes their fours up, because you dont leave the game in the fourth quarter. he does not live when he fans leave the game. i cannot leave early....

Been, i remember when i, when i was doing constituent work, people would always say to me, you know, is the irs the hardest agency to work with? no, you pick up the phone, call them. see what the deal is. theyre usually pretty responsive. and its the va, we had more military retirees in my district than any other district in america but it was the va that was the least responsive and you look at the scandals over the past several years about the people who have been dying, waiting to get treatme...

I dont exactly know what you guys do in your office here -- >> constitntwork. >> constituent work but y dont allow constituents to come in. so, thats one -- >> thats not true. >> some have a grieve concern about transparency as it relates to donald trumps taxes. >> the one thing that is not in law is tax liability, tax returns. so, i would support that certainly going forward. but not just the president. the president, vice president, all political appointees. and every member of congress ought ...

Im concerned you dont know how medicaid works. im not sure what you do in your office. >> constituent work. >> but you dont allow constituents to come in. >> some of us have a grave concern about transparency as it relates to donald trumps taxes. >> the one thing that is not in the law is tax liability. tax returns. so i would support that, certainly, going forward. but not just the president. the president, vice president, all political parties and every member of congress ought to put up their...

Implemented for medicare and no one thought it would cut the fixed drug costs in terms of that. practices are are deciding what do they do now and it as real dilemma. >> greta: all of these medicare patients paid taxes for decades. they have been good citizens and expected their medicare and congress said when they passed all these laws that they werent going to lay a glove on o the medicare. in the sequester they werent going to lay a glove on the medicare but they were so stupid the way they w...

Implemented for medicare and no one thought it would cut the fixed drug costs in terms of that. practices are are deciding what do they do now and it as real dilemma. >> greta: all of these medicare patients paid taxes for decades. they have been good citizens and expected their medicare and congress said when they passed all these laws that they werent going to lay a glove on o the medicare. in the sequester they werent going to lay a glove on the medicare but they were so stupid the way they w...

Congress are expected to spend, you know, 30 hours a week in call time, dial for dollars. they need to take the toxic influence that moneys having on campaigns and elections and we need to go for work five days a like like everybody else in america does. >> and chris, he followed that up by saying when he came to congress in the 70s. they worked 48 out of 52 weeks. now, its 32 weeks. if you hear constituents, theyd say, id like to work 32 weeks. does he have a point? >> yeah, he has a point. lis...

Interview with paul ryan about guy marriage. you can say that when youre not running for national office. when youre running for national office, youre going to have a harder time being able to dictate what topics you want to discuss. its different when youre on a national ticket because everything is on your plate. whether you like it or not. how does he -- how will paul ryan handle that? >> its also different when youve been acting as a surrogate, when you can redirect back to the issues where...

You can say that when youre not running for national office. when youre running for national office, youre going to have a harder time being able to dictate what topics you want to discuss. its different when youre on a national ticket because everything is on your plate. whether you like it or not. how does he -- how will paul ryan handle that? >> its also different when youve been acting as a surrogate, when you can redirect back to the issues where youre comfortable. so it will be a big chall...

Like that. its a very nice vegas package. theyre doing constituent work which is very important, connecting with those folks in their district and hearing about their problems and concerns and that working help them further out in washington, d.c. as far as what they can get done in the six days the house is back in january of this month as well as the three days in the senate, really nothing. there will be a few perhaps ceremonial bills of commemorating something or something thats very parti...