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They would finally get the defense cuts that they have been clamoring for and it would actually serve their purposes. i dismiss that. >> to be fair, we have even had some republicans who have said that that they want. members of the tea party dont want to have anything to do with -- they want us to go into default. they want us to face these problems. howard dean on the democratic side saying, look, if we dont do it, we have got this other plan and he talks about the fiscal cliff to what alisyn ...

Ready to move on now. they tried this. he was ultimately trying to send a message that republicans would go along with some tax increases in order to move the president. it was a show vote in the sense it was never going to become law. but it was intended to shape the debate and maybe to give him more leverage in trying to get the best deal possible. now, the republicans who wouldnt go along in part because its in their dna to oppose any increase on taxes even for the 0.2%, but also because they...

Votes and you dont. it would not entirely surprise me to see eric cantor or kevin mccarthy, whove been waiting in the wings, kind of gently stack the speaker in the back for a couple years, to make their move after the new session starts. the fiscal cliff, as you know, i believe the country would be better off if we went over the fiscal cliff. we would get enough revenues to be serious about balancing the budget. wed get some defense cuts, which congress will never vote for otherwise. we will ge...

You cant do. you cant have your budget overridden, as governors know, and you cant have a major initiative like this go down when you think you have the votes and you dont. it would not entirely surprise me to see eric cantor or kevin mccarthy, whove been waiting in the wings, kind of gently stack the speaker in the back for a couple years, to make their move after the new session starts. the fiscal cliff, as you know, i believe the country would be better off if we went over the fiscal cliff. w...

Overridden, as governors know, and you cant have a major initiative like this go down when you think you have the votes and you dont. it would not entirely surprise me to see eric cantor or kevin mccarthy, whove been waiting in the wings, kind of gently stack the speaker in the back for a couple years, to make their move after the new session starts. the fiscal cliff, as you know, i believe the country would be better off if we went over the fiscal cliff. we would get enough revenues to be serio...

Largest tax hike in american history. the house today will also pass a bill to replace the sequester. it will replace the sequester with cuts, but even further address the deficit problem that we have. while the democrat-controlled senate and white house have no plan and have offered no plan all year to deal with these looming cuts. i call on senator reid to make sure theyll be able to vote on this before the senate ajuniors. back in may, may, ill remind you -- back in may i said that we shouldn...

Underway. there is still negotiations going on at the white house. harry reid says this bill goes in nowhere, but it distracts us from the real problem. i think there is still american that think if you raise taxes on the rich, somehow thats going to solve a trillion dollars deficit problem. >> if we dont pass something, if we dont pass something in the next 14 days, every single american has a tax increase. its $4 trillion to president obama. i want to prevent that. we need to cut taxes. thats ...

Skewed, so wrong because we dont have a short-term deficit problem. we have a jobs and growth problem. i know people are agonizing. paul crudeman is agonizing about where it can did go. its legitimately. is no -- is no bargain a better bargain than a raw bargain? it seems to me to make a deal on the backs of the most vulnerable in our country is the worst way to go. i dont think were looking at balance. to me the way the media has characterized balance is so wrong because the vulnerable, the mid...

>> i have to address what gretchen just said. its not true the president didnt have spending cuts and plan. he signed the budget control act and offered a five year -- >> that he is trying to undue. >> excuse me. he offered a five-year freeze on discretionary nonsecurity spending. he does have plans on the table to. say he only wants tax cuts as the only way of solving the deficit problem is just not true. bill: if you dont cut, now where well be in four years. >> lets look at presidents record....

Doing the math. its impossible for 109 million workers to support 87 million people. it cant be done. no matter how much you tax the workers. yet, the obama administration and the democratic party continue to put forth that higher taxation will bring the massive government debt under control. perhaps the only democrat telling the truth about this is our old pal howard dean, the uber liberal former governor of vermont. >> the truth is everybody needs to pay more taxes, not just the rich. thats a ...