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Casey. bob casey is the chairman of the joint economic committee. this is his bill, the payroll tax holiday extension is bob caseys legislation. i have talked to each of them. theyre going to work expeditiously to come up with a long-term arrangement on the payroll tax, on unemployment of course and on the doc fix. i have great confidence in them. i also want to say that most everything we do around here is based on trust. that is how we get things done. i want everyone to understand how much i ...

For decades. now were coming in and saying listen, if were going to do it, lets use sound policy and do it right. and that didnt happen. we are frustrated we didnt do it for a year and two years for the doc fix because everyone we spoke to, democrats and republicans alike said we need something certain, some certainty in the market, do it long term. we wanted to bring forth good policy. so yeah, theyre frustrated. it isnt a tea party issue. it is played up for the media, but not a tea party issu...

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What theyre fighting for and what the republicans are trying to do. >> j.p., republican shaking in their boots after this? >> no. and i actually think that this is a pretty interesting discussion. we just heard from the president who talked about how this wasnt really a political thing, this certainly should have been a form formality. now taking agent whether this was humbling for the republicans, were talking about how flpt independents are now totally regretting their vote for tea party candi...

Markets or for employers or for the doctors and patients that wanted two years for the doc fix. this has been going on the last six times they did a short term extension for doctors, doctors are saying it is terrible policy for the united states. we try to do good policy. we got beat up for it. no good deed in washington goes unpunished. >> what happens now. this is as you pointed out tuesday you didnt want it to be a bandaid, this is referred to as a bandaid. what happens when two months expire...

Tea party yesterday? >> no, absolutely not. the speaker didnt betray anyone. first of all, you have to remember something, just like myself, speaker boehner has an obligation to govern. and governing is not an easy thing to do. we went into this with good faith. we wanted to push -- thats why i got a big kick of your first segment how were not protecting taxpayers. were pushing for one year because its good policy. everyone has told me since i took office in january, dont do band-aid approaches,...

im erin burnett and out front tonight, a deal, finally. a deal. house republicans agree to the senates two-month payroll tax extension. this includes unemployment benefits and that doc fix that prevents people that take medicare doctors getting a big drop in payments. the house added one small tweak that will make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gops image, though, has taken a beating. c...

way. in the end house speaker john boehner, he caved in and he gave in to political pressure but still he defends the stand that he took. >> we have fought the fight, the good fight, but i talked to enough members over the last 24 hours who believe that, hey, listen, we dont like this two-month extension. we dont like this reporting problem in the senate bill and if you can get this fixed, why not do the right thing for the american people even though its not exactly what we want. >> i...

im erin burnett and out front tonight, a deal, finally. a deal. house republicans agree to the senates two-month payroll tax extension. this includes unemployment benefits and that doc fix that prevents people that take medicare doctors getting a big drop in payments. the house added one small tweak that will make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gops image, though, has taken a beating. c...

Republicans in the house will go to speaker boehner and say you cannot persist in this, and hell be forced to pass the bipartisan bill that was passed by senator reid and senator mcconnell, 89-10 in the senate, that extends the payroll tax, unemployment insurance and the so-called doc fix for two months >> i know that earlier today, senator, you said, look, if its a one-year deal you want, well be the first ones to get back on the plane. did you realistically mean that the senate could reconvene...