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if they fail -- and thats expected -- what happens? >> reporter: it seems that despite the very -- we call it the super committee and they had super powers. this committee written in law had the power to bypass many of the procedural hurdles that slow down and hold up legislation up here on capitol hill. despite having the power these 12 committee members were not able to bridge the gap on a philosophical difference on what they believe. a big issue thats held up negotiations to this p...

The threat that if they fail, in january 2013, cults across the board go in effect, including cuts in domestic programs that nobody thinks is a good idea. im convinced between now and then we come together. it will be good for the markets if its now. were going to need a lot of work between now and january. >> you make an argument that doing nothing would safety government a lot of money. if congress did nothing and let the bush cuts expire, they did nothing on an amt fix, nothing on the doc fix...

increases are a job killer, particularly when you have over 9% unemployment. >> norm orn steen, that is disingenuous to say the least, that he realized they were a job killer, why he extended the bush era tax cuts. theres one reason only the president extended those bush era tax cuts and thats because he needed a deal to extend unemployment. this is the kind of misinformation campaign that is continuing on capitol hill. i sent out a tweet a couple of hours ago, i said, could anybody, a...

>> greta: you excluded the doctor fix. that has an impact on the deficit. >> of course it does. heres the point weve made and they have to agree. the fix has to be done whether you do the health care reform or not. the cost of the doc fix are unrelated to the health care reform bill. >> greta: congressman steve cohen from tennessee on the floor last night used words like nazi, blood libel, holocaust, today of course your first words, when you spoke you said, thank you mr. speaker, i hope the ten...

The cost of the doc fix to bill at a level that doesnt cost them money. one of the big problems that exist with the health care bill is youre putting 32 million people into a system and youre not adding one doctor or nurse. this is not going to improve the quaulgt of health care. we need a more comprehensive approach in terms of how do we it actually improve the quality of health care as opposed to that this is just a process by which you turn health care over to more government control and we d...

Hypocritical to complain when it goes the other way. if youre going to make rules that say money saving bills are okay, you cant say theyre okay except for bills you dont like. joining me to talk about, it cornell belcher, also dana loesch. dana, what about it? when the cbo says something republicans like they seem to sing its places but on this issue they say theres fuzzy math going on. are they being hypocritical? >> i dont think so in this instance because theres something kind of funny about...

Called the doc fix for doctors. they took it out precisely so they could claim the bill would reduce the deficit. but with that item it would increase the deficit of course. and administration officials including hhs secretary kathleen sebelius say the doc fix is absolutely essential. the planned cut is untenable. listen. >> if you want to destroy the medicare program, the fastest way to do it would be to drive providers out of the program and i think that kind of cut would do it. >> reporter: s...

Breaks down the numbers. >> president obama made an unshakable pledge about the healthcare bill. >> i will not sign it, if it adds one dime to deficit now or in the future. period. >> reporter: it took financial tricks to keep the pledge. the bill originally included money to prevent medicare doctors facing a scheduled 21% cut in fees but it cost too much. $275 billion. >> the way they solved that is pulled out the deficit increasing part of the bill, the so-called medicare doc fix. hefty price ...

Breaks down the numbers. >> president obama made an unshakable pledge about the healthcare bill. >> i will not sign it, if it adds one dime to deficit now or in the future. period. >> reporter: it took financial tricks to keep the pledge. the bill originally included money to prevent medicare doctors facing a scheduled 21% cut in fees but it cost too much. $275 billion. >> the way they solved that is pulled out the deficit increasing part of the bill, the so-called medicare doc fix. hefty price ...

Credit. correspondent james rosen reports it was a bipartisan defeat, followed by a revamped version of the same bill. >> the yeas are 45. the nays are 52. motion is not agreed to. >> republicans stood united and a dozen democrats deflected from block the so-called extenders bill, $140 billion grab-bag of extended jobless benefit, tax hikes on the upper income type and added funding to medicare reimbursement rate. democrats spent the last of the day squabbling over how to pare down the price tag...