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The folks in the white house including the president about what you want to see them do right now? >> we would like them to make a decision. they need to come to an agreement and they need to realize how many people are going to be affected. and how affected were going to be be. if they want to take on my rent bill and my food bills and pay for my daughters formula and all the other families in my same situation, shut it down. until then -- >> you know, amy, all youre doing is asking them to pay...

Is a crisis-activated institution, so if you create a crisis, then maybe the sense is they will do something. the interesting thing to me in watching this politically is that theres nothing leaders can really do to buy their loyalty. >> right. >> they cant say to them, okay, well give you a committee chairmanship in four years, or were going to raise money for you back home to make sure that you get re-elected. well help you with your political action committee. for lots of these people its sort...

Fixing. >> done that, thats exactly what weve been saying. we want to fix it. we want to replace it with something that actually respects the doctor/patient relationship, that addresses the very things that youre talking about. >> well continue with the adult conversation here. >> talk about retro. >> they had six years to fix it. they didnt fix it. we have a plan to move the country forward. >> oh, my goodness, it bankrupts the nation. >> nothing bankrupts the nation and you know that. >> okay....

The cost to those insurance companies. >> what is the cost of us doing nothing, michael? the cost of us allowing people to go to emergency rooms because they have a tooth ache is costing those of us with health care. >> and we still contend, donna, you do not have to upend the entire system to fix those aspects and parts of the system that do not work. you do not need to overhaul the entire system at an exorbitant trillion dollar cost to the american people to fix the specific areas that need to...

I spent two months on a bus calling it obamacare, you know, in the last days of the campaign. the only thing that is disparaging here is what the bill does to the american people in terms of their entitlement to health care, their ability to pay for health care and the cost of the nation as a whole, and thats been the crux of the debate at the end of the day. thats the substance of it. now can you get on this crazy description of it. >> i want to hope that we could have a conversation about the ...

Not every lawmaker sleeps in the house when they actually come to washington. some prefer -- some prefer cots in their offices, but is that at your expense? plus, two of the media have access of critical documents in the actions of arizona gunman jared lee loughner. several people dead and 200 people injured as bloody clashes worsen in the streets of libya. , well continue to innovate. the lexus rx. why settle for a copy when you can own the original? see your lexus dealer. [ smack! ] [ smack!...

Calling for an investigation. on which members of congress must pay taxes. but this is nothing new. republican jason was showing off his cot to cnn two years ago. >> something tells me your college dorm was bigger than this. >> my dorm was bigger. thats a well made bed right there. >> a good mattress right here. >> democrats are doing it, too. even though freshman hanson clark isnt sure how long he can take it. >> being here is not comfortable. i havent had a good night cease sleep since ive bee...

Can we get to that e-mail. colleen from texas. my husband and i are high school teachers three years away from retirement and very worried about the bush tax cuts expiring. any way to offset any tax increases? go ahead. >> we dont know what these idiots are going to do with this stuff. right now, the educational savings as an example for the average person to save for college is $2,000 a year if they put it in. it can affect regular people across the board. how about the estate tax? thats regula...

Approach. he also says that doing nothing is not an option. i think youre right, though, about the fed. look, this is a big problem. one, part of dodds bill right now would give unprecedented regulatory authority to the fed. what i want to know is whos going to be regulating the fed? they got us into a lot of this mess. >> nobody. >> jenk, if you were to look at these two political parties, and the obvious solution, transparency, capital rimts, no more gambling in secret. if you want to gamble, ...

$100,049. he sits there in the rubber room and oversees his $7.8 million real estate portfolio and law practice. has some self-respect, man! now we also have francisco oliveres, this guy. he is a math teacher, but he is not teaching math. after allegedly, allegedly impregnating and marrying a 16-year-old student. i dont know how you allegedly marry a student, but he did. he also allegedly sexually molested two, not one, two 12-year-old pupils a decade later. hmm. i feel bad for him. sitting in t...