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Proposal here in public to deal with significant entitlement changes. he has suggested he might be for change cpi, which would be an important step in the right direction. i would like to see him actually put that on the table in any kind of negotiation. hes mentioned it publicly. but has been unwilling to do it privately. until the president leads -- >> for you, though, on medicare, youre the leader of the republicans. what do you put on the table right now to solve this problem? >> i have said...

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Think it will work. >> so with congress home for the holidays and president obama on the campaign trail, who is going to find a way to get rid of our $15 trillion national debt? congressman brad sherman who sits on the house committee of national services joins us now. thank you for him in tonight, sir. >> good to be with you, shannon. >> weve heard a lot of accusations flying back and forth. the democrats say the reason we couldnt get a solution because the republicans were going to hold on to ...

$250,000 a year. well see if the president is pressure republicans to go along with him on the hill or get independent voters to come with him in the election next year. >> gop had a chance to strike a deficit reduction bill with the president back in july which contained more substantial entitlement changes. did the gop blow it a couple months ago? >> some conservatives argue they did blow it because they refuse to accept any tax increases. people like david brooks, my colleague at the "the new...

Could possibly go back home and tell our constituents that we have no clue what six people have come up with and the president apparently to some extent has embraced it. >> the gang of sixs proposal could face difficulties passing the house, as weve just heard, where republicans have the majority and are signaling their opposition to new revenues, while the democrats are against those entitlement changes. as lawmakers race to reach a deal before the august 2nd deadline, "the new york times" is...

Theyre not healthy for washington. >> i think its an insult to the congress that we have to go back to a gang of six, much less the senate for a solution to the problem itself. its a very complicated issue. i, for one, cant see how we could possibly go back home and tell our constituents that we have no clue what six people have come up with and the president apparently to some extent has embraced it. >> the gang of sixs proposal could face difficulties passing the house, as weve just heard, whe...