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About the long-term entitlement problems? >> then why havent senate democrats passed the presidents plan? the house has passed a plan twice. over the last 10 months to replace the sequester. senate democrats have done nothing. its time for them to vote. its time for us to get back to regular order here in congress. whether the house passes a bill, the senate passes a bill, if we disagree we go to conference to resolve the differences. i made this point at the white house today. its time for us t...

About the long-term entitlement problems? >> then why havent senate democrats passed the presidents plan? the house has passed a plan twice. over the last 10 months to replace the sequester. senate democrats have done nothing. its time for them to vote. its time for us to get back to regular order here in congress. whether the house passes a bill, the senate passes a bill, if we disagree we go to conference to resolve the differences. i made this point at the white house today. its time for us t...

>> but hes for means testing for wealthy americans. thats on the table according to the white house. and for whats called in this town chain cpi, which is a reduction in benefits over time. how is that not being serious about the long-term entitlement problems? >> then why havent senate democrats passed the presidents plan? the house has passed a plan twice. over the last ten months to replace the sequester. senate democrats have done nothing. its time for them to vote. its time for us to get ba...

First inaugural dress do remember. he promised to bring everybody together in the country. didnt quite get there because we are way further apart than we were four years ago. >> i also think he is frequently guilty mischaracterizing. >> bill: hasnt been a culture warrior as far as niceness is concerned. didnt carry through on it. he hasnt been. juan, i believe is he very cool on the symbolism. that can be very important and was very meaningful today. specifics mounting debt and actual entitlemen...

First inaugural dress do remember. he promised to bring everybody together in the country. didnt quite get there because we are way further apart than we were four years ago. >> i also think he is frequently guilty mischaracterizing. >> bill: hasnt been a culture warrior as far as niceness is concerned. didnt carry through on it. he hasnt been. juan, i believe is he very cool on the symbolism. that can be very important and was very meaningful today. specifics mounting debt and actual entitlemen...

First inaugural dress do remember. he promised to bring everybody together in the country. didnt quite get there because we are way further apart than we were four years ago. >> i also think he is frequently guilty mischaracterizing. >> bill: hasnt been a culture warrior as far as niceness is concerned. didnt carry through on it. he hasnt been. juan, i believe is he very cool on the symbolism. that can be very important and was very meaningful today. specifics mounting debt and actual entitlemen...

Arent taxes insignificant compared to entitlement reform which you and i were talking about, president obama promised he would tackle it in his first term? >> entitlement vessel basically everything which is another reason going off the cliff in the long term is not going to be that beneficial. there is nothing in the peelts for going off the cliff that address our long term entitlement problems. you still have that problem. >> gregg: i apologize you. we have breaking news we have to get to. jam...

Some willingness on the part of the white house to cut spending or maybe tackle big costly entitlement problems for medicare and medicaid and social security. is there time fov the big fix in place before we reach the fiscal cliff before the end of the year. thank you doug. time for a look at what is talking. another big talker this morning the growing situation in egypt. following a cease fire between israel and gaza president mohammed moresy is granting himself sweeping power causing a major...

Know who we have the next four years and confidence in knowing what we have? >> well, that might be. it might be that the u.s. economy is just a pretty strong entity and it can survive quite a number of regulations with tax increases, too, and its probably-- and whatever happens, theyve actually got a deal next year and reassure people that were dealing more or less with the big entitlement problems and the tax hikes werent so great and if we believe the regulatory approach of the obama administ...

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