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Economy. My only reason im mentioning this is the election had consequences. But it doesnt get its victors an opportunity to review the facts. They did not give a pas to recognizing the severity of the issue. We are spending and we are spent. Now, we are seeing more spending. It is not good. The rebound from Pete Domenici and craig barrett. What do you say . Encouraging or not encouraging . Im on your side, neil. The other half loaded keep taxes flat, you have a 5050 standoff. Bring on the seque...

Economy. My only reason im mentioning this is the election had consequences but it doesnt get i victors an opportunity to review the facts. They did not give a pass to recognizing the severity of the issue. We are spending and we are spent. Now, we are seeing more spending. It is not good. The rebound from Pete Domenici and craig barrett. What do you say . Encouraging or not encouraging . Im on your side, neil. The other half load keep taxes flat, you have a 5050 standoff. Bring on the sequestra...

Jennifer humbug. There is big news on the environmental frown front today. So first bp, the worlds Third Largest oil Company Announced it was going to pay 4. 5 billion in fines and plead guilty to 14 criminal charges connected to, of course, the giant oil spill in the gulf of mexico. Thats number one. Meanwhile, in new york, the president surveyed the damage from hurricane sandy. Of course, which was everybody knows, precipitated by Climate Change. He met storm victims in staten island, one of t...

Economy. My only reason im mentioning this is the election had consequences. But it doesnt get its victors an opportunity to review the facts. They did not give a pass to recognizing the severity of the issue. We are spending and we are spent. Now, we are seeing more spending. It is not good. The rebound from Pete Domenici and craig barrt. What do you say . Encouraging or not encouraging . Im on your side, neil. The other half loaded keep taxes flat, you have a 5050 standoff. Bring on the seques...

Well get to the apple story coming up and how that contributed to the loss in the program. Thats coming up. S p 500 flat on the session. A lot of movement for the s p. Lets get straight to the markets and that rally we saw today. Is today the start of a santa claus rally despite the fears over the fiscal cliff . Rick, let me kick this off with you. What kind of expectations are out there on this fiscal cliff story . We seem to feel that theres a deal in the air. Why else do we see such optimism ...

To 2. 7 , bill. Safe to say expectation are high for that number tomorrow. Were also continuing to monitor what might be the stock story of the day, at least to the downside. Take a look, of course, at shares of twitter. Down more than 20 . Wheresthegrowth . This is the question investors are asking. During the show yesterday we talked about that. Hes had a big track record in social media lately. Ill be interested to hear what he has to say. Also with us exclusively, aetnas ceo mark bertolini. ...

We are in tough shape. I just got a letter from the governor. He was talking, some of you may know about this about how tough is shut down has been and will be for the state of nevada. Programs like child nutrition programs, snap benefits, unemployment insurance, dozens of other programs. He said this undermines the Economic Security of the vaticans. I agree with that. Nevadans. A default. Thats due to a shut down. A default would make matters even worse. And im concerned. Im concerned the direc...

Technical change, a small technical change in the resolution that was passed by the house. This is where the u. S. Needs to stand firm. Its how we can stand firm for freedom. I encourage the passage of this resolution, and i encourage that we as a body will continue to stand for a free and open internet. And with that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. The question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to Senat...

Cost of tax reductions. The alternative minimum tax is 28 . If your tax rate was lowered to 25 . You still have to pay 28 . That is correct. For incomes between to london thousand dollars and 500,000, the effective tax rate is 35 . You hit the 35 rate and incomes fire lower than the income levels at which you would hit the 35 rate and regular tax. Why do they call it a patch . It is a one time year by year patch to stop the broad expansion. You could ask why they call it a cliff. They have discu...

International and domestic news is all on the table for you this morning as we open up the phone lines. Also, send us a tweet. Or post your comment on facebook. Or send us an email. We will get back to that New York Times story. First, some other headlines on the domestic front. Here is the Washington Times. Also, sticking with the senate, the Baltimore Sun reporting this headline in politics, here is the denver post open phones before the first 30 minutes. We have a short show because the house...