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New spend list in that added more than just the top two rates worth in the first year. thats the problem with washington. >> and i want to get to the spending and the entitlement question in just a moment, but i want to stay on tax rates for one minute. congressman, there are members of your own party who are saying privately, some publicly, just fold on the tax rates so that conservatives can get a better deal. just this week on "morning joe" on msnbc, here is tom coburn, republican conservativ...

New first cal year, you have achieved $30 billion more in revenue, but 16% increase in spending. it is a spending problem. and the president wants to increase taxes to continue the spending. he proposed a plan that put a new spend list in that added more than just the top two rates worth in the first year. thats the problem with washington. >> and i want to get to the spending and the entitlement question in just a moment, but i want to stay on tax rates for one minute. congressman, there are me...

Worry about in private is him and obama will cut a deal in late december negotiations. but boehner has been making tough calls. when it comes down to it hes going to agree to something with the president and it is not going to be able to pass his own conference. do you have any sense of what you think hes able to do and not do at this point? >> we come back again to the entitlement question. its going to be easier for the caucus to swallow some tax rate increase if they have something to show fo...

Without any more significant entitlement reform at the least the kind of medicare eligibility age increase you were discussing is a debt limit increase going to be part of the package. if not, will the administration win on tax rates only to find itself in a harder position in february with the debt limit still out there. >> the other side of this is the question of whether or not speaker boehner can deliver votes. the thing that a lot of people worry about in private is him and obama will cut a...

Without any more significant entitlement reform at the least the kind of medicare eligibility age increase you were discussing is a debt limit increase going to be part of the package. if not, will the administration win on tax rates only to find itself in a harder position in february with the debt limit still out there. >> the other side of this is the question of whether or not speaker boehner can deliver votes. the thing that a lot of people worry about in private is him and obama will cut a...

Will become, without any more significant entitlement reform, at the very least the kind of medicare eligibility age increase you were discussing is a debt limit increase going to be part of this end of the year package. if not, will the administration appear at victory on marginal tax rates only to find themselves in a harder position in february with the debt limit still out there. >> the other side of this is the question of whether or not speaker boehner can deliver votes. the thing that a l...