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Were seeing maneuvers by both parties to influence behind the scenes efforts under way to cut some sort of compromise deal. all day, wolf, the white house has remained tight lip. the talks, the negotiations, are ongoing and productive but reports that we are near a deal in the tax cut negotiations are inaccurate and premature. we do know that treasury secretary timothy geithner has been keeping the president up to date on the negotiations on capitol hill and they did have a meeting scheduled f...

Would be a renewed. or if you define about the extensions here on unemployment benefits z is that something you could want people throw all these ideaser r. but they refuse to put anything on the table and say, this is what we will vote for. if they do that, then id be glad to look at -- im willing to look at anything, but i want fairness for the people who have lost their jobs and are going through the christmas season with no way to put food on the table. >> congressman, you hear come pro mi--...

Uncertainty coming out of washington. and when you extend the tax rates for a year, you leave all the uncertainty hanging out there. people are going to invest. like me, when i ran my small business, they want some certainty about what the future is going to look like so they can calculate a return on investment. you cant do that by these temporary extensions and other gimmicks. >> all right. now, for the rest of your headlines this morning. we can talk about that all morning. were going to have...

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Or less, even though a top white house aid signaled yesterday that the president will accept extensions across the board. mr. obama himself in seoul south korea this morning kept his emphasis squarely on the middle class. >> my number one priority is to make sure that we make the middle class tax cuts permanent. that we give certainly to the 98% of americans who are affected by those tax breaks. i dont want to see their income taxes spike up. >> reporter: the president is playing games with it t...

Washington. when you extend tax rates for a year, you leave uncertainty hanging out there. people are going to invest. thigh want certainty what the future will look like to calculate return on investment. you cant do that by the temporary extensions and other gimmicks. >> bret: so i know you a football fan, but this is an ice hockey analogy. do you look at a republican house of represent atives as a goalie trying to stop the bad pucks from getting through with the glove or a stick? or are you a...

What i get asked about over and over is how are you going to get us back to work. how are you going to make america competitive again? what are you going to do to fight for us in terms of trade and investments, that will make it possible for us to sustainably grow our economy and get out of this recession. i support providing tax relief to the overwhelming majority of americans and small and medium businesses. as i said in the debate tonight, the way ill make decisions about how much more tax re...

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Mcconnell, hes talking about repealing those and opposing their extensions. hes talking about raising taxes on the working poor, a lot of middle class people. obamas name is certainly going to be prominent if thats what youre talking about doing. the bush tax cuts represent trickle down economics. thats the strongest message, republicans believe in trickle down economics, you help the people at the top, its going to help everybody else. people dont believe in that, they dont want to go back to t...