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Were on at the same time. now theyre running infomercials. >> you get presidents day off? >> the markets are closed. >> do you get arbor day off? i want this schedule. we love having you here. >> the normal people are home today. >> even the mark people are home today, which are not normal people. >> nothing normal about them. also, lets go to washington. we have bob woodward. the author of the book "the price of politics." i was fascinated by your discussion yesterday. were talking about seques...

Five people that negotiated all of the deals and the other people in congress were there to vote and raise money . if hes speaker things will be different and not the back room negotiations and since hes been reminded of that. i am going to go back and do what i promised. >> have you had a chance to speak. have you talked to the speaker since you voted and will there be hell to pay for not for him? >> he smiled and asked how a was doing and i was cordial to him and remember, after i nominated ne...

This is ridiculous we spent all this time talking about how much damage the other side is going to insist on inflicting to the economy instead of talking about how do we get on a sustainable fiscal path to have strong economic growth and the prosperity that we ought to have and that our kids deserve. i agree this has all been misplaced. i want to get this behind us and do the best we possibly can on the tax side and focus on the real problem here, which is spending. >> sean: senator johnson, im ...

This is ridiculous we spent all this time talking about how much damage the other side is going to insist on inflicting to the economy instead of talking about how do we get on a sustainable fiscal path to have strong economic growth and the prosperity that we ought to have and that our kids deserve. i agree this has all been misplaced. i want to get this behind us and do the best we possibly can on the tax side and focus on the real problem here, which is spending. >> sean: senator johnson, im ...

Plan. about was at least a million dollars. but all the attention has been paid to those republican who is stopped plan b and not enough attention has been paid to those republicans who were willing to go along with plan b. what im told that is at least 80% of the republican caucus in the house. if there is a deal that some democrats would vote for, a bill could get out of the house. gregg: tim geithner, the treasury secretary, said the debt ceiling will be hit by december 31st. now theres, you ...

February and well be back at the table, negotiating this with the republicans right away. so it is just, should be seen as a little fiscal break or a fiscal, well come up with a better analogy but temporary stopgap measure what will then be, were going to be starting this debate all over again in february. heather: mark, in terms of, you know, who the blame is placed upon and in terms of the public, poll after poll does show that they will blame republicans. is that a matter of messaging from re...

Boehner met with the president on monday. the two discussed what they can do to avoid the fiscal cliff. mr. fwhier p by another put th before the president. in a counteroffer the president proposed to raise taxes on those making 400,000 a year. >> in order to achieve a broad deficit reduction package that puts our economy on a sustainable fiscal path in the future a certain level of revenue cleaned from the wealthy has to be met. the only way to do that was through -- in part rates rising. >> a ...

Yesterday, the president met with biden, along with other cabinet members to discuss this issue, along with arne duncan there, we see kathleen sebelius there, eric holder to formulate a plan. how many opportunity is there for something to get done, with public sentiment the way it is after newtown? >> well there say window, people are obviously outraged at what happened. while there is a political will to do something, they have to move and they have to act. they have to get through the fiscal. ...

Jay carny revealed yesterday. gretchen just said it is not a tax problem it is the way they waste our money. jay carny said deficit reduction is not the goal. are you kidding? here he is. >> deficit reduction is not the goal here. the reason to get our fiscal house in order and the reason to pass a deficit reduction package that is balanced and allows for economic growth is to put our economy on a sustainable fiscal path which again, in itself produces positive economic benefits and revenues are...

Over a million workers who normally work full time or part time in the reference week. so sandy did leave an impact in the data. but i think the report as a whole shows that the economy has been resilient, as i say every month when im on your show were making progress. were digging our way out of a deep hole. were not satisfied yet. theres a long way to go. but there are signs that the economy is continuing to heal. >> is it a realistic possibility a year ago today the unemployment rate was 8.7%...