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Going to spending for u.i. insurance. i dont like the patch for unemployment insurance or patch for the sequester. is no longer a difference on substance. >> behind this. cantor look at the bill, came out and said he was against the bill. he washingtoned in the second conference meeting shoulder to shoulder with john boehner show of solidarity publicly but said he was against the bill because of the spending cuts. back drama. thursday is the re-election of speaker boehner and the new congress. >...

And transportation, and also, in the automobile industry. that continues to grow, which is a good sign. but we need to make sure that all sectors and that all individuals who are seeking employment find it. thats why were restructuring our u.i. program, our uninsurance program, to employers can bring on workers, we can help subsidize that pie or people can use u.i. benefits to start their own company and if they fail they can go back on the program but were coming up with new ideas and rebrandin...

Economy, to educate our children, to keep our country safe. the most important thing is to make the president a one-term president. >> and i am joined tonight by house democratic leader nancy pelosi. leader, thank you for being here tonight. i appreciate it. >> pleasure. welcome to washington, ed. >> i have to ask you, have you ever seen the divide in this government as great as it is right now? the atmosphere. >> well, it is a difficult time. no question about that. it was terrible when the gin...

Remember, in the beginning they didnt want to -- they were not even going to hear of doing such a thing. and then they passed a bill which made it practically impossible to enact. but now theyll have to come closer to that. but we still have to continue to make the fight. because its not just about the payroll tax cut. thats important. its about tax fairness. and even if we dont have the surcharge on those making over a million dollars as a pay for here, we still have to address the issue of tax...

Whats important to note about this is it keeps the fight going on. that no people will lose -- i would think this is okay as long as no beneficiary of unemployment insurance loses their benefits in that time frame because depending on how you write the bill thats importa important. but it keeps in the public eye this distinction between do you support a payroll tax cut for 160 million americans and are you willing to not do anything about 300,000 families which make, not have, which make a milli...

Middle-income tax cut, the republicans have said the high-end tax cuts, tax cuts at the high end should be made permanent and they dont believe in extending tax cuts, the payroll tax cut. >> speaking of the presidents speech in kansas, he said this that really caught my attention. "this is a make or break moment for the middle class and all those who are fighting to get into the middle class. at stake is whether we will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build m...

Newt gingrich. do you find him trustworthy? >> im not going to say one word about newt gingrich. i think that his campaign will speak for itself. its up to the republicans to nominate who they nominate, and its just interesting to watch. >> do you think that newt gingrich would be a good president? >> no. >> you dont? >> absolutely not. >> is a big play fought middle class going to be one of the major things for the democrats to take back the house? what is the game plan? >> well, this is not ab...

Holiday now if were only talking about two months, obviously thats less money that has to be found. but my understanding of the republican negotiating position is that youve got to find the money somewhere. so where does that money come from? >> well, the congress doesnt want to hurt anybody, but they cant make up their mind on exactly how theyre going to pay for this. >> exactly. >> so theyre at a stalemate. so they are going to be home for the holidays. >> lets go home for the holidays and wel...

Plenty but others say its heartless. the economy is a disaster. what is the real root of not being employed for two years time? >> hard to say where the right level of unemployment benefit starts and stops. some passion -- compassion suggests some level of unemployment insurance but no one advocates years and years and years of the insurance. but the crucial factor is we have a weak economy and a weak growth in gdp. but u.i. contributes and changes job between accepting a new job, with a lower w...

Benefits run out? >> there is evidence a lot of people accept jobs close to when benefits run out. its not true for everybody. but some face prospect of relatively uninteresting and low-paying job and that option compared to the unemployment insurance, there are people who choose to continue unemployment for extra weeks or months to collect u.i. for a little bit longer. so the longer we extend the u.i., we have some effect on keeping unemployment rate white. not the most important factor but it ...