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He understands the problem. >> well, it seems to meoblem ree budget act a year ago and then to the supercommittee couldnt reach a decision and it got into a logjam and now the automatic cuts go into effect. i dont know why the supercommittee didnt continue to meet since last september. theres no impediment for them meeting and now we are coming up with the cuts that are automatic. it seems to me if he can talk to both republicans and democrats and sort of get you together to talk, that would be ...

When you are minority party with the senate not doing any budget go for three years. the president doing this, there is no more opportunity. i think after this last week, it doesnt look like much more is going to get done. the way we look at it we have to american people unbreak this logjam, give us the ability to fix this problem. so in election we need them a sharp choice of two futures so we can have an affirming election, not where we win one by default but affirming election where the count...

And they could use them for the greater good. but their inclination is to use them to enhance their pensions, to have a bigger piece of the public pie. and thats another logjam that we have to break. i think as we go into the 21st century, one of the things we have to start looking at is more public/private partnerships, for example, in states like california. new york has 11,000 state agencies. now, they all employ someone, but its not very productive work in the final analysis. thats something...

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We issued a statement of administrative policy today, that senior advisers recommend that the president should veto a specific bill the speakers put forward, should it get to his desk, but thats a moot point. that bill will not get through the senate. we believe senator reid, the majority leader said it will not pat pass the senate. so its really irrelevant. the fact is, we are in a stalemate. thats why the president spoke to the american people last night to explain where we are and why we need...

That senior advisers recommend that the president should veto a specific bill the speakers put forward, should it get to his desk, but thats a moot point. that bill will not get through the senate. we believe senator reid, the majority leader said it will not pat pass the senate. so its really irrelevant. the fact is, we are in a stalemate. thats why the president spoke to the american people last night to explain where we are and why we need to break that stalemate. we need to break the logjam,...

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Administrative policy today, that senior advisers recommend that the president should veto a specific bill the speakers put forward, should it get to his desk, but thats a moot point. that bill will not get through the senate. we believe senator reid, the majority leader said it will not pat pass the senate. so its really irrelevant. the fact is, we are in a stalemate. thats why the president spoke to the american people last night to explain where we are and why we need to break that stalemate....

Administrative policy today, that senior advisers recommend that the president should veto a specific bill the speakers put forward, should it get to his desk, but thats a moot point. that bill will not get through the senate. we believe senator reid, the majority leader said it will not pat pass the senate. so its really irrelevant. the fact is, we are in a stalemate. thats why the president spoke to the american people last night to explain where we are and why we need to break that stalemate....

To slam up against on august 2nd. the president is on vacation. the senate comes back. house is in session. whats gonna happen? theres word of a deal that could be on the table to break the logjam. >> it sounds like what theyre going to do first of all, it all comes down to health care and dana, since youre here, were going to pick your brain a little bit. the republicans are very clear. no new tax increases on anybody across the board. those loopholes and stuff like that, it sounds like they mi...