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If they show me a serious plan, im ready to move. even if it requires some tough decisions on my part. and im hopeful that over the next couple of days well see this logjam break, this logjam broken, because the american people, i think, understandably want to see washington do its job. all right? so with that, let me see whos on the list. were going to start with jake. >> thank you, mr. president. youve said that reducing the deficit will require shared sacrifice. we know -- we have an idea of ...

These public employees that are basically protesting. what if they start to get the pink slips? do you think that that will escalate the battle and will that break the back of the union? >> i think a couple of things. the first is the governor doesnt have to make that choice. thats his choice. he doesnt have to. hes already received the concessions. he can balance his budget. he doesnt have to do anything in order to balance the budget. the budget repair bill is only until june. so those layoffs...

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Has been the source of a weeks long republican-imposed logjam is now freed, open, back up for business. you will recall at the beginning of this month, senate unified. all 42 members signed on to a letter proclaiming they would block all other senate work until the expiring bush tax cuts issue was dealt with. nothing else could happen in the senate, not even the funding of the united states military until those tax cuts, that whole deal, was resolved. period, end of story. nonnegotiable. well, t...

Ac it tore hugh jackman goes wrong shooting oprah winfreys show in australia. im lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. we begin with legislative logjam. a final vote on the presidents tax cut plan should happen in the senate today. however a trillion dollar spending bill proposal and a plan to repeal dont ask, dont tell could keep congress on the hill into their holiday break. tracie potts joins us from washington with those details. tracie, good...

House meeting with the republican leadership. and the president says he wants common ground. he wants to find common ground on the bush tax cuts. >> republican leaders want to permanently extend tax cuts, not only to middle class families but also to some of the wealthiest americans at the same time. and here we disagree. and i continue to believe that it would within unwise and unfair, particularly at a time when we are contemplating deep budget cuts that require broad sacrifice. having said th...

Those firms who hire unemployed workers. weve been trying for months as you know to pass additional tax breaks for small businesses on top of the aid weve given them and expand lending. politics n held up by in the united states senate. were hopeful next week we may be able to breakhe logjam. senator voinovich, a republican said, its time to stop playing games, he said to his own party, so we agree with that. weve done things right along to keep this recovery moving in the right direction. weve ...

Weve been trying for months as you know to pass additional tax breaks for small businesses on top of the aid weve given them and expand lending. thats upheld by politics in the united states senate. we hope we will break the logjam. its time to stop playing games, a republican said to his own party. we agree with that. weve done things right along to keep this recovery moving in the riht direction. weve had eight straight months of positive job growth in the private sector. we need to accelerate...

Democratic national committee chairman and give up the campaign mode. he has to campaign for democrats, but he ought to put the emphasis on what hes for and why he thinks they are better not use taxpayer funded public speeches to trash the political opposition for petty little gain. hes better than that. i know man. i worked with him for several years in the white. hes capable of rising above in, why he -- ash in the white house. hes capable of rising above in why he hasnt is a surprise to me he...

Not going anywhere. i mean, our viewers may not know this, but any senator can just take a look at a judicial nomination and put a hold on it, privately. you dont have to say why. you dont have to alert your colleagues as to why youre doing it. you can stop that nomination. maybe youre mad at barack obama over something else. maybe its earmarks youre upset about. you can just hold it. >> what does that mean? >> stops it dead in its track. right now you have 22 judicial nominations that are stopp...