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Interests and i felt we should slow down before we go further and make sure we are not making a mistake. >> it is my hope if you are confirmed and do make progress on criminal justice reform that you will carry out what ever decisions that might be made by this body. in my last six years, in addition to not working on a number of bipartisan proposals on criminal justice reform, you have repeatedly vote against to prohibit torture in the military context or interrogation context and are you clear...

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>> well, of course there is a ways to go. but look at -- lets take a look at ohio. >> and manufacturing contracted in the last three months. >> in ohio, 80 of 82 counties in ohio actually have an auto manufacturing facility. if it were left to mitt romney they would essentially all have gone out of business because he would have left those folks twisting in the wind. the entire supply chain of 1.4 million jobs would have been gone in america and the investments we have been able to make in tryin...

>> and congress now has one week left to act, and theyre still passed forward. the senate has introduced a plan to avoid default, which makes a down payment on deficit reduction and ensures that we dont have to go through this again in six months. i think thats a much better approach, although serious deficit reduction would still require us to tackle the tough challenges of entitlement and tax reform. either way, ive told leaders of both parties that they must come up with a fair compromise in ...

Reduction and ensures that we dont have to go through this again in six months. i think thats a much better approach. although serious deficit reduction would still require us to tackle the tough challenges of entitlement and tax reform. either way, ive told leaders of both parties that they must come up with a fair compromise in the next few days that can pass both houses of congress, and a compromise that i can sign. im confident we can reach this compromise. despite our disagreements, republi...

Lets get to our first reads. the word of the day, its dysfunction after weeks and months of intense negotiations. not only are we not closer to a deal, we might be farther away from one. listen to the two men speaking last night, the president and the speaker. >> despite our disagreements, republican leaders and i have found common ground before and i believe that enough members of both parties will ultimately put politics aside and help us make progress. >> i gave it my all. unfortunately the p...

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What a spectacle last night. lets get to our first reads. the word of the day, its dysfunction after weeks and months of intense negotiations. not only are we not closer to a deal, we might be farther away from one. listen to the two men speaking last night, the president and the speaker. >> despite our disagreements, republican leaders and i have found common ground before and i believe that enough members of both parties will ultimately put politics aside and help us make progress. >> i gave i...