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"vanity fair" puts it, they did not come to play around, they mean business. >> well, i think thats true. i remember when i came into congress i had never healed elective office before. so i think thats a position many of these new members are coming in or they havent held you know really high elective offices, so they will challenge this. on the paygo rules, progressives in corning have long disapproved paygo because its had detrimental effects on social programs and spending for services and t...

Jobs bill 2, republicans called son of stimulus. within this $15 billion jobs bill, theres a lot of funding for highway -- the nations highways. theres tax credits for small businesses that buy new machinery or hire new workers. things that while they definitely would help the unemployment rate do not necessarily directly impact some of the impoverished communities that congressional black caucus members represent. on the other ideological side of the democratic party that had a problem with thi...

If sno bunning is truly concerned about the senate paying for things that they passed, if hes really standing on a principle thats actually his principle here you would think he would have voted for the senate adopting paygo rules. pay as you go rules, that state everything has to be paid for. but alas mr. bunning voted no on that, too. this was not a matter of principle here. but if it was its brand new principle he never met before this week. the supposed principle of if jim bunnings that you ...

Yesterday, joe, which is that theyre going to sit back and pick apart the presidents budget because its politically advantageous to do. they dont want to get out there and offer anything concrete of their own because then theyll be attacked for it as well. you know, again, the presidents boxed in on this one because politically hes being attacked from both sides of the aisle. and hes trying to get deficits under control while still stimulating job growth which is sort of a counterintuitive task....