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Stafford loans. it averages to about $33,000 for them. in the tough market, theyre not certain theyll have a job. entry level wages are low. they have this huge debt and its tough for them. its also bad for the economy because theyre not going to be able to make responsible purchases, a refrigerator, a car, things you need getting started in life, and that hurts the economy. so there is a fundamental question here about the middle class. are we going to have an economy where we make the investme...

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Candidly to many of the republican colleagues, they understand that. and they are worried about the revenues and not getting the cuts, and there is anxiety on the net level of negotiation, but most folks understand that when we are spending 22% of the gdp and collecting revenues lower than the eisenhower era at 15%, that doesnt work. >> congressman, under the gun today? if not today, a deal by friday? what do you think? >> well, honestly, i dont know, but what i do know is that we have to have a...

Senates turn, and he didnt seem bothered walking away from the conference with one tune in mind. ♪ zippity doo dah, zipty day ♪ my oh my what a wonderful day ♪ >> and one man who will have to vote on a plan is peter welsh who is a democrat from vermont, and i know you have a busy day, but speaker boehner reposinging happy tune, and we are hearing that we are close to a deal, but what are you hearing? >> well, we are hearing that there is such anxiety between the rank and file in the caucus...

That is additional expense to the taxpayer, and everybody loses. we cannot allow this top ha. >> congressman peter welsh from vermont, thank you for your time and to break down where we go from here we go to nbcs mike viqueira, and luke russert live on capitol hill, so to both of you, we have the reports of a deal in "the new york times" and as well as the "washington post" and luke, what are you hearing on the hill? >> well, harry reid said that he at the democratic lunch said that he was infor...

Persuasion firmly against their own speaker. lets get right to it. joining us from capitol hill democratic congressman peter welsh of vermont. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> we had a press conference of republicanss proposing a bipartisan bill. is it? >> well, saying it is doesnt make it so. the real question here about bipartisanship is that the democrats are willing to make cuts and the republicans make revenues and the answer is yes, on democrats, we are willing to do cuts, and th...

File members of the tea party persuasion firmly against their own speaker. lets get right to it. joining us from capitol hill democratic congressman peter welsh of vermont. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> we had a press conference of republicanss proposing a bipartisan bill. is it? >> well, saying it is doesnt make it so. the real question here about bipartisanship is that the democrats are willing to make cuts and the republicans make revenues and the answer is yes, on democrats, we ...

To try to turn the country around. >> you know, now theres bipartisan opposition to stay in afghanistan longer. we have 4 republicans, 4 democrats that just came out on it today led by peter welsh, and jason chafis, a republican from utah. was it mistake to think we could rebuild a nation, or change their culture, especially by military means? >> look, cenk, heres how it works. we needed to go into afghanistan. i supported president bush, i december support him going into iraq, but i did into af...