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But as of right now there is no scheduled mark up in the senate budget committee, and im a member of that committee. there is no intention even if we were to mark up a bill for senator reid to bring that budget to the floor. it looks like the united states senate for the third year in a row will go out a budget and a plan for how to spend all this money. bill: a thousand 50 days, how do we explain that to the american people. >> i think, bill here is the challenge. obviously we have a tremendous...

Family. he is heading to colorado to serve a 14-year prison sentence for corruption. stkwrad skwrad is being grilled over a long list of allegations including that he mismanaged the nations economy. the accusations are seen as a serious blow to his on going pow irstruggle with clerical leaders. winter wonderland for oregon has south coast. an overnight storm leaving 8 inches of snow on the ground. students and some city employees getting the day off. bill: snow? alisyn: in oregon. bill: we were ...

Can go to the doctor any time they want. >> we have to figure out a way for that not to apply for people cant afford it. there are plenty of people ou rich people out there that can afford it that pay for co-pays. adding all this bloat, doctors get penalized, they are afraid and practice defensively. now were going to say you cant even order this service. this independent payment advisory board is a form of rationing. alisyn: we shall see what happens next week when the g.o.p. brings this legisl...

Rationing board. how does it work? >> in the way its a rationing board is this. if you say we are going to keep your benefits and youre a medicare beneficiary youll get your benefits, but well curtail the services you can buy with those services. were going to say one service is better than another. they even have provisions in the law to study that. were going to say one service is better than another and we are going to def u.n. d the service that isnt as good, and we are going to pay doctors ...

This place of this putting in tort reform. love that idea. they are only talking about payment -- about tort reform for pain and suffering. in other words, nonessential alpayments -- alisyn: punitive damages. >> pain and suffering. id like to see a board that instead of this board, the independent payment advisory board, lets replace it with a board that looks at frivolous lawsuits and says, you cant bring that suit, and you know what im not just making that up, that is already the case in michi...

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