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John dingell sr. held more than two decades. before he retired in 2014, dingell said things had changed. >> there is not the cooperation and theres not the quote compromise. there is always the business and the nation that suffers here. >> even when we disagree, john has always been someone i respected her. he is a patriot, tremendously hard worker, a true master and the business of legislating. >> over his career dingell shaped the country. medicare, the clean air act, the affordable care act, ...

Details. and so what theyre trying to do in terms of that compromise you mentioned is harry reid on the democratic side, mitch mcconnell on the republican side, talking about scaling back the size of it. i think its now going to dip under to $180 billion instead of $265 billion. the current plan, and its still evolving, of course, is that this would only apply to a payroll tax extension for employees, not expand it to employers as well as the president has wanted. and then the other big question...

Look like, then we get news that the president is going to come out and start calling for a deal. but its not like the president doesnt talk to harry reid so im wondering whats really going on, why would he be in fact doing this if there was a deal? >> sure. clearly hes been talking to senator reid. i think republicans have been complaining the president hasnt called him over in recent weeks to try to hash it out with them directly, so republicans on the hill no doubt will see this as a sort of ...