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Budget control act, we put built-in protections for many of our priorities should we go over the cliff. and i think its important for people to see that there are protections. we held medicare homeless to 2% of any cuts. we had initiatives, pell grants and the rest that would be protected. >> so this would put the republicans in a position politically? will it hurt them? >> i think it would hurt them because its important -- the important thing is that the republicans do not want to touch one ha...

We can do it by practically unanimous consent. everybody agrees in the country and in the congress that we should have a middle income tax cut. what is holding it up is the republicans holding it hostage for tax cuts for the wealthy. but left to it on its own, we think it would get a unanimous vote in the congress. >> the boehner proposal on its merit, characterize it for us. >> i think its an assault on the middle class, seniors, investments in the future. we want to come to the table. we know ...

Time in the congress. we used to have an expression. its not the price. its the money. this is not to be punitive on the people who make over $250,000. its just to be fair to the entire country. you need that additional revenue in order to reduce the deficit and continue to make investments in growth. >> if speaker boehner says that, you know, were not going to move on the rates, where are we? >> i hope thats just a bargaining position. but the fact is we have talked about it two step. do a down...

Built-in protections for many of our priorities should we go over the cliff. and i think its important for people to see that there are protections. we held medicare homeless to 2% of any cuts. we had initiatives, pell grants and the rest that would be protected. >> so this would put the republicans in a position politically? will it hurt them? >> i think it would hurt them because its important -- the important thing is that the republicans do not want to touch one hair on the head of one perso...

And in the congress that we should have a middle income tax cut. what is holding it up is the republicans holding it hostage for tax cuts for the wealthy. but left to it on its own, we think it would get a unanimous vote in the congress. >> the boehner proposal on its merit, characterize it for us. >> i think its an assault on the middle class, seniors, investments in the future. we want to come to the table. we know we have to have growth. if you want to reduce the deficit, create jobs. so we k...

Tax cuts. its completely opposed to strengthening medicare. so if youre going to have this discussion, id love to have it in full view because if you want to debate with me, define your terms. what do you mean by restructuring medicare? making it a voucher? or can we work together to strengthen it to prolong its life, to increase its benefits as we did in the affordable care act. >> what percentage would you put ongoing over the cliff? >> i believe we can get an agreement. i really do. and i thi...

Quantity of procedures. so its about quality, not just quantity. >> how convinced are you that they really want to get the entitlements and get them going in a different direction? boehner comes out and he offers basically the ryan plan. this is really what they want, isnt it? >> theres a range as to what they want. theres some who have said publically they think medicare should wither on the vine. the ryan budget is exactly a furtherance of a withering on the vine. it makes it a voucher. it tak...

Avoiding this fiscal disaster that awaits us, if the cost of medicare, especially, continues to rise the way its projected to rise in the coming decades. its way to bring that under control. the two most controversial elements of it that we know about are that 1, restructuring medicare into what they call a premium support system, democrats call a voucher system and the other thing is turning medicaid into a bloc grant, in which the federal government gives the money to the states and they admin...

After marrying, they had 3 children -- liza, charley and sam. he has one common belief he tried to instill. >> gen and i tell liza, charley and sam that america is a place where if you work hard and play by the rules, you can get ahead. >> greta: congressman shot up through the ranks. and when it came to the economy, everyone had his eyes on the congressman from wisconsin. his master plan, in 2010, ryan unveiled his road map to economic recovery, including a revamp of the tax code n. 2011, he to...

His fellow republicans to gog along with his spending and his budget plans. they were not on board to begin with. and ryan rather brilliantly worked outside forces. he worked with conservative think tanks, like american enterprise institute, heritage foundation and with conservative media, like the standard and the wall street journal to build momentum for his ideas and that ended up putting pressure on some of his colleagues, his republican colleagues who didnt want to go along. he has worked i...