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That hasnt even gotten to the senate. we have used reconciliation to amen a bill that hasnt already been law. >> greta: are you distinguishing in from the welfare bill passed by reconciliation? >> we are ing -- we are distinguishing it two i was. one, i just said they are going to use reconciliation to fix a bill that hasnt been sent to the president yet. that thats never been done before. the second thing significant about in different than any other reconciliation you can talk about this is a ...

Senate. we have used reconciliation to amen a bill that hasnt already been law. >> greta: are you distinguishing in from the welfare bill passed by reconciliation? >> we are ing -- we are distinguishing it two i was. one, i just said they are going to use reconciliation to fix a bill that hasnt been sent to the president yet. that thats never been done before. the second thing significant about in different than any other reconciliation you can talk about this is a massive restructuring of 1/6 o...

This, but its the truth. when you get a job, you have to start thinking about maybe what is even your next job? >> larry: when you first get the job? >> yes. thats whats going on in our country. the mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, downsizing, restructuring, right-sizing, which is a chapter all by itself. but ill tell you, with the book, larry, im kind of prod that i guarantee in the back of the book it says "do not read this book." it says that on the back cover. study it. underline it. h...

That severe reaction to using this particular approach on this kind of massive restructuring of american society. >> he did, senator. but i just want to -- i know youve heard this argument. i want to point something out to our viewers, and that is since 1980 there have been 16 times a reconciliation was used under a republican-controlled senate, and there were 6 times under a democrat-controlled senate. so its not all that unusual. the minority always hates it because it takes away their filibus...

Severe reaction to using this particular approach on this kind of massive restructuring of american society. >> he did, senator. you heard this arguem and i wouldnt point something out to our viewers. that is since 1980, there have been 16 times reconciliation was used under a -- republican controlled senate. there were six times under a democrat controlled senate. it is -- not all that unusual. the minority always hates it because it takes away their filibuster power. but these were not just bu...

Difficult. i say, youre not going to be sticking around for a long time. when you get a job, unfortunately, i hate to say this, but its the truth. when you get a job, you have to start thinking about maybe what is even your next job? >> larry: when you first get the job? >> yes. thats whats going on in our country. the mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, downsizing, restructuring, right-sizing, which is a chapter all by itself. but ill tell you, with the book, larry, im kind of prod that i gu...

Severe reaction to using this particular approach on the massive restructuring of american society. >> yeah, and he did, and i want point something out to our viewers. since 1980, there have been 16 times a reconciliation was used under a republican-controlled senate and 6 times under a democratic-controlled senate. its not that unusual. and the minority hates it because it takes away the filibuster power. these were not just budget issues, this was welfare reform and bush tax cuts and you voted...

Would be an outrage that must be resisted. why did he say that, candy? he said it because you would have an unelected official, the senate parliamentian, determining what it is going to look like. thats why senator byrd had the severe reaction to take this approach on the restructuring on american society? >> yeah, and he did, and i want point something out. since 1980, there have been 16 times a reconciliation was used under a republican-controlled senate and 6 times under a democratic-controll...

Goal of the summit but we went prepared to negotiate in good faith if the president and the democrats wanted to negotiate in good faith which as it turns out they didnt. >> what was your overall take away from the meeting on thursday? >> my overall takeaway is that the president would be a great professor at the harvard law school. he has a grasp for the detail but that the republicans had ideas and were prepared to discuss them and they are ideas that would work and it wouldnt cause a massive r...

Process. the majority proart, republican or democrat, does it just within their own. now, whats different with health care reform is restructuring 1/6 of the economy, think of that, restructuring 1/6 of the economy, the other thing is you go back to social security, medicare, medicaid, civil rights legislation, most of these very important social programs have been very bipartisan. so why should health care be partisan? and particularly, when we started out a year ago now, with the idea that it ...