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hands. >> keep in mind, this is not a situation where the two parties are miles apart. were in rough agreement about how much spending can be cut responsibly as a first step towards reducing our deficit. we agree on a process where the next step is a debate in the coming months on tax reform and entitlement reform, and i am willing and ready to have that debate. if we need to put in place an enforcement mechanism to hold us accountable for making the reforms, i will support that too if...

Both could agree. >> i never said it was perfect and no one believes it is perfect in the caucus. but what this bill reflects is a sincere, honest effort to end the crisis in a bipartisan way, to send it to the senate to receive action. >>shepard: he is predicting his bill will pass in the house of representatives. and now on what it means. and now wendell from the white house, and first, doug on capitol hill. what is happening now? >>reporter: house republicans very nudged by a test vote that o...

Day. "the last word" airs weeknights at 8:00 p.m. only on msnb, the place fmsnb. on capitol hill last night, senate lawmakers watched a bill aimed at lowering prices at the pump by doing away in billions of dollars of tax breaks for the nations five largest oil companies. three democrats joined all by two senate republicans to vote against bringing the repeal up for debate in a test vote that came up eight yeas shy of a total 60 needed to advance. republicans said the legislation would raise g...

Minority leader mitch mcconnell that would open up more leases for offshore drilling which is the republican answer. neither of them are likely to become law, but its a way of the party staking out ground on what is going to be a critical issue certainly as we go through the summer. >> thank you. thats it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow, t. boone pickens joining us as the senate gets ready to roll. and talking political wives with connie schultz, nationally syndicated col...

The senate is preparing for a test vote on a bill prepared by democrats that would repeal $2 billion worth of tax cuts for the biggest oil companies. here is what senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and majority leader harry reid, what he had to say moments ago. >> it will raise the price of gasoline at the pump and export american jobs and make us more dependent on people like hugo chavez because the amount of oil well have to import will go up. >> republicans will actually have the opportun...

Knots over raising the debt ceiling. a balanced budget amendment would require huge majority. two-third approval of both houses of congress and ratification by three-quarters of the state. all 47 senate republicans sign a pledge to vote for it and there are indications that ten senate democrats may lean toward a yes vote, too. >> the national me moan tum is there for it and the folks in congress today, republican or democrat are acutely aware of an important powerful impact that the big, large n...

Already weary of some, weary of some of the presidents agenda and didnt want to have a vote on the presidents health care reform plan. a test vote, if you will. politically painful for some democrats. in terms of the cuts, democrats largely started at zero. they didnt want any cuts in this. got all the way up to $38.5 billion. maybe thats a little bit of a loss for them. if you listen to the tea party. a spokesman for them told cnn this morning this is basically poultry amount of cuts and they h...

The actual provisions, whether its eliminating pre-existing conditions as a form of discrimination, expanding help for poor people to buy insurance, whether its investments in wellness an prevention, all those things are individually incredibly popular. what the republicans are essentially doing is saying we want to debate the merits by having this repeal vote. democrats can respond by saying which aspect do you want to repeal? i think it is a misstep. to the point of the tax cuts, yes, in some ...

Happens possibly as early as later on today. democrats and republicans alike say they held their nose and voted for this compromise, but democrats much more so because they opposed that 35% estate tax that would have been 20% higher without this deal, but both sides say they had to move forward. so in moving forward after the final senate vote which could happen again as early as today this deal moves on to the house of representatives where there is not as much support. house members say they w...

Accomplishments, health care reform. this hour, what the first of its kind ruling could mean for your coverage and the prospect of a long fight all the way to the u.s. supreme court. walmart is is renewing its fight to reopen stores in new york city. im wolf blitzer in the "situation room." but first, to breaking news, were stand big to hear from president obama. now that his controversial tax cut deal with the republicans is moving forward in the senate. it cleared an important test vote a ...