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>> a lot of it has to do public relations, i think what i heard from the retreat, and members in the room, they want to start to win the pr battle again, to do it they have to take the debt limit off the table, and fight with spending in regard to the upcoming defense cuts, the sequester. they want to put the debt limit off for three months, get it out of the headlines, not let the president use it as a republican punching bag. trying to tell his colleagues, come to the center, lets move on to o...

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Do they have to be part of this deal? youve got half of those cuts in defense alone. >> well, the other part of the fiscal cliff is congress agreed that they would cut an additional $1.2 trillion in spending. they put a committee together to try to come up with those numbers. they didnt figure out how to do it. and so what we now have is a situation where these automatic spending cuts go into place. now if we have raised some revenue by the wealthy paying a little bit more, that would be suffici...

>> the debt ceiling is coming. >> no. >> the sequesters are coming. >> cue the next countdown clock. >> i will not have another debate with this congress. >> house republicans see it as a trump card. >> they should pay the bills they have already racked up. >> while they approve this deal to avert the fiscal cliff. >> last night the house of representatives failed. >> there was no deal to send money to the victims of hurricane sandy. >> lawmakers from new jersey were angry. >> last night it was ...

Word" with lawrence odonnell, have a good night. so as expected we went off the cliff. and republicans got so scared. so wicked scared that they gave democrats what they wanted in less than 24 hours. >> the ayes have it, accordingly, the house stands adjourned. >> with 58 minutes to spare, congress averted the fiscal cliff. nobody is celebrating this morning, but the deal is done. >> the tax issue has been resolved. >> the house approved. >> john boehner got rolled. >> john boehner has had p...