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Presumably we could have worked on this problem before now with just a few days left in the year? no wonder so many people are tuning out of politics all together these days because it always seems to be zero some gain with the taxpayers left holding the bag. they are the ones forced to turn over more of their hard earned money to a system that seems utterly incapable of proper management. so thanks, mr. president, for coming back to washington. lets hope its for real work not just for the show ...

Purple hearts. is he a maverick. his whole career. >> laura: why is that a good thing necessarily? again im not trying to be difficult. winning two purple hearts is amazing and we celebrate his honor and service. that doesnt have anything to do with why is he a good choice now when both democrats and republicans seem to have real problems with him. seems odd way floating someone as secretary of defense. >> he has a military background. he has a senate background. he has a cost cutting background...

The country? im thinking washington, crossing the delaware on a bitter christmas night 1776 before going on to defeat the british in two major battles, thats sacrifice. i, for one, never understood how in good conscious any of these politicians would think about leaving town with so much riding on this cliff hanger? shouldnt they get their work done before they leave town for a break? thats whats expected for most working americans but then again washington politicians have rules of their own. p...

The country? im thinking washington, crossing the delaware on a bitter christmas night 1776 before going on to defeat the british in two major battles, thats sacrifice. i, for one, never understood how in good conscious any of these politicians would think about leaving town with so much riding on this cliff hanger? shouldnt they get their work done before they leave town for a break? thats whats expected for most working americans but then again washington politicians have rules of their own. p...

Social security are just numbers in a budget. well, we worked hard for those benefits. we earned them. and if washington tries to cram decisions about the future... of these programs into a last minute budget deal... well all pay the price. aarp is fighting to protect seniors with responsible... solutions that strengthen medicare and... social security for generations to come. we can do better than a last minute deal... that would hurt all of us.

Spot figure it out. we did. figure it out. and than, then go forward and continue to debate the issue but dont have our men and women in uniform wondering if theyre going to be, if theyre going to be high and dry because we couldnt have a policy debate that would later ensue, that we couldnt have it right there in a way that would end the war. >> pelosi was asked about the markets not reacting so far to congress and the white house not being able to work this out and shes making the assumption t...

Up with cuts. they didnt manage to do it. there was hope they would deal with fax reform. that didnt happen. basically everyone sat back and decided to be on hold through the election. i think there was some sort of hope on, maybe on the republican side, something dramatic would shift in terms of governance and that would change the spectrum. that is not what actually happened. were back with a washington that looks exactly the way it looked prior to this election. republican house, democratic s...

Solve this problem by getting the spending lien down. the president wants to pretend that spending isnt the problem. thats why we dont have an agreement. the chart depicts what ive been saying for a long time now. washington has a spending problem. they cant be fixed with tax increases alone. the right answer is to start cutting spending, addressing our debt, and paving the way for long-term economic growth. unfortunately the white house is so unserious about cutting spending it a pierce willing...

Founder and colton jewelry. youre based in washington, d.c., right? >> yes, jon. jon: one doesnt think of washington, d.c. as a fashion capital. >> no. burr were getting there. i think the fashion community in d.c. is really thriving there is are so many local designers. a community wants that to be here. that is definitely something that will start to be competitive with all the big fashion communities across the nation. jon: youve gotten obviously great write-ups for the jewelry that youve cre...

>> theyre talking about doing it now. >> i know theyre talking about it now. do you think there is any chance that senator reid or then senator obama would have done that? zero. congress has never is going to give up our ability to control the purse. and the fact is that the debt be used to bring fiscal sanity to washington, d.c.. >> last question. >> mr. speaker, last week supreme court -- [inaudible] as you know house republicans -- [inaudible] there was 1.5 million -- fund that loan. rd accor...