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Why is it democrats are saying republicans dont want comprehensive health care as if republicans arent coming up with other options. are there options that democrats are ignoring? >> yeah, i believe if we take those portions, like for instance port built and individuals purchasing heath care have the same advantagess that businesses have. i think we could be unified. we could have done that months ago. but its been held up with the notion that we have to have everything at once. the congress in ...

Poll numbers from the official. >> people like the idea of health care reform. they would like to see something to bring the costs down. there is no polling out they like the plan working its way through congress. latest numbers, 41% in favor, 56% opposed. intensity those that feel strongly overwhelmingly found in opposition of the plan. something else that is interesting, 44% of americans now rate the u.s. health care system as good or excellent. that is up 9 points since the president started ...

When pressed about the vote counted. >> i believe that we will have the votes to pass this in congress and the president will keep fighting and the american people want to have this kind of health reform. >> you dont have the votes yet. >> look, the president will have more to say about that this week and is working with the congress how best to address that. >> at this point the challenge is keeping and winning over swing democrats, in the house, abortion opponents and fiscal conservatives. >> ...

With rental income and blamed it on the fact he didnt speak spanish in the dominican republic and other, blamed on his wife for sloppy bookkeeping and never takes responsibility for any of this and these are all his taxes, his personal affairs and his disclosure. and, it is clear, he has been cheating on his taxes and lied to congress in his disclosure statements and had to amend five years worth of disclosure statements and there are 8 or 9 or 10 different issues, still outstanding... >> gregg:...

It is over and maybe you got the gold, and, they say, well, no, not quite, we have to go a couple more weeks and start over again, the lobbyists are gearing up, at one point, talk about unemployment, there were 4500 lobbyists hired for the whole fight and that is 8 per every single member of congress. which, you know, is just amazing. and, $200 million spent in ads, they continue to do that and the pharmaceutical industry is fighting against any regulation, they are hoping to make changes at the...

Scenario we have to decide who is really responsible for that. these particular homeowners in these cases, some of them stopped paying their mortgages as early of april in 2007. they say they were damaged. >> gregg: so that is overreaching under contract law. i got one question left for you. could the u.s. government enact an emergency moratorium on foreclosures. fdr shut down banks. i remember nixon instituted wage and price controls. could congress or the president claim that exigent circumsta...

Were you or me or an average american wouldnt we likely be behind bars instead of sitting in the house of representatives. >> no question and that is a perfect example, gregg, of why america is so angry at washington. there is one set of rules for the rest of the country and a separate set of rules for washington. and, heres charlie rangel, chairman of the house ways and means, a tax-writing panel in congress and writes the laws for the rest of america and doesnt follow them himself and that inf...

Panel publicly add mon -- monished him for taking junkets to the caribbean and he said it was a mistake not by him but his staff and chided the ethics committee for the committee. >> i dont want to be critical of the committee but common sense dictates that members of congress should not be held responsible for what could be the wrongdoing of -- or mistakes, or errors of staff, unless there is reason to believe that the member knew or should have known. >> gregg: now there are growing calls, eve...

Their private coverage. that is a concern. nearly half the people in the country who have insurance are worried that the health care reform passes, they will have to change their own coverage. >> gregg: we know that when members of congress go back to their districts, they are getting an earful. how do americans feel about members of congress? >> congress as a whole, 71% say the legislators are doing a poor job, up ten points from a month ago, up 24 points from a year ago. even 48% of democrats ...

Dollars on irritable bowel dream and a couple million on an ad in super bowl sunday. and we continue the practices that infuriate our citizenry because they are hurting so badly. they are having to tighten their belts this is what feeds the two parties this is what feeds the anti-incumbent mood out there. an out of touch congress. an out of touch administration. >> greta: you mentioned the out of touch, president obama said to the democrats today they need to stop paying attention to cable news,...