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bipartisan support and house republicans rejected earlier this week. that opened up a divide between house hard-liners and the gop establishment. leading republican voices were openly calling on john baner to back down to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the bran. tonight, looking pretty grim. >> doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. and while everyone asks for a full-year extension of these programs, a lot of people wrn willing to p...

divide between house hard liners and the gop establishment and by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. and tonight looking grim, he did just that. >> theres always a right thing to do and while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people werent willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members...

between house hard liners and the gop establishment. by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. tonight looking pretty grim he did. >> doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do. while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people werent willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get...

Construction. something the president not only left out of his remark there, but that many democrats think hell be able to basically rescind and hope he does. as for republicans, some in the senate think the two month long extension is actually too short. >> 60 days from now, more and more americans will realize this is just a gimmick, that its pushing social security further in the red and that seniors should remind their legislators that social security is not a welfare program, its a requirem...

Mcconnell republican was happy, too, and said since the president compromised and democrats, he would comen clear several of the presidents executive and traditional nominees that he previously held up, but not all republicans are pleased with this bill and some think that two months is too short. >> i think 60 days from now, more and more americans will realize this is just a gimmick, that its pushing social security further into the red and that seniors should remind their legislators that soc...

>> perhaps the republicans should stop appeasing these democrats what president obama and senate democrats wanted was to turn social security into a means tested nanny state welfare program, and republicans need to stop being complicit in this attempt. whether were talking about them saying the plan has to be paid for, or were talking about what barack obama wanted, which was to good after the wealthy, to have the discussion that wealthy people should fund the only program that is really pay as ...

>> perhaps the republicans should stop appeasing these democrats what president obama and senate democrats wanted was to turn social security into a means tested nanny state welfare program, and republicans need to stop being complicit in this attempt. whether were talking about them saying the plan has to be paid for, or were talking about what barack obama wanted, which was to good after the wealthy, to have the discussion that wealthy people should fund the only program that is really pay as ...

Senator corker, thank you very much for being with us. what about the payroll tax extension and the two sides are agreeing now, reports that republicans were concerned that they were gettanf out flanged on this payroll tax cut and it was too dangerous to go against the democrats on this, not a good talking point politically. can you agree on how to pay for it? >> i dont know, andrea. i think it really is a bad policy. i think where we need to be moving is towards the kind of thing that bowles-si...

Carl cameron reports the man at the top of the polls is trying to accelerate perrys fault. >> in nevada where unemployment and bankruptcy rates are the highest, presidential front runner mitt romney launched a web page called careerpolitician.com attacking texas governor rick perry. a new romney video says texas unemployment doubled on perrys watch to 20-year high and half the new texas jobs in the last four years went to illegal immigrants. perry pumped out positive video of his own, touting hi...

Governors elected as reformers are running up against the fact that their states have one out of money. the stimulus money disappeared. state budgets are hemorrhaging. republican governors are having to make tough to unpopular choices whether its cutting education or money for schools or for healthcare or for roads and bridges for all of the things that the state government does. people wanted reform but they wanted somebody elses welfare program to be cut. >> yeah, medicare. >> and medicare. >>...