they did it instead of getting all these -- instead of their holding hostage unemployment to get all the tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, it's immoral that they would do that. they would hold unemployment out there in order to get their tax cuts for the richest people in the country that already are doing so well. >> senator brown, when hearing you describe not only your passion on this issue, but your view of how it could politically work, it makes me want to know how typical you are of your caucus at this point. if you are feeling from your democratic colleagues in the senate a similar sense about the political possibilities here and about the priorities. it's hard for me to tell from outside the washington world how feasible it might be to pursue a different way forward. >> if vice president came in today and said every day we're