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Proposal but opposed the house health care proposal. and i think that this could endanger some votes if the individual mandate repeal is include in the bill. >> let me ask you about your vote, you supported it, yet according to all independent analysis, for the middle class, it's going to be -- it's going to expire, it's going to be sunset by the end of 2026. and even many people in the middle class will not benefit, poor people will pay more under some considerations. plus, the corporate taxes are permanent. so what goes into your thinking when you decided to vote for this? >> well, first, i ...

the dow is up 217 points, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. as you can see, the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven't been able to clear that hurdle since march. it's been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom line is this. the american economy only has to add another 316,000 jobs to get back to where it...

erin burnett. and the market looking for the slightest bit of good news, and got a little bit today and surged. the dow is up 213 point, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven't been able to clear that hurdle since march. it's been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom ...

erin burnett. and the market looking for the slightest bit of good news, and got a little bit today and surged. the dow is up 213 point, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven't been able to clear that hurdle since march. it's been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom ...

Multiple different compromises that would have extended or made permanent the bulk of the bush tax cuts. so if they get to december of 2012, and they say, this is an unpopular position, that they would rather let all of them expire, those for the upper income taxpayers expire, the outcome could be $1.8 trillion, and it would be in a sense because of the pledge. because in being so pennywise on taxes, they became pound foolish. do you look at that with any kind of threat of concern? >> one, that's exactly the situation we were in one year ago, and democratic house and democratic senate and demo...