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Additional $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction. more than $1 trillion comes from new spending cuts. the plan includes chained cpi, which, of course, is a reduction to social security benefits. now, hold it right there, folks. my head can explode in 20 seconds of commentary. this is not what this election was all about. there is no poll out there that shows that the majority of americans want to dig into social security so the wealthy can have more tax breaks, which, of course, is what the republicans are all about. the plan that is on the table now, the plan is definitely compromise coming from...

Know what we should do. and that's a balanced approach. you gave the statistics a moment ago, ed. america wants a balance, they want a compromise. some taxes, some cuts. we can do that. the proposal has been on the table now for more than three weeks, and we've got the revenue out there. we need to get that revenue back from the oil industry. my god, they got enough of our money at the pump. we don't need to give them a subsidy. that's but one example of many, many. >> marcy, your thoughts on getting the republicans to give up revenue, or is there going to be a deal without revenue? >> i don't...

Allocate electoral votes. under the plan, a large chunk of pennsylvania's electoral votes would be awarded to the republican candidate, even if they didn't win the state. two votes would go to the winner of the popular vote, but the rest would be split based on vote percentage. gerrymandering. that's what it's all about for them. if bills like this are passed in other swing states, it would greatly increase the chances of a republican winning the white house. not surprisingly, this bill comes right out of the rnc chair's playbook. in january, reince priebus said republican-controlled swing sta...

From the oil industry. my god, they got enough of our money at the pump. we don't need to give them a subsidy. that's but one example of many, many. >> marcy, your thoughts on getting the republicans to give up revenue, or is there going to be a deal without revenue? >> i don't think for the democrats there can be a deal without revenue because we need a balanced plan. in the original bill that passed, we provided revenue, but that was on individuals' incomes. as congressman garamendi has said, there are so many loopholes in the tax code, why should children in ohio who are disabled have to pa...

It expired. and the president did exactly what he said he was going to do. he did not let those taxes go up on middle class americans. so the country still needs nearly $1 billion in revenue to get this balanced plan. republicans would rather dig in their heels. they are taking the country down a path of ruin, and they're not even concerned with it, and not concerned with the consequences. and they've got this thing pretty well figured out. here are a lot of talk about gerrymandering. let's take the state of virginia, for instance. in the state of virginia, there are 11 congressional seats. th...