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Speaker. that was a key part of the negotiations going forward. members on the far right had demanded that. this rules package also would make it harder to raise taxes, harder to raise spending as well, to demand some spending cuts if that were to happen. but there were other concessions that mccarthy made that were not part of this proposal that are also causing some concerns, giving members of that hard right freedom caucus more say in the legislative process as well as capping spending, domestic spe spending, which could lead to potential cuts in defense programs. now, in talking to members...

Negotiations with hardliners before the house can pass a rules package on monday. in short, mccarthy has the title he's always wanted, but not necessarily the power that comes along with it. he eked out a wind, but the mandate is less you're issued. mccarthy required the better part of a week to grind down the conservative opposition to his speaker bid, and the way things have been done in the house for decades. one of the holdouts, republican congressman chip roy of texas was instrumental in delivering him the gavel. particularly the house freedom caucus. roy's deal ultimately flipped up to 1...

About balancing a budget, then the chairman of the committee decided not to have a vote on a budget at all. and then, you know, frankly i am a little disappointed that there are a lot of things in the ryan budget that i like. there are a lot of reforms that i think make sense. but the fact that it won't balance for 28 years is bothersome to me. i've got a son who's 9 years old. he'll be in his late 30s before this budget would balance. he's going to graduate high school -- wait, hold on. he's going to graduate high school. he's going to go to college. he's going to get a job. he's going to get...

>> oh, man. they show us what's behind that map are some real trends they have to pay attention to. number one is the economy. look at this. that was the big issue that everyone was voting on. 51% of the people that we surveyed said that was the big issue for them there. look at what happened there. we break it down by how much money they make. various categories. the biggest group is here. look n all of these groups, rick santorum won every one except for the people who make more than $200,000 a year. and he won big. if you look at this group, 30 to 50,000, he won 49% to romney's 21...

look at this. the number one issue to all of the voters today was the economy. and not by a little bit. a massive amount. this is just one of the indicators here. look at who voted today. the biggest single group in this was people who made $50,000 to $100,000 a year. but if you look at everybody from $200,000 on down in income, down here we have $200,000 or more, look at who won in these categories. rick santorum, at least in terms of what we heard from the exit polls, everybody in each of these categories said they wanted him and they're the ones that they voted for. and look at ho...