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But we could all sit idly back and watch the clock tick away, or we can do something about it. stand up, tell our stories and vote. we can vote, things like that, one thing standing in our way as you mentioned, speaker john boehner is defending doma as wasting taxpayer dollars. as we speak, we can vote, make changes in the house and the law if the supreme court doesn't overturn it. i think it will, but i think more of us need to come forward and tell stories because that is the way to change hearts and minds. >> didn't you grow up right near his district? >> yeah, he is my congressman. >> he d...

A deal that would keep taxes, tax rates from going up for 98% of the people in this country. harry reid saying they are in a worse place in negotiations than they have been in quite some time. as we watch the clock tick, we were hoping for encouraging word, this is what we are getting. let me bring in the big three on the topics. this week's must reads, the panel. joining me, msnbc contributor and bush-cheney adviser. aaron mcpike. i want to start with you jimmy. you have been talking to people on the hill as well. what is the word you are getting? >> kelly is right. it's a problem. i don't kn...

Thought the clock was ticking down. >> the part there, it's hard to imagine being in a worse place than before. we are watching the clock tick. if we are in a worse place, where does this leave us? does this mean, listening to you right now, kelly, i know you are just reporting as you see it, but it sounds ominous and sounds like we might have to fall back to the president's plan, send a simple package over. what was supposed to happen in the senate? are we close to shutting down negotiations? >> reporter: they have not walked away from the table. they have rejected the most recent offer from ...

Respective conferences, announce the deal and spread the word and hopefully the senate will vote on it tomorrow, new year's eve. the house could take up the same deal tomorrow afternoon, late afternoon, early evening or into the night, whatever need be and get it done so that all of our taxes do not go up on new year's day. we are still on that stand by. we are watching the clock tick. let's get to the white house. kristin is keeping an eye on things that morning. sounds like as we talked about yesterday, the president wants to keep a back-up plan in case they don't do what we are hoping they ...

Knowing that there will be federal cuts, give us some flexibility on our state programs. we believe that the states can be laboratories for democracy and for government reform. there's great practices out of states that we believe we can suggest to the president and congress that can be helpful in making tough decisions. >> governor, let me get you in on this. you met with the president and members of congress. is the overall message can you all get along? that sounds great on paper. great when someone says it, but you've watched the clock tick on this important issue facing as we point out am...