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Difference does it make if you lose just one paycheck. let's go back and look at sequester. just one paycheck is a lot for some people. >> and the savings rate in this country, particularly if you look at the working poor or even folks that would count as the middle class, there's not a lot of cushion in savings. if you miss that first check three days after christmas, which people know, you are spending a lot of your disposable income in this month, you're going to be in trouble. >> we're talking mortgage, we're talking eating, we're talking so many things, and we're talking 1.3 million ameri...

The unemployment compensation. that's when congressman levin and i went to say, here's our proposal to fix unemployment compensation. let the house have a vote. look, the speaker is in the majority here, and they have refused those 1.3 million americans -- >> but quickly, you talk about the outrage over this move on the medicare doc fix as opposed to extending unemployment benefits. you were quoted as saying that could upset the apple cart and could put at risk the budget agreement here. so is this deal at risk as we are expecting this vote in a couple of hours? >> i think, tamron, that the vo...

From texas, subcommittee chairman, kevin welcome back to "the ed show." you're looking live at the house floor debate on the budget deal which is going to cut $85 billion out of the budget in the next two years. they have been debating the doc fix and other issues. we're awaiting the house vote. in other news, governor rick snyder approved right to work laws in michigan one year ago with the promise of radically changing the state's business climate. >> i think it's very important it's about giving workers the right to choose. it's got to bring a lot of jobs to michigan. >> he was wrong. rig...

Rape of women and all that. the fight. they have to deal with benefits extension. they have to deal with the medicare doc fix. they've got a farm bill and decide whether we have a federal reserve chairman or not. they act like -- do they have a choice whether we have a federal reserve or not? >> here's the one thing that they may also fight over before the holidays. that's whether or not they should cut food for hungry children by $4 billion or $40 billion. s.n.a.p. >> the food stamp program. >> right. >> that will be well received. i think it's bad because i do think -- i know i wrote a book ...

Much higher unemployment. >> you're talking about the sequester? >> the sequester and the repeal of taxes at the same time. plus the sequester. plus, you would have had no -- extensions of unemployment would have gone away. the doc fix, that is say, medicare rates would have gone down by 20%. so a lot of people would not have been able to get taxes. it was better than the alt ti . alternative. i think we will look back on this as either a good thing or a bad thing in the next two months. >> let me ask you your questions before i get your thoughts on the deal. what i said up there was, it it se...