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To do, michael, we were working with the white house, and again, the president laid down the gauntlet. he said we need to have a one-year solution to this. and through the negotiations of the fall, we took him for his word. we put in other issues. some of the reforms on unemployment insurance. we put in the medicare so-called doc fix, and we put in the keystone pipeline, and so one of the epa rules on boiler regulation that we thought was onerous, we had it removed. now, we are willing to compromise on those things. but we felt like the line in the sand was a one-year fix. and you know, i gues...

Loves getting free stuff. and medicare is kind of like getting free stuff. and it's not free, you said, i paid into it for years, every check, well, yes, you did. but on average, most of you, you say, will get back three times what you paid in. and that's why medicare is it unsustainable. it's growing broke. it's off the cliff, it's 46 trillion dollars in debt. and politicians promised to cut some costs and in fact, the balanced budget act forced them to cut doctor's fees by get this, 29%, starting next month. they're not going to do it. they'll pass what they call the doc fix to delay the cut...

Loves getting free stuff. and medicare is kind of like getting free stuff. and it's not free, you said, i paid into it for years, every check, well, yes, you did. but on average, most of you, you say, will get back three times what you paid in. and that's why medicare is it unsustainable. it's growing broke. it's off the cliff, it's 46 trillion dollars in debt. and politicians promised to cut some costs and in fact, the balanced budget act forced them to cut doctor's fees by get this, 29%, starting next month. they're not going to do it. they'll pass what they call the doc fix to delay the cut...

Takes the view that if it's passed one house it would not be a government shoulddown. i think everybody should be reassured that's not going to happen. >> shepard: either way those payroll tax cuts are still very much up in the air. and again developing now, a possible deal is in the works. mike emanuel is all over it on capitol hill tonight. a flurry of activity there, mike. fill us in. >> in the last few minutes, senate republic leadership on the republic side met with their members in one side. senate democratic leadership met with the leadership in another room. two plans unveiled. one 11 ...

Discuss. we have sticking around for the entire program, heather boucher, randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers and josh barrow, a contributor and fellow at the manhattan institute. congress had a lot to take quar of before their holiday break. on friday, they passed a trillion dollar spending bill that will fund the government through next december. they agreed to a payroll tax extension for 160 million americans and unemployment insurance and funds it the medicare reimbursement known as the doc fix, which we can devote an entire program into. republicans succeede...