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>> well, you're correct that there's an exemption for fcs, but i will tell you that our initial analysis is that that 159 employees is not just fcs employees. >> i agree. >> i think you would agree with that. >> i do. >> let's go to the employee. how could the region aide public building administrators receive a bonus of more than, well, almost $55,000 which appearing to have been awarded for planning the western regions conference. how could that happen? >> i don't know the specifics of that particular individual. i do know that there are a number of individuals who won the governme...

him. these are >> we just saw for example, john standing next to the representative and presenting for the citizens. and that's a challenge, because john is incredibly effective, and having a white house engaged is important. but it has the character to what ken mentioned earlier, to diminish others in the government. because if you have foreign officials knows it's the white house that makes the decision. only the white house that they deal with, and there is a real tough balance there. you want to be effective. you want to be out there and working well with the president, and for t...

cliff. it refers to a series of automatic spending cuts and tax increases that will take effect in january. cbo estimates this will cause a significant recession next year. they are predicting 0.5% negative growth. that would be a recession by many measures. it had warned of negative growth next year but it is much deeper than that what they had one before. they are looking at 3% contraction of the economy if congress fails to act on the fiscal cliff. >> what actions might they take to address the forecast when returning in the fall and what can they get done before the election? >> ...

So that's -- it happens. it does not make them a better people. john tanner had a bill a blue dog, a great blue dog. and it said that every state -- i have taken up the bill. he had it. left, too, because he felt like he was too far. but the bill needs to pass to say that each state's redistricting should be -- commission. and nonpartisan commission may be named by the governor from each party or something like that. >> let me just say -- insert that the political scientists have been -- literature now around gerrymandering and parts of polarization and inclusive. unclear that that is really d...

What's the big deal? go out and get an i.d. i wanted to throw that out there as you were working with black voters to make sure people get registered to vote make sure you hit up the historically black colleges and universities throughout the country. but my question that i wanted to pose to you as well is when we think about the -- atrocity that we see happening now with voter suppression, african-american voters across the country, it leads me back to the question of -- which is -- do we as african-americans do ourself as disservice by overwhelmingly self-identifying as democrats rather than...