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They were for it in the exit polls including some republicans. >> reporter: so again there is senator chuck schumer. so certainly still big topic of conversation despite the fact that everyone is now on recess. alex, yesterday we spoke to some folks who said this is really weighing on them as they enter the holiday season, as they do their christmas shopping, the uncertainty in washington kind of passing a cloud over their holiday. as for president obama, this is a working vacation, but he's clearly also relaxing quite a bit as well. he played a game of golf yesterday, went to dinner with the ...

They know the complexity of this case. they know the complexity of the relationship. no one wants to hear photo op situation and again, this partisan bickering if you will, even if legitimate. >> reporter: and photo op may be too unfair. but what it is, it is creating an event, a public event where there is a forum to talk about this with all of the trappings of congress. it is legitimate. the timing of it means many members are not back for it. but you'll have human rights voices. people who are knowledgeable on these issues. not necessarily directly involved in the chen case at all. so there...

There is not action on the jobs act. and congress has to take -- congress will have a lot of explaining to do. members of congress will have a lot of explaining to do when they go home for the end of the year recess if they've done nothing, nothing to address the urgent need to help our economy and create jobs. >> while the white house is urging swift action on the president's $447 billion plan, a top democratic leader says the senate does not have the votes to pass it. not yet, anyway. noting opposition on both sides of the aisle, dick durbin told a chicago radio station, we're not going to h...

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And there were strategic investments in electronic medical systems that would allow electronic medical records to reduce injuries to patients, mistaken diagnoses and mistaken treatments. all of these in combination i think argue for extending, perfecting and implementing this landmark bill. it's not perfect. there's problems with it, but i think rather than turning it back and repealing and going for another year or two of endless partisan bickering, this was a critical piece of legislation, not a pretty process that passed it but i would stand for it and implement it responsibly. >> well, we'...