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i'm erin burnett. we're in countdown, counting down to a tax hike. congress has ten days to reach a deal that will keep american taxes from going up on january 1st. if they fail to agree, the average american worker will lose $40 a week. under fire today, republican house members who rejected a deal that would have extended the payroll tax cut by two months. >> past the two-month extension, return to work on the year-long ic extension, or else explain to the american people, 160 million, why congress would not listen to them. >> the speaker in turn went before the cameras to make his...

Possible breakthrough. pry producer, shawna shepherd, has just gotten what we believe to be the direct line at the agriculture department for cheryl cook as well as her cell numbers. >> your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system. the mailbox belonging to cheryl cook is full. to disconnect, press one. to enter another number, press two. >> reporter: she's getting a lot of calls. she's not returning calls. we headed to agriculture headquarters to see if we could find cheryl cook there. have you seen her? have you seen this woman anywhere? we tried to talk to secretary vils...

Cheryl cook as well as her cell if numbers. >> your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system. the mailbox belonging to cheryl cook is full. to disconnect, press one. to enter another number, press two. >> reporter: she's getting a lot of calls. she's not returning calls. we headed to agriculture headquarters to see if we could find cheryl cook there. have you seen this woman anywhere? we tried to talk to secretary vilsack but his driver spotted our camera and the car was brought to a different entrance and the secretary left. as we were about to leave, the secretary's car c...

The mailbox belonging to cheryl cook is full. to disconnect, press one. to enter another number, press two. >> reporter: she's getting a lot of calls. she's not returning calls. we headed to agriculture headquarters to see if we could find cheryl cook there. have you seen this woman anywhere? we tried to talk to secretary vilsack but his driver spotted our camera and the car was brought to a different entrance and the secretary left. as we were about to leave, the secretary's car came back to the office and we confronted him. would cheryl cook be made available for any questions? there's been ...

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