Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111220:16:01:00
And 2.2 million americans will see their jobless benefits end. here's what democrats had to say about the state of affairs over an hour ago. >> let's really be clear, republicans said we were going to have a vote on the senate bill. they're afraid it wouldn't win. they pulled that. now we have to be engaged in these process maneuvers. >> don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtain here. we're not doing anything. we could have, but we are not. >> let me inform my republican colleagues that this is real life with real people and real consequences. i would say to the republicans leader ...