Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110803:08:12:00
Expired. president wanted to extend them for the middle class, we supported that, but mitch mcconnell held a ransom, $800 billion added to the deficit. we failed at this time. this is political mall practice on our part to get an expension. we got to get a little tougher here, more practical and realize the implications of our actions. second, what we have to do is double down on building jobs. what you're seeing as a result of this debt ceiling agreement really is not focus on the interest rates, but focus on how this is contracting the economy
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