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Congress with bipartisan support, a major social security package, and '95 and '96, clinton after oklahoma city pushes counterterrorism package. so those are the three factors, i think, allow for a rebound to happen. >> it just feels like the closer we get to the midterm election, the less the odds. of there being any give by any of the legislators necessary from what the president is looking to accomplish. professor, thank you so much for being here. your piece is really provocative. and has great anecdotal data in. i hope people will read it. >> thanks for having me. >> what are your thought...

And joining us now, former democratic senator from north dakota, kent conrad, former chairman of the senate budget committee and a former member of the senate finance committee. and when i saw those invitations go out, senator, i thought of you. i thought well, if kent conrad was in the senate and trump had won by 36 points in north dakota, he'd probably be getting one of those invitations. what would you have done? would you have gone to this dinner? >> absolutely. first of all, i think anyone, any sitting senator who is invited to the white house by a president of either party should go, bec...

Which the president wants and has in his budget, there are more politically palatable places to get it. >> here's the problem -- >> people making $115,000 and would be, you know, paying more. >> so, here's the problem, the entire need for a deal, as you were talking about, chris, earlier in the segment, has to do with this urgent priority that is a washington obsession, which is to actually lower the deficit. when, in fact, the most urgent need outside of washington is to create more jobs, to raise take home pay and deal with the fact employers have walked away from pensions and 401(k)s are ab...

Republicans would never accept it. is that what you're saying? >> i'm saying that if you're going to get revenue increases, which the president wants and has in his budget, there are more politically palatable places to get it. >> here's the problem -- >> people making $115,000 and would be, you know, paying more. >> so, here's the problem, the entire need for a deal, as you were talking about, chris, earlier in the segment, has to do with this urgent priority that is a washington obsession, which is to actually lower the deficit. when, in fact, the most urgent need outside of washington is to...

Going to get revenue increases, which the president wants and has in his budget, there are more politically palatable places to get it. >> here's the problem -- >> people making $115,000 and would be, you know, paying more. >> so, here's the problem, the entire need for a deal, as you were talking about, chris, earlier in the segment, has to do with this urgent priority that is a washington obsession, which is to actually lower the deficit. when, in fact, the most urgent need outside of washington is to create more jobs, to raise take home pay and deal with the fact employers have walked away ...