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Twice as high of a deficit during any year of the bush administration. we say this is not a tax issue, this is clearly a spending issue. >> so congressman. >> until the president comes to that we won't deal with the solution. >> what specifically -- if he came to you and gave you a sheet of paper, what do you want to see on the paper? >> i can show you that piece of paper. we passed it in may. we passed a $200 billion spending cut that identifies fraud and waste in government and went through specific programs saying this is wasteful, duplicative and fraud. we identified those and the senate n...

Reported to have said wow. this is a break through. we can get a deal now. we'll be able to work this they go talk to president obama and hairy reid, come back to say, sorry we're not atloud work the deal. they didn't want to deal then. they don't want a deal now. it worked out well for them not to allow a deal last time. they blamed us last year. them and it worked and got go over the cliff? blame republicans. not let the senate pass anything. we get away with it, again. >> allmúwu right. here is the quandry l dilemma. congressman

President. i think he said this morning that the president has just not come far enough, in terms of spending reductions, and that's what we really -- what the problem is and we need to make some progress on it. bill: republicans are hot on that spending issue. we are learning the president has threatened a veto on the speaker's so-called plan b. where are we now? shannon bream is on the hill. what is the latest from there? what are you picking up? >> reporter: well, bill house g.o.p. plead tkers are planning tplead tkers areleaders are planning to move ahead with a vote tomorrow. essentially ...

Families in newtown, connecticut. as a father i cannot even imagine the utter horror that those families are going through right now grieving the loss of their children and their loved ones. as far as the fiscal cliff is concerned as the speaker said we remain committed to trying to minimize the impact on hard-working families and small businesses in this country, as far as tax increases are concerned. we look to find the answer to solve the problem on the spending issue here in washington. the president is not yet there, he has not come to where he needs to be in order for us to push through ...

Their children and their loved ones. as far as the fiscal cliff is concerned, as the speaker has said, we remain committed to trying to minimize the impact on hard-working families and small businesses. in this country, as far as tax increases are concerned. we look to find the answer to solve the problem on the spending issue, here in washington. the president is not yet there. he has not come to where he needs to be, in order for us to push through a bill that really does begin to address the problem. and as a speaker said, that's why we are now discussing an alternative plan, if the preside...