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Support the infrastructure piece of the president s bill? just the bridge and road fixings? would you vote for that yes? if we could pay for it. chris, two points. number one, on the president s original stimulus bill two years ago, i joined with then chairman jim overstar on an amendment. there were 40 republicans at that time that joined jim overstar in an amendment that would have doubled the amount in the president s original stimulus bill to be spent on infrastructure and nancy pelosi would not even allow a single vote on that amendment. i ve been pushing our leadership here in the house, john boehner and eric cantor, to allow for a six-year highway bill to move forward. now, why is a six-year highway bill significant? number one, it s about $400 billion to $500 billion of infrastructure investment, close to ten times what the president wants to spend, number one. number two, it s over six years, so the infrastructure community, the construction industry why don t you become ....
The same reason president obama hasn t advocated for a six-year highway bill is the same reason that the republican leadership hasn t offered the plan, is because you ve got to come up with a way to pay for it. john boehner a few weeks ago in a speech here in d.c. said he s looking at doing a six-year highway bill using the current gas tax coupled with revenue from offshore leasing of offshore drilling rights. i don t care what the pay fors are, but ronald reagan passed one, bill clinton passed one, george w. bush passed one. a six-year highway bill that s paid for i know, the problem is, eisenhower broke the interstate system back in the 50s. he wouldn t be sitting around pussyfooting like you guys, coming up with reasons you can t get it done. let s get back to mr. mcdermott. we re using up his time. why don t the republicans, he says he was with the great jim overstar, who they bounced out of the congress last year, why don t they support what they say? he says he s for fixing ....
Officially reaches the highest court in the land. yes, these nine justices could kill obama care. i told you there were death panels. now, folks, the heart of this case is the individual mandate, which will require all uninsured americans to purchase health insurance. and the only pre-existing condition that will cure is liberty. yes, the government cannot force you to buy things. it can only tax you, draft you, seize and sell your property, arrest you, incarcerate you, and execute you. i think that s stephen s way of saying he hopes the supremes don t kill a good thing, obama care. and next up, bring on the wishy-washy. that s right. i m talking about 2012, mitt romney. remember this moment at the most recent republican debate? in 2010 when i was deployed to iraq i had to lie about who i was because i m a gay soldier, ....