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Spot figure it out. we did. figure it out. and than, then go forward and continue to debate the issue but don't have our men and women in uniform wondering if they're going to be, if they're going to be high and dry because we couldn't have a policy debate that would later ensue, that we couldn't have it right there in a way that would end the war. >> pelosi was asked about the markets not reacting so far to congress and the white house not being able to work this out and she's making the assumption the markets have not reacted they're thinking washington would not be so stupid as to let this ...

Up with cuts. they didn't manage to do it. there was hope they would deal with fax reform. that didn't happen. basically everyone sat back and decided to be on hold through the election. i think there was some sort of hope on, maybe on the republican side, something dramatic would shift in terms of governance and that would change the spectrum. that is not what actually happened. we're back with a washington that looks exactly the way it looked prior to this election. republican house, democratic senate, democratic presidency. some ways it is not necessarily surprising there has been progress ...

Solve this problem by getting the spending lien down. the president wants to pretend that spending isn't the problem. that's why we don't have an agreement. the chart depicts what i've been saying for a long time now. washington has a spending problem. they can't be fixed with tax increases alone. the right answer is to start cutting spending, addressing our debt, and paving the way for long-term economic growth. unfortunately the white house is so unserious about cutting spending it a pierce willing to slow walk any agreement and walk our economy right up to the fiscal cliff. doing that puts ...

Founder and colton jewelry. you're based in washington, d.c., right? >> yes, jon. jon: one doesn't think of washington, d.c. as a fashion capital. >> no. burr we're getting there. i think the fashion community in d.c. is really thriving there is are so many local designers. a community wants that to be here. that is definitely something that will start to be competitive with all the big fashion communities across the nation. jon: you've gotten obviously great write-ups for the jewelry that you've created but you are totally self-taught? >> yes, yes. i was actually, i was working on wall street...

>> they're talking about doing it now. >> i know they're talking about it now. do you think there is any chance that senator reid or then senator obama would have done that? zero. congress has never is going to give up our ability to control the purse. and the fact is that the debt be used to bring fiscal sanity to washington, d.c.. >> last question. >> mr. speaker, last week supreme court -- [inaudible] as you know house republicans -- [inaudible] there was 1.5 million -- fund that loan. rd according to house democrats the that has been reached. [inaudible] >> if, if the justice department is...