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>> oh it's bane great year from the standpoint of public policy. let's not forget this is the year in which i obviously had a personal stake, financial reform. we did more for consumers, the bill that was signed by the president in july does more to empower consumers to make sure that they get fair treatment as investors, as borrowers and anything that's been done previously. i think the health care bill was very important. people may disagree with it but it was a significant accomplishment. getting rid of don't ask, don't tell, in addition to having done a hate crimes bill earlier this year i...

Of the major discriminatory laws on the books and it has voter implications. because what it says to america is you know what, gays and lesbians can serve in the military. and if you can do that, you can do anything because of the skills and the courage that that takes. so i think it's been a very good year. now there have been some problems. the budget situation has been negative. and what we've seen in the lame duck is the republicans getting into kind of a reflexive opposition. you correctly pointed out the surprising nature of their initial objection to awarding -- not rewarding but paying...