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And as margaret alluded to earlier, reports -- support among republicans, this is an issue that kind of divides the party in some respects on immigration, and there could be a way in a broader package, perhaps, to try to kind of needle democrats from the wisconsins, the michigans, elsewhere who are up for reelection in 2018 with this worker issue. the interesting thing, though, as we've been watching democrats, they haven't crossed the line. they haven't been fearful of this president on policy. they haven't had any political incentive to work with him on other things, so i don't see them doin...
Congressional approval remaining in a slump. 15% are approving the job that congress is doing which is still a whopping 79% saying guys and gallons, get it together up there, so they have work t to be double play. let's take a look at another big issue, immigration. we'll break it down for a second. susan, the key issues that you think might most likely be agreed upon across the political spectrum. we're getting some progress on the farm worker issue, on those who come here and work in agriculture. i say there's a deal, it looks like, for those folks. i think ultimately, you know, the republ...
Together. goes bankrupt. then seemen's buys it after bankruptcy. the way the article is written, everything's fine because that's what people who ran the company said. reality is bain cut research and development spending from about 10% to about 6% at this medical device company. that's why it went bankrupt. the debt and lack of r&d spending. after bankruptcy they pumped up r&d spending and the company recovered. my issue is that a lot of bain-owned companies made cuts simply to pay the debt so they could take money out quickly. and then the companies collapsed. it didn't help the business. it...
Americans out there tonight wondering, could this have been prevented? is this in your opinion, from what you can see, a worker issue, a condition that surround workers that could have been prevented? >> absolutely. this could have been prevented, ed. this company at this mine over the last period of time since 2005 had over 1,300 safety violations and, remember, that was during the majority of that time was during the bush regime. so it even gets cited for a safety violation then and in those days was pretty spectacular. and of those violations they paid almost $2 million in fines, but they c...