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KEY VOTES? GUEST: THERE ARE MEMBERS WHO ARE DOING A LOT OF SOUL SEARCHING ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE...
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| 00:00:15 |
GUEST, -
FOR ABORTION. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT WILL NOT UNDUALLY CHANGE THE SYSTEM IN WAY THAT IS MIGHT...
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| 00:00:25 |
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DISTRICT. AND ONCE THEY
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| 00:00:26 |
GUEST, -
HAVE THAT SENSE OF COMFORT, WE'LL SEE. HOST: CATHOLIC BISHOPS SENT ME A LETTER SAYING DON'T PASS THE BILL. SOME MANEUVERS YESTERDAY INCLUDING AN AGREEMENT...
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| 00:00:51 |
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HOSPITAL SYSTEM FOR THIS. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO DO THEIR SOUL SEARCHING, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE BELIEVE WE'LL ...
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| 00:01:06 |
GUEST, -
QUALITY AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE TO THE 1180-SOME ODD MILLION AMERICANS WHO HAVE HEALTH CARE THROUGH THEIR EMPLOYER. WE ADD MORE TO THE ROLES. SO AT...
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| 00:01:46 |
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ON A MAJORITY AND WE INTEND TO SEEK OUT AND SECURE
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| 00:01:50 |
GUEST, -
MAJORITY TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION. HOST: THE FORMER CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE DIRECTOR HAS PENED A VERY DETAILED EDITORIAL THIS MORNING IN THE "NEW...
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| 00:02:13 |
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MORE AND SPENDING LESS. ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT HE PUTS ON THE TABLE IS GIMMICK NUMBER ONE, THE WAY THE BILL FRONT LOADS THE REVENUES AND BACKLOAD'S...
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GUEST, -
FIGHT. AND SO I THINK WHAT DOUG KNOWS IS THAT THESE ARE ALL PROJECTIONS BASED ON A LOT OF DEEP ANALYST IS AS DOUG USED TO DO WHEN HE WAS DIRECTOR....
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| 00:04:41 |
HOST, -
THE APATHY AMONG AMERICANS WAS GROWING AND GROWING AND PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED THAT AMERICANS WOULDN'T EVEN VOTE ANY MORE. SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TO SEE...
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| 00:04:55 |
GUEST, -
BETTER. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SEE TENS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE MAL EXPRESSING THEMSELVES, ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING...
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| 00:05:42 |
HOST, -
HORROR STORIES ABOUT MEDICARE IN 1965, WE WERE TOLD ALL THE HORROR STORIES ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY BACK IN THE 1930S, YOU CAN'T DO THIS. THE SAME TYPE OF...
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| 00:06:01 |
GUEST, -
SECURITY. SEAT BELTS. THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT SEAT BELTS. TODAY, WE BUCKLE UP WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. HOST:...
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| 00:06:32 |
HOST, -
SO MUCH MONEY IS WHERE WE SHOULD END UP. AND WE HAVE
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| 00:06:36 |
CALLER, -
HAD OVER A YEAR'S WORTH OF CONVERSATION, DISCUSSION, DEBATE, AMENDMENTS. WESTBOUND CLOSE TO 100 YEARS OF DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE. AND WE'RE READY. THE...
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| 00:06:48 |
GUEST, -
TIME FOR AN UP OR DOWN VOTE. THE BILL ISN'T THAT DISSIMILAR TO WHAT REPUBLICANS IN MANY RESPECTS HAVE PROPOSED. IT DIFFERS IN SOME RESPECTS. AND FOR...
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| 00:07:29 |
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THIS. I HEAR IT FROM PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I WILL GET REELECTED IF -- I WON'T GET REELECTED IF I IGNORE THE PEOPLE. HOST: YOUR STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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| 00:07:40 |
GUEST, -
WILL BE IN HIS WORDS CRUSHED BY THESE FEDERAL MANDATES. GUEST: MY IN-LAWS LIVE IN REPRESENTATIVE NUNES' DISTRICT. THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR THIS. AND...
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| 00:07:59 |
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WE'LL GET CRUSHED IF WE DO NOTHING BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY WEIGHING US DOWN FAR TOO MUCH. TALK TO THE PEOPLE
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| 00:08:06 |
GUEST, -
WHO CAN'T GET INSURANCE BECAUSE OF A PREEXISTING CONDITION. TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY HAD INSURANCE AND WENT IN TO USE IT AND WERE TOLD,...
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| 00:09:02 |
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MY DAUGHTER THAT HAS A PREEXISTING CONDITION. AND I CANNOT
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| 00:09:06 |
CALLER, -
AFFORD TO PAY ANYTHING OR I CAN AFFORD SOMETHING BUT NOT BE CHARGED WITH THEM ASKING OR IF THEY ASK FOR ME TO PAY. YOU KNOW? IN ALL THESE FIGHTS THAT...
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| 00:09:57 |
GUEST, -
WE INTEND TO HAVE THIS VOTE. IT'S SO EASY TO JUST SAY STICK TO THE STATUS QUO. STAY WE W WHAT YOU HAVE. AND, BY THE WAY, WITH A $2.5 TRILLION SYSTEM...
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| 00:10:37 |
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SAID NO. A NUMBER ARE SAYING WE'RE STILL LOOKING. AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE BUT THAT WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT
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| 00:10:44 |
GUEST, -
WHEN WE COME TO THE VOTE, THE VOTES WILL BE THERE. IT'S TOUGH. THESE ARE
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| 00:10:49 |
HOST, -
BIG DECISIONS. IT'S LIKE A VOTE TO GO
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| 00:10:51 |
GUEST, -
TO WAR. NO ONE TAKES IT LIGHTLY. WE ALL CONSIDER WHAT'S AT STAKE.
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| 00:10:55 |
GUEST, -
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WITH THE CHANGE THAT THIS WILL BRING, PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT WE ARE CONFID DENTLY PUTTING THIS COUNTRY BACK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION....
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| 00:11:25 |
HOST, -
MEMBER, SMART, FISCALLY UNDERSTANDS THIS COUNTRY'S NEEDS. I'M HOPING HE'LL BE THERE.
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| 00:11:31 |
GUEST, -
HOST: KATHY DAL KEMPER. GUEST: AN IMPORTANT STATE. SHE UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS TO GET THE COUNTRY
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| 00:11:37 |
HOST, -
BACK ON TRACK. SHE'S VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ISSUES IN REGARD
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| 00:11:40 |
GUEST, -
TO ABORTION. I THINK SHE FINDS THIS WILL
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| 00:11:43 |
HOST, -
BILL TAKES CARE OF
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| 00:11:44 |
GUEST, -
THOSE NEEDS. HOST: BUT SHE IS EMBLEM YATIC ABOUT A NUMBER OF FRESH MEN WORRIED ABOUT REELECTION. GUEST: MOST OF THE PEOPLE
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| 00:11:53 |
HOST, -
I'VE
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GUEST, -
SPOKEN TO, THEY DON'T MENTION TO ME THEIR REELECTION. THEY TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS, HOW -- WE'LL TAKE THE COUNTRY...
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| 00:12:06 |
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CAN GO BACK AND BE TRUE REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR DISTRICT. IT WILL BE A TOUGH VOTE FOR A NUMBER OF THEM. BUT MY SENSE
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| 00:12:13 |
GUEST, -
IS THAT THEY ARE MORE WEIGHING HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE PEOPLE IN THEIR STATE AND IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND THEN MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THAT. HOST:...
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| 00:12:42 |
HOST, -
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP AND THE PRESIDENT, SEEING IF HE CAN GET THERE. WHETHER HE GETS THERE OR NOT I DON'T KNOW. BUT I KNOW HE...
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| 00:12:55 |
GUEST, -
14 MONTHS, EITHER THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL OR THE WAY THE HOUSE MEMBERS WENT ABOUT IT OR THE TIME LINE THAT YOU WENT ABOUT HEALTH CARE, WHAT WOULD...
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| 00:13:12 |
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MEDICARE FOR ALL. ONE, BECAUSE YOU TALK TO TODAY'S SENIORS AND THEY WILL SAY IT'S HELPED. IT'S WORKED. IN FACT, WE HAD A LOT OF SENIORS GOING OUT TO...
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| 00:13:27 |
GUEST, -
MEDICARE IS A GOVERNMENT ADMINISTERED SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE. YOU STILL GET A PRIVATE DOCTOR, PRIVATE HOSPITAL BUT IT'S ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE...
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| 00:14:57 |
HOST, -
GUEST: WHAT THE WORDS WERE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I KNOW SHE SAID WE'VE GOT MORE THAN SKIN IN THIS GAME AND THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE TO CONVINCE...
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| 00:15:18 |
GUEST, -
WAS INTENDING TO AND CERTAINLY NOW HE HAS. HOST: NEXT IS DAVID JOINING US FROM PITTSBURGH. GOOD MORNING. INDEPENDENT LINE. WE'LL GO TO MARGARET FROM UNION...
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| 00:15:41 |
HOST, -
ON YOUR SET. GUEST: GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THE BABY BOOMERS THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR MEDICARE AND CAN'T AFFORD...
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| 00:16:11 |
GUEST, -
THAT POPULATION, WHETHER YOU'RE IN IT OR NOT, IS THE POPULATION THAT MOST NEEDS THE ASSISTANCE, SOME FORM OF -- A ROAD TO GET TO INSURANCE BECAUSE THE...
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| 00:16:29 |
GUEST, -
COMPANIES WILL THEN BE ABLE TO OFFER AN INSURANCE POLICY. BECAUSE IT'S AN EXCHANGE ADMINISTERED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, FOR...
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| 00:18:41 |
HOST, -
GET TO THE FLOOR AND POSSIBLY BECOME LAW. AND SO THEY TRY NOT TO HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS. FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE I'M LIMITED ON HOW...
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| 00:18:51 |
GUEST, -
IN COMMITTEE, MY COMMITTEES, I'M LIMITED IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME I GET TO SPEAK. IN THE RULES COMMITTEE THEY ARE VERY OPEN. SO THEY ESSENTIALLY CAN DECIDE,...
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| 00:19:55 |
HOST, -
THAT TAKE PLACE. THE RULE VOTE OF COURSE WHICH IS A PROCEDURAL VOTE TO ACTUALLY GIVE US A CHANCE TO VOTE FOR THE REAL BILL, THE BILL THEN WHEN IT PASSES...
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| 00:20:06 |
GUEST, -
THEN TWO THINGS WILL HAPPEN. WHAT WE CALL THE RECONCILIATION BILL WILL GO TO THE SENATE. THE SENATE MUST THEN DEBATE AND PASS THAT. AND THE BILL,...
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| 00:21:14 |
HOST, -
BEING PUT FORTS, THE IDEA OF THE SPEAKER THIS DEEM AND
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| 00:21:17 |
GUEST, -
PASS THAT ULTIMATELY DID NOT PASS THE RULES COMMITTEE. WHY? WHAT CHANGED? IVERAGETS THERE ARE MANY WAYS. AS I SAID THE RULES COMMITTEE IS VERY OPEN IN...
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| 00:21:34 |
HOST, -
THE MEMBERS FOR A VOTE. ANOTHER WAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO BILLS THAT WE'RE LOOK AT, IS TO TIE THEM TOGETHER. AND THE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT TYING THE BILLS...
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| 00:22:27 |
HOST, -
THE FIRST THING I WANT TO OBSERVE, I REALLY
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| 00:22:29 |
GUEST, -
TRIED TO GET IN WHEN CONGRESSMAN NUNES WAS ON THE PROGRAM AND I TOOK SOME EXCEPTIONS TO WHAT HE WAS SAYING WHEN YOU FIRST ASKED HIM ABOUT SOME OF THE...
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| 00:23:50 |
GUEST, -
THAN THE WAY WE'RE TREATING TODAY'S VETERANS COMING BACK THAN WE TREATED FROM VIETNAM. SO TO GREG, I JUST SAY TO YOU
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| 00:23:57 |
GUEST, -
THAUMPING FOR YOUR SERVICE, THANKS FOR GETTING THROUGH. HOST: BUT ALSO HIS EARLIER POINT ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE BEING USED. GUEST: I FIND IT OFFENSIVE....
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| 00:24:22 |
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AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY EXCUSE THAT IT CAN BE GIVEN AND THERE NEVER SHOULD BE. AND
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| 00:24:26 |
GUEST, -
I THINK IF WE COULD DESCEND ON SOME OF THOSE FOLKS AND LET THEM SEE THE WAYS OF THIS COUNTRY THEY WOULD CHANGE THEIR MINDS ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK. AND...
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| 00:25:11 |
HOST, -
GOING TO BE FUNDED IN AS MUCH
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| 00:25:13 |
CALLER, -
AS THERE WON'T BE ANY NEW REF NEWS COMING IN. GUEST: THERE ARE GOING F GOING TO BE NEW REVENUES COMING IN. BUT LET ME GIVE YOU THE THREE COMPONENTS...
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| 00:25:38 |
GUEST, -
OR HAVING THEM GO THROUGH MULTIPLE TESTS, MRIS, X-RAYS AND SO FORTH. THAT TYPE OF ABUSE ADDS UP TO TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SOME WOULD SAY MORE....
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| 00:28:14 |
HOST, -
CONVINCING THEM THAT THEIR HOSPITALS, THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, THEIR DOCTORS, THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
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| 00:28:22 |
GUEST, -
THEIR ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY TRUST, AARP, ARE SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. LETTING THEM HAVE THAT COMFORT THAT...
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| 00:29:08 |
HOST, -
FOR THIS SUNDAY MORNING. BACK IN A
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GUEST, -
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HOST, -
MOMENT. HOST: WE WELCOME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPEN WEBSITE. GORK. GUEST: GOOD MORNING. HOST: WHAT'S IN THIS HEALTH CARE BILL? GUEST:
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