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Wolfensberger, Donald - Director
MY NAME IS DONALD WOLFENSBERGER, YOURE MODERATOR TODAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU NEW TO THE CENTER, LET ME JUST TELL YOU A OU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE...
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| 00:14:42 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
THE MINORITY PARTY A IN THE CONGRESS IS TO BECOME THE MAJORITY. AND IF YOU ARE NOT WORKING TOWARD THAT END, YOU'RE PROBABLYR NOT DOING THAT WHICH...
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| 00:26:18 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
DAILY BASIS. AND BOB CERTAINLY DID THAT VERY WELL.OTHE YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY IS MINORI ANOTHER THING. H IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT WHEN THE MINORITY HAS...
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| 00:38:05 |
Green, Matthew - Professor
REPRESENTATIVES UNDERTAKES TO T TRY TO ACHIEVE ITS BASIC GOALS AND TO AT LEAST SUGGEST THE QUESTION OF NOT JUST WHY THEY DO IT BUT WHETHER IT ACTUALLY...
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| 00:55:35 |
Wolfensberger, Donald - Director
NOW AN OF ON ANYBODY OFFERING A MOTION TO RISE. NOT ONLYON THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE CAN DO THAT. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO JACKIE....
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Calmes, Jacqueline - Correspondent
SERIOUSLY, I NEVER THOUGHT IN MY CAREER I WOULD SEE THAT. IN '92 -- THERE WAS A GROUP IN OF AROUND THE LATE '80s, EARLY '90s NAME CALLED THE '92 GROUP...
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| 01:15:18 |
Wolfensberger, Donald - Director
JUST LET'S GO TO QUESTIONS. >> PHASE YO, ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS? TACTICS >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A S COMMENT ON THE DELIILATORY TACTICS WE'VE SEEN...
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| 01:15:39 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
MAJORITY INOPERABLE, UNABLE TO FUNCTION, NOT PASS THE APPROPRIATION BILLS NOT JUST IN TIME BUT DURING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE FISCAL YEAR HAS BEGUN....
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| 01:18:18 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
GERMANE AMENDMENTS TO COME TO THE FLOOR, I WOULD SAY TO JACKIE ON HER POINT ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE BILL, FINANCIAL BILL, THESE ARE O WRITTEN IN BACK...
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| 01:20:02 |
Wolfensberger, Donald - Director
I UNDERSTAND IS THAT ONCE YOU PUT THESE OUT THERE, THEY ARE SO FILLED WITH EARMARKS AN AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT D ON TO GET A VOTE ON EVERY ONE...
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| 01:20:40 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
WORK TOGETHER TO GET THEIR BILL, AND WE'VE SEEN THE END OF THE ELY TO KIND OF DISCUSSIONS THAT PE ROUTINELY TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THEY. LEADERS OF THE SPEAKER,...
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| 01:21:34 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
WHO PARTICIPATE MEM IN THAT IS MAYBE SOME OF THE MAJORITY MEMBERS OF THE FR COMMITTEE ARE BROUGHT INTO THE T PROCESS BUT THERE IS NOBODY FROMH THE MINORITY...
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| 01:22:41 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
WAS EMBEDDED DURING THAT SAME PERIOD WHEN EVERYBODY WAS ND WARNED ABOUT GOING WASHINGTON.R LIVE AT HOME AND MAKE SURE YOU I DON'T SPEND ANY TIME THERE...
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Q&A, -
WITH THE TOM FAHEY. GAVE AWAY YOUR NAME ALREADY.STION >> THANKS, DON. TWO-PART QUESTION.BIPART CONGRESSMAN FAZIO, BASED ON YOUR P COMMENTS, IS THE WORD...
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| 01:23:48 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
A LONG WAY FROM BIPARTISAN RELATIONSHIPS, LET ALONE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER AND ACCOMPLISH THINGS TOGETHER. >> AND FOR CONGRESSMAN WALKER, MR. BOEHNER...
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| 01:24:25 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
THE FLOOR.RO I HOPE HE MEANS IT.FOR HE'S A FORMER COMMITTEE CHAIRMANMILLER HIMSELF.OR HE SEEN THAT PROCESS WORK FOR E JOHN BOEHNER AND GEORGE MILLER...
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| 01:25:34 |
Green, Matthew - Professor
REASON. >> I DO THINK JOHN IS A MUCH S MORE INSTITUTIONAL LEADER THAN BE WE'VE SEENE IN RECENT REPUBLICAN OMPROM LEADERS INI THAT HE HAS BEEN PART OF...
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| 01:25:53 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
BIPARTISAN WHEN HE HAS A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.K >> OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S BRING THE MICROPHONE OVER HERE. >> HI. MONTE TRIP WITH WESCHLER AND...
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| 01:26:55 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
HAD SOME THEY HAD SOME TOUGH TIMES IN THE FIRST TWO H YEARS I THINK YOU CAN ONLY I IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT IT WILL BEAR WHEN THEIR POLITICAL INTERESTS ...
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| 01:28:00 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
THEY WANT TO PLAY OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO PLAY THE ROLE OF DEFINING HIM THEMSELVES AS BEING AGAINST THAT WHICH THE REPUBLICANS ARE ATTEMPTING...
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| 01:28:40 |
Calmes, Jacqueline - Correspondent
ON, ONE THING I KNOW THEY'RE COUNTING ON AND IT'S NOT A BAD BET THAT THE TH REPUBLICANS WILL GOVERN IN THE W, HOUSE IN A WAY THAT EXCITES THE BASE FOR...
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| 01:30:35 |
Calmes, Jacqueline - Correspondent
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT T WERE ELECTED THEY DON'T HAVE 'T THAT INCLINATION. THEY DON'T SEE GROUNDS FOR TO COMPROMISE BUT THOSE REPUBLICANSE WHOM...
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| 01:31:58 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
ISSUES WOULD COME TO MIND. T THEY PICKED OUT THREE OR FOUR T REPUBLICANS THAT THEY THOUGHT CA SHARED CLOSEST TO THEIRL F PHILOSOPHICAL BASE AND TRIED...
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| 01:33:02 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
CREATED THE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH THE DEMOCRATS COULDN'T SUCCEED. >> IW AGREE WITH THAT.D NO, I AGREE WITH THAT.ISTR I THINK IT WAS A BAD STRATEGY...
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| 01:33:20 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS MOST OFTEN IN THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE RATHER THAN IN A GENERAL KIND OF LEADERSHIP-LED EFFORT. >> OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS? YES,...
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| 01:35:17 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
HATRED. IT'S NOT PERSONAL. THEY HATE EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY OPERATE ON VERY DIFFERENT PLAINS AND YOU HAVE THAT ADVERSARIAL. YOU THROW IN PHILOSOPHICAL...
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| 01:37:05 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYONE COME TOGETHER. AND FIND COMMON GROUND. THAT'S NOT LIKELY TO PRODUCE THE KIND OF ACCOMMODATIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE DISPUTE ...
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| 01:38:17 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
CONGRESS IS DEALING WITH RO THAT REALITY BUT, I MEAN, THAT >> ALSO PLAYS A ROLE IN ALL OF O THIS. >> DIDN'T THE MODERATES AT ONE CONGR POINT WHEN THEYE...
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| 01:38:34 |
Wolfensberger, Donald - Director
DO STAND SO MUCH H APART AND DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. >> IT K HAPPENS WITHIN THE PARTY CAUCUSES. I KNOW THE DEMOCRATS, FOR FIC EXAMPLE, KNEWUL THAT...
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| 01:38:56 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
PARTY, WERE TASKED WITH DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM OVER A RESOLUTION OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AND COULDN'T GET THERE WITH THE E, COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THE...
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| 01:39:59 |
Green, Matthew - Professor
PREVENT THOSE SORTS OF THINGS BUT THEN OFTENTIMES THE CRITICISM WAS THEAN PARTIES DON'T STAND FOR YOU AR ANYTHING. YOU HAD A DEMOCRATIC HACTIVIST,...
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| 01:40:55 |
Wolfensberger, Donald - Director
AT THE END OF THE DAY J AND USED A LINE THAT WAS OFTEN QUOTED TO WHEN I WORKED FOR G JERRY SOLOMON.D H THEY LOVED TO DIG UP REID QUOTESWE BECAUSE REID...
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| 01:42:17 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF INDEPENDENTS WHO HAVE HAD A SIMILAR FEELING ABOUT THE DEBT AND DEFICIT OF THE COUNTRY OVER A LONG, LONG PERIOD OF TIME.VA...
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| 01:43:57 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
LIKE PAYING FOR THE DRUG BENEFIT T OFF THE BOOKS OR PAYING FOR THE W WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ OFF U THE BOOKS. BUT THEY REALLY WEREN'T ENERGIZED...
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| 01:45:12 |
Green, Matthew - Professor
SE WITH THE SIMILAR ARGUMENTS. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEN ANDTOP NOW ARE SEVERAL FOLD.NOT ONE IS THE LIBERTY LEAGUE WAS A TOP DOWN ORGANIZATION AND...
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| 01:47:00 |
Calmes, Jacqueline - Correspondent
REINFORCED THE POLARIZATION AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU HAVE THE -- YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THIS ALMOST QUASI PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND EACH...
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| 01:49:06 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
PRETTY GOOD JOB OF PULLING WI TOGETHER THE MAJORITY.C I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT 84 NEW AN MEMBERS TO WORK WITH. AND A LOT OF WHOM CAME OUT OF ACTIVIST MOVEMENTS...
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| 01:51:35 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
MONEY HAS BECOME A A HUGE FACTOR IN HOW THEY SPEND THEIR TIME AND WHAT THEY DO AND ROM I'M PERSONALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT LEGISLATION THAT I KNOW COMES MA...
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| 01:52:45 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH MONEY HASIN TENDED TO TAKE THE REAL INTELLECTUAL FERMENT OUT OF THE PROCESS. I MEAN, MOST OF US WOULD LIKE TOB BE TALKING...
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| 01:54:24 |
Green, Matthew - Professor
GOES BACK TO THE EARL, MID-1970s WITH MEMBERS NOMINATEDHIN AND SAW THEMSELVES FOCUSING ON THE DISTRICT AND SPREADING OUT NEW ENGLAND TO OTHER STATES...
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| 01:55:21 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
OF PULLING OUT OF IOWA AND MOVING TO WASHINGTON BECAUSE IT ISN'T JUST JOHNNY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS THE SPOUSE OFTEN EMPLOYED. THAT'S THE REALITY...
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| 01:56:21 |
Wolfensberger, Donald - Director
SAYING I HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIMEWANT BACK HOME OR I HAVE TO RAISE THEAIN MONEY FOR THE CAMPAIGN? IS IT REALISTIC TO THINK THAT MEMBERS WANT TO BE LEGISLATORS...
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| 01:56:44 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
KNOW, THAT WILL BE A VERY, VERY HEAVY LIFT FOR THE LEADERSHIP TO KEEP MEMBERS IN TOWN LONG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN REAL SUBSTANTIVE...
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| 01:57:14 |
Fazio, Victor "Vic" Herbert - U.S. Representative, [D] California
MORE T MEMBERS PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE GETTING A BLAST, A HOT H BLAST FROM THE DISTRICT, IF THEY REALLY ARE GOOD AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN MITIGATE...
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| 01:57:41 |
Wolfensberger, Donald - Director
JEFFERSON'S MANUAL. THOMAS JEFFERSON AS THE SENATE'SNFL PRESIDENT FORESAW CONFLICT WITH AMAZING PRESS YENS.ISH HE STUDIED HARD THE BRITISH PRECEDENCE...
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