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Unidentified Speaker, -
AND HE IS THE CHIEF DEPUTY WHIP FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE
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HOST, -
OF REPRESENTATIVES AND A MEMBER OF THE OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE. REPRESENTATIVE PETER WELCH, THE CONTEMPT VOTE ON ATTORNEY GENERAL...
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| 00:00:39 |
GUEST, -
WENT BAD. THEY WERE TRYING TO FOLLOW THE SALE OF ILLEGAL GUNS INTO MEXICO TO CONNECT WITH A BIGGER FISH, BASICALLY. WHAT HAPPENED IS SOME OF THESE GUNS...
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| 00:03:00 |
HOST, -
YOU CAN FOLLOW EVIDENCE OF TO A HIGHER KINGPIN, BASICALLY. THIS ONE DID NOT
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| 00:03:06 |
GUEST, -
WORK. IT WAS NOT WISE BECAUSE GUNS WERE BEING ABLE TO WALK. IT WAS A BOTCHED OPERATION. THE MOTIVES WERE PROBABLY VERY TYPICAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO...
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| 00:04:12 |
HOST, -
NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THIS WAS A PARTISAN VOTE, WHICH I THINK IS REGRETTABLE BECAUSE
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| 00:04:19 |
GUEST, -
IT GIVES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ONCE AGAIN THE SENSE THAT THIS IS A TYPICAL WASHINGTON ROAD SHOW WHERE IT GOT POLITICAL. THE ARGUMENT THAT I WAS MAKING,...
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| 00:05:32 |
HOST, -
FROM "DELL." GUEST: MEDICARE FOR ALL. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE SUBSTANTIVELY AND POLITICALLY. A LOT OF US WERE FOR MEDICARE
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| 00:05:46 |
GUEST, -
FOR ALL WHEN THIS DEBATE HAPPENED, AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE IT WORKS. EVERYBODY WHO IS ON MEDICARE HELPS TO PAY FOR IT. THEY APPRECIATE THE...
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| 00:07:32 |
HOST, -
GUEST: I AM ON STUDENT AID, BUT I AM NOT SURE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. DEPOSITED IT IS
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| 00:07:41 |
GUEST, -
SIX MONTHS INSTEAD OF 60 DAYS OR 90 DAYS, BUT I THINK IT IS EXHIBITED A OF HOW BAD CONGRESS IS IN THAT WE CANNOT PASS IT TRANSPORTATION BILL. ROADS AND...
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| 00:09:31 |
HOST, -
OF THE OVERSIGHT AND REFORM COMMITTEE. I WILL PUT THE NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION JARRETT. A REPUBLICAN IN A SHRILL,...
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| 00:10:02 |
CALLER, -
THESE BILLS YOUR TRIED TO PASS, BUT WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE DEFICIT THAT IT WILL NOT CAUSE A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR YOUR GENERATION, BUT FOR MINE. I WAKE UP...
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| 00:10:33 |
GUEST, -
WHAT MONEY WE DID NOT HAVE A FOUR TWO WARS. -- FOUR TWO WARS. THEN, OF COURSE, WHEN THE ECONOMY WHEN OFF THE CLIFF WITH THE SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS,...
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| 00:11:52 |
HOST, -
IS FRUSTRATING LIVING IN ARIZONA AND KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN FAST AND FURIOUS, BUT THE STORY IS NOT
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| 00:12:00 |
CALLER, -
COMING OUT. IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH ARIZONA'S GUN LAWS. THE ALCOHOL TOBACCO PEOPLE WERE TRACKING THE STRAW BUYERS. IN ARIZONA LAW THEY GUN STORE AND BUY...
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| 00:13:06 |
GUEST, -
THAT STATEMENT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, AND THAT COLLOR HAS MUCH MORE
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| 00:13:10 |
CALLER, -
INFORMATION THAN I DO. -- CALLER HAS MORE
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| 00:13:14 |
GUEST, -
INFORMATION THAN I DO. SHE IS TALKING ABOUT THE ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL, NOT THE BUSH ATTORNEY GENERAL OR MR. ERIC HOLDER. HOST: ANOTHER ISSUE ARIZONA...
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| 00:13:34 |
HOST, -
DONE WITH REGARD TO IMMIGRATION? GUEST: I DO. THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. THE PRESIDENT SAID THE KIDS THAT CAME HERE AND HAD NO CHOICE IN THAT,...
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| 00:13:44 |
GUEST, -
THAT GOT HERE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS DISCRETION. THEY WILL NOT BE DEPORTED. THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL. THEY CAN APPLY...
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| 00:14:44 |
HOST, -
WE USED TO HAVE AN OPEN BORDER, JUST COME AND GO
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| 00:14:49 |
GUEST, -
WITH CANADA, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WHERE OF THE KIDS PLAY HOCKEY AND TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH. HOST: ARE THERE STILL ROADS THAT YOU CAN GO OVER...
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| 00:15:08 |
HOST, -
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS WHERE THE BORDER GOES THROUGH IT. I WAS AT A
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| 00:15:14 |
GUEST, -
FACTORY WHERE PART OF IT IS IN CANADA, AND PART IS IN THE WEST. THERE IS SUCH A LONG TRADITION OF FRIENDSHIP BACK AND FORTH, AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT...
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| 00:15:58 |
HOST, -
TIGHTENED UP, AND THAT IS THE SOURCE OF SOME FRUSTRATION.
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| 00:16:02 |
GUEST, -
HOST: WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THE BUILDING THAT IS SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE? CAN YOU WALK FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER? GUEST: YOU CAN
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| 00:16:10 |
HOST, -
WALK FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. THE ENTRANCE IS ON THE U.S. SIDE.
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| 00:16:17 |
GUEST, -
YOU GET TO SNEAK ACROSS THE BOARD QUICKLY. IT CANNOT GO TO START. HOST: RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. LAURA ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER:
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| 00:16:34 |
HOST, -
I HOPE THE SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN THE MAN DID TODAY, BECAUSE THIS HEALTH-CARE BILL WAS NEVER ANYTHING BUT
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| 00:16:42 |
CALLER, -
A GIVEAWAY TO CORPORATIONS. ONCE THE SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN THE BILL, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NOTHING TO FIX HEALTH CARE. THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE...
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| 00:17:40 |
HOST, -
WIDELY-SHARED. THERE ARE HUGE SALARIES FOR MANY OF
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| 00:17:44 |
GUEST, -
THE CEO'S. BEFORE THE HEALTH-CARE BILL, YOU COULD NOT GET INSURANCE IF YOU HAVE PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. THEY ONLY WANTED TO COVER YOU IF YOU WERE HEALTHY...
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| 00:18:56 |
HOST, -
IT SAYS THAT VERMONT IS SETTING UP ITS OWN PLAN THAT WOULD GO MUCH FURTHER THAN THE FEDERAL HEALTH LAW, AND BY 2017 TO GIVE THE STATE A CANADIAN-STYLE...
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| 00:19:47 |
GUEST, -
APPROACH TO CONTROLLING COSTS, BECAUSE THERE IS A RECOGNITION IN VERMONT THAT IF YOU WANT ACCESS FOR EVERYBODY, YOU HAVE TO CONTROL WHAT THE COST IS...
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| 00:21:54 |
HOST, -
ISSUE, THAT UTAH, FLORIDA, VERMONT WOULD HANDLE IT DIFFERENTLY. DO YOU THINK OF -- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE STATE SYSTEM, AND COULD CALIFORNIA DID...
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| 00:22:19 |
GUEST, -
AND WHAT -- MIGHT HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK FOR OUR CITIZENS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE FROM VERMONT GOES SOMEWHERE ELSE? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE...
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| 00:23:27 |
HOST, -
LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, REPRESENTATIVE. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HEARINGS, AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO
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| 00:23:39 |
CALLER, -
SEE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS NOT NECESSARILY FORTHCOMING ON THE ENTIRE REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION RELATIVE TO THE FAST AND FURIOUS PROGRAM, AND OFTEN...
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| 00:25:11 |
GUEST, -
ADMINISTRATIONS, AND A LOT OF US ON THE COMMITTEE FELT IF WE ARE GOING TO -- OVER TWO OR ADMINISTRATIONS, AND A LOT OF US FELT THAT WE SHOULD GET TO...
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| 00:26:58 |
HOST, -
SITUATED ON THE CAPITOL LAWN. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CROWD IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER IN FRONT OF THE STEPS. THE CROWD IS STARTING TO GATHER OUT THERE...
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| 00:27:36 |
CALLER, -
A DEMOCRAT, I DO NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DEMOCRATS AS FAR AS GETTING ON THE BANDWAGON WITH YOU GUYS. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS...
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| 00:29:29 |
GUEST, -
OR SO. IT IS REALLY HIGH, BUT IT DOES NOT REFLECT DISCOURAGED WORKERS, PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT COUNTED BECAUSE THEY HAVE GIVEN UP AND CANNOT FIND A JOB....
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| 00:31:03 |
HOST, -
PEOPLE ARE WORKING, BUT THE CALLER MAKES THE POINT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
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| 00:31:07 |
GUEST, -
THAT ARE WORKING HAVE TO BE WILL JOBS TO TRY TO PAY THE BILLS AND THE WAGES ARE LOW. PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED WITH A DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF THEIR HOME,...
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| 00:32:15 |
GUEST, -
WANT TO INSURE PEOPLE ARE RELATIVELY HEALTHY, AND NOT INSURE PEOPLE LETTER SICK. SO, FOR INSTANCE, BUT SAY YOU ARE HEALTHY UNTIL YOU ARE IN YOUR 60'S....
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| 00:33:51 |
HOST, -
THAT IS ACTUALLY VIRGINIA -- CALLER: THAT ESSENTIALLY VIRGINIA. I WILL BE BRIEF.
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| 00:33:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DOWN THERE,
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| 00:34:02 |
CALLER, -
IN ARIZONA, WHEN THE FAST AND FURIOUS THING WENT TO THE GUN SHOPS, IF THEY DID NOT TURN AROUND AND GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NRA, AND SAY THEY'RE TRYING...
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| 00:35:16 |
HOST, -
ROLE IN FAST AND FURIOUS. I AGREE, I SPONSORED
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| 00:35:21 |
GUEST, -
LEGISLATION WHEN I WAS A STATE SENATOR IN VERMONT TO TRY TO ALLOW PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FROM CANADA, WHICH WERE MUST -- MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE AT THE TIME....
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| 00:35:46 |
HOST, -
CUMMING ABOUT THIS. THEY SAID HEIGHTENING THE CONCERNS AND REQUIRING INVOLVEMENT IT THE WHITE HOUSE S THE WHITE HOUSE'S USE TO DANCE THE GUN-CONTROL...
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| 00:36:18 |
GUEST, -
HAD OUR ROLE IN A GUN POLICY BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, I HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF IT. THIS POLICY DID START UNDER PRESIDENT BUSH. THAT, I DO NOT THINK...
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| 00:36:55 |
HOST, -
NOT DIFFICULT AT ALL. VERMONT HAS A CULTURE OF
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| 00:36:59 |
GUEST, -
RESPONSIBLE USE OF GUNS. A LOT OF VERMONTERS TAKE THEIR KIDS OUT AND TEACH THEM HOW TO HUNT IN SHOOTING AND IS A THINLY ACTIVITY. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE...
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| 00:37:39 |
HOST, -
WAS A HUGE ISSUE, AND IT WAS INSPIRING TO ALL OF US WHO SAW THE BRAVERY
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| 00:37:44 |
GUEST, -
OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, JOHN LEWIS. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE I WAS THE ROBERT KENNEDY FELLOW. I WORKED IN THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO AS...
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| 00:38:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I LIKE THE WEATHER OUT THERE. WE TALKED YOU
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| 00:39:03 |
GUEST, -
GOING SKIING ONES AND HOW COLD IT IS. I GREW UP IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND RIGHT AFTER LAW SCHOOL CAME BACK AND LIVED JUST NORTH OF WHERE I GREW UP. I STARTED...
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| 00:39:31 |
HOST, -
CALLER: THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING C-SPAN FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND HAVE NOT
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| 00:39:38 |
CALLER, -
CALLED IN, AND I AM GETTING SO TIRED OF EVERYONE BLAMING GEORGE BUSH FOR EVERY PROBLEM WE HAVE. PLEASE REMEMBER THE OFDOT COM BUBBLE. LET'S REMEMBER...
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| 00:40:52 |
HOST, -
ARE RIGHT, WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO MOVE AHEAD. IN THAT SENSE, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU.
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| 00:41:01 |
GUEST, -
WE OF A TOUGH ECONOMY, BIG DEBT, AND WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE ISN'TS ALWAYS AN ARGUMENT TO HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE. THAT IS A LEGITIMATE DEBATE....
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| 00:42:12 |
HOST, -
TO FINANCE IT. IN SOME CASES WHERE YOU HAVE PUBLIC FINANCING FOR HEALTH CARE, IT IS
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| 00:42:18 |
GUEST, -
MUCH LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY. AND APPAREL REDUCTION, THE PAY ROLL ISSUES YOU YOUR TEXTCHECK AND TAKES UP THE AMOUNT THAT WILL GO TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND PUTS...
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| 00:43:35 |
HOST, -
WONDERING IF THE REPRESENTATIVE HAVE READ THAT ARK --
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| 00:43:40 |
CALLER, -
ARTICLE. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FAST AND FURIOUS SCANDAL. AND HOW THE WORLD CAME TO BELIEVE THE OPPOSITE IS A TALE OF RIVALRY, MURDER, AND CRITICAL BLOOD...
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| 00:44:12 |
HOST, -
DO YOU SUPPORT THAT? WILL YOU JOIN IT? GUEST: I WILL NOT. ONE OF MY MAJOR JOBS IS TO VOTE, SO I WILL BE THERE TO VOTE. HOST:
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| 00:44:24 |
GUEST, -
AS CHIEF DEPUTY WHIP, DO YOU HAVE A DUTY THIS AFTERNOON ON A FAST AND FURIOUS? GUEST: I DO. I
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| 00:44:33 |
HOST, -
AM ENCOURAGING MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE AGAINST THE CONTENT ACTIONS, SO I WILL BE ON THE FLOOR
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| 00:44:38 |
GUEST, -
TALKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES. I AM ALSO A COMMITTEE MEMBER, SO I HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND HAVING BEEN PRESENT SO I WILL BE ADVOCATING AMONG MY COLLEAGUES TO...
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| 00:45:01 |
HOST, -
I THINK THEY HAVE A PRETTY LEGITIMATE QUESTION. BEFORE THE EVIDENCE WAS IN THERE
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| 00:45:06 |
GUEST, -
WERE CALLING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL A LIAR, THAT IS A BAD THING. THAT IS A VERY OFFENSIVE THING TO DO. THAT IS USING THE L WORD. THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK...
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| 00:45:36 |
HOST, -
GCALLER: I THINK A WALKED OUT OF THE BLACK CAUCUS IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. I THINK BESIDES THE COMMITTEE MAKING THIS A POLITICAL ISSUE, I HAVE SAID AND...
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| 00:47:16 |
GUEST, -
IN POLITICS IS WE DO NOT. WHEN YOU START DISMISSING OTHER PEOPLE BY USING THEIR REGULAR NAMES OR DENYING THEM THE TITLE THEY HAVE EARNED, I THINK IT LEADS...
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| 00:47:45 |
HOST, -
GET OVERTURNED, WHAT THE PLAN WOULD BE IN THE HOUSE, AND SOME OF THE ISSUES. I JUST WANT TO GET YOUR VIEW ON SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUAL ISSUES. BUT IF YOU...
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| 00:48:15 |
GUEST, -
BEGINNING. WHEN THEY BECAME THE MAJORITY STAKE REPEALED IT. MR. BOEHNER, SAID THE WOULD GETR SAID THEY WOULD GET RID OF ANY FORM OF THIS. WHERE IS PLANNED...
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| 00:49:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I HAVE SUPPORTED HSA.
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| 00:49:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HOST: PETER WELCH HAS BEEN OUR GUEST FOR NEARLY
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| 00:49:28 |
GUEST, -
THE PAST HOUR. DEMOCRAT OF VERMONT TALKING ABOUT SLIGHT JERK -- SEVERAL
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| 00:49:33 |
HOST, -
DIFFERENT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE AND IN THE SUPREME COURT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE SUPREME COURT....
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| 00:49:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HOST: LIVE PICTURES AND LIVE VIDEO FROM THE STEPS OF THE SUPREME COURT. 45 MINUTES FROM NOW THE SUPREME COURT WILL
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| 00:52:17 |
HOST, -
BEGIN ITS FINAL DECISION MAKING AT RENDERING FOR THIS SESSION OF THE SUPREME COURT. WE WILL CONTINUE LIVE COVERAGE. THE HOUSE WILL BEGIN AT 10:00. WE...
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| 00:53:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NEWS, UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE IN THIS HOUR AND SHOW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEEKING BENEFITS FELL LAST WEEK, BUT THE LEVEL OF APPLICATIONS STILL REMAINS...
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