reauthorized twice with consistent bipartisan support. even you have voted for it twice. it s a good thing, because it s partly responsible for a 67% decline in the rate of intimate partner violence. but even if you can get past the name issue, congressman, you said your main concern was cost. oh, yeah, the republicans favorite red herring for shredding the social safety net. it all costs too much except that argument doesn t hold up, jimmy. the new bill will cost $659 million over five years. but that s a decrease in cost since 2005. even though the bill offers more protections and isn t that what you business-savvy folks like best? doing more with less? so it s not the name and it s not really the cost. maybe your reluctance lies in this other bizarre point you made this week. you said like most men, i m more opposed to violence against women than even violence against men, because most men can handle it a little better than a lot of
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so what happened, the payroll tax was eliminated, first for a year, then for another year. when the economy was doing poorly. now it seems like we are heading in the right direction and it went back to the way it was. congressman duncan, you want to chime in? absolutely. we are in this situation because of spending. just giving the government more revenue isn t going to solve the problem. we need to have a real debate about the level of spenning and the addiction that we have. if you think the fiscal cliff was tough, wait until you get to the debt depression that s coming, assuming we raise the debt ceiling in 2 months. we have to have a true debate, in the house and the senate. we can t let the senate go through this process without a debate before the american people about the real issues, that s the drive about the deficit and the debt. that turnover concerns me and a lot of constituents. americans are hoping that the interest rates stay low because
still around. indeed, he is. at least nine people suspected to be taliban fighters are dead after a suspectedu drone strike in pakistan s tribal areas. the target, three taliban compounds. it is believed two major commanders are among the dead, in the unsupervised bomb squads. that s the third u.s. drone strike in five days itch there was a sharp divide in congress between those who voted for the fiscal cliff bill and those who did not taxes versus spending. but will those differences come up again in the debt ceiling debate? we have jeff duncan, a republican from south carolina, and representative elliot engle, a democrat from new york. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. representative duncan, you voted against the fiscal cliff deal. tell us why? absolutely. we are not in this situation in america with our economy and our government because we have under-taxed americans.
quoted him as follows, when i look at the results of the election, congressman duncan says, it becomes clear to me that the house is now the last line of defense for preserving freedom in this country. the people of south carolina clearly rejected president obama s policies i understand intend to fight on their behalf. in other words, it s the civil war. i m standing up for south carolina. and obama may be interested in this thing called the union. i m for sc sc. what an amazing, loyalty for your are state, as opposed to your country. didn t we get past that at one point? i don t think so. i m standing up for south carolina, what does that mean? we went through this last summer. two summers ago, with the showdown over the fiscal over the debt ceiling. yeah. and at that point in time, the president tried to reach bargain. surer is right, john boehner would have cut a deal. but he couldn t, because at the end of the day, had he done so, his own house republicans would have ri