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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131217:15:24:00

bill, it s what s not. the extension of unemployment benefits. 1.3 million americans slated to lose those benefits on december 28th if congress doesn t act. that includes more than 43,000 people in michigan. joining me now, michigan democratic congressman, sander levin. good to see you, congressman. good morning. nice to be with you. do you feel like the democrats fought hard enough to get the extension of unemployment benefits in this budget compromise? we fought. we went to the rules committee and said let us have an amendment on the floor so that people who are going to lose their benefits would not. a million three, as you said. and i was just at a workforce office here in michigan, talked to a couple people who are going to lose their checks. one said to me, what are we going to do? how are we going to live? and i talked to the people who worked there who are working with the unemployed, who are looking for work, and there s a feeling of desperation growing

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131217:15:29:00

that s the better side of this country, not to leave a million three who are looking for work. i saw the list of people who are looking for work at this workforce office, and i talked to the workers. they re feeling, as i said, this desperation that s coming across because they don t know what to say to the people who are coming in who are looking for work, who want to work. michigan congressman sander levin. it s good to have you on the program, sir. thank you. thank you. this hour we have been following the cloture vote on the senate floor to move the budget forward. they just wrapped up. let me bring in nbc news deputy political editor. what s the vote? reporter: we saw 67-33. it passed with 12 republicans voting in favor of this, which is interesting because in days leading up to this, we had been counting votes and it looked like they might be right at 60 and it looks like a few of those other republicans who had been on the fence on this decided to

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131217:15:12:00

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131217:15:12:00
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