Denny survived this. Its a reminder not all are happy with him. What do you do when you face that, when you face rebellion in the ranks . Well, you know, obviously you have a problem. I would guess i was lucky those eight years. I didnt really have rebellion. We only had a 5vote margin. We had to keep everybody tight together in order to get things done. What my view, and look ive always said i would never tell boehner or comment on what he has to do. Obviously you need to mend fences and bring the people together, and you need to find a way to get those people involved and make them part of your policy. Cant ignore them. That was a result of a huge callin of two conservatives to vote against barrener. Boehner. A lot of people did. Neil if they united around a few candidates, you think the numbers would have been better. It might have been worse. Real people would know they would maybe go over the cliff. They wouldnt have done it. Say, if it did. Say, even with the three candidates the
Some restless troops. Denny survived this. Its a reminder not all are happy with him. What do you do when you face that, when you face rebellion in the ranks . Well, you know, obviously you have a problem. I would guess i was lucky those eight years. I didnt really have rebellion. We only had a 5vote margin. We had to keep everybody tight together in order to get things done. What my view, and look ive always said i would never tell boehner or comment on what he has to do. Obviously you need to mend fences and bring the people together, and you need to find a way to get those people involved and make them part of your policy. Cant ignore them. That was a result of a huge callin of two conservatives to vote against barrener. Boehner. A lot of people did. Neil if they united around a few candidates, you think the numbers would have been better. It might have been worse. Real people would know they would maybe go over the cliff. They wouldnt have done it. Say, if it did. Say, even with th
23 million jobs created in millions moved out of poverty and the narrowing of the income inequality cap and the first legit surpluses in generations. How did it happen . How did the 1993 legit to that reduce the deficit get done . For the 1997 budget deal that balanced the budget unsecured historic surpluses westmark how to the earned income tax credit and the Childs Program that helps the poor and the working class families and pulled will millions into the middle class get done . Jean spurling and erskine roles are the Perfect People to answer these questions. Erskine bowles is to my left and joined the Clinton Administration in 1993 as the administrator of the Small Business administration and then moved to the white house as deputy chief of staff in 1994 and then chief of staff at the start of the Clinton Administration in 1997 until october, 1998. To keep them honest, and to add context to their consequential work is the associate professor of Political Science at the United State
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He since the battle rages on for the soul of the right. But perhaps we shouldnt rub our hands until its over, for the last map standing in fact, might be named grover. [ music ] jennifer earlier today emotion came to the senate floor to ratified a treaty on the disabled. Its modeled on the landmark of merges withamericans. He claimed u. S. Sovereignty so the tea party is now in from its right flank. Its not just about the united nations. 24 hours an Speaker John Boehner put a budget offer on the table the tea party is threatening to throw him over board. What is his great plan . Raising revenuesaah. The details are pretty vague, but we know his plan would raise 800 billion in revenue closing some unnamed loopholes while sparing the top earners from any more taxes. Tea partyers object to raising any revenue at all. On the other side the president is not pleased with boehners plan because he said there would be no deal without higher tax rates for the wealthy. Obama if were going to rais