when the repeal was adopted by the house in may, and picked up ten more republicans. so this now comes to the senate with some real momentum. and here s the other good news today and i take it to thrilling as well, olympia snowe, republican of maine, will vote on don t ask, don t tell, that means we ve got 61 members of the u.s. senate publicly committed to the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. so all that will stop that repeal is a totally unacceptable refusal to bring our measure up in a timely way. we ve got to get this done. we can get it done. it s an injustice. it s time for it to go. having all those republicans sign measures that say they re not going to do anything until the tax cut deal is done? yeah. so the tax cut actually, the tax cut is of course passed the senate, now today. the republicans who signed that
our standalone bill, passed the repeal by a larger margin than when the repeal was adopted by the house in may, and picked up ten more republicans. so this now comes to the senate with some real momentum. and here s the other good news today and i fake it take it to thrilling as well, olympia snowe, republican of maine, will vote on don t ask, don t tell, that means we ve got 61 members of the u.s. senate publicly committed to the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. so all that will stop that repeal is a totally unacceptable refusal to bring our measure up in a timely way. we ve got to get this done. we can get it done. it s an injustice. it s time for it to go. having all those republicans sign measures that say they re not going to do anything until the tax cut deal is done? yeah. so the tax cut actually, the tax cut is of course passed the
and tell them what to do. we will meet in good faith and ultimately whether it passes will key pendly on what it looks like. i m asking you as not ohm an individual senator and coincidentally the top republican in the u.s. senate, could you accept a compromise which had serious spending cuts but also has tax increases? if i start telling the commission. chris: i m asking you personally. i told you that me personally i don t think we have a problem that we tax too little. i think we have a problem because we spend too much. chris: aren t we heading for a dead dolls lineback because anything acceptable right-hand we heading for a deadlock because anything will we have to take a look at the report and my understanding is the majority leader and the speaker are committed to taking the measure up in december. my support will depend entirely on what it looks like, what it recommends. chris: you were part of a bipartisan group that went to
three members that i appointed and tell them what to do. we will meet in good faith and ultimately whether it passes will key pendly on what it looks like. i m asking you as not ohm an individual senator and coincidentally the top republican in the u.s. senate, could you accept a compromise which had serious spending cuts but also has tax increases? if i start telling the commission. chris: i m asking you personally. i told you that me personally i don t think we have a problem that we tax too little. i think we have a problem because we spend too much. chris: aren t we heading for a dead dolls lineback because anything acceptable right-hand we heading for a deadlock because anything will we have to take a look at the report and my understanding is the majority leader and the speaker are committed to taking the measure up in december. my support will depend entirely on what it looks like, what it recommends. chris: you were part of a
and tell them what to do. we will meet in good faith and ultimately whether it passes will key pendly on what it looks like. i m asking you as not ohm an individual senator and coincidentally the top republican in the u.s. senate, could you accept a compromise which had serious spending cuts but also has tax increases? if i start telling the commission. chris: i m asking you personally. i told you that me personally i don t think we have a problem that we tax too little. i think we have a problem because we spend too much. chris: aren t we heading for a dead dolls lineback because anything acceptable right-hand we heading for a deadlock because anything will we have to take a look at the report and my understanding is the majority leader and the speaker are committed to taking the measure up in december. my support will depend entirely on what it looks like, what it recommends. chris: you were part of a