the end of next year, beyond the election, with cuts and spending caps also on the table, house speaker john boehner wants all house members to weigh in. so he plans to hold a conference call with many of them sometime today. so we ve got up to the minute coverage of what s happening in washington. cnn s kate bolduan is on capitol hill. dan lothian is at the white house. first to you, kate, senate leaders in both parties keep saying that they are, quote, very close to a deal. what more do we know? reporter: we don t have specifics of a final deal quite yet because as far as we know, the final deal has not yet been struck. but we are getting some details are emerging of the tentative framework of really where the conversation is focusing at this point. and noteworthy is the is the change in tone and the change of mood up here from yesterday. many people many senators that we re talking to now saying that they re very close to a deal, getting very close to a deal, even
increases are a job killer, particularly when you have over 9% unemployment. norm orn steen, that is disingenuous to say the least, that he realized they were a job killer, why he extended the bush era tax cuts. there s one reason only the president extended those bush era tax cuts and that s because he needed a deal to extend unemployment. this is the kind of misinformation campaign that is continuing on capitol hill. i sent out a tweet a couple of hours ago, i said, could anybody, anybody provide me with research, not opinion, but research that tax increases kill jobs. please send my way if you can. i haven t gotten anything that is of substance that s been sent my way. tell me if you know of research that indicates that tax increases kill jobs because there are no tax increases anywhere in this bill that covers the next ten years. no, of course, we re seeing a lot of disingenuousness across the board. a lot are the talking points, republicans repeating all the time. we
9% unemployment. norm orn steen, that is disingenuous to say the least, that he realized they were a job killer, why he extended the bush era tax cuts. there s one reason only the president extended those bush era tax cuts and that s because he needed a deal to extend unemployment. this is the kind of misinformation campaign that is continuing on capitol hill. i sent out a tweet a couple of hours ago, i said, could anybody, anybody provide me with research, not opinion, but research that tax increases kill jobs. please send my way if you can. i haven t gotten anything that is of substance that s been sent my way. tell me if you know of research that indicates that tax increases kill jobs because there are no tax increases anywhere in this bill that covers the next ten years. no, of course, we re seeing a lot of disingenuousness across the board. a lot are the talking points, republicans repeating all the time. we can t have tax incritical condition increases. how can yo
i ve heard this several years now. i think they re going to continue to spend. thank you so much, ned riley. riley asset management coming to us i think from orlando. much nicer there than it is here in this very wet and cold northeast. i agree. no question about it. take care. so many people say retraining is the answer to america s jobs crisis. there s one problem. retraining doesn t seem to be working. i ll tell you why, next.
michael steele is the former chairman of the republican national committee. michael, we saw republicans work with the administration to get tax cuts extended. and it resulted in quite a bit of positive momentum for president obama. what s the political incentive for republicans to unite with hill on job creation ahead of the november 2012 election? well i think the incentsive is that it gives the republicans an opportunity to speak with clairedy on their views on how jobs are created, where we invest in the private sector, not in government institutions. that put in place the various strategies whether it s tax cuts or reduction in spending on various areas of the economy. that will allow that growth to infest and grow. those types of conversations are important to have now. but the interesting thing for me is that we re two years into this administration. and that argument hasn t changed. it was the argument on day one. and so bringing in businessmen as chiefs of staff a