didn t mention me, but it was still very interesting. [laughter] you know, i had a carefully framed question for you, brit. let me ask a much simpler one. you heard what geithner said and heard what boehner said. what do you make of it? well, it is striking that the house has acted and passed a plan and the senate has basically refused to take it up and voted it down. what you see here is an interesting combination of events because the president really hasn t stated a position or set forth a scorable plan or any of that and these, the house republicans have basically done that. and what you re seeing here is a very peculiar kind of double standard because when the house acts, as everybody says, well, that can t, i can t pass
what we saw this week from the democrats, you talk about the white house. the democrats flew over to the white house to say, what are you talking about? you re willing to make significant cuts in terms of medicare, medicaid, social security, you are putting our political fortunes at risk? this is not what we want. you saw move on, you saw aarp. saw afl-cio. sdiu, all engaged their members to absolutely zoom in on congress with phone calls and lobbying to say stop the president from giving up everything to the republicans. one last point here. i m amazed, you heard the speaker of the house say, you know, we have moved the goal post in terms of a president who didn t want to make significant cuts who is now willing to make significant cuts. why don t republicans say, you know, we have won this fight. it s time to move on and not push the country over the edge? that s one view. we re going to take a break here and we re going to continue the conversation. one of the interesting things t
over this with secretary geithner.s cfere you say you agree to $800 billion in new revenue last weekend in a meeting withinith secretary geithner, and that the president moved the goalpost.yoeard you heard his response, wellwel we didn t really have a deal. did you have a deal with d secretary geithner?thner? last sunday i thought there was an agreement. it was $800 billion of new revenue coming from a flatter, fairer tax system that would agaiour economy moving again and employ more americans and bring more revenue to the federal government.ve and i believe we could get there.onsday on tuesday the president saidded they needed more revenue. mr. cantor and i told the ayesident no.wesd wedn tesday they said theymo needed more revenue. s we said no.or thursday, need more revenue, we said no.rida friday afternoon when the president called me and demanded $400 billion in more rn
from national radio and assault on honest debate. i read the first chapter, didn t mention me, but it was still very interesting. [laughter] you know, i had a carefully framed question for you, brit. let me ask a much simpler one. you heard what geithner said and heard what boehner said. what do you make of it? well, it is striking that the house has acted and passed a plan and the senate has basically refused to take it up and voted it down. what you see here is an interesting combination of events because the president really hasn t stated a position or set forth a scorable plan or any of that and these, the house republicans have basically done that. and what you re seeing here is a very peculiar kind of double
i want to go over one part of the grand bargain you were negotiating with the presidentta and the white house and i went over this with secretary geithner.s cfere you say you agree to $800 billion in new revenue last weekend in a meeting withinith secretary geithner, and that the president moved the goalpost.yoeard you heard his response, wellwel we didn t really have a deal. did you have a deal with d secretary geithner?thner? last sunday i thought there was an agreement. it was $800 billion of new revenue coming from a flatter, fairer tax system that would agaiour economy moving again and employ more americans and bring more revenue to the federal government.ve and i believe we could get there.onsday on tuesday the president saidded they needed more revenue. mr. cantor and i told the ayesident no.wesd wedn tesday they said theymo needed more revenue. s we said no.or thursday, need more revenue,