the country from becoming greece but i m not going to set aside the 1.2 trillion in cuts. any hope of going over the fiscal cliff must start in the senate. not one democrat would support the idea that we could protect 99% of americans from a tax increase. boehner s plan b i thought made as soon as. to my republican kcolleagues, te the ronald reagan model is if you get 80% of what you want, that s a good day. i lime simpson-bowles. the president is going to get tax rate hikes. to my republican colleagues, if we can protect 99% of the public from a tax hike that, is not a tax increase in my book. chuck, maybe you and me and some other people in the senate can find a way to find this on the short term but on the long term there s not going to be a deal any time soon. you think we re going to go over the cliff? i think we re going to fall out of the fiscal tree.
our support is always the americans people, decade in and out. the strength of the nra is the american public and i believe they are on our side to defend freedom. bottom line, if there is an approach after newtown that includes mental health, that includes gratuitous violence in our media, in our gaming industry and includes gun regulations, will you support it or oppose it? we are going to support what works, putting an armed guard in every single school, we re going to try to fix the mental health system, we re want people prosecuted, and we re going to protect the american people i think that s why people join the nra to protect their freedom. mr. lapierre, thank you for your views. thank you for having me. coming up, does the gun control debate have new momentum or will it suffer the same fate it has in the past? joining me democratic senator chuck schumer and republicans senator lindsey graham. plus, eight day before the fiscal cliff. what are the prospects for a so
making a big mistake. congressman, if he puts down a bill that requires democrats to get it pass, there will be a revolt. my frustration is with the democrats because the house republicans, our conscience is clear. in august we passed a bill to extend all of the tax rates. we did deal with the fiscal cliff issues weeks have passed that. it s harry reid and the president that have yet to come up with something. if it was so easy, if they thought they had a solution to it, why didn t on friday they come to the table and actually pass something? the pressure is on them, what can they pass in the senate? harold, you know the politics of this but you also know the markets and how they ve been reacting and wall street and corporate america more generally. is there new pessimism that we re, a, not going to get a deal and not solve the issue anyway? big disappointment. people outside of washington understand clearly. a couple hundred billion over ten years separating both sides. the
the country from becoming greece but i m not going to set aside the $1.2 trillion in cuts. any hope of going over the fiscal cliff must start in the senate. not one democrat would support the idea that we could protect 99% of americans from a tax increase. boehner s plan b i thought made sense. to my republican colleagues, the ronald reagan model is if you get 80% of what you want, that s a good day. we have the same objective of more taxes. i like simpson-bowles. eliminate deductions, more rates, put money on the debt. tax rate hikes are a partisan solution driven by the president. but he s going to get tax rate hikes. to my republican colleagues, if we can protect 99% of the public from a tax hike, that is not a tax increase in my book. chuck, maybe you and me and some other people in the senate can find a way to find this on the short term but on the long term there s not going to be a deal any time soon. you think we re going to go over the cliff? i think we re going to fall ou
thought was interesting that the nra i didn t think would ever be on, he was calling for forcing states to participate more. if you re the obama administration and you re looking for the nra s help on something, well, forcing states to participate more on the background checks, all of these things that aren t happening, if the nra is going to do that and force these conservative republican governors to sign legislation that did that, that would be a step. andrea, i want to talk about the second term cabinet. chuck hagel did not get a ringing endorsement from senator shum earp schumer or senator gr graham. what senator schumer said was really very revealing. if a democratic senator is not going to come to chuck hagel s defense, i think there is serious problems there. he did not come to his defense. this is going to be the second consecutive nomination where the president doesn t get his first choice. this white house cannot continue to float trial balloons and then not have the