and congressman chris van holim and others who are fuming mad. but they are placing the blame on very different people. congressman michael grimm is here. good evening, sir. how do you like the deal? good evening. obviously, i don t like the deal because it s bad policy. but at this point, it s all we do. the reality is, i went into this trusting the president. i really thought that when he said that we needed one year and all of those in industry said one year made sense and stop doing the band-aid approach, stop with the short-term extensions, that s what s wrong with washington, change the culture. i thought he was sincere and wanted to help us in changing what is broken in washington. but he wanted to play polic ticks and we got caught. he played tolpolitics. he did a brilliant campaign move at cost of the american people. scaller: all right. were you on the conference call with the speaker tonight? yes. greta: did you speak up or say anything?
than the band-aid approach that the senate put over here of 60 days. why is it not a band-aid if you propose a year from the republicans, but it was a band-aid when the president proposed a year? how does your year become different in his year? i would say the president s proposal is where we ll end up, the hope that i put on the table today, and and what i say is that, you know, we want long-term solutions, but 60 days out of the senate, senate has exhibited a complete failure of leadership on the issue and the senate should be held accountable for it. i ll mark that as no answer because i asked you about the difference between your plan and the president, you went to the senate. the fact of the matter is people are suffering. in your district, let me show you this, congressman, 45.8% of your district makes under $50 a year. that s the district you represent in upstate new york. certainly $1,000 in their pocket or tax hike means something to them. those that are unemployed, if