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Reform law as a negative. that is also affecting your industry. absolutely. it really disinch seven ta vices the multieuners and owners to getting to that 50 full time employee mark, because they ll have to either pay for the full boat on the health shaourpbs or pay the $2,000 penalty. it s a critical component. and we are still working through a tough regulatory environment. credit access remains the number one issue in our industry, alongside comprehensive tax reform and healthcare. you put these things together in this economy, a public policy environment and it s really not a prescription for strong business health moving forward. reporter: thank you so much. we appreciate you joining us, steven caldara. once again we are waiting for the president to speak. steven, i know that you will be listen as well. as soon as he appears there at that podium we will take it for you live. thank you very much, steven. ....
Working on a compromise and it was house republicans like john boehner who in the estimation of the white house was out on a limb. they want to take the case to voters in 2012, while washington may be broke inch and dysfunctional, and the president is no longer the change agent as seen at the time of his election. they want to say that he was reaching across the aisle working with the republicans, in the senate even if house republicans didn t want to work with him. the president was supposed to speak at 12:15 eastern. as you can tell behind me he s still not here. we had heard that house speaker john boehner had actually signed this bill, was heading over to senate majority harry reid. they have to go through some more process. perhaps, i stress perhaps they are waiting for the bill to arrive so the president can sign it before heading to hawaii. reporter: we will take the president live as soon as he appears there at that podium, don t war brie that. the extension of the payroll ta ....