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Recollection, we lost 63 seats. we lost middle america. we got shellacked in pennsylvania and in ohio and new york and illinois, in michigan. what does dough about that? we know that. what does he do? we have to look at the world as it is. the republicans have retaken control in the house and there s a threat they may overreach and make the same mistakes previous leaderships have made. both republican and democratic. congressman, you didn t like the tax deal. i didn t like the tax deal but i m glad the president was able to achieve what he was able to achieve. the people in my district are happy about the fact that unemployment insurance passed. they are happy about the fica reduction. so all of that is good. my point was i just think that what s going to happen is the republicans are going to come back and propose drastic cuts and the same people that benefitted from all the tax cuts proposals will now suffer, and so, that s my concern. but i applaud the president for achievin ....
Did on the tax cut compromise with the senate and republicans in the house is a model for what he should do moving forward. we have a difference of opinion among the democrats at this table on that issue, but i think given the results of the election, we lost 63 seats. we lost middle america. we got shellacked in pennsylvania and in ohio and new york and illinois, in michigan. what does dough about that? we know that. what does he do? we have to look at the world as it is. the republicans have retaken control of the house and there s a threat they may overreach and make the same mistakes previous leaderships have made. congressman you didn t like the tax deal. i didn t like the tax deal but i m glad the president was able to achieve what he was able to achieve. the people in my district are happy about the fact that unemployment insurance has. they are happy about the fica reduction. so all of that is good. my point was i just think that what s going to happen is the republican ....
Said to you, steny, i m going to be against you on this bill no matter what they do do it. i absolutely will not vote for a bill that extends the top tax bracket. lawrence, i m not going to give you a number because frankly i don t have a number in my head. have any said that to you? there have been a number of members who have said that to me but by no means a majority of the democrats have said that. i think there are a large number of members, as i stated earlier, that believe we have two considerations. first of all jobs. and secondly debt and deficit. they believe this bill with respect to middle income tax freeze, with respect to unemployment insurance, with respect to fica, 2% reduction in taxes for working men and women, they believe that is very productive to grow jobs. what they don t believe is the upper income tax freeze and the estate tax have anything to do with growing the economy. that does not mean, however, as you point out that they are saying they won t vote f ....
That have run out and worrying about putting food on their tables. we want to see that extended. we think the fica reduction will have a positive affect on giving consumers more money in their pocket to spend on goods and services that they need of the legislative process, as the president said today, is a series of taking some things you want and taking some things you don t want because you think there s a net plus in the action. i think that s what happened in the senate. i think that may well happen in the house. assuming you get this done quickly, has the president asked you to publicly today, do you think you ll have time to move onto other serious business? you ve announced today you want to do don t ask, don t tell as a stand alone bill, what are the prospects for that in the house? lawrence, i don t think i didn t announce that today. i don t know who you re saying that s a who you re saying ....