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What is the state of play as you understand it? you re a member of house leadership. well, chuck, first of all, let me tell that you there is something that a republican member of congress and this democratic member of congress can agree on. that is that a republican freshman from upstate new york today said that republicans are playing a dangerous game of chicken with the debt ceiling. that s something i agree with. let s understand what these republicanes have been doing. they want to end medicare. they just introduced a bill to privatize social security. they want to extend tax cuts for people make over a million dollars. they want to spend $40 billion in corporate welfare for oil companies and are willing to bring down this economy and increase people s credit card rates by not 13e7bd spending the debt ceiling in a way to achieve this. they are playing a game of chicken. the middle class will be victim and they need to do what john ....
Again, chuck, well strengthen medicare. we will improve medicare. we will reform medicare. ending medicare is off the table. we will not agree to it and we will not negotiate it. congressman israel, have a good weekend. big mets-yankees game. i always rooting for the national team. congressman, thanks. thank you. all right, joining me now, major garrett, chief congressional correspondent for the national journal. i want to quickly react it something that congressman israel said. doesn t want to kick the can down the road. sounds like a guy all right, if that s the deal, let s cut. here is a temporary deal. sometimes right new that is what smells like what s coming. yes. he would have said, i will vote against that. did not say that. he did not. that s what what he did say or didn t say matters. it is going to have to be up to the house republican ....
To raise the debt ceiling temporarily? can you sign on to something like that? chuck, i prefer ton. i wasn t elected to kick the can. the matter is, he can don t need to kick the can. everybody knows what needs to be done. tighten belts, those are the elements of a long term deal that will help our economy grow and prosper in the future. we have done it before. we could do it again. it would be nice it if we had republicans to noe republicans to negotiate in, in good faith. some cuts in medicare, i know you guys have been making a big deal about the 45th anniversary of medicare just past, are you going it sign on some t.o. something that has trends m n medicare as long as you don t feel it hits beneficiaries directly. we passed the affordable health care bill last year that has billions in efficiencies. i have said before, i ll say it ....