to be a tax increase on the working people of this country next year. greta: it goes farther back than that. the house actually passed a bill about a week ago, right, that called for a year extension of the tax cuts? then on saturday, senate passed there that was two months. now, the president wants you to accept the senate s? really what is going on, everybody on both sides of the aisle, both sides of pennsylvania avenue want a yearlong tax holiday extension. greta: everybody? exactly. and the house is committed to work through the process. the differences are not that great. we re into the far apart on this. the president himself has said that is inexcusable for congress not to extend tax relief for working families for the entire year. we ve got ten days before the
back to town. greta: is harry reid any indication that he is going to have any indication? i have none yet but it s up to him because the ball is his court now. we rejected the 60-day extension. we said, look, sit down with us. we want a year. really the differences on how we take care of the budget impact of the yearlong tax holiday extension, that is all. we re not that far apart given the so-called how we get there. we can sit down and do this. as we approach christmas, as the american people are looking at the new year, it s time i think to show what we can do to produce a result rather than resort to what washington can t do. greta: president scolded house republicans. is there something the president should can do to get harry reid to sit down and resolve this?
back to town. greta: is harry reid any indication that he is going to have any indication? i have none yet but it s up to him because the ball is his court now. we rejected the 60-day extension. we said, look, sit down with us. we want a year. really the differences on how we take care of the budget impact of the yearlong tax holiday extension, that is all. we re not that far apart given the so-called how we get there. we can sit down and do this. as we approach christmas, as the american people are looking at the new year, it s time i think to show what we can do to produce a result rather than resort to what washington can t do. greta: president scolded house republicans. is there something the president should can do to get harry reid to sit down and resolve this?
this two-month extension? on top of that, the fact that mitch mcconnell is not out front and center right next to john boehner saying, let s come back and that s a surprise. right. let s have this year-long extension is really hurting the gop. the senate has washed their hands of it. absolutely. luke russert and mike viqueira. i will send a card to the majority leader. thank you very much for joining us. thank you. coming up, this time of year, we are thankful for lines like these. stay with us. i am the coke brothers brother from another mother. and proud of it.
thing. scott brown. senator scott brown said the same thing. senator richard lugar from indiana. these are all conservative republicans who say that we need to pass that two-month extension so that we can sit down and negotiate and make sure that we don t put 160 million americans in jeopardy. we ll speak to one of the happened picked gang of eight for their story. stay with us. we ll have much more ahead. [ male announcer ] it s simple physics.