doing that but they shouldn t begrudge me. i believe in family leave. i believe people should have that opportunity. i ve seen states that have done it in america. i ve seen countries around the world that have done it. can t we find a better position for this and do this in a bipartisan way that works? we re talking about unpaid family leave now that will add to the debt we already have at $29 tril dwron. trillion. i would love to expand medicare if we had our financial house in order. but when you have a report from the cbo that you re going to be insolvent in medicare by 2026 and you want me to add more on to it that will make it insolvent quicker, i have people in west virginia, mika, that s their life line. their life line is social security and medicare. i m doing everything i can to protect it and get those on solid financial ground and then we can expand.
president bush, it s the policies that are in essence bush s policies. those led us to a 72% increase in the debt, from $5 trillion to $8 tril dwron. it led to a surplus left by george bush and he had a $100 trillion deficit when he left office. so our republican colleagues who had their hands on the wheel and drove the car off the cliff into the grand canyon in the huge cra crater don t want to stay respon take responsibility. if this is the reality, apparently the public doesn t want to buy into it. according to the poll, if elections were held today, who would you vote for? you see the results there, the republicans have an edge, 47% to 46%, and a certain edge going to republicans 47 to 40. how serious is this climate here against the democrats? well, david, if you look at
president bush, it s the policies that are in essence bush s policies. those led us to a 72% increase in the debt, from $5 trillion to $8 tril dwron. it led to a surplus left by george bush and he had a $100 trillion deficit when he left office. so our republican colleagues who had their hands on the wheel and drove the car off the cliff into the grand canyon in the huge cra crater don t want to stay respon take responsibility. if this is the reality, apparently the public doesn t want to buy into it. according to the poll, if elections were held today, who would you vote for? you see the results there, the republicans have an edge, 47% to 46%, and a certain edge going to republicans 47 to 40. how serious is this climate here against the democrats? well, david, if you look at