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... Republicans are not stupid. They sort of understand that. And so they went through a process. The day after, Boehner said, OK, revenues, but not rates, and some began to drift over, OK, rates. And so you have had movement, until Friday or until yesterday, Thursday, when Tim Geithner goes ...
... not sure what they are. RAY SUAREZ: Are you one of those members who's staked out a position on whether it has to be rates or effective revenue and not rates? JEFF FLAKE: Right. Well, I think it can be effective revenue. It obviously depends on where you put ...
... joined the chorus Monday, telling CBS News that he was "not obligated on the pledge." But Democrats signaled that Republicans would need to accept higher rates and not just additional revenues if a deal was going to happen. "Let the rates go up to 39 percent," Senate Majority Whip Dick ...
... conversation here or below: EmbedVideo(5017, 482, 304); FACE THE FACTS Tuesday's tidbit from NewsHour partner Face the Facts USA focuses on low mortgage rates. Rates are at a historic low, averaging 3.56 percent in mid-2012. Go back 30 years to 1982, and the average was a ...
... Senate, we would have a deal. And I do think there is room for revenue. There is a distinction that Boehner makes between raising the rates, which the president wants to go up to 39.5 or 39.6, and keeping the rates the same, but closing loopholes to get ...
... know what I read. As regards health care, the state looks to be in relatively good shape. In FY 2010, Arizona "had a $713 million bill for retiree health care costs," according to a Pew Foundation study, "69 percent of which was funded, well above the 8 percent national average ...
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