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if you know bill garner, the history of the primary matters to him. on that poster, pictures of ballot boxes, which he says is part of what represents the history of the primary itself. mr. garner: and so the towns that have their name in red, and most of the boxes you can see the bottom, those towns have used those ballot boxes and everything goal residential primary. -- every single presidential primary. josh: 58 names will be on the ballot. joining bill gardner is former state rep jim' s plane -- jim splain. we will hear from him coming up on later newscasts, hear what he thinks about the state, and what he thinks new hampshire needs to do to keep our place in this process. once again, february 9, 20, mark your calendars. that is the date voters will be heading toward the polls. adam: the date has been set, but the work is far from over. thank you, josh area new details this noon about a tilton drug bust. police say neighbors actually applauded when they raided a home on chestnut street. authorities say the raid evidence of sales. plus, police say t
if you know bill garner, the history of the primary matters to him. on that poster, pictures of ballot boxes, which he says is part of what represents the history of the primary itself. mr. garner: and so the towns that have their name in red, and most of the boxes you can see the bottom, those towns have used those ballot boxes and everything goal residential primary. -- every single presidential primary. josh: 58 names will be on the ballot. joining bill gardner is former state rep jim' s...
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keep in mind, the syrian refugee bill garnered the vetoproof majority in the house.'m not second-guessing speaker ryan, he has considerations that i'm not privy to. the fact that it got that big of a vote in the house of representatives suggest to me that it should be part of the omnibus. and if it is not, i will not be able to support it. emily: you mention speaker ryan. obviously this is his first, big test. how do you think he has done? do think that he has let the party down by failing to get some of these priorities in their? >> i don't. i think he is the best person that i can think of to be the speaker of the house. having said that, it is a very difficult job which is why you see so few people raise their hands and volunteered to do it. he has to balance and way considerations that i'm not privy to. i know him really well. he is incredibly bright and incredibly principal. the fact that he negotiates a deal that i ultimately not able to write does not mean that he let anybody down or he failed to do his job. it just means that the people i work for would have
keep in mind, the syrian refugee bill garnered the vetoproof majority in the house.'m not second-guessing speaker ryan, he has considerations that i'm not privy to. the fact that it got that big of a vote in the house of representatives suggest to me that it should be part of the omnibus. and if it is not, i will not be able to support it. emily: you mention speaker ryan. obviously this is his first, big test. how do you think he has done? do think that he has let the party down by failing to...
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bill clinton. but that's garnering a serious warning from donald trump. >> bill clinton would be a force out on the campaign trail and hillary clinton is counting on his help in both iowa and new hampshire. donald trump is ready and willing to remind voters of bill clinton's history, however. >> and i hope you will vote for hillary. >> we know bill clinton can fire up a crowd, and that is what hillary clinton is counting on. bernie sanders is leading right now in recent new hampshire polls, and is there are signs clinton's lead in iowa may be narrowing. >> if she loses iowa and loses new hampshire, loses the first two, it would be complete chaos. the donors would get upset, the sanders support would skyrocket. certainly the financial part. and the media would have a feed frenzy, but the former president can help and hurt. hillary clinton is leaning strongly on gender issues, so had husband's issue of infidelity is fair game, says donald trump, who hillary clinton says has a pen chant for sexism. >> she's playing the woman's card. certainly bill clinton is not going to be the end all. he'll be comin
bill clinton. but that's garnering a serious warning from donald trump. >> bill clinton would be a force out on the campaign trail and hillary clinton is counting on his help in both iowa and new hampshire. donald trump is ready and willing to remind voters of bill clinton's history, however. >> and i hope you will vote for hillary. >> we know bill clinton can fire up a crowd, and that is what hillary clinton is counting on. bernie sanders is leading right now in recent new...
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even though their leadership was voting for and asking them to vote for it these funding bills, they could not garner a majority of their members. when mr. ryan became speaker he said he would follow the rule that says you have to get a majority of the majority. i think he is interested in doing that. whether he can or not will be interesting to see. >> you talked about speaker ryan, can you describe your relationship with him? and a have a very good relationship with the former speaker boehner, you are emotional and upset about what happened, talk about why and what difference you have seen since he became speaker if anything. >> it's been a very short time so it's hard to make an in-depth analysis but time will tell. paul ryan is very bright and very able. he calls himself a movement conservative which means he is a believer and although both he and speaker boehner are conservatives, i don't think it's inaccurate to say that mr. ryan is more ideological. whether cannot that will provide him the flexibility that a leader needs to provide the kind of confirmation -- compromises that are necessary, we
even though their leadership was voting for and asking them to vote for it these funding bills, they could not garner a majority of their members. when mr. ryan became speaker he said he would follow the rule that says you have to get a majority of the majority. i think he is interested in doing that. whether he can or not will be interesting to see. >> you talked about speaker ryan, can you describe your relationship with him? and a have a very good relationship with the former speaker...
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than 50 women came forward with sexual abuse allegations against bill cosby, cosby denies the allegations. ben afleck and jennifer garnerroke up after ten years of marriage. stefan i, and gavin called it quit, but rebounded with a romance from blake sheldon who spit from his wife miranda lambert. jennifer aniston, kammerer aniston, sophia, all got married. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child and sandra bullock adopted her second. jennifer laurence became the highest paid actress, but criticized hollywood for still paying her mail co-stars more. turn your weapons. she also wrapped up the final installment of the hunger game series. viola davis became the first african-american to win an emmy for best actress in a drama. anibal rena misty copeland became the first female principal dancer with the american ballet theater. the smash hit musical hamilton brought hip hop to broadway, with a multi-racial cast, performing the live of founding father, alexander hamilton. taylor swift took on apple over not paying artists during a three month free trial streaming service and won. and adele's long awaited thi
than 50 women came forward with sexual abuse allegations against bill cosby, cosby denies the allegations. ben afleck and jennifer garnerroke up after ten years of marriage. stefan i, and gavin called it quit, but rebounded with a romance from blake sheldon who spit from his wife miranda lambert. jennifer aniston, kammerer aniston, sophia, all got married. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child and sandra bullock adopted her second. jennifer laurence became the highest paid...
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bill cosby going back decades. cosby denies the allegations. ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after 12 years of marriage. gben stefani also divorced, but rebounded with a relationship with blake shelton. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child and sandra bullock adopted her second. criticized hollywood for still paying her male co-stars more. she also wrapped up the final installment of the "hunger games" series. viola davis became the first african-american to win an emmy for best actress in a drama. and ballerina misty copeland became the first female american ballet dance theater. the smash hit "hamilton" brought hip-hop to broadway with a multiracial cast, performing the life of founding father alexander hamilton. taylor swift took on apple over not paying artists during a three-month free trial streaming service and won. >> reporter: and adele's long awaited third album "25" became the top selling album of the year in its first week. david letterman signed off after 33 years of late night television. >> thank you for everything. you've given me everything. >> reporter: stephen colb
bill cosby going back decades. cosby denies the allegations. ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after 12 years of marriage. gben stefani also divorced, but rebounded with a relationship with blake shelton. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child and sandra bullock adopted her second. criticized hollywood for still paying her male co-stars more. she also wrapped up the final installment of the "hunger games" series. viola davis became the first african-american...
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bill cosby -- dating back decades. cosby denies the allegations.ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after ten years of marriage. rockers gwen stephani and gavin rossdale also called it quits, but she quickly rebounded with a romance with blake shelton, who split ffrom his wife, miranda lambert. jennifer aniston, cameron diaz and sofia vergara all got married. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child, and sandra bullock adopted her second. (nats red carpet)jennifer lawrence became the highest paid actress... but criticized hollywood for still paying her male costars more.(nats hunger games)she also wrapped up the final installment of the hunger game series. viola davis became the first african- american to win an emmy for best actress in a drama.(nats music)and ballerina misty copeland became the first black female principal dancer (nats show)the smash hit musical "hamilton" brought hip hop to broadwaya& with a multi racial cast performing the life of founding father alexander hamilton.taylor swift took on apple over not paying artists during a three month free trial of its streaming service - a
bill cosby -- dating back decades. cosby denies the allegations.ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after ten years of marriage. rockers gwen stephani and gavin rossdale also called it quits, but she quickly rebounded with a romance with blake shelton, who split ffrom his wife, miranda lambert. jennifer aniston, cameron diaz and sofia vergara all got married. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child, and sandra bullock adopted her second. (nats red carpet)jennifer lawrence...
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garner. several marchs have been police commissioner bill bratton says he is waiting for federal prosecutors to consider possible civil rights charges against the officer before he will decide whether to bring departmental charges against the officer. >>> police have identified a suspect wanted for the murders of a father and son in brooklyn. investigators believe jarvis roberts shot and killed the friday night inside a hallway at the hogs houses in brownsville. the son was shot in the head and his father in the chest. anyone with information is urged to contact police. >>> new york city may not restrict uber and other car services but riding in one may get more expensive. city hall is preparing to release the results of a study exploring whether car service companies are contributing to traffic congestion in manhattan. mayor de blasio proposed capping the number of uber cars until the study was complete and now there are reports that the study could recommend a surcharge be imposed uber and competitors. >>> a family dog what someone put into their yard that authorities looking into the case
garner. several marchs have been police commissioner bill bratton says he is waiting for federal prosecutors to consider possible civil rights charges against the officer before he will decide whether to bring departmental charges against the officer. >>> police have identified a suspect wanted for the murders of a father and son in brooklyn. investigators believe jarvis roberts shot and killed the friday night inside a hallway at the hogs houses in brownsville. the son was shot in the...
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bill cosby -- dating back decades. cosby denies the allegations. ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after ten years of marriage. rockers gwen stephani and gavin rossdale also called it quits, but she quickly rebounded with a romance with blake shelton, who split ffrom his wife, miranda lambert. jennifer aniston, cameron diaz and sofia vergara all got married. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child, and sandra bullock adopted her second. jennifer lawrence became the highest paid actress... still paying her male costars more. she also wrapped up the final installment of the hunger game series. viola davis became the first african- american to win an emmy for best actress in a drama. and ballerina misty copeland became the first black female principal dancer with american ballet theatre. the smash hit musical "hamilton" brought hip hop to broadway. with a multi racial cast performing the life of founding father alexander hamilton. taylor swift took on apple over not paying artists during a three month free trial of its streaming service - and won. ( hello from the outside....) and adele's long-a
bill cosby -- dating back decades. cosby denies the allegations. ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after ten years of marriage. rockers gwen stephani and gavin rossdale also called it quits, but she quickly rebounded with a romance with blake shelton, who split ffrom his wife, miranda lambert. jennifer aniston, cameron diaz and sofia vergara all got married. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child, and sandra bullock adopted her second. jennifer lawrence became the...
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bill cosby -- dating back decades. cosby denies the e cosby denies the allegations.ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after ten years of marriage. rockers gwen stephani and gavin rossssle also lled it quits, but she quickly rebounded with a romance with blake shelton, who split ffrom his wife, miranda lambert. jennifer anton, cameron diaz and sofia vergara all got married. kim kardasasan d kakae west weweomed their second child, and sandra bullock adopted her second. (nats red carpet)jennifer lawrence became the highest paid actress... but criticized actress... but highest paid actress... but criticized hollywood for still paying her male costars more.(nats hunger games)she also wrapped up the final installment of the hunger game series. viola davis became the first afqican- american to wian emmy for music)and ballerina misty and ballerina misty copeland became the first black female principal dancer with american ballet theatre.(nats show)the smash hit musical "hamilton" brought hip hop to broadwaya& with a multi racial cast performing the life of founding father alexander hamilton.taylor swift took on apple over n
bill cosby -- dating back decades. cosby denies the e cosby denies the allegations.ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after ten years of marriage. rockers gwen stephani and gavin rossssle also lled it quits, but she quickly rebounded with a romance with blake shelton, who split ffrom his wife, miranda lambert. jennifer anton, cameron diaz and sofia vergara all got married. kim kardasasan d kakae west weweomed their second child, and sandra bullock adopted her second. (nats red...
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garner. lasagna hagerty. don't take their. bill caller. bobby dean night.okay nearly everybody knew the first three and really only one person to the other five. the first three were black suspects shot and killed, unarmed, shot by a white police officers. the next five on the one person knew they were all armed suspects shot and killed by black or hispanic police officers but you never heard about these shootings in the national media. let me describe them. in unarmed black female shot and killed by a black female chicago police officer after a pursuit that the incident didn't make national news and it didn't set off anything. bill taylor was invited 20-year-old in salt lake city unarmed, shot and killed about the same time as the ferguson incident but it never got the notoriety of ferguson. he was shot and killed by a hispanic police officer. gilbert was a white et new york university of south alabama student shot and killed by a black diversity of south alabama police officer. he was needed so there's no chance that he was reaching for something okay. [l
garner. lasagna hagerty. don't take their. bill caller. bobby dean night.okay nearly everybody knew the first three and really only one person to the other five. the first three were black suspects shot and killed, unarmed, shot by a white police officers. the next five on the one person knew they were all armed suspects shot and killed by black or hispanic police officers but you never heard about these shootings in the national media. let me describe them. in unarmed black female shot and...
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trying to put pressure on mayor bill de blasio, essential calling him out for what they say is a lack of accountability on the part of the city when it comes to the eric garner case. in particular, they want officer daniel pantaleo fired. they still can't believe that he is working for the nypd. back in december 2014 a grand jury decided not to indict officer pantaleo. that sparked a call for protests here and in other pantaleo was the officer that put eric garner in an apparent chokehold during an arrest. the medical examiner did rule garner's death a homicide. back here live again, the protesters came here to -- in front of gracie mansion to put pressure on the mayor. it ended in about 20 arrests. we'll have more coming up on eyewitness news at 11:00. it live on the upper east side, kemberly richardson, eyewitness news. >> kimberly, thank awe. >>> what good is a regulation if it's not enforced and if people don't know about it? the death of 12 new yorkers last summer from legionnaires' disease caused by contaminated cooling towers. the state now requires building owners to register their towers but that's coming up short. way short. here's long island repo
trying to put pressure on mayor bill de blasio, essential calling him out for what they say is a lack of accountability on the part of the city when it comes to the eric garner case. in particular, they want officer daniel pantaleo fired. they still can't believe that he is working for the nypd. back in december 2014 a grand jury decided not to indict officer pantaleo. that sparked a call for protests here and in other pantaleo was the officer that put eric garner in an apparent chokehold...
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. >> the spending bill also includes federal tax credits for renewable energy, like wind and solar power, helping garner democratic senator ed markey from massachusetts went on the senate floor calling this corporate welfare for the oil strife. he says lifting the ban would be a disaster for consumers. it's not about easing any potential pain at the pump in the future, but all about pumping up big oil's profits. this means u.s. oil producers would be able to export to a wider market. supporters say overseas refiners are willing to pay more for crude. >> this is a big win for american jobs and for our energy industry. it's a big win for our manufacturers and for our foreign policy. >> congress is likely to vote on the million dollar spending bill friday. in washington, jacqueline feld, fox 25 news. >> mark: more details now, that lower gas prices, they have more people hitting the roads this holiday season. aaa says 100 million americans are planning to travel for the monthly days for the first time, that's one in three americans. aaa says a better labor market and rising incomes is also helping boost tr
. >> the spending bill also includes federal tax credits for renewable energy, like wind and solar power, helping garner democratic senator ed markey from massachusetts went on the senate floor calling this corporate welfare for the oil strife. he says lifting the ban would be a disaster for consumers. it's not about easing any potential pain at the pump in the future, but all about pumping up big oil's profits. this means u.s. oil producers would be able to export to a wider market....
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bill to been taken up yesterday and passed the day before yesterday. that was lbj. succeededss, clements in holding together the democrats, and his efforts garnered favorable reviews. 1955 was important for clements, not only because of his work as acting majority leader, but because happy chandler was running for the governor's office. clements remained a power broker in the state. as one of the head of the dueling factions. he vigorously opposed chandler's campaign. he and his ally, the incumbent lmesrnor, hand-picked hom .o oppose chandler focused on the benefactors. despite the best efforts, chandler travailed and was elected in the fall. you can imagine what is coming next. the next year, the shoe was on the other foot. as governor, chandler had the control of the state government and earle clements was up for reelection in the senate. wasents was -- chandler decidedly unhappy about the prospects of clements serving another turn. he was looking for payback. he was looking, of course, to defeat clements. given that he was a prominent leader of the senate leadership, many expected that clements would sail to reelection. they did not account fo
bill to been taken up yesterday and passed the day before yesterday. that was lbj. succeededss, clements in holding together the democrats, and his efforts garnered favorable reviews. 1955 was important for clements, not only because of his work as acting majority leader, but because happy chandler was running for the governor's office. clements remained a power broker in the state. as one of the head of the dueling factions. he vigorously opposed chandler's campaign. he and his ally, the...
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bill cosby -- dating back decades. cosby denies the allegations. ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after ten years of marriage. rockers gwen stephani and gavin rossdale also called it quits, a romance with blake shelton, who split ffrom his wife, miranda lambert.jennifer aniston, cameron diaz and sofia vergara all got married. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child, and sandra bullock adopted her second.(nats red carpet) jennifer lawrence became the highest paid actress... but criticized hollywood for still paying her male costars more. (nats hunger games)she also wrapped up the final installment of the hunger game series. viola davis became the first african-american to win an emmy for best actress in a drama.(nats music)and ballerina misty copeland became the first black female principal dancer with american ballet theatre. (nats show)the smash hit musical "hamilton" brought hip hop to broadway with a multi racial cast performing the life of founding father alexander hamilton.taylor swift took on apple over not paying artists during a three month free trial of its streaming service - and w
bill cosby -- dating back decades. cosby denies the allegations. ben affleck and jennifer garner broke up after ten years of marriage. rockers gwen stephani and gavin rossdale also called it quits, a romance with blake shelton, who split ffrom his wife, miranda lambert.jennifer aniston, cameron diaz and sofia vergara all got married. kim kardashian and kanye west welcomed their second child, and sandra bullock adopted her second.(nats red carpet) jennifer lawrence became the highest paid...
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bill to be taken up yesterday and passed the day before yesterday. that was lbj. nonetheless, clements succeeded in holding together the fragile democratic majority and his efforts garnered favorable reviews. the year 1955 was an important one for clements not only because of his work as acting majority leader. it was also important because happy chandler was running to recapture the governor's office. now clements remained a power broker in the state as head of one kentucky's democratic party's dualing factions and he vigorously opposed chandler's campaign. clements and his ally hand picked little known burt combs to oppose chandler. happy trained his fire on comb's ben fa benefactors. despite the best efforts of the clements faction, chandler prevailed in the primary and was elected that fall, so you can imagine what's coming next. the next year the shoe is on the other foot. now as governor, chandler had control of state government and earle clements was up for re-election to the senate. to put it mildly, chandler was decidedly unhappy about the prospects of clements serving another term. he was looking for payback. he was looking, of course, to defeat clements. given
bill to be taken up yesterday and passed the day before yesterday. that was lbj. nonetheless, clements succeeded in holding together the fragile democratic majority and his efforts garnered favorable reviews. the year 1955 was an important one for clements not only because of his work as acting majority leader. it was also important because happy chandler was running to recapture the governor's office. now clements remained a power broker in the state as head of one kentucky's democratic...
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idea being if it were sold to private equity, telecom company, it would garner a much higher price tag, and it would have a tax billon, but would have the rest of alibaba, that alibaba stake, the japan stake and cash left behind which could be successfully distributed in a tax-free manner. hence creating more value, also, guys, having yahoo! disappear in a sense unless it was simply a transfer to private hands as an operating company. perhaps sold to another company. >> on a balance of risk, the way you laid it out there it's a no-brainer. if the value is in that stake and you're worried it will be destroyed by the tax man, you'll hang on to it and keep spinning out the bit that she promises to turn around. >> that's the question, whether or not she can successfully turn around the core business and how much support she has in the board for doing that. to your point, most people believe it will be treated as tax-free. most board members do but they have started to consider this risk, even if it's 90% chance, it's still too much risk. >> the judgment that the irs is going to make, is the key question, as you look ac
idea being if it were sold to private equity, telecom company, it would garner a much higher price tag, and it would have a tax billon, but would have the rest of alibaba, that alibaba stake, the japan stake and cash left behind which could be successfully distributed in a tax-free manner. hence creating more value, also, guys, having yahoo! disappear in a sense unless it was simply a transfer to private hands as an operating company. perhaps sold to another company. >> on a balance of...
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bill to be taken up yesterday and passed the day before yesterday. that was lbj. nonetheless, clements succeeded in holding together the fragile democratic majority and his efforts garnered favorable reviews. the year 1955 was an important one for clements not only because of his work as acting majority leader. it was also important because happy chandler was running to recapture the governor's office. now clements remained a power broker in the state as head of one kentucky's democratic party's dualing factions and he vigorously opposed chandler's campaign. clements and his ally hand picked little known burt combs to oppose chandler. happy trained his fire on comb's ben fa benefactors. despite the best efforts of the clements faction, chandler prevailed in the primary and was elected that fall, so you can imagine what's coming next. the next year the shoe is on the other foot. now as governor, chandler had control of state government and earle clements was up for re-election to the senate. to put it mildly, chandler was decidedly unhappy about the prospects of clements serving another term. he was looking for payback. he was looking, of course, to defeat clements. given
bill to be taken up yesterday and passed the day before yesterday. that was lbj. nonetheless, clements succeeded in holding together the fragile democratic majority and his efforts garnered favorable reviews. the year 1955 was an important one for clements not only because of his work as acting majority leader. it was also important because happy chandler was running to recapture the governor's office. now clements remained a power broker in the state as head of one kentucky's democratic...
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alternative that was able to garner bipartisan support and ultimately broaden the overall support for this long-term deal. back in july when the senate first proposed a long-term bill, many said we couldn't do it without raising taxes. when we passed our first bill, these same people claimed that it stood no chance of passage in the house. now just a few months later, both chambers are a few days away from considering a conference report built upon the foundation laid by that same senate bill. this legislation provides a longer extension than the vaunted safety lew extension sch many had vaunted as a long-term highway bill. in fact, you would have to go back at least to the early 1990's to find a highway reauthorization of comparable duration. like i said, this major bipartisan and bicameral success was unthinkable just a few months ago. the while i do want to acknowledge we still face the problem of outlays from the highway trust fund outpacing the revenues, this bill would give us a much-needed five-year break from the deadlines and cliffs that all too often dictate how we deal with the highway trust fund. it is quite simply a great example of what we can do when
alternative that was able to garner bipartisan support and ultimately broaden the overall support for this long-term deal. back in july when the senate first proposed a long-term bill, many said we couldn't do it without raising taxes. when we passed our first bill, these same people claimed that it stood no chance of passage in the house. now just a few months later, both chambers are a few days away from considering a conference report built upon the foundation laid by that same senate bill....