around congressman cleaver is also reverend cleaver.ws of which he speaks both legislatively and spiritually. democrats are furious because -- they make a good point. instead of even-steven, 50/50, we're getting all spending cuts in priorities and programs in the main democrats strongly support. there's by bigger thing at play here, too. and i think congressman cleaver referred to that and it's this obsession on the debt ceiling. it's an artificial contrivance. it takes away from jobs and growth. i got an e-mail from willie nelson who said a lot more people are worried about a ceiling over their head than they are a debt ceiling. i think he's right. he's a -- >> i love that willie nelson has your e-mail account. >> i live a weird but blessed life. he's my hero. i'm from austin. if you don't belief in willie and you're from austin -- >> who doesn't believe in willie. >> i talked to rand paul and we'll play that in just a moment, and he says, we were willing to compromise. we compromised willing do raise the debt ceiling. that wasn't real

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and congressman cleaver is also reverend cleaver. so he knows of which he speaks both legislatively and spiritually. democrats are furious because -- they make a good point. instead of even-steven, 50/50, which is what most fair-minded people do. what president clinton did when i worked for him. we're getting all spending cuts in priorities and programs in the main democrats strongly support. there's a bigger thing at play here, too. there's by bigger thing at play here, too. and i think congressman cleaver referred to that and it's this obsession on the debt ceiling. it's an artificial contrivians. it takes away from jobs and growth. i got an e-mail from willie nellson who said a lot more people are worried about a ceiling over their head than they are a debt ceiling. i think he's right. he's a -- >> i love that willie nellson has your e-mail account. >> i live a weird but blessed life. he's my hero. i'm from austin. if you don't belief in willie and you're from austin -- >> who doesn't believe in willie? >> i talked to rand paul an

>> well, representative cleaver has colorful language.are moving to a time when all of the experts have told us that this is likely to make the recovery delayed and maybe set it back. >> well, that is what i want to ask you, congressman, because there are a lot of economists conservative and liberal who agree with you on this, so why this whole narrative lately about cutting spending, good, raising taxes, bad. >> well, i mean, i listen to part of the interview with my friend mr. walsh earlier, and you know, it is absolutely not true what he said. the majority of the public poll after poll said they wanted a balanced solution, that included some modest tax increases, and particularly on the most well off, and reform the tax system, and have a balanced approach, and have people share in this effort, but what has happened is that because they were willing to hold the economy hostage, there were a number of people willing to drive it over the cliff, and we is never, ever had the debt ceiling held hostage like this to the exclusion of everythi

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that aforementioned congressman congressman cleaver you know before he was saying you know not only don't criticize the president he had this amazing quote about how look the president of course can't afford to help african-americans because then you know conservatives will criticize him for being black and playing favorites but then i thought there was a quote about being a black president is not going to help black people but as you can see he lost cleaver today i mean he's just lost one progressive after another and i think after this epic collapse people are going to finally look around and go why why are we voting for this guy or why do we keep supporting this guy when he's cutting it as much if not more than a republican president what well i have an idea how about the fact that the white house and this president especially always gets to point a finger and say let's look at who the other option is. yeah of course that's the game they've been playing all along the other game that they do is they send out their minions you know whether it's on t.v. shows online shows or on blogs to s

his name is emanuel cleaver. pew researcher surveyed americans about the debt ceil and they asked them to sum up the whole thing in one word. the bigger they are, the more they were used. you see ridiculous, disgusting, disappointing, stupid. one of the big ones was assine was in there, not a whole lot of kudos in there. 72% used negative words to describe the talks and disgust was one that crossed party lines, a whopping 2% uttered something positive. i'd be curious what the 2% are thinking. >>> take a look at this kid. british authorities say 18-year-old jake davis is the notorious hacker e known as taupeaire. he's accused of several crimes including a conspiracy to take a british agency offline. look at this little guy. that's him? they say dave's laptop had a folder with passwords of 750,000 people on it f how did that happen, jake? he's free on bail, not allowed near the internet arngd he gets to keep the cool shades. >>> ford says it's aware of three fires and one injury from the problem. we're talking abou

joining me is democratic congressman from missouri eman manual cleaver. he is the chairman of the congressional black caucus. congressman, good evening. >> good evening. >> the president painted this in -- picture that this is a very important step. it is something that he supports. you have been quoted coming out of your caucus as calling this agreement a sugar-coated satan sandwich. was that indeed your quote? is that how you feel about this deal? >> it's a very accurate quote. what i am saying is if you lift the bun, what you see is antitheical to what all the great religions teach. take care of the poor. take care of the aged. when you look at the phone calls >>> president obama just a short time ago saying there's a deal on the table to avoid the first ever default in the history of this country to raise the debt ceiling. we also heard from both mitch mcconnell, harry reid and john boehner has given a power point presentation to the members of his caucus. so tomorrow we have a little bit of a schedule. i'm just handed the senate schedule. they are go

joining me is democratic congressman from missouri eman manual cleaver.is the chairman of the congressional black caucus. congressman, good evening. >> good evening. >> the president painted this in -- picture that this is a very important step. it is something that he supports. you have been quoted coming out of your caucus as calling this agreement a sugar-coated satan sandwich. was that indeed your quote? is that how you feel about this deal? >> it's a very accurate quote. what i am saying is if you lift the bun, what you see is antitheical to what all the great religions teach. take care of the poor. take care of the aged. when you look at the phone calls i've gotten, they are 7-1 in favor of a balanced deal. and also preserving medicare and medicaid and social security. and i am concerned about this because we don't know the details. and until we see the details, we're going to be extremely noncommitted but on the surface it looks like a satan sandwich. >> tell me on the surface, what it is about this package, what you are hearing about this deal tha

that almost means you're going to get the cleaver will hit but obama may have to back off because of00 billion in added cuts in defense will make him look like weak on defense. >> he can't stop and it, pat. he cannot stop it. >> all of them. >> are they going to vote for? it's part -- it's already built in. >> they've got to come up with the cuts! >> the problem is going to be very circle. you have a unemployment rate close to 20%. you have a housing price that's collapsing. you do not -- that is what will effect the american public. that's why when obama had his surge in popularity after the osama bin laden episode, it's disappeared now. he has the lowest disapproval ratings because there's no sense of leadership. that's what will drive the election. and -- [everyone talking at once] >> jobs will drive the election. >> the stock market, okay, dropped this morning -- today, the only thing that turned it around was the fact they worked out a solution to the european debt problem. we -- temporary. but we haven't worked out the problems here. and it's not going to. >> you want to 30 all a

. >> apparently, it was congressman cleaver, emanuel cleaver, who apparently first said the satan sandwich it was nancy pelosi who repeated it so it is the same. and now let's come to the winners and the losers here, arianna, because the real winners are the tea party members who inflamed this into a huge scandal when you say as the debt ceiling issue comes up all of the time without any problem normally, and they have had control over the speaker john boehner, haven't they, because they have pushed him back on the original vote, so that the tea party, really, they have been calling the shots with both sides? >> well, the tea party was allowed to call the shots. there was a vacuum of leadership, and into that vacuum stands the tea party who without any economic theory to back up the solutions they were offering. but if it had been real leadership on the other side, this would not have happened. i really liked what bill clinton suggested president obama should have done which is basically appeal to the 14th amendment, the constitutional option, and raise the debt ceiling and refuse to be he

joining me is democratic congressman from missouri eman manual cleaver. he is the chairman of the congressional black caucus. congressman, good evening. >> good evening. >> the president painted this in -- picture that this is a very important step. it is something that he supports. you have been quoted coming out of your caucus as calling this agreement a sugar-coated satan sandwich. was that indeed your quote? is that how you feel about this deal? >> it's a very accurate quote. what i am saying is if you lift the bun whark, what you see is antitheical to what all the great religions teach. take care of the poor. take care of the aged. when you look at the phone calls i've gotten, they are 7-1 in favor of a balanced deal. and also preserving medicare and medicaid and social security. and i am concerned about this because we don't know the details. and until we see the details, we're going to be extremely noncommitted but on the surface it looks like a satan sandwich. >> tell me on the surface, what it is about this package, what you are hearing about thi

. >> and this is emanuel cleaver, chairman of the black caucus, and what time are you meeting tomorrow? >> well, we will have an emergency meeting to give those who live on the east coast a chance to get here however many of us stayed here. >> another late night there on capitol hill. congressman,thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. >>> and we will also get a reaction from a republican member of the house. keep it right here. >>> in this stage, everything will be on the table to hold us all accountable for making these reforms, tough cuts that both parties would find objectionable would automatically go into effect if we don't act. over the next few months, i will continue to make a detailed case to these lawmakers about why i believe that a balanced approach is necessary to finish the job. >> and that was the president talking about this super congress that are going to have unenviable job of figuring out the details of all of this, and they are going to have a deadline of november. that of course, assumes that what we heard from the president and the leaders of both p

. >> and this is emanuel cleaver, chairman of the black caucus, and what time are you meeting tomorrow? >> well, we will have an emergency meeting to give those who live on the east coast a chance to get here however many of us stayed here. >> another late night there on capitol hill. congressman,thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. >>> and we will also get a reaction from a republican member of the house. keep it right here. i can't wait to take 'em out, throw 'em away and never see them again. [ male announcer ] know the feeling? get the contacts you've got to see to believe. acuvue® oasys brand contact lenses with hydraclear® plus technology, keeping your eyes exceptionally comfortable all day long. it feels like it disappeared on my eye. [ male announcer ] discover why it's the brand eye doctors trust most for comfort. if you have astigmatism, there's an acuvue® oasys lens for that too, realigning naturally with every blink. ask your doctor for acuvue® oasys brand. >>> in this stage, everything will be on the table to hold us all accountable for making these reforms

congressman cleaver, to you first.f the united states received 95% of the african-american vote. it's not just percentage. it's the enthusiasm and the turnout and the help in the campaign headquarters. if the election were tomorrow, given the economic plight in african-american communities around america, would the president match those numbers or will he suffer? >> well, i think the president would get up in the 90s or certainly the high 80% of the african-american vote. what we got to do is make sure that the turnout is -- resembles what we did during his first election. if those numbers are down, we're going to have a problem. we're committed to his re-election. it's going to be tough. and perhaps much tougher than it was almost three years ago. >> do you meet people, congressman, who say i was for him. we made history together. but i'm not going to volunteer this time. or i'm not going to vote for him this time. or he hasn't earned my vote. do you meet people like that? >> unemployment will do a lot to people. and,

congresswoman cleaver call the final compromise -- congressman cleaver call the final compromise a teaarty sandwich. a balanced budget amendment was par of the deal. the amendment doesn't have to pass but it does have to be voted on. we spoke to governor palin on the influence on the debt ceiling deal. i'm surprised by many in washington in response to the tea party. each one of these members of the tea party ran campaigns, very obvious what they promised to each of their constituents. it want look a big surprise what they were going to do unless they rolled over and went with the establishment this was self-evident. although i'm surprised that by many of the vets i guess they they did get the balanced budget amendment on the side. it is not a surprise. i guess people thought they would be different when they came to washington. >> yeah, perhaps some of these talking heads and liberal politicians who refer to tea party patriots as terrorists, perhaps they thought they were going to be typical politicians. they they get -- where they get into office and change their stripes. you are mak

cleaver now seems to have turned it into an entire meal, which he described on "morning joe" today. let's listen. >> you've got a bit of sourdough on one side of the sandwich for poor people, and then you have some onions for, you know, people who are unemployable benefits. you of course serve it with a demon drink. >> i'm not sure i want to know what's in a demon drink. >>> up next, it's known that richard nixon was no natural on tv, but we know he did try to solicit some help. now up for auction by his former joke writeis a ten-page long critique that he requested to help his on-camera image back beforee ran again in '67. some of the highlights, quote, loose financialer hanging downward from bent wrists moving toward the camera in a swimming motion are confusing and have grotesque connotations. quote, his frequently clenched fists indicate tension, even beligerency. a greasy preparation to keep his hair in place gives a slick, foreign look, unbecoming in his role. no sugar coating in those recommendations. the pages also suggest that he exercise, quote, a more pleasant facial expr

congresswoman cleaver call the final compromise -- congressman cleaver call the final compromise a teaarty sandwich. a balanced budget amendment was par of the deal. the amendment doesn't have to pass but it does have to be voted on. we spoke to governor palin on the influence on the debt ceiling deal. i'm surprised by many in washington in response to the tea party. each one of these members of the tea party ran campaigns, very obvious what they promised to each of their constituents. it want look a big surprise what they were going to do unless they rolled over and went with the establishment this was self-evident. although i'm surprised that by many of the vets i guess they they did get the balanced budget amendment on the side. it is not a surprise. i guess people thought they would be different when they came to washington. >> yeah, perhaps some of these talking heads and liberal politicians who refer to tea party patriots as terrorists, perhaps they thought they were going to be typical politicians. they they get -- where they get into office and change their stripes. you are mak

thanks to representative emanuel cleaver and also to you, bill rodgers.on with so much work to be done. okay. need your starbucks fix but don't -- short on cash? no problem. just use jonathan starks starbucks car. here it is. stark who is an app developer posted the information about his card on-line so that anyone can download it to their smartphone and enjoy a free cup of coffee. only problem this morning, the card has no money left. starks twitter page keeps a running tally. he writes bummer it's empty. he asks you to throw a couple bucks back on to it for the next guy or gal. starks says for the most part the social experiment has been uplifting. >> interesting. >> i feel better about the world right now. >> the card is empty. >> oh well. people used it and didn't put money back on it. >> still to come, they were named in a cheating scandal. public school educators in atlanta reportedly were still paid some hefty bonuses. >> at 8:00, the first three senators chosen to serve on the 12 member super committee. a live report from washington where bickerin

also the man who called the debt deal a sandwich, congress man emanuel cleaver and wes moore.h the forecast. >> what is emily going to do? tropical storm will affect the dominican republic and haiti later on today then it has its eyes on the southeast coastline. it's south of puerto rico approaching the dominican republic. the forecast takes it over dominican republic tonight then through the bahamas off the florida coast and off the southeast coast possibly as a hurricane. it could hook here or brush the entire coastline. weekend along the southeast coast is in jeopardy. we're watching showers from ohio through pennsylvania. that will keep you much cooler in areas like philadelphia and d.c. as far as the middle of the country no, relief for you. 110 in dallas. today we're right there again with a forecast hive 109. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. even if you think your mattress is just fine... ask me what it's like to get your best night's sleep every night. why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended bed in america... it's not a s

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congresswoman cleaver call the final compromise -- congressman cleaver call the final compromise a teah. a balanced budget amendment was par of the deal. the amendment doesn't have to pass but it does have to be voted on. we spoke to governor palin on the influence on the debt ceiling deal. i'm surprised by many in washington in response to the tea party. each one of these members of the tea party ran campaigns, very obvious what they promised to each of their constituents. it want look a big surprise what they were going to do unless they rolled over and went with the establishment this was self-evident. although i'm surprised that by many of the vets i guess they they did get the balanced budget amendment on the side. it is not a surprise. i guess people thought they would be different when they came to washington. >> yeah, perhaps some of these talking heads and liberal politicians who refer to tea party patriots as terrorists, perhaps they thought they were going to be typical politicians. they they get -- where they get into office and change their stripes. you are making a great

cleaver doesn't want that. he wants to redistribute income. and so does paul krugman. >> from the perspective of a rational person in the word of a progressive on this stuff we shouldn't be talking about spending cuts at all now. we have 9% unemployment. spending cuts are going to worsen unemployment. it's even going to hurt the long run fiscal picture because we have a situation where more and more people are becoming permanent long-term unemployed. >> you may remember professor krugman supported a massive stimulus spending package saying it would bring down unemployment. he said it over and over and over again. didn't happen. but instead of learning his lesson, krugman demands even more stimulus spending. and this guy teaches economics at princeton university? how much is the tuition there? and how about our pal, barney frank? who overall the collapse the fannie mae and freddie mac. predictably barn doesn't like the fact that income taxes are not going to be raised? >> tax cuts don't put out fires. they don't do health research in the right

that's what cleaver was talking about, trying to bring employers and potential employees in to the sameand see if we can get the confidence restored again. because too many people stop looking. they just dropped out of the process altogether. we want to get them back in. the way you do that, i think, is the way the cbc is conducting this tour. i think that's what he had reference to. >> i want you to listen to some of the president on the trail today. he's being a bit more populist. he's the president of the united states. he holds the most powerful job in washington. yet he's making the case -- and you would understand his frustration -- he can't get a lot of things done because he couldn't get them through the congress. i would ask you if you would choose the same words. >> people are doing the right thing. well, if you can do the right thing, then folks in washington have to do the right thing. and if we do that, there is not a problem that we face that we cannot solve. >> do you prefer -- you're the assistant democratic leader, you're in the minority now. the republicans control the

as you know, congressman cleaver said this is a satan sandwich. >> it probably is, with some satan friesthe side. >> reporter: we sat down together not long before the vote. >> we've never held up the president like this. we're not going to lift the debt limit unless you go to this extreme. we all know we have to reduce the deficit. democrats support that. we want to make the cuts and the rest. but in a way that does not hurt our economic recovery. and i'm afraid this bill may do that. >> reporter: you think this is really going to hurt real people? >> well, i hope not. how could we have severe cuts to our domestic agenda, the education of our children, for example, and not one red cent coming from those who can afford to share the sacrifice that is necessary to reduce the deficit? >> reporter: not only was speaker boehner working to get members to vote yes, his second in command, eric cantor, worked hard to get republicans in line, too. >> this is a big deal. you know, we are really trying to demonstrate that -- i don't want him to run into that. >> reporter: careful. >> that we've come

congressman cleaver from his recalls the steel -- from is the route calls this deal a satan sandwich. --i don't know what a sit-in what a satan sandwich is. and in what we're seeing is the center of gravity move on the public debate. historically, has been the liberal position to spend x more on education and health and the conservative position to spend x-50%. now it is how much we are going to cut. that is a real defining difference in what had gone before. the other point that you cannot ignore is that once extortion has been used, and it has been used by the tea party -- we are going to bring it defaults, going to bring the government to shut down -- don't think it is going -- it isn't going to be used by democrats won a republican is in the white house. >> in that case, obama is an extorter because he would say becaus -- because he said he would veto if there was not revenues. it is ridiculous trade with the majority of democrats in the house in voting yes? now, is 50/50. did the majority of members of congress and the tea party vote yes? yes, 57%. who are the hostage takers here

our guest is congressman emanuel cleaver. thank you for being with us. in our studio here in washington, two journalists, jonathan alan and cut -- peter ralston. congressman, thank you for being with us. i want to ask you for about the last few months when congressional black caucus members have been openly critical of obama, and especially focused on the lack of jobs in black communities. do you think you will have accomplished anything yet in terms of getting specific action from the it ministration? >> the main reason for the five- city stop and our jobs there is that we have been able to get jobs for some individuals who so desperately wanted those jobs. some of them stood in line from 4:30 a.m. until the late afternoon. in atlanta, we had over 5000 people turned out and 12 had to be taken to the hospital because there were overcome by heat. we do think that the administration saw what we saw, but more significantly, the entire nation saw the pair are people who are in excruciating -- entire nation saw that there are people who are in excruciating pa

. >> reporter: on the other hand if you're not expecting ward cleaver to help out around the kitchen maybe you won't be so disappointed when you're the one baking the birthday cake. >> reporter: for more working moms, that is not a new concept. a mom of two wrote a book called "forget perfect" a decade ago. >> you might want to set a really what are bar for your career and a high bar for your time with your kids, but a low bar for matching hand towels. >> all of this is fuel for the daily mom conversation online. susan has a 20-month-old and a newborn, she's planning to be back at work full-time in october. on her blog she says she tucks her supermom cape under her work jacket. >> i don't have high expectations, i have realistic expectations. >> reporter: we can be less than perfect, she says in a post today and then call ourselves super. kate snow, nbc news, new york. >> that's our broadcast for this wednesday night, thank you so much for being with us. i'm lester holt, in tonight for brian. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you right back here tomo

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and emanuel cleaver calls did a quote sugar coated satan sandwich.enior members of congress are pushing lawmakers to vote yes. >> i think the important thing for us is to go ahead and get this thing done. >> reporter: vice president biden made the rounds on capitol hill this morning, encouraging democrats to get on board. if the nation's debt limit is not raised by tomorrow, the government will not be able to pay all its bills for the first time in history. and many economists believe that could trigger a worldwide financial crisis. in a race to beat the deadline, the white house and congressional leaders reached an agreement sunday night. it would raise the debt ceiling by about $2.4 trillion. to get the government through the end of 2012. it would trim up to $3 trillion from the deficit, $1 trillion in cuts would happen now, and a bipartisan committee would determine the rest. the plan does not include new revenue from taxes that president obama wanted. >> the deal negotiated with leaders of congress is a victory for the american people. >> reporte

host: this is coming in from emanuel cleaver. guest: i respectfully disagree.and that in the heat of the moment, the disappointment that we cannot get everything that we wanted. but the reality, the political reality is that we lost the majority last november, substantially. we have to deal with the hand that we got. i think we played it as well as can be expected. there are actually some protections from the democratic point of view that did not exist in previous proposals. the bipartisan commission is split in does not preclude consideration of revenues. that is on the table, meaning that discretionary domestic spending will not take the whole hit. the protection of pell grants, the protection of social security and medicare in terms of benefit cuts, those are good things gregos world democratic values enshrined in this agreement. we did not get 100% everything that we wanted. that is true. and there is going to be some pain in the out years, especially if these cuts kick in acted the way at the moment they are envisioned. there's no question about that. we h

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. >> congressman cleaver said it was a satan sandwich. >> it probably is. with satan fries on the side. >> now the deal no one likes moves to the senate. lawmakers are ready to move on. but there is one person who doesn't care how ugly the process has been. gabby giffords tweeted last night "the capitol looks beautiful and i am honored to be at work." scott goldberg, abc news, washington. >>> back here, members of a presidential task force are scheduled to convene in palo alto today to talk about jobs. the president's council on jobs and competitiveness will be asking for ideas from silicon valley businesses on how the public and private sectors can team up to create jobs. the heads of aol, netflix and the chief operating officer of facebook are expected to be on hand. the meet willing be held at the -- meeting will be held at headquarter of vmware. they invite you to watch the event online. find out more on the website, abc7news.com. >>> police in oakland are hoping that two dozen newly rehired officers who start work this weekend will help with a recent s

. >> as congressman cleaver said this is a satan sandwich. >> it probably is with some satan fries on the side. >> reporter: now the deal no one likes moves to the senate and lawmakers are ready to move on. >> i have constituents i'm anxious to see, friends i teed to visit with. >> reporter: but there is one person who doesn't care how ugly the whole process has been, gabby giffords tweeted last night the capitol looks beautiful and i am honored to be at work. rob and tanya. >> scott, does this mean that gabby could be returning to congress full time? >> reporter: no, she's going to stick around washington for a few days. there while her husband celebrates the last flight of the space shuttle "endeavour" then back to houston and back to rehab. as for her re-election we don't know yet. she hasn't made a decision yet. she doesn't have to until next may. >> and nonetheless an extraordinary moment. we'll have a lot more about gabby giffords coming up. >>> investors an the world have been keeping a nervous eye on the debt talks as the u.s. remains the world's biggest economy despite the de

as you know, congressman cleaver said this is a satan sandwich. >> it probably is, with some satan fries on the side. we were forced into something gn order to lift the debt ceiling. that's never happened before. >> so you are voting for it. >> oh, absolutely. we have to get this over with. we have to get to work putting people back to work and every day that we were stuck i ithis negotation was a day that we weren't doing everything we -- in our power to create jobs. >> bitter pill? >> well, it's more than bitter pill. what would be the next stage up from a bitter pill? >> so if it takes the democratic votes to do this, to avoid default, you're going to deliver them? >> the democrats are not going to have the country default. i'm not saying they're happy about it. at the end of the day, we're voting for a bill that has severe cuts in our domestic agenda. that impedes our economic growth. >> you think this is really going to hurt real people? >> well, i hope not. how could we have severe cuts to our domestic agenda, the education of our children, for example, and not one red cent coming

never does anything like station list of terms or vote against her conscience as you know congressman cleaver said this is a satan sandwich probably use with plain fries and. where are we going to put the fries satan sandwich this sounds like sounds sounds like we've got satan in bed with oh there we go boehner and obama ok so that's what he would it would be for the fries so anyways palosi you obviously voted against this abomination right. we were forced into something and what it can live with that feeling nothing ever happened before so you are voting for it oh absolutely. it's never happened before by the way what were you forced to vote what you were forced to vote on yesterday included a committee that promises very pinky swears to reduce spending in the future in exchange for special procedural power thus creating the super congress or the whole of europe we warned you about meanwhile the recession isn't double dip americans are cutting back on spending if nothing else changes for us under this bill the debt will increase from fourteen to twenty one something trillion dollars over the

score decline all our talk for a whole story harmfulness asks a liberal york why americans are so cleaver on war when. why do you think so many people allowed themselves to get so far and that is the is the age that we live in everybody sees the person next door that they thought the brand new car the star lifestyle and that's what they want is so much advertising and people just want you to spend money so i think that's a difference between americans and europeans but you have advertising in europe or you just you don't pay attention to it or. i think we pay less attention to it and we probably think a little more about what we need and what we can afford it's all about thinking yes i think so is it worse for you to be into personally that it is for a government to be in that. it's much worse for a government to be and why because we trust the government to do the right thing and they're doing absolutely we opposite of that we don't you trust yourself to do the right thing and live within your means i do mean get such that i can pay off debt is that it's bad for governs bad for individua

your fellow democrats emmanuel cleaver is chairman of the american black caucus called this a sugar-coated satan sand win. if you happen to bump into him in the hallway today, how will you persuade him this is a good deal? >> i won't persuade him it is a good deal. every member of congress has to do what is in the best interests of the districts they represent. i didn't like this deal but i didn't like the notion that the republicans were going to drive this economy off a cliff. the notion that my middle class constituents on long island would wake up today to high interest rates, to exhosh tantly high interest rates. the notion that the republicans if we had defaulted could create a economic catastrophe and why i voted for this compromise. it is done. it is literally a done deal and now with these republicans in the house, what they need to do is quit talking about closing the government and start helping to open small businesses. start helping to create new jobs. and end their relentless march to end medicare. the debt deal is behind us. it is time for the republicans to get serious abou

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i bring greetings on behalf of our chair, emmanuel cleaver and, who could not be here this evening. we have called this the jobs initiative for the people. we thank everyone of you that came out today. not only do we thank you from the cbc, but we thank you from all of the people across this country because today, you have sent a powerful message to washington, to wall street, and to corporations across this country. far more effectively than we ever could come on a matter how hard we try. if we stay on the floor of the house every day, all day. and you have sent it on behalf of not only yourselves here in atlanta, but on behalf of all those across this country who are unemployed and are hurting and want and need decent jobs. yourself a round of applause. [applause] 90% and higher and african american chronic unemployment have always been cnbc's highest priorities. we have introduced over 40 pieces of legislation talking about the need for jobs and calling on republican leadership to bring legislation to the floor and get it passed. with no legislation in sight, aristide chair, eman