dan maffei of voted for the affordable care act. record is different i voted against fleet -- leadership on simpson bowles then those tax cuts would incur rich to make social security more solvent and that is an important vote to keep it viable for seniors. >> i am the only candidate in the race i will never take money from military contractors, and goldman sachs over the years they have donated to both of my opponents. we want to be optimistic but the money does have an influence until we pass reform to get the people back the office will be corrupted. i hope whichever one of us gets into office work to get the money out of the system. >>moderator: we will take a quick break to make money ourselves. >>moderator: welcome back. talking to the candidates candidates, ann marie buerkle ms. ursula rozum went public from a family that gave her thousands of dollars also to your campaign and she said it is apparent it was given to me to halt me get to focus away from the nine. are you aware of that? was that coordinated? >> certainly not. i

freshman congresswoman ann marie buerkle debates dan maffei. it's hosted by wcny in liverpool, new york. ♪ >> moderator: well, good evening, everyone, i'm dan cummings, and welcome. we're very glad you're with us. on tuesday central new yorkers in four counties will choose a representative for congress, the newly-drawn 24th congressional district. let's take a look at the 24th. that district now includes the counties shaded in light blue. all of wayne county and roughly the western half of aswego county. if you are a registered voter in that light blue-shaded area in the 24th, you have a choice to make this year among three candidates on election day, and if the polls are accurate, every vote will matter because this race is considered a toss-up, too close to call. and so if your undecided tonight, the next hour may help you make up your mind and in turn may help decide this election. let's meet, now, the three candidates for congress in central new york's 24th congressional district. from left to right, ann marie buerkle, the incumbent republic

rozum, and dan maffei.between now and tuesday whether or not they answered the questions as i did the best to ask them, but it's your call if they answered to your satisfaction and in line what you want to see the next representative in congress to be. the choice is yours. get out and vote. if you're registered, it's your civic responsibility. it it's like the election was two years ago and the pollsters are already telling us it's going to be close. votes will matter. you have a duty to exercise your right to cast a ballot for somebody if you live in the 24th congressional district. we hope you do. we're certainly grateful you joined us for this program, and on behalf of everybody on news channel 9, thank you for tuning in. make sure you and everybody you know who is registeredded gets out to vote on tuesday. enjoy the rest of your weekend. ♪ >> deputy editor for the political report. first, the hots in general, what are you looking at in the balance of power between democrats and republicans? >> i think r

ursula rozum is the green party candidate, and on the far right is dan maffei.ave 60 seconds to answer my questions. we will allow rebuttal and an additional 30 seconds will be given to each candidate before move on to the next question. the first question will be answered by congresswoman buerkle. report was first published by bloomberg business week. it shows in that red line that takes off combining medicare and medicaid, social security, and the interest on the national debt, all those combined will exceed government revenue in this country by the year 2025. by 24, it will be 50% more than all the government currently collects in taxes. congresswoman buerkle, how gypos changing the entitlement programs to keep the programs fall but because it is clear the taxes will not get the job done? >> thank you for hosting this event today. we have a problem in this country and we need the fortitude to get a balanced budget in place. the current entitlement systems and the way they are set up perpetuate themselves every year. they are not looked at. they just continue

in new york the democrat dan maffei has won his seat back against another 2010 tea party backed republican and this is part of the story line that some of the more vocal members of the tea party have lost their races. but let's now look at new hampshire. this is another fascinating story line. two democrats won, carol shea-porter and ann mcclain custer. they represent democratic pickups but also represent, john, the fact that the entire congressional delegation from new hampshire, all women. the first time in history. there are two female senators, and a governor. >> big, big story up in new england. all right, soledad, back to you. >> thank you very much. well we know there's been no real shift in the balance of power. we want to get to maryland democratic congressman chris van hollen. we were talking with you yesterday and said we'll follow up and see how it went. here it is. you are glowing. smiling since you walked out onto the set. my question for you now is what happens next with this balance of power that really does not change? how do you move forward in a way that is dealing with

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