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joining us now is congresswoman jan schakowsky, thanks so much for talking with us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thanks so much, chris. >> i find this gap between where the public is and where the budget conversation in washington is centered really frustrating and mystifying. so i would like you to explain to me where you're coming from, both from the democratic house caucus and the democratic house party. what do you consider bright lain lines on medicare? >> you know, when the republicans talked about cutting $716 billion from medicare, the key word is really benefits. we actually made the program better when it comes to seniors, people on medicare, people with disabilities, were able to create efficiencies in medicare, beefed up the anti-fraud division of medicare, and cut billions of dollars, yes, we did, from medicare. they called it, i heard the clip you played, mitt romney say, funneled money out of medicare. no, that is not true. we made medicare for beneficiaried better. of course, the republicans confused the voters. and you saw that seniors voted by, you know

oh look it's rocking congressman jan schakowsky.e president just won his second landslide. what do they not get about that? >> yeah he is only the sixth president in history that has won consecutive elections with a real majority 51%. >> stephanie: yeah. >> no, we're holding the cards, though stephanie. this is okay. >> stephanie: right. >> because -- this is not a sequel to the last time when they held us hostage and we had to give up more than we wanted to because we wanted to overt total disaster with the debt ceiling. this is a different situation, and the republicans one by one, it seems are starting to wake up and realize that -- you know, this is a really bad platform for them. let's go to the mat for the richest americans, and then let's cut medicare and we'll threaten to complete financial disaster over the debt ceiling. that is wildly unpopular in the country. >> stephanie: yep. representative i want to get your take because obviously the white house has signaled -- and i understand the issues involved, but i'm wondering t

sheldon whitehouse and jan schakowsky will have the latest ton high-stakes meeting at the white house. and the sad shame of this year's do-nothing congress. the gun violence continues in chicago. tonight, the reverend jesse jackson on the city's grim milestone of 500 homicides in one year. and it's nearly 2013, but attitudes on race remain two centuries behind. >> the way i look at it, it's freedom of speech. >> the reverend marcia dyson, and the president of the national urban league on the bigotry of the supposed post-racial america. >>> with three days left before the start of the new year, it's put up or shut up time for congressional leaders. president obama addressed reporters from the white house this evening. roughly an hour after meeting with leaders of the house and senate. >> i still want to get this done. it's the right thing to do for our families, for our businesses, and for our entire economy. but the hour for immediate action is here. it is now. >> senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell were back at the capitol in no time. mcconnell gathered his members to infor

-cio from congresswoman jan schakowsky there's a lot of progressives coming out of that i think at the same time the good parts of this deal that people live think that you know sometimes you get caught up in the beltway rhetoric here is number one for the first time in twenty years the republicans are finally willing to raise taxes they don't have any choice they have no choice no no i mean that's not the good part of the deal there shouldn't be a deal they have no choice the taxes are going to go up at the end of the year i mean you know obama's talking about well let's do a tax cut but he doesn't even have to do that all you do is wait till the end of the you know i hear you but i think for the fact that republicans are going to move in a vote on it is one and number two i think the deal that we've heard floated also includes fifty billion dollars that will go to invest in what i speed rail lines will go to invest in roads and bridges and put american people the american back to work and things critical of the billion dollars is nice but we cut a trillion dollars last year it seems

. >> congresswoman jan schakowsky, we should also point out in the house races across the country, 1,165,000 people voted for democrats more than republicans. so i don't think boehner has any mandate for austerity. nuke. great to have you with us tonight. >>> coming up, republican governors around the country are trashing obama care. but it's getting implemented whether they like it or not. up next, the details on what change means for your health care. >>> and dick cheney is still acting like he has credibility on foreign policy and is attacking the president for ending the wars in iraq and afghanistan. colonel lawrence wilkerson will weigh in on that later. stay with us. we'll be right back. ♪ it's so important to make someone happy ♪ when you give a child a toy, it has to work. ♪ make just one someone happy and when it's a toys for tots child, well, what could be more important? so this year, every hasbro toy donated to toys for tots will be powered by duracell. happy holidays. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." republican governors around the c

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. >> congresswoman jan schakowsky, we should also point out in the house races across the country, 1,165,000eople voted for democrats more than republicans. so i don't think boehner has any mandate for austerity. nuke. great to have you with us tonight. >>> coming up, republican governors around the country are trashing obama care. but it's getting implemented whether they like it or not. up next, the details on what change means for your health care. >>> and dick cheney is still acting like he has credibility on foreign policy and is attacking the president for ending the wars in iraq and afghanistan. colonel lawrence wilkerson will weigh in on that later. stay with us. we'll be right back. share "not even close." share "you owe me..." share "just right." the share everything plan. shareable data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. get a droid incredible 4g lte by htc for $49.99. those little things for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you c

congresswoman jan schakowsky, thank you so very much. >> thank you. >> remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. i want to know what you think. >>> coming up, this congress is on track to be the worst congress ever. that's right. "the huffington post" amanda turco and robert reich will join me. my wife takes centrum silver. i've been on the fence about it. then i read an article about a study that looked at the long term health benefits of taking multivitamins. they used centrum silver for the study... so i guess my wife was right. [ male announcer ] centrum. always your most complete. of green giant vegetables it's easy to eat like a giant... ♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >>> coming up, more on tonight's breaking news of the fiscal cliff with former labor secretary, robert reich, and amanda turco of "the huffington post." >>> then, chicago reaches the tragic milestone of 500 homicides in 2012. reverend jesse jackson will join me to discuss curbing gun violence in our cities. w

i am congresswoman jan schakowsky and i represent a district, a very diverse district in illinois, diverse in every way. economically, certainly by race and ethnicity, and i think in many ways a microcosm of the country. i know that we're getting a lot of calls from our constituents. the calls that i'm getting are reaffirmed by a poll that i saw on tuesday in our national journal daily on page 6 that says -- it says, poll, entitlement cuts feared most in cliff talks. and it goes like this. as president obama and congressional leaders race to avert the fiscal cliff, americans remain concerned that whatever budget deal they strike will cut too much from medicare and social security, according to the poll. more of the americans surveyed are worried about such cutbacks than seeing their tax bills rise, the latest united technologies national journal congressional connection poll has found. and i was looking at who was involved in the poll, and in total 35% of americans worry it will cut too much from government programs like medicare and social security. 27%, that's eight points less, that it

jan, thank you for sharing this evening with us. this is an important issue. ms. schakowsky: thank you. mr. garamendi: thank you. we yield back our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. does the gentlewoman have a motion? ms. schakowsky: i move -- the gentleman? go ahead. i move that the house adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. and accordingly the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. toore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio, the speaker of the house, mr. boehner, for five minutes. the speaker: mr. speaker, last week republicans made a serious offer to avert the fiscal cliff, and most of it was based on testimony given last year by president clinton's former chief of staff, erskine bowles. and as mr. bowles himself said on sunday, we have to cut spending. well, he's right. washington has a spending problem. let's be honest. we're broke. and the plan that we've offered is consistent with the president's call for a balanc