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Rep. Marsha Blackburn, (R-Tenn.), on efforts to reach a compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff.
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-- and Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee one of many Republicans not on board with plan BC says the house passed bills to.
Avoid this cliff months ago and it's time for the senate.
And I'll take action congresswoman Blackburn thank you so much for joining us and it's -- up.
A tough go of it almost every -- the headlines changed but bottom line can you support any tax rate increase in live at some billionaires.
Can you support that.
If not well allowing us to go over the cliff would you even support -- -- some billionaires.
Actually as -- you know -- got a long history of fighting tax rate increases because they never get to the heart of the problem.
And if you want more revenues in the system you've got to have tax reform that is going to clean up the -- history has proven that that works.
Just raising rates.
It doesn't get us where we need to be plot my constituents are saying and I think this is this -- -- many of our members on both sides of Iowa.
It is you've got to address the spending you'd have to address -- entitlements.
What the federal government is standing in this debt.
The trillion dollar annual deficits it's -- -- You've got to get this under control.
And -- what our constituents were saying was looking really don't have a revenue problem.
What you do have it is -- spending and priority problem let's get this house in order but.
We have right now is a time problem we have no time and -- some unfortunate because.
We have noticed was coming all along we consists only do this we see this in the last minute you know.
-- -- did settle all over again and that they see an exact show this time next year because we will inevitably kicked -- can't.
To next year this is so deciding to the American people because we got our houses in order.
Well and I totally agree -- Q.
And I can make -- you there are millions of women around this country that are saying exactly like -- the site.
Didn't you see this coming and -- the house has passed the bill as you can look at reconciliation.
That was passed on May can't.
Tax Extenders on August 1 sequestration August 2.
The pathway to tax reform on September 98.
Many -- dozens bills passed with bipartisan.
Support in the house.
They weren't sent to the senate Harry Reid needs to decide which of those bills he wants to lift from the -- Take up and take action on it is time for the sing it to do their job plus I didn't even -- -- The house passes a budget.
Every year and since to the senate.
And where it -- over thirteen hundred day -- since the US and it has passed a budget so we don't bring wake -- Every -- -- they -- did their job I was.
-- -- black conservatives cold last night's non votes on plan would be a great day for America.
But this so it doesn't -- speaker -- -- negotiation position with the White House.
Actually quite the contrary what it dive in as speaker Boehner is stronger name out then he has -- they had in here's the reason why.
Rather than trying to worsen.
Twist and turn -- did was to -- the house has worked its will.
The will of the House of Representatives.
-- regular order it is orderly process.
It is taking our bills and our budgets through the regular committee process.
Passing down many with bipartisan support on the floor of the house singing them to the senate.
It is time for Harry Reid to decide.
That he will be a leader leaders make choices.
And the choice is Harry Reid is making.
Are not serving the American people well.
Because his choice is a choice of inaction.
And you know discontinuing take -- this can down the red teenaged Manhattan -- job.
The American people expect it.
And that's the perfect the last line -- that represented on average thank you so much for taking attempt don't let us get did -- you -- you know business.
