House Proceeding 02-24-10 on Feb 24th, 2010 :: 5:33:00 to 5:34:54
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5:32:46 to 5:33:06( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: republicans wrote an oped to challenge democrats to introduce that bil. and that bill, if we had it on the agenda tomorrow, we could introduce that bill, the democrats cld take control of claiming the bill is theirs - mr. king:eclaiming my time. i would make the point that

5:33:00 to 5:34:54( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Steve King

5:33:07 to 5:33:27( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: what's going on tomorrow that you referred to as a dog and pony show, i don't take isue. the american people need to know this isn't a negotiation taking place tomorrow but puting up the front and the show that there will be c-span, discussions taking plce and republicans in the room. there hasn't ben any dialogue

5:33:28 to 5:33:51( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: about the dineic of what happens on the faces of the democrats that will be in the rom, whose job it is to enhance the president's image. this is the president's image and he has lost his mojo and he can't get it back while working in the back room with democrats. the president can't get his

5:33:52 to 5:34:13( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: juice or moj back unles he has republicans in the room. and i'm going to suggest going cheek to chek with the president of the united states after we have come all of this way and the american people have won the debate and we are with them and we have now recovered the fumble in massachusetts and we got the ball, and we are playing defense and this is the best they can come up with and

5:34:14 to 5:34:34( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: allowing the president of the united states to set conditions on the negotiations that we're going to consider, his defeated bill that 47% of the people say scrap it and start over, 27% say don't start over and quarter of the people say pas the president's bil.

5:34:35 to 5:34:54( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: 20% of the american people think that might be a good idea. we need to understand that this is about the show. it's not about getting anything negotiated. if it were, i would do tort reform. mr. akin: we called it political drama.