x connecticut  English 62  Set Clip Length:   of urgency if we
fail to avoid the fiscal cliff, go over it and the markets react
badly to it. right now people want us to come together in a
bipartisan way. the absolute has to be bipartisan in the house.
we've seen that in the last week. not even plan b, which is an
unreasonable alternative to the too,000 threshold was able to
garner a majority in the house of representatives. the speaker
can't sell it to his own party, so i think he has to craft a
bipartisan solution one way or the other, put aside the politics
here. the nation's economic will suffer. >> should it come from
the senate or from the house? >> i don't think it matters where
it originates, but the point is the senate has already passed a
bill that represents a reasonable compromise. extend the 250 --
the tax cuts for all incomes up to $250,000, and everybody would
benefit on that first $250,000 of income. that it not only
protects the middle class against huge tax increases on january
1, but also be