Why not go back to the bargaining table and try to figure out another way to pay for it that you could get some traction on?

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But I'll say this, Chip, I think -- again, I want to stress that the effectiveness of Thursday will be predicated upon the willingness of those involved, Democrat and Republican, President and Republican member of Congress, to look at, fairly evaluate the ideas that each bring to that table, and if there's commonality, figure out a way to get that into the proposal.

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"We have to figure it out while still guarding the business, because this puts food on the table and pays for our daughter's roof over her head, " Sherry says.

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Small- and mid-market owners may well figure the only path to doing it goes through the union bargaining table.

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