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Really helpful if we can do this, to get people back to work. >> disagreements on spending and cuts that need to be made, eric, congressman cantor, what would have to go nrd to really make headway in terms of the deficit. >> mika, eric is fine. the republicans in the house, we put out a plan to say x for the remainder of this fiscal year, we have to bring down spending to 08 levels. we have to. and we have to admit everythings going to be on the table. i dont think the american people think we c...

07 and 08. but once salon reporter steve conracki started spotting patterns -- >> heres dale kildee. not only is he in it every year, this is the exact same spot he is in every year. >> reporter: it did raise an interesting question. in a chamber with this many seats, how do you get those few seats on the center aisle where the spotlight may shine? >> get there early. if you want to get a seat there, you have to get there early. >> reporter: thats right. it is open seating for the state of the u...

The urgency of the fiscal and financial crisis? >> im hopeful he does and as far as what the president will do, its actions speak louder than words, but we are going to bring forward a spending bill the next couple of weeks. it is going to be in accord with the resolution we passed yesterday, which is we want to bring spending down to 08 levels or less. and so it is a matter of urgency. first things first. lets go after the discretionary spending. lets prove to the people that elected us that we...

07 and 08. but once salon reporter steve conracki started spotting patterns -- >> dale, not only is he in year, the exact same spot he is in every year. it did raise an interesting question. in a chamber with this many seats, how do you get those few seats on the center aisle where the spotlight may shine? >> get there early. if you want to get a seat there, you have to get there early. >> reporter: thats right. it is open seating for the state of the union. >> and by early i mean, you know, mor...

Michele bachmann of the tea party. you know, lets talk about the specifics. paul ryan, the official response. he has this road map for americans future that recommends major changes to social security and medicare. but no mention of that last night. why not if republicans are ready to make the hard choices? >> well, i think hes reacting in the short term. i mean, weve got to act now to deal with the 08 -- im sorry, the 11 budget which were still in and then do 12 and then deal with the debt ceil...

Is simply inadequate, rather than lock in the consequences of washington democrats, we pledge to cut spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels and impose real spending caps. is that a good idea to cut spending for teachers, for firefighters, for other worthy causes out there? >> yeah, thats a good place to start. as is rolling it back. it used to be the monroe doctrine and ending slavery. so the president is putting out his first marker. and the republicans are going to put down theyre first ...

08, 06 and you can chuckle about it but i think folks out there really do want to hear some -- i feel like every time somebody throws an idea out there, people say, well that is a drop in the bucket and drop in the bucket, perhaps, is where you need to start. let me ask you one question. he said, you know, why cant we go back to the... as an organization, go back to the levels we used to be at and is talking about cutting fat, federal travel budgets for example, and, amtrak subsidies for example...

Horrible than a death squad teen dictator whose name was baby something? right? perhaps learning that a former republican congressman and libertarian presidential candidate is trying to sell said dictator to the world. bob barr, remember him, a right wing congressman from georgia for eight years. he then sort of kind of remade his image and ran for president in 08 on the libertarian party ticket. he even did an interview on this show at that time. now he is cashing in on his own portfolio. check...

Death squads he employed against his own people. what could be more cartoonishly horrible than a death squad teen dictator whose name was baby something? right? perhaps learning that a former republican congressman and libertarian presidential candidate is trying to sell said dictator to the world. bob barr, remember him, a right wing congressman from georgia for eight years. he then sort of kind of remade his image and ran for president in 08 on the libertarian party ticket. he even did an inte...

So we have talked a lot about bringing spending levels down to 08 levels. weve talked about things that we can do to make sure that off into the future this kind of spending doesnt continue. when i went back and told you three bites at the apple, the other pieces are budget. were going to work on our budget and say, look, well have to institute some reforms to make sure these spending patterns dont recur. >> if you say serious spending cuts, you dont have something specific in mind. youll know i...