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Bowles/simpson and gang of six. they laced less revenue than bowles/simpson and gang of six. they cut spending a bit more and the republicans turned them down. i -- i dont see how we get anywhere from here unless the republicans have got to move on revenue. the democrats are going to have to move on things like medicare, but in the joint committee, the democrats were willing to move and the republicans basically were not. >> kevin, weve got about a minute left, and i -- i basically agree with bo...

Deductions and loopholes participate. in the short term in the next book we are not going to do entitlement or tax reform. the question is, either of them would reduce spending significantly. good down payment on the deficit. are we going to have this debt ceiling hanging over us five, six months from now? >> greta: let me ask you about the tax code reform. the simpson-bowles commission said 3300 tax hoop locals, earmarks in the tax code -- loopholes earmarks in the tax code. it didnt get passed...

The big story, nationally, obviously is the budget. just 74 hours away from a possible federal shutdown. president obama held a last-minute press conference in the white house briefing room today after negotiations with speaker boehner fell apart. the president put the blame squarely on the speaker. >> what weve been able to do is to present to the house republicans a budget framework that would cut the same amount of spending as speaker boehner and chairman rogers originally proposed. their ori...

American people to know just how impossible it is to deal with boehner, and put responsibility for a government shutdown in republican hands. >> what we have been able to do is to present to the house republicans a budget framework that would cut the same amount of spending as speaker boehner and chairman rogers originally proposed. their original proposal for how much would be cut. we are now closer than we have ever been to getting an agreement. theres no reason why we should not get an agreem...

Us through the hour. we will follow the story as everything develops and its interesting, six weeks ago the sitting supreme court justice david prosser was basically viewed as untouchable. it is going to go down to the wire tonight and well have it for you through the show here on the ed show on msnbc. the big story, nationally, obviously is the budget. just 74 hours away from a possible federal shutdown. president obama held a last-minute press conference in the white house briefing room today ...

>> what we have been able to do is to present to the house republicans a budget framework that would cut the same amount of spending as speaker boehner and chairman rogers originally proposed. their original proposal for how much would be cut. we are now closer than we have ever been to getting an agreement. theres no reason why we should not get an agreement. as i said before, we have now matched the number that the speaker originally sought. >> then speaker boehner came out and held an abbrevi...

Key investments in things like education, infrastructure h innovation, the things that are going to help us win the future, and over the course of last several months we have identified areas where we can make substantial cuts. in fact, what weve been able to do is to present to the house republicans a budget framework that would cut the same amount of spending as speaker boehner and chairman rogers originally proposed, their original proposal for how much would be cut. and several weeks ago the...