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Was a lawful or whether it violated the budget process, ive asked gao to take a look at it. i think it is important to remember, chris, the big picture here. which is that the presidents withholding of taxpayer-funded military assistance to ukraine in exchange for them interfering in a u.s. election is the cause for the abuse of power that the house impeachment inquiry is very focused on. the separate issue is whether the president in withholding the money violated whats called the control act d...

Feet fiscal restraint, much less specifically rolling back entitlement programs. he was very specific on the campaign trail about not touching medicare, medicaid, social security. that would represent an enormous broken promise. the control act, and republicans especially during the early years of the obama administration made such a fuss out of making sure that they were trying to reduce federal spending and, in fact, part of boehners legacy that is probably under appreciated, there were subseq...

Broken promise. the control act, and republicans especially during the early years of the obama administration made such a fuss out of making sure that they were trying to reduce federal spending and, in fact, part of boehners legacy that is probably under appreciated, there were subsequent years, consecutive years where spending went down. i think now when you have a unified republican government for anybody on the hill like speaker ryan or leader mcconnell to say, well, look, guys, our hands a...

Sides of the aisle criticize the presidents comments. but lets talk what about this does for his ability to actually work with congress going forward, as long as theyre always consumed with these headlines. another week of headlines. how are they going to get anything done on the agenda in what is supposed to be a busy september? >> absolutely. this is definitely going to make the relationship between the white house and capitol hill and distract lawmakers from their long list when they get back...

There and the marine corps, saying no place for racial hatred or extremism in the u.s. marines. our core values of honor, courage and commitment frame the way marines live and act. a very different tone. a very swift tone, at that. a big break from the president in the way hes been speaking, of course. >> definitely, to say that theres more ambiguity in this matter is definitely a break from the presidents remarks. its not the first time weve seen the military try to temper and break from the pr...

Michael steel says one does. >> itss the control act after the debt ceiling stand off in 2011. it is an anomaly. its not like republicans have restrained the growth of spending. me e my prediction is that we will see spending start to go up again. what do you think, molly ball? >> it is an interesting irony when you talk about these changes to obama care. whether its the doc fix or repealing medical device tax which, again, that tax brings in revenue. thats going to increase spendsing. or, you k...

Care act repeal bill against out of both houses and lands in the presidents desk. do you agree? >> no. >> you disagree? >> i think there will be. >> really? >> yeah. i think the general thinking is to send from the house to the senate a full repeal bill have the president veto it and then come back with the medical device as a partial on the health care act. >> all right. im putting this on the board. chris hayes says no bill repeal bill gets the president test. michael steel says one does. >> i...

Unpopular with the american people. well be voting on things i know hes not going to like. i hope we can put them on his desk. >> lets talk. your about your relationship with the president. >> the first two years he had huge majorities in the house and senate. the last four years they controlled the senate. they guaranteed he never got nipping he didnt like. now he needs to talk to us and thats good. when american people elect a divided government theyre not saying they dont want anything done. ...

Spending growth. even after $85 billion is carved out the government is still spending $15 billion more than last year. surely that is manageable especially given the plethora of stories that have emerged of the government waste. >> there is no question that government spending should be cut. im personally worried about the cuts of the defense department because they have seen steep cuts with the budgeted control act of 2011. again, the point is they are so small the cuts over the long term to t...

Because they see political victory at the bottom of the cliff, which is one, as you say, blaming republicans and number two, they get all of these tax increases and revenue that they can spend on other new programs. >> do you and other democrats see political victory at the bottom of the cliff? >> you know, thats nonsense and the president has made very clear. he about this press con prens yard and hes going offer the pabl. hes come down from 1.2 trillion in cuts if you include interest savings ...