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Lets talk about the cr, the continuum resolution that will be passeded, an extension. john boehner, the house republicans, and theyre going to ease the burden somewhat on the military side from the sequester. how is that going to end with house democrats, and is this basically a way of avoiding a shutdown of the government until september 30th? >> well, its certainly a possibility, andrea. we know that both sides and when i say both sides, i mean congressional republicans and president obama hav...

Basically puts in cement the sequester cuts, and certainly it does reduces the pay -- freezes the pay for federal employees and does a number of other things that im very concerned about. i just came from a hearing where the deputy of the department of education talked about how sequester will definitely affect children who are beneficiaries of title one funding. we also heard from the deputy secretary of transportation who made it clear that we would begin to see very soon all types of flight d...

To get done. i think it will be a process devoid of drama later this week, but you never know when everybody gets together and votes. >> and its not like -- its not like the old days, ruth marcus, where speakers and leaders, minority and majority leaders, could just dictate the terms. >> exactly. and, you know, i think theres something else in addition to what chris mentioned to keep an eye on, which is the question of how much flexibility is built into that continuing resolution, so the republi...

Lumping with them and nobody can really find that elusive grand bargain and so your numbers go down as a result. im not sure his game plan changes a whole lot. i think "the washington post" article the other day had it pretty much right. he is focused on 2014. that does seem to be his long-term game plan. how it impacts stuff like immigration and the cr and the budget is kind of -- well see how that goes, i think. >> interesting to see how this sequester issue affects his plan to, quote, break t...

And now congress returns to work after $85 billion in forced spending cuts took effect on friday. while most of us are waiting to see what happens as a result of the cuts, another big economic crisis is many llooming. the government could shut down later this month if congress doesnt do something. dan lothian joins us. i know the congress is having to tackle the spending cuts and a possible shutdown. how is that working with two economic crises? >> reporter: pardon the breeze were having out her...

House has said that it supports this cr or this continuing resolution that would help sort of bridge the gap and allow the federal government to continue running and prevent that shutdown. these are important issues that she would have to deal with if nominated. you look back over the last four years and there have been things such as the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling and these are all major fiscal issues that the office of omb has played a critical role and director has played a critical ro...

Planning on a different ending to this. and now theyre sort of left feeling like, okay, how do we mover to the cr and the potential government shutdown that doesnt make it look like we asked for this? >> people are talking constantly about jobs. there is actually a quiet bipartisan agreement the pentagon spends too much money. >> unless you talk to john mccain or lindsey graham. >> with some exceptions. >> lets pivot to the other big story this week. im sure you all saw governor romney give his ...

The problem of mandatory spending increases, thats the problem. then we could get on to the agenda. >> speaking of spending, you know there are more budget battles looming. the next one is a continuing resolution, which essentially keeps the government funded and running at the end of the month. that will expire. the president has suggested he will allow congress to handle that separately from the sequester issue. there are conservatives on the house side who have written to house speaker john b...

Scenario in which this could truly be the presidents decision about whether the government shuts down. >> we have already seen a big battle over the sequester. some will want to lock in spending at the lower level. you can imagine the house passing a cr that goes to the end of the year at the lower level and the senate decideing that is a good idea. we have members up for election and we dont want to be seen as the big spenders so lets pass it. now, the president of the united states who has fou...

Would change money from one account to another. you cant do that under a straight c.r. those are the type of things that we are talking about. >> give defense department for the rest of this year, some plexability to rearrange the funding programs. training, maintenance and so forth. >> remember the march 26 date for the federal furloughs to start? midnight the next day, march 27, congress must pass $900 millionpending bill to fund government operations or a nationwide government shutdown take p...