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The hill for people who want to fiscal restraint. one of the largest complaints about the tax bill, very good for corporations, jump-starting the economy, but is it enough to offset the spending problems that we have? there are people fighting for that, except for rand paul saying he does not want to see people busting through spending camps, busting through spending caps has increased the deficit by $6 trillion which is something that congress has done 29 times. it does not seem like there is m...

May in the house, unfortunately the senate didnt follow through on that. we have three plans for getting at this, but this particular one is tax relief and tax reform. we are going to keep focusing on spending cuts. at the house has passed 380 some bills, many of them focusing on his issues. we just got a break from the senate. they have different rules, thinner majority. we pass a big spending cut bill in the fall or in the spring, we will go back at that next year. but what we dont want to do ...

There is some leeway here. that there are people who are going to try to get this across the finish line. as i said at the beginning, though, a lot depends on how this budget gets passed. likely looking end of october before you can get a budget all the way through, and then youre talking about the details, what you can do. the dynamic has changed in washington. when mitt romney ran, they did in front of the debt clock. now the debt and deficit hawks, theyre not that visible here in washington b...

>> bret: john roberts, thank you. we should point out we are awaiting live remarks from president trump at a reception at the white house in the east room, and they are the annual st. patricks day reception. when he steps to the microphones, we will bring it to you. when it comes to money matters, most of us understand the importance of paying attention to the bills. with the national debt on the rise and the debt ceiling deadline thats come and gone, why does it seem that elected leaders are dr...

Partnerships and programs and projects that are driven locally and by states. theres several possibilities. repatriation of funds that are parked overseas. weve got trillions of dollars of welt in our public lands that can go to perfect projects. theres several ways we can pay for this. its not going to be a trillion dollars out of the federal taxpayers pockets. >> sandra: you look at that debt clock. it is alarming when you see that we are $19 trillion and climbing almost to that $20 trillion m...

He is going to make that announcement in january. he makes sure he lays it all out there is no question where his focus is and that he will be fighting for america every day and letting his family run that business. martha: we look forward to hearing more on that. sean spicer. thank you very much. good to see you, sean. >> thank you, martha. >> another potential showdown on capitol hill. top republicans issuing caution what president-elect donald trumps cutting taxes and concern about the nation...

Trump is promising tax cut cans and things happening in health care. but there is a lot to it look forward to. oil prices are going up. we saw that with opecs announcement. and uncertainty. and insurance rates are going up. and i tell people before you jump in the market, there will be be a lot of issues to look at. and potential trade with china and talk about the things you just mentioned. one of them is debt. you see the debt clock going up by the moment. and we are at 20 trillion in debt and...

Elected officials in washington. it does seem members of both parties have similar distaste for the department of veterans affairs, only 39% of everybody views the va favor publication down 29-points in two years but not all bad for the folks near d.c. people polled from the left and right give the government very high marks for them way it responds to natural disasters. >> thank you; the candidate running for president or congress all love to talk about how they would reduce americas debt but s...

Actively involved in that and i wont tie the hasnt offed my deputy sheriffs, highway patrol or city police officers in north carolina, and im not going to let city does that because crime does not recognize political boundaries so we all have to work together at the federal, state, and local level, and im going to do just that. >> governor mccrory, thank you very much. well keep a focus how thats going. he has an uphill fight. >> something going on in durham, north carolina. this john kashich ta...

Is the thing that economists know, it has a significant economic impact. >> so when the president says this -- >> theres almost no measure by which were not better off than when i took office, and then when we started this process for change. >> that is not the case. when you look at the national debt clock. gain morgue than $10,000 every second. adding almost $8 trillion since president obama took office january 20th, 2009. >> the national debt is growing and growing quickly according to the co...