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Balances ever. of course, mr. chairman, you know you cant start paying down the $18 trillion of debt that we have with another $100 trillion on the other way until you first come to balance. we do that in a responsible hopb nest way. we do it in a responsible logical ten year window. >> dana: i was following all of that. that was in the obama administration. this budget the president is putting forward also doesnt balance. how have the economics changed your viewpoint on supporting this type of ...

Thats going on. and so we think about whats happening, house republicans who have called for years and years for a balanced budget that controls spending and gets the debt under control are on the verge of passing a budget that doesnt balance, that out of $47 trillion in spending, aspires to save $1 billion, and that adds to the national debt. its a joke. it is a laugh line. and theyre about to accept that which means they will be walking away from the mantle of fiscal responsibility. senator co...

>> people see me as someone willing to stand up to leadership when leadership is wrong. i stood on the floor of the senate for 10 1/2 hours and filibustered against them collecting our phone records. i stood on the floor for 13 1/2 hours and said i think its important that the president acknowledge that hes not going to kill u.s. citizens without any kind of due process, without a trial. so i think i am seen as someone who is willing to stand up on principle and stand against the tide. ive never...

Doesnt balance. but it doesnt invest in the future. youre with young people right now, programs with with stephen is talking about, yes, we code and sister code, all of that is the future and that unfortunately is not the future reflected in the republican budget. >> lets talk about one of the other big issues that has effected detroit since the economic collapse and hitting hard among homeowners. you were an author of the tax act in 2007 and you are seeking to extend it through 2017. lets talk ...

>> well, i thought it very intriguing in that the budget really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors, if you will. we havent seen all the detail yet, well look at it, but ill tell you when youre going after seniors the way hes already done on obama care, taken $700 billion out of medicare to put into obama care and now coming back at seniors again, i think youre crossing that line very quickly here in terms of denying access to seniors for health care in districts like mine certainly an...

More stringent conservative-backed budget plan. lets talk a little bit, i want to show people some of the basic elements of the senate budget plan that came from the democrats, from patty murray. here is look at some of the biggest elements of that. it keeps obamacare. that is a given. some modest cuts to medicare providers. no specifics on social security, really no, you know, real cuts to entitlements at all, as opposed to paul ryans plan. the other big headline there is that it doesnt make, i...

About governor romney. gregg: one at a time. >> and move this country in new direction. gregg: brad, you get the last word. >> that would be great. if they would lay out a specific plan and thats what we would love to see in the debates. paul ryan said yesterday that he didnt have time to tell the american people about their tax plan. so sean, well hold governor romney -- >> let me comment. [all talking at once] gregg: revenue neutral. that means zero. was asked about the math. twice said revenu...

Dedicated to solving the problem. you dont pick paul ryan if youre not serious about elevating the conversation of this campaign to be about the issues, the looming crisis facing this nation and if youre not willing to put forward serious proposals. >> when can we see a balanced budget? i think even under pauls plan, it doesnt balance until 2014. >> i was listening earlier in terms of what specific cuts. the first one is lets repeal obamacare. i want somebody to answer my question. in 2014 to de...

Europe, running up bills we cant pay. >> right. >> what does that mean here? working on medicare, working on social security. paul ryan did that. he put out his budget. doesnt balance until 2040 and got his head chopped up for proposing the idea. so perhaps thats why mitt romney is not getting into specifics about what he wants to do with medicare. >> what are they doing? theyre running 30-second ads attacking barack obama for what? not for being reckless on medicare. >> right. >> or cutting med...

Were about. >> you seriously suck if it takes you 30 years to balance the budget. go home. it is inelegant. also inelegant to steal money from our children. and thats what both sides have been doing for a decade. but that may be the reason he cant move in the polls. hes not laid out, to mikes point, not only vague, but hes even -- even when he puts out a position he runs from it. you embrace paul ryan. i like paul. paul has a budget. you cant run from it, you have to defend it. >> if you dont wa...