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The current bill is giving states even more flexibility. it offered different kind of plans, not necessarily expensive plans, cheaper plans, more flexible plans, conceptually, that something you would be willing to different more flexible on? >> actually, there is a provision in this agreement to do exactly that. it gives states an ability to expedite waivers under med kay, which is already very flexible, but it provides additional flexible and there are also provisions in here with respect to o...

Disbelief that mexico will reimburse the united states for the 12 to $15 billion estimated cost of building this wall along the southern border or dont believe that congress should appropriate that money without 100% offset, meaning a dollar spent on the wall is a dollar cut from some other spending bill or program. where do you come down on that? should the $12 to $15 billion be appropriated with 100% office set? >> my view is that we in congress should work with the administration to establish...

Our society called tea party. which, by the way, whether you go to a tea party meeting or not, if you believe in the constitution, if you believe in spending cuts and not putting more on your plate in the here and now so your kids dont have to pay for it later, then youre a tea partier. thats all these folks want. thats all these folks believe. by the way, i think its a large section of america. to have the dnc or whoever it was in the last segment keep putting out press releases saying -- just ...

Would start knowing we are probably going to end up at the same place but this could be something i give republicans. >> i think the two sides have started as far apart as you can imagine and still have credibility. the health care law, ryan wants to appeal the cost of obama care but keep the revenues from obama care. that gets 1.8 billion and patty murray doesnt want to do anything to obama care. medicare and medicaid. most of the cuts from medicaid by turning it back to the states. a little bi...

Giving you credit as a strong credit of the cliff deal. explain it. >> whats going forward right now, we do not want to give any long-term new debt limit as you go forward. so what were saying is here is the senate that has not produced a budget. you know it, sean, your listeners know it, but not many across america. the last time this democrat-controlled senate passed a budget, the ipad wasnt even introduced yet and theyve already gone through what, three different versions? so were doing a sho...

The bill and for good reason. this is a complete surrender on everything. bill: what about that? "weekly standard" stephen hayes, fox news contributor. how are you doing and happy new year to you. >> hey, bill. bill: charles not happy. can you quibble with that at all? >> look i agree with his basic point. i think the important thing here to put this in context. this was never going to be a win for small government conservatives. it just wasnt. the way this situation unfolded going back really 1...

Show leadership, thats different. he said, here is some ideas. here is things im willing to do and it wasnt just democrats who were running away from those ideas. again, let me emphasize, im concerned also as a democrat that we just took 90% of the bush tax cuts off the table. im concerned on revenue side being a democrat as much as i am on the long-term spending side. >> steve: for the cbo says that in the first year for every dollar cut, there will be $41 worth of tax increases. that number is...

American medical class have a 23 hundred dollar cut. poem get rebates from the insurance companies because they had excessive bonuses and they are coming back to middle class america. but the medical took on complicated and vexing issues. and now because of his leadership. we have millions of americans and including 17 million kids who have preexisting conditions . they need to be covered. on day one he will kick the 17 million kids off of health care. do you really think that after all of the d...

Simply be cut and that should be left with charitable organizations like churches? is that what youre saying? >> im saying when you look at the fact that we have a $16 trillion debt. we have to cut everywhere and everything is being cut. you look at the president has proposed a trillion dollar cut in the military over the next ten years. that is being cut. everything is being cut. we have to. >> again, i go back to this point, sir. because it seems to me there is a real problem here for so many ...

a recorder conversation between the captain and the port authority. pretty damning stuff in there. whats happening right now? the captain is being questioned. and new this morning, the number of the missing much higher than we first reported. >> and, also, in politics, when youre the front runner, its like youve got the bulls eye on your back. that would be mitt romney where rick perry and everyone else, rick santorum, all gunning for myth romney. the race is tight. were going to break...