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Honestly, the federal education department can close down for a week and nothing dire is going to happen. nih, cancer trials, you know, the whole d.c. government, veterans affairs, treating veterans hospitals, thats another question. so i think you can pick and choose for a while, but the key point, i think republicans can now play this into the debt ceiling negotiation. that has to be a negotiation. there are not 50 democrats in the senate who will vote for a clean debt ceiling increase. there ...

Strength of social security. its not about balancing the budget. and so thats some of the concerns that some of our members have, why is this in this bill? >> as part of his proposal to replace the forced government spending cuts that went into effect earlier this year, another $400 billion for medicare and other federal health programs would be cut as well. im joaned by senior writer at cnnmoney.com and editorial writer at wall street journal. steven, president obama handed down significant ent...

Was open to possibly reforming social security and other issues. when aarp and others came in, it was a very tough negotiation, and i can only imagine the left members of my party who will be more vocal in terms of opposition. the president will have a tough deal. hes right to compromise, thats the name of the game, but its tough to do when youre talking about such a big deal involving so many components. >> matt, according to "usa today," the gop wants to save money in social security and medic...

Compromise plan. what if the republicans take it as a starting point for negotiations, not the final plan? thats a risk, but i think the white house has calculated that the only prospect for getting a kind of grand bargain that would include entitlement changes and some of the tax hikes they want is if they appeal to these more moderate republican senators. the president puts out his budget on wednesday. that night he meets with a dozen of these republican senators over dinner. if theres going t...

Proposes entitlement changes there are people on the left and progressives like yourself and others who are going to get very upset and angry about why re with doing this, especially if the republicans arent willing to put real revenues on the table. so i have a hard time believing at that dinner last night, unless the wine was really, really good, that republicans were really proposing any type of serious revenues that would justify a credible discussion about entitlement changes. >> terry, are...

There are people on the left and progressives like yourself and others who are going to get very upset and angry about why re with doing this, especially if the republicans arent willing to put real revenues on the table. so i have a hard time believing at that dinner last night, unless the wine was really, really good, that republicans were really proposing any type of serious revenues that would justify a credible discussion about entitlement changes. >> terry, are you surprised by the gop rea...

>> earlier the president had lunch at the white house with congressman paul ryan, chair of the house budget committee and its ranking democrat chris van hollen. >> we had a good lunch, a good conversation, a good meal, and i think it was a good spirit. i think what the presidents trying to do is engage as many people as possible in this dialogue. >> okay. im joined tonight by democratic strategist tara dowdell, chris kofinas. and john nichols, washington correspondent of "the nation" magazine. i...

Big deal, is going to have to propose some type of entitlement changes. the problem is as soon as he proposes entitlement changes there are people on the left and progressives like yourself and others who are going to get very upset and angry about why re with doing this, especially if the republicans arent willing to put real revenues on the table. so i have a hard time believing at that dinner last night, unless the wine was really, really good, that republicans were really proposing any type ...

The big three, the fiscal follies, the state of the union, and todays must read. lets bring in the panel. former bush-cheney senior adviser. jimmy williams is an msnbc contributor. and erin is a staff writer for salon.com. i welcome all three of you. thanks for being here. >> happy sunday. >> robert, ill begin with you. lets take a listen to majority leader eric cantor on nbcs "meet the press." here it is. >> every time you turn around, the answer it to raise taxes. he just got his tax hike on t...

Negotiations stand and whether a deal can be reached before the deadline we are joined by michigan democratic congressman. thank you for being here today. we are learning that negotiations have hit a major setback over a republican offer that includes entitlement changes. what exactly you hearing? >> im hearing just that. i think that the decision by senator mcconnell to bring up chain cpi is not a helpful step. it will effect the benefits for social security recipients. also for veterans, also ...