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Exactly the cuts entail. what will get trimmed. >> we know what some of them may, certainly because some of the things that were on the table when house republicans passed their initial bill with $61 billion in cuts. there were a lot of controversial things as far as democrat side. cuts for nutrition assistance for women and children. cuts to environmental protection agency. cuts to the head start program. were waiting to see exactly how this flushes out when we look at the cuts on a smaller sca...

He makes $350,000 a year. things are obviously very good for first class passengers on the federal gravy train. here is what i dont get. many democrats seem to have no problem at all with this spending. every time a program is targeted to be cut, liberals start screaming. here is an example. florida congresswoman doesnt want cuts to the head start program. >> i was at a child care center in my district on monday and literally stood with moms who, when they lose their child care as a result of th...

Budget. can you accept the presidents budget? his recommendation for some of these cuts that he has in it, including to pell grants? >> well, i can accept them, but im not happy with them. i dont want to pretend that im happy with them. i think the year-round pell grant is essential to low-income students who are trying to get their lower division courses out of the way at community colleges as rapidly as they can. thats unfortunate. but theres nothing compared to the cuts that are being made on...

Head start. you want to do something tough? take away tax breaks from the hedge fund managers that dont deserve it. you want to do something tough? make the oil companies pay the royalties that the taxpayers of this country are owed. thats tough because they can fight back. head start parents dont get to fight back very much. poor children dont get to fight back very much. people looking for a job dont get to fight back. theres nothing tough about that. and as you know, its a tiny part of the bu...

They would look at entitlement spending and the republicans have taken military spending pretty much off of the table and dealing with such a tiny part of the product. i dont think this we really can expect anything serious to happen from either side. no matter how much the republicans are talking about all of these cuts. theyve taken so much of the spending off the table in terms of, i know, are they looking at medicare, social security, defense cutting. >> you cant say youre making serious cut...

Headed the special olympics and head start program. he was a democratic vice presidential candidate in 19922 working tirelessly to help the poor. >> joining a common cause but all countries to eradicate poverty and materialism. >> shriver is survived by four sons and his daughter maria shriver. sergeant shriver was 95 years old. and those are your headlines. >> all right. >> all right. coming up straight ahead, can republicans really repeal health care today or are they just making a statement i...

Him yesterday about what happened. take a look. >> what is the issue? are you concerned about -- >> excuse me. >> people who are unemployed? >> i have to go to the for. >> could you just explain to us why youre holding this up? im sure you have an explanation. >> excuse me. >> are you concerned about those who are going to lose their benefits? >> guess we have our answer. >> note that was a senators only elevator as the senator pointed out to dana and jonathan. >> its at the senators discretion....

Took a spin by the white house today. maybe you can share what youd like. again, i come back to my original question, how do they pay for this? >> well, great to be with you and, look, im very happy about this plan. i think its very much in line with what we ran on when donald trump ran for president. the 15% business tax cut is really the heart and soul of this plan. we cant go forward in the world with the highest tax rate in the world. its a simple truism. everyone agrees were putting ourselv...

It was the head start program. it was that consumer product safety commission that we just heard about. it was college loans. it was the first environmental protections we ever had as a country. it was food stamps. lyndon johnson 50 years ago today laid out that vision of what he wanted to do as president and what he thought america could do with its wealth. and then the 89th congress, which met from 1965 to 1967 set about enacting that program. enacting that vision. to this day, that congress r...

Among female-headed households. it goes after head start. quote, the head start program as a whole is failing to prepare children for school. so the big takeaway, lets help the poor by attacking programs that help the poor? the report also goes after poor families themselves. citing the breakdown of the family as the root factor. quote, perhaps the single most important determinant of poverty is family structure. and it continues. poverty is most concentrated among broken families. look. everybo...