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Pass his, his tax break, for the payroll tax and that they shouldnt, they shouldnt leave for vacation until they did that yet he is going off for 17 days for golf in the sun. i just think it is time to have a president whose idea of being hands on does not mean getting a better grip on the golf club. bill: for his part, the president and white house unveiled the countdown clock to ramp up the pressure. are you fan of these. >> it is a clever move. it is a visual. bill: 26 days. >> the problem th...

a week after irene hit the east coast, the central gulf coast is getting ready for storm with flooding rains. louisiana governor bobby jindal already declared a state of emergency. oil companies are pulling workers off the rigs in the gulf. some places including new orleans could get as much as 20 inches of rain. texas could really use some of that rain from the tropical system. it doesnt look promising. 14 big wildfires are burning in that state. just one of them west of dallas. firef...

the process, for that, i want you to take a look here. i will not try and walk you through it. its a mess. the bottom line is 917 billion dml spending cuts with a special committee in charge of finding $1.5 trillion cuts by the end of the year, and the debt limit rises by $900 billion now, and $1.5 later. already, there is one potential wrinkle here. the nonpartisan budget congressional office says the plan would cut spending only by 1.5 trillion, not 2.4 trillion. we are following all...

In prison. the budget battle raises on the hill. were expecting more from the president this week but right now the blue print in the paul ryans path to prosperity. the key to getting the nation back on a sound, fiscal track. >> theres four things were trying to do with this budget. get the economy growing and get people back to work. save our military programs for this generation and our future generations. we want to give our children a debt-free nation. thats what the country wants. lets sa...

The public number is $75 billion. that does not include a lot of the military programs that are so important. yeah, the point that is very surprising to me was that in hundreds of interviews with former and also current officials, many of them expressed frustration that they didnt know how -- how large everything had become. they didnt know how many people worked in it. they didnt know just how many contractors were even under the employee of the u.s. government. >> despite the enormous growth s...

And many, many of them have grown, the ones that existed already, have grown quite big following the attacks. >> and despite this enormous growth, nearly a million people, americans, now have top secret security clearances. the federal government spends, what, $70 billion a year on intelligence? whats the latest number that you have? >> its much more than that. the public number is $75 billion, but that does not include a lot of military programs that are so important. the point that is very sur...

Resolution to accept this gift and place it down at city hall and ive spoken to his -- the mayors staff but not the mayor exactly -- or specifically. and ive spoken to many of my friends and colleagues in the military and across the board, theyre not cool with this. >> i think the american people are behind the war effort. you have a democrat now in the white house. what is wrong with seeing how much its costing? >> i dont have a problem with the point that theyre making. i have a problem with t...

Confirm the death. >> bret: mike emanuel live at the pentagon. thank you. american federal agents in guam arrested a man on charges of illegally exporting material for iran missile program. authorities say chin routed so-called dual use materials through taiwan and hong kong. dual use means the products have commercial applications and can be used in military programs. we are wondering what dictionary theyre using at the "washington post" and how it defines "rare." and you will be spending money...

The worlds longest running television program, this is "meet the press" with david gregory. >> good sunday morning. congress returns to work. in five days barring a last-minute deal $85 billion in cuts will be hitting across the board slashing military programs and cutting long-term unemployment benefits, as well. all told, more than a million federal workers could be affected. >> these cuts are not smart. they are not fair. they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of amer...

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