Mulvaney Amendment News Today

Taking care of our own. >> despite those pleas, the mulvaney amendment went down big. 162 to 258 with 71 republicans voting against it. the fiscal cliff and sandy relief votes do provide a template for how, by the way, the debt ceiling might ultimately get raised. on the tax deal, house republican leaders had political cover from senate republicans. on sandy, chris christie provided the political cover, leaving house leaders, frankly, cowering. now the kotch brothers, through a group they backed...

Skros the board put of discretionary spending to pay for sandy relief. a leading house democrat from new york is pushing back. >> we must oppose the mulvaney amendment which is an across the board cut to offset the costs of disaster relief. i want to repeat this point again. in the united states of america we respond to disasters. all americans respond to disasters. we dont ask for offsets. >> reporter: with our debt at $16 trillion and counting and disasters every year a lot of lawmakers are sa...

This is why the things are different when you talk about $17 billion in this particular mulvaney amendment. it is not a ton of number. in the context of $1.2 trillion debt. but you to have the discussions about the $17 billion. its not out of line to suggest that a 1.6%be off-set is reasonable. >> bret: i will say one thing aboutbe the debt ceiling debate quickly. president obama yesterday and then jay carney back in 2011 two different takes but the same message. >> congressional republicans ref...