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Todays vote also means some jobless workers lose help and military pensions get trimmed. >> there are some missed opportunities. >> is congress doing the will of the voters or ignoring them? >> are you kidding me? on the left stephanie cutter. on the right s.e.cupp. in the cross cross paul begala, and tim phillips, a conservative activist. are both parties ignoring their supporters? tonight on "crossfire." welcome to "crossfire." iismt s.e. cupp on the right irnls and im stephanie cutter on ...

I just blew up twitter. >> you just crushed the spirit. keeping in mind, alex, a lot of people came back from art basel and may be highly offended by your next answer. >> ill take the middle opinion. i love art, i agree absolutely with what bob said. on the other hand, the city needs money. there is a huge art bubble. its setting records. its the perfect time for the city to sell this art and put it where it will really help real, human people. >> here is the question, what is the guarantee that...

Regarding health care sign-ups, that tells you what is concerning many democrats on capitol hill first. but the second thing is to hear what chris van hollen said. it wasnt a full endorsement of the deal. members will have to decide for themself. thats an important tell on whether theyre going to, quote unquote, whip for this. but he himself, its a hit on federal pensions. its his district that would get hit a little bit on this more than most, but he sounds like he is going to be for the deal s...

Saying he was opposed? >> well, i havent talked to marco about it. i dont know that he has seen the contents of it. do i expect some people may vote against it for various political reasons. he has his reasons. in the minority you dont have to pass things. thats a luxury or not. that people have in the senate. marco is a very good friend of mine. im a big fan of his. i wish he would support it. but, if he doesnt, thats fine. for me, im cutting the deficit without raising taxes. and im getting pe...

But its about time you spoke up and understand the american people cant ask for everything. you cant ask to be in somalia and afghanistan and special operations through africa and at the same time skewering your budget. pensions are -- will you have to pay more into pensions? >> no. im still trying to -- i havent had a chance to really review what they agreed to yesterday. my understanding is that its somewhat impacted cola increases. its not cutting pensions or making them pay in more. just the...

>> hope is not a strategy. you cant eat hope. >> we have only so many votes. we still have to rely on some republicans to join with 200 democrats to get something done, but i guarantee you democrats will push. if were going to vote for this thing, make it pass, we should be able to help americans. >> let me pile on to just a minute. the other thing is under new federal employees will be paying about five times more than current workers into their pensions. im -- this has got to worry you. >> it ...

Discretionary funding. we wont hit that level until the year 2017 until this agreement. so were well ahead of schedule and getting cuts in areas weve never been able to get before. and it makes government work and prevents shutdowns. >> i love and bipartisan deal in this city. i like that its two years because theres a level of certainty for the business community. other than asking the federal workers to pay a little more in their pensions, where else are you getting the money? >> theres a lot ...

Said hes a no. but what i thought was very interesting having watched paul ryan on the trail in 2012, he got up there and made a very forceful case on why this is a down payment on conservative principles and as you sort of walked through at the beginning of the show, there are some things that democrats are leaving on the table. while they havent tackled major entitlement reform in the way that previous budgets have addressed it, it is making a down payment, they are making small changes to thi...

>> the sequester cuts. theyre gone. >> at least part of them are gone and theyre replaced with more flexible spending cuts that congress can work toward. basically what the idea is there, that people who are upset about thing like defense cuts, conservatives, you can work around those. and maybe the democrats who are concerned about some of the cuts to domestic programs, they can work around those. paid for with additional money going to federal workers pensions. that is something the democrats ...

We are expecting to hear from speaker john boehner in just moments. hes been applauding the bipartisan budget deal but some conservatives, including oklahoma senator tom coburn, are not happy. >> we raise fees, raise money, steal money, raise the cost of pensions for federal workers, do all these other things in the out years that will never be guaranteed to be there and say we cut a deal. im sure it was the best paul could get, but its not anything i can support. >> i want to bring in senator r...