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Renovation. everything. but the real guts of it, though, were the program cuts in the basic programs, health and human services, money for the poor. money for the whole social infrastructure that the federal government helps support because they are only dealing with six or seven months in the year these are really sharp cuts in all these basic programs. they didnt really debate that, but thats the core of whats .haing, or what would happen here. >> they also went for some nancy pelosi favorites...

Basically anything that any listener to npr liked. >> thats right. >> the united nations renovation. everything. but the real guts of it, though, were the program cuts in the basic programs, health and human services, money for the poor. money for the whole social infrastructure that the federal government helps support because they are only dealing with six or seven months in the year these are really sharp cuts in all these basic programs. they didnt debate that but thats the core of what woul...

Vastly different plans, how do they come together? >> well, it doesnt really matter if they come together, because neither of them address the fundamental problem. its sort of like how many discretionary cuts can dance on the head of a pin argument. theres no way to get to the bottom line of moving our deficit and debt down no matter how much you cut it. >> i do want to ask you about the entitlements. that is going to be big, but $61 billion in domestic program cuts? thats the gop -- the house g...

Okay, we spent a lot of time on the medals of freedom. we want to bring you up to speed on the news you may have missed. president george h.w. bush is among the recipients of the medals. the former president along with 14 others were awarded for their contributions in culture, world peace, other national interests, by president obama himself. other recipients included poet maya angelou, civil rights leader john lewis, billionaire businessman warren buffett, the medal of freedom is the highest ci...

Protesters in tehran yesterday. one person was reported killed. president obama is defending his fiscal year 2012 budget plan at a news conference a short time ago. he said program cuts and spending freezes, hes proposing, are based on tough choices. some democrats say the plan cuts too many critical programs, many republicans say it doesnt go far enough. the president is about to award the presidential medal of freedom to 15 people, including former president george h.w. bush. congressman a...

I think we have been listening to the american people and they want to us reduce spending and there is no limit to the amount of spending we are willing to cut. >> chris: all of the presidents so-called investments are unacceptable as far as you are concerned. >> the american people want to us cut spending. they dont want more stimulus spending. >> chris: lets talk about spending because you and house republicans say you want to cut nondefense discretionary spending all the way back to 2008 leve...

I think we have been listening to the american people and they want to us reduce spending and there is no limit to the amount of spending we are willing to cut. >> chris: all of the presidents so-called investments are unacceptable as far as you are concerned. >> the american people want to us cut spending. they dont want more stimulus spending. >> chris: lets talk about spending because you and house republicans say you want to cut nondefense discretionary spending all the way back to 2008 leve...

I think we have been listening to the american people and they want to us reduce spending and there is no limit to the amount of spending we are willing to cut. >> chris: all of the presidents so-called investments are unacceptable as far as you are concerned. >> the american people want to us cut spending. they dont want more stimulus spending. >> chris: lets talk about spending because you and house republicans say you want to cut nondefense discretionary spending all the way back to 2008 leve...

Spending. i think we have been listening to the american people, they want us to reduce spending and there is no limit to the amount of spending we are able to cut. >> chris: so all of the presidents so called investments are inappropriate as far as you are concerned. >> the american people want to us cut spending. they dont want more stimulus spending. >> chris: lets talk about spending because you say you want to cut nondefense discretionary spending all the way back to 2008 levels. this year ...

Down the government, a confrontation with president clinton, which back-fired on speaker gingrich and caused problems across america and john boehner is much more responsible and he said, lets look at the debt ceiling like adults and that is a quote. and hes right. we dont want to risk foreclosure on the full faith and credit of the united states of america. it would be disastrous. china, our major creditor, is in a position where tomorrow if they announced they had lost confidence in the dollar...