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To include revenue. thats where we have the butting of heads. and what many analysts point out correctly what we are cutting now are important investments, not the drivers of debts and deficits in our country, and thats what we probably have to get back to in order to have a balanced solution. the problem right now is there really doesnt appear to be a great impetus for republicans to sit down at that table and talk about anything that includes revenue, even if it means summerly closing loophole...

Theyre not part of the sequester. so its unclear why they would be part of the bargain. and its not social security this would hit, it would hit veterans and spouses of soldiers who died in combat. so if thats the way congress thinks it ought to balance the budget, by cutting the pensions for widows of soldiers, thats where we are now. >> chris, i respectfully disagree with ryan here. yes, theres a lot of pessimism among reporters here, but at the end of the day, when you talk to staffers in dem...