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A million dollars a minute unchecked. >> but i dont have to tell you, senator, the supposition in the press and elsewhere is that democrats feel that they have republicans over a barrel right now because not only are they not budging on republican demand, now theyre also saying, hey, those sequester cuts we all agreed to earlier this year, we want to shrink those, we want to spend more money. >> and the american people know that families cant spend that way and our government cant spend that way...

Money. >> a shocking admission. >> that was a joke. im actually sasha burns. not sasha could henn. >> but the camera on me. i profoundly apologize. i dont know where they came from. sasha burn. make your case. whoa do you want to spend more money? >> well, the sequester has been a disaster, and republicans admit that as well. the congressional budget office, nonpartisan, the expert, everybody relies on the numbers, says the sequester will cost 800,000 jobs by this time next year. so do i have a ...

Of sequester cuts in january they were going to put up a fight. if this is all turning into one big ball of conflict, its hard to see why that particular issue would have been exclouded. so no, no surprise at all. >> errol says no. ben, what do you think? democrats here? >> its devinafinitesly moving goalposts. the good news, though, is you have what the government is supposed to do, negotiation. i almost had a heart attack when harry reid said we are negotiating. i would say to harry reid, cong...

Bill: what do democrats want? >> they want to reverse or restructure the sequester cuts. those were across the board spending cuts imposed earlier this year as a direct result of that standoff. democrats dont like the cuts, they want them ended or restructured. they want to spend more money. that is the new sticking point in the argument how much we spend in the future. bill: this came up in the last 4hours. interesting strategy. three days until the so-called debt limit is reached. how is the m...

Governments funding under the sequester cuts, that means the cuts continue longer and the democrats dont like that. >> you asked for the sweet spot. a lot revolves around susan collins proposal. the medical device passed 17-1. it would be good for the economy. theres bipartisan support. >> not even a repeal of the medical device act. this would be simply a two-year delay. >> clearly a permanent repeal would give more certain ti to the business community, but thats a step in the right direction. ...

Going to win, we cant win, this is terrible. the polls are making us look so bad. let me tell you, the republicans have a lot of power if they would be able to unite. you cant have half of them or maybe slightly more than half of them knocking the hell out of the people trying to get something done for the good of the country. this country is in serious trouble. were going to hit $17 trillion over the next very short period of time. something has to be done. those people are really being hit har...

Senate majority leader harry reid and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell over the debt ceiling. the democrats want a shorter continuing resolution because they want to renegotiate those sequester cuts. a shorter continue indication to re-open the government would basically bring the debate to the sequester cuts. thats what the democrats want. they want the longer debt ceiling increase because it gives more security, they teal, to the white house and that the democrats wont be in the crisis m...

Longer have a system where voters select representatives but representatives are selecting their voters by redistricting them. this is the problem we have. its causing the gridlock. >> very good point. >> i want to ask you what the republican party here at the house level wants. i mean official initially a group wanted defunding obama care. now were talking about the sequester cuts that are due to come into effect in january. what is it that the republican party at the house level wants in order...

We want to lift the debt limit, which should be off the table anyway. we want to reopen the government, thats pretty baseline stuff, the united states should have a government that operates and is open. the third thing is we want to have negotiations. what theyve wanted all along is to have conditions on that, a gun to somebodys head, host somebody hostage. >> what about sequester cuts? >> thats what the budget negotiations are all about. you pick a number between what the senate budget was and ...

For what is happening to this country. america is being weakened, and thats the last thing that ought to happen. members swear an oath to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. what theyre doing by the shutdown, by this threat on the debt limit, is weakening america and sending a message to the world that the united states cant govern. thats a lousy message for the world to hear. >> when sequester was passed, before it was passed, you warned, as defense se...