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September, 2012 and ended last month. what kind of cutbacks took place? does this have anything to do with the so-called sequester cuts. >> thats the take away. this is pre-existing. >> presequester. it cant be blamed on sequester. >> you can blame it on the general pressures of the entire federal government over the past several years to bring down their costs. theyre been budget cuts to the defense department and the navy. this isnt the sequester, this isnt the thing youve heard washington tal...

At lost the republicans have left in place the so- called sequester cuts that costs jobs and harmed growth and hurting our military readiness. >> at the time the president was making those remarks. eight dc schools was on lock down and an active manhunt was under way. at that time, we all believed there could be two more armed suspects. and thousands of local resident were in a shelter and place while the president gave a speech. and the navy spokesman said this is not over. the navy yard remain...

>> lack security at a navy yard blame sequestration cuts. floods in colorado, blame climate change. growing angst over the health care law, blame republicans bashing the health care law. time and again if something goes wrong, its never this administrations fault. never harry reids halt. never nancy pelosis fault. its either mother nature or those mother you know what republicans. its getting old. its nothing new. forget the buck stops here. just keep passing the buck here and here and here. i a...

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So before congress went on recess in early august, capitol hill was consumed with a fight looming over the debt ceiling. a threat to defund obama care and the struggle to pass immigration reform. a few weeks later, these issues have been pushed to the back burner as congress returns to a tough vote on syria, pushed aside but not forgotten. in the next three weeks we face the implementation of the affordable care act, debt ceiling fight, again, additional sequester cuts and expiring farm bill, de...

Through planes -- no one is solving the problems for the united states. >> you talk about the fear thing. the reason why they are -- sequester, the reason we have sequester is back in august of 2011 we were approaching the debt ceiling and cut a deal that there would be spending cuts by a super committee at the end of november because they hadnt done their job. they hasnt done a budget. >> and the super committee didnt do its job and then from december or january, february, nobody bothered to do...

High. when we need to do is live to fight another day but we should not throw in the towel on the negotiation. sequester cuts must stay at present levels and press on obamacare. the president knows it is not ready for prime time. we need to exempt individuals the same businesses have been exempt and push this thing back at least a year the president pushed it back. martha: bob, what do you make of all this. >> first of all the republican dug their own hole. brad, i wish you would tell them to ha...

Its what democrats want, they want a full replacement of the sequester cuts. i dont think thats going to happen right now, not out of the house. so if its a temporary bill in september that keeps funding the government, thats good. it doesnt head off the end of the year battle over debt ceiling and if boehner just is time shifting, his own caucus which wants to defund obama care and make that contingent on raising the debt ceiling, for which there is not support, then you have this clash that ge...

Certainly not the 57,000 children you just denied a chance for a better education. joining me now is kathy caster, democrat from florida. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. just over 1200 kids have been kicked off head start in florida. how do your colleagues defend this? >> this is very serious. the republicans insistence upon the sequester cuts, their refusal to negotiate the budget is having a real world impact on families all across the country. we know economists tell us that i...

Traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual and rights are being rolled back. >> the u.s. supplies $1.3 billion in aim to egypt. the president says that could be on the chopping block if the violence continues. he needs to back off now and accept the fact that the egyptians have come to this pass themselves and they will have to resolve it. >> the death toll continues to rise from this weeks bloody crack down on muhammad morsi supporters. nearly 650 people confirmed killed and thousands m...