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From the food stamp program. and they support the sequester cuts to programs like head start and meals on wheels. i mean, maybe i shouldnt be complaining that they dont work more. look at what they do to us when they are working. >> and one thing you mentioned earlier you just left off that list was the expiration of extended unemployment benefits. 1.3 million people off the unemployment ranks. and that has very much the same impact krystal was talking about in terms of putting money in the pock...

Cuts over, sequester cuts, $10 billion in cuts just to the pentagon, thats part of the deal. a 2 billion next year. are you someone who is of the mind set that the pentagon also has to take a hair cut? a lot of people on capitol hill say they dont want to go near any pentagon cuts next year? >> wrapping yourself in the flag gets kind of old sometimes. and, yes, the pentagon has to do its part. but, the problem isnt just the pentagon. the problem, laura, is congress. eisenhower and his drafting o...

Backing off the success ter cuts over, sequester cuts, $10 billion in cuts just to the pentagon, thats part of the deal. a 2 billion next year. are you someone who is of the mind set that the pentagon also has to take a hair cut? a lot of people on capitol hill say they dont want to go near any pentagon cuts next year? >> wrapping yourself in the flag gets kind of old sometimes. and, yes, the pentagon has to do its part. but, the problem isnt just the pentagon. the problem, laura, is congress. e...

Vantage point, theres talks that these next sequester cuts, because theyre primarily defense cuts, it gives democrats a little more leverage in these negotiations. a lot of folks look at the modern republican party as is sort of its rated by the likes of rand paul. cutting the defense budget has not proved to be as painful this go around as it has been in earlier go arounds or the suggestion has not carried with it as much weight. i wonder from your vantage point as a democrat in the house how e...

Rescinded or disavowed their vote reopening the government, preventing economic catastrophe. there is still a huge amount of tension over where to go next. i guess i wonder what, you know, your thinking is for the months ahead. >> well, look, i think maybe john boehner wasnt joking because its entirely possible congress built on its 9% approval rating and wont be in session in december. i think were going to dumb down success. success is probably going to be something on the order of, you know, ...

Court could take up this case? let me know on twitter. it is not yet zero hour for budget negotiations but many people worry washington is close to experiencing that old familiar feeling. but this time there is a glimmer of hope. associations will not fizzle. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on the hill with more. >> reporter: with one month to present a budget deal both sides want to find a better way of handling the sequester cuts but have different ways to get there. democr...

Today msnbc launches a new app that allows subscribers to watch in real time on mobile devices as well. of course there is a ton of extra digital constant and that includes reporting by susie kim, our relaunched msnbc.com. her latest article, how the government sequester cuts are hitting one small town in kentucky. tell us about this piece. >> basically for the story, i traveled to the district of howell rogers the chair of the house appropriations committee, his district is one of the poorest i...

Cnn money. i appreciate you joining me. i hope it is better this time around. to you, john, sequester was supposed to be the poison pill. what about this time? >> that is right. every time we set out the self-imposed markers designed to scare congress, they have been managed to blow past it. the impulse to charge into the bayonette was a super fail. there are public polls, we have to do something. bottom line, this is not rocket science. this is a budget reconciliation committee. this used to be...

Because now people in the middle class dont have to worry about whether they can feed their family or buy prescription pills. >> and when you look at the republicans economic agenda, their polls raising the minimum wage. they want to cut $40 billion from the food stamp program. and they support the sequester cuts to head start and meals on wheels. no wonder they are not doing very well in opinion polls. when their polls with most of the american people even if they dont need it, they support as ...

Its always meant to say, like when nancy pelosi said the cupboard is bare, no room to cut, and harry reid says everyone wants to pay more taxes, people have no problems with that. i think the narrative is something like, we know these government shutdowns are onerous and the sequester cuts are onerous, and if we can just say it. but it never pans out because we get numbers like these that show the hellish ramifications never pop up. >> think of how much the economy could improve if theyd get out...