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The problem of mandatory spending increases, thats the problem. then we could get on to the agenda. >> speaking of spending, you know there are more budget battles looming. the next one is a continuing resolution, which essentially keeps the government funded and running at the end of the month. that will expire. the president has suggested he will allow congress to handle that separately from the sequester issue. there are conservatives on the house side who have written to house speaker john b...

Certainly. how long before someone blinks? anyone giving you an idea on that? >> i think as lauren said, the white house looks like from what the president said yesterday that theyre not going to use the spending resolution in late march to sort of force this sequester issue forward again. the president said he would sign another spending bill that would keep the government open. theyre not going to do a face-to-face showdown like that. but you saw from the presidents weekly address the white ho...

Taxes, something that president obama has been talking since 2008. campaigned on this issue in 2012, and the third part will be that march trifecta, when you are going to have both the budget to deal with as well as the debt ceiling and the sequester issue, which will come back again, those are some of the details my colleague, chuck todd, gotten from inside that meeting with the senate democratic caucus. we expect president obama to be briefed on that meeting as well. vice president biden playe...

Not just sunsetted later on, its for couples and individuals permanently and a huge deal and what mitch mcconnell was trying to say, we have come to this agreement. voting to raise taxes. thats huge for republicans. dont scuttle it because of some hiccup over the sequester. now a lot of democrats who dont like this, they want the president to fight. remains to be seen is that can it pass the house gop? house republicans said any type of deal that doesnt cut spending will not get our vote even if...

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