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Security be compromised? >> all this may sound familiar. mitt romney made the same arguments during his presidential campaign slamming president obamas position on the trail and in debates as well. >> this in my view is the highest responsibility of the president of the united states, which is to maintain the safety of the american people. and i will not cut our military budget by $1 trillion, which is the combination of the budget cuts that the president has as well as a sequestration cuts. tha...

His members that would extend the debt ceiling until march of 2015 and does not include major spending cuts. it seeks to restore pension cuts that were passed as part of decembers budget deal. republicans want to offset the pensions by extending sequestration cuts to providers. a vote could come tomorrow and then the house is on recess. as hillary clinton eyes a possible 2016 run for president, echoes of the past refuse to stay there. today its the private papers of diane blair that are sheddi...

Frrkts cumulatikmun -- system, community, children will flourish. >> i think what was important as maria was talking about is we as citizens get involved. talking about the importance of early education in this country, maternal and child health internationally. we need people to get involved in this. the president has talked about early ed for two years. congress put a little bit more money into it. put-back in the sequestration cuts. theres so much more that needs to be done. head start reache...

Shack reference, please? we will have a clip later in the show. lets get to it. leaders from both parties believe they have the votes to pass a new spending bill to avoid another bipartisan showdown. at least for now. last night lawmakers revealed nearly 1600 page document laying out a $1.1 trillion plan to fund the government for the 2014 fiscal year. the bill will reverse cuts to military pensions and provide the pentagon with $92 billion in more funding. head start will see its budget increas...

$63 billion of sequestration cuts over the next two years, i think makes a lot of sense. we can do cutting in a more strategic and rational way. jenna: how do you think it sets up for the year ahead? if we expect the bill to pass and go into law, how does it set you up for the year ahead? what will be next on the list? tax reform. how do you setac kelling financial issues moving ahead? >> well i would hope in 2014, the early part of 2014 we could get a consensus on tax reform. were not there yet...

Pushing other voices on the other side will be critically important. >> i think the work, you know, the new york times did in highlighting this family, i think, mark, to your point, has just been incredibly powerful and i hope does serve as an awakening and flashpoint for folks. mary, i want to give the last word to you. in terms of policies, nationwide policies, things we can do at the federal level, what should we be doing to combat homelessness in america? >> we know it works. thats the good ...

They want to let go. >> you keep hearing, speaking to a few of them, you keep hearing the failure to extend unemployment benefits is really striking at the heart of the democratic party. let me ask you, joe, do we know or do you know or does anyone know what percentage of the sequestration cuts are still in effect after this deal? >> paul ryan came on yesterday and said i guess 70%. he was throwing a lot of numbers around. 70%, 75%, 80%. >> a majority. >> they will blow the caps by $63 billion. ...

As a young aide to jack kemp. and he has always been considered by the right as a man of the movement. and boehner, as much as he is conservative, has never been as much in the movement. that allows boehner to step away from the specifics and let ryan make the case. >> over in the senate there is word coming out that mitch mcconnell is going to vote against the deal. if you have a primary member like mitch mcconnell and john cornyn, none of those guys are going to vote for it. you might win conc...

Sequestration cuts? >> well we are going to get a better sense of that, if, when this passes, when it goes to appropriators. they will divvy out what agencies and accounts will increase expectations they will do a level increase across the board. defense by and large gets a, a reprieve. they were about to take a $20 billion additional hit. via sequestration. that looks like it will be put off. everyone across the board is breathing a some what sigh of relief. all of the agencies have essentially...

And if you look at that from the stand point on the average of 2.3 billion, i would say. $3 trillion budget, you are talking about oh, good. well save 2 or 3,000 of the dollars. what are you saying it didnt go far enough for you? >> it is not a matter of how far it goes. it is a matter of preserving the minimal over all cuts that were made before that we were told to e that we were to build on. and one of my concerns, and i am sure it is a selling point for the democrats. we are trying to bust t...