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And i believe we democrats would fight to take any piece of this -- of these sequestration cuts off the table because it would mean no deficit reduction at all. >> a lot of blame about why the super committee failed. you mentioned grover norquist who will be my guest in just a moment. >> yes. >> senator john kerry said, in effect, he was the 13th member of the committee, that his taxpayer protection pledge is a stranglehold on republicans and they dont dare defy him. is it a little easy to blame...

Other can sit back and say, im fine without the fear of sequestration, you lose it. so the president is right to offer the veto threat. and i believe we democrats would fight to take any piece of this -- of these sequestration cuts off the table because it would mean no deficit reduction at all. >> a lot of blame about why the super committee failed. you mentioned grover norquist who will be my guest in just a moment. >> yes. >> senator john kerry said, in effect, he was the 13th member of the c...

Iran. we need to understand that the world is not getting safer. we, even though we historically drawn down our militaryfter every conflict, this is the first time we have drawn it down while troops are fighting and they are outside the mission right now while we speak. carrying out patrols in afghanistan. >> of course, we would havent to talk about the sequestration cuts if the super committee reached a deal. one of the sticking point was an issue of raising taxes or raising revenue. i want to ...

Iran. we need to understand that the world is not getting safer. we, even though we historically drawn down our military after every conflict, this is the first time we have drawn it down while troops are fighting and they are outside the mission right now while we speak. carrying out patrols in afghanistan. >> of course, we would havent to talk about the sequestration cuts if the super committee reached a deal. one of the sticking point was an issue of raising taxes or raising revenue. i want t...

Children are protected to act. >> shannon: and while i have got you i have to ask your impression with what is playing out with the supercommittee. the deadline wednesday and report thats committee may be done, dead locked beyond repair at this point? >> well, that would be unfortunate. some of us have been advocates of not only hitting the $1.2 trillion mark but to actually have a much bigger $4 trillion mark and we believe that making ultimately decisions that are balanced that include spendin...

Gospel. so, say we do get to the point where thanksgiving we do not have a deal, and automatic cuts supposedly kick in, and we have had the president saying he would not back those automatic sequestration cuts and i dont know if he can veto them or if it is understood they are automatic, is it your understanding they are automatic and he cannot veto them because that confused folk. >>guest: my understanding it is automatic it was part of the legislation that was passed by congress august 2 and t...

Congressional leaders and the white house. no one would suggest it is perfect but we worked hard to find common ground. first and foremost, this bipartisan agreement will unwind the sequestration cuts that have hamstrung our armed forces and jeopardized our national security. >> after months of legislative log jams this budget deal is a genuine breakthrough. after months of fiscal brinkmanship, this budget deal is a first real sprout of bipartisanship. >> that is the senate. the house may or may...

And disaster relief funding for hurricane and wild fire victims. the senate majority leader talked about benefit to the united states military. >> first around foremost, this bipartisan agreement will unwind the sequestration cuts that have hamstrung our armed forces and jeopardized our national security. >> the senate democratic leader talked about the domestic priorities, getting more money in this deal and noted it is a compromise. >> theres one or two final details to work out, but all the p...

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$2 billion for the national institutes of health. $4 billion for college afford ability. lift funding for domestic programs by $131 billion. the budget deal is a win for the american people. >> neil: all right. thats always in the eyes of the beholder. i didnt make that seem it was only chuck schumer adding to this. the republicans were just as much. in all, $300 billion in spending beyond what we have right now. both the republicans dug into that trough and the democrats. im not implying this i...