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Already made. and once we do the bill, republicans can never again say, well, we cant go back on the sequestration cuts on that level again. well never be able to stand there. basically, it is the old discussion of gee, what do you think i am? a prostitute. we are negotiating and thats where it is. >> you are saying you would prefer another government shutdown over agreeing with this bill? >> no, i dont want a shutdown at all. and once people take an objective look. at what happened. we compromi...

With a collection of cats and dogs, fees on airline passengers, spectrum sales and things like that that dont amount to long-term savings in the next decade. >> join meeg riging me right no king. thanks for making time for me. we have heard that the budget does not deal with entitlement reform tax loopholes, major debt reduction or all of the sequestration cuts. youre on the special budget conference thats coming up with the plan. thats your feeling on how this is taking shape, and then whats yo...

And our sequestration cuts were forcing our families and communities to pay the price. so i am very proud to stand here today with chairman ryan to announce we have broken through the partisanship and the gridlock and reached a bipartisan budget compromise that will prevent a government shutdown in january. our deal puts jobs and economic growth first by rolling back sequestrations harmful cuts to education and medical research and infrastructure investments and defense jobs for the next two yea...

Every time. in fact, boehner would never bring anything like that to the floor as a vote. so were kind of in a quagmire here. about obama care, will the affordable care act be part of this equation moving forward on a budget? i mean, you heard ryan say it didnt work, their strategy didnt work last time. are we going to hear the same song and dance here coming down the stretch? >> well, we could. certainly the republicans have seen themselves on a roll. theyve been beating their chest, theyre kin...

That they would allow this to just go forward and do a continuing resolution with the sequestration cuts. your thoughts. >> thats exactly what were hearing. today we heard it from the minority leadership of the senate and also in the house. theyre shrugging their shoulders saying its okay because its going to further reduce the size of government. wait a minute. exactly what are you reducing? youre reducing the military defense. youre reducing research for all of the critical things we need in o...

Expire next month. the program provide employment benefits after state benefits run out. it was last extended at the beginning of this year as part of a deal to divert fiscal cliffs with spending cuts. the chances of that happening again dont look very good despite a push from congressional democrats and the white house. the program is still necessary due to the sluggish recovery and still high jobless rate. it will cost 250 billion and more. they will discuss the right stance on this issue yet....

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...

From west point that have been playing music for us all day on this veterans day. >> also, didnt we do a show from the uss new york? >> we did during fleet week -- no fleet week because of the sequestration cuts. but theyre open for business. weve got maria molina who has been over there and she said she stopped by, theyve give you a tour. >> they wont ask for cash up front. if you had a chance to watch the sunday shows, they took note of whats happening today and in politics. somebody else who ...

The negotiation position of gop leaders. are we about to see a shift where the budget hawks will give a knockout to the war hawks? >> the pentagon already has been struck in year because of the sequestration cuts. there is also a strong group of both republicans and democrats who believe that the military budget should not be cut even the 4% or so that its been cut under the sequester. its actually less than 4%. so im not ready to call it a paradigm shift. you hear the nsa revelations, you have ...

Perilling americas sku es sec. >> military leaders say they are already pinching pennies and the cuts heard them significantly. and the cuts are affecting readiness. take a listen. >> were looking with sequestration at a long range problem that is significant. it will take us 10 plus years to get readiness back for the level we want under and i fully sequestered budget. >> a decade. are you buying that? >> you know, i dont buy it entirely because we heard prior to the sequestration cuts that it ...