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Regulations and the uncertainty that comes from more regulations. lets expand the exports which the president has an opportunity to do with these free trade opening agreements. 250,000 new jobs would be created. these are the common sense things in our plan. its really just a blueprint for success for the american people by getting folks back to work and helping on the budget situation. >> senator, let me ask you because i think as you point out, that the budget situation is tied to the jobs sit...

Been created and say, does it mean what it was intended to do? is it accomplishing the goals? if it is not, we need to look at reforming it. >>neil: i understand that but what does it mean along the way, you would risk shutting down the government, we will have this debate with the debt limit and the new budget, and that will be sort of like the weapon of choice, shut down the government. >>guest: if we get to a point where the democrat dozen in the come to the table with serious proposals on ad...

Finance very long-shot candidates. thats a pretty privileged little elite. why should we spend $600 million when it doesnt educate one american, it doesnt build one mile of road, it doesnt defend the country, doesnt educate a kid? >> reporter: the public financing system was born out of the watergate scandal, a way to clean up washington. taxpayers are asked if they want to donate $3 from the u.s. treasury to fund the presidential races. candidates who accept public money also must accept spendi...

Is reportly considering spending limits. thats next.

If we were going to raise the debt ceiling, which you have to do or the federal government will have to default on its credit, but what we should have said is there is going to be spending limits, well do something to control our spending. you dont just give a big spender a bigger allowance. there were no reforms. the only one was the pay-go which says if you do spending, you have to pay for it. its a good idea, but guess what? >> there are waivers. >> in the last three years, the democrats waiv...

Debt ceiling, which you have to do or the federal government will have to default on its credit, but what we should have said is there is going to be spending limits, well do something to control our spending. you dont just give a big spender a bigger allowance. there were no reforms. the only one was the pay-go which says if you do spending, you have to pay for it. its a good idea, but guess what? >> there are waivers. >> in the last three years, the democrats waived that rule for every major s...

These caps, if you will, these spending limits, talking about the military and that will actually be an increase. and all these other things that i have been telling our viewers about that will go into this bills, daca, the dreamers. the president would sign this? >> right. i think its very important to understand. it has to go to the house but this is very important to understand. this, the budget caps, what it does is lift the spending caps. in order for the appropriate yarts to write the spen...

The threshold to 51 votes so it wouldnt be 60 and they could all vote against it and let the democrats pass it. >> yeah. >> by the way, when i first came to work on the hill the democratic leadership would pass spending limits. iron-clad spending limit of $285 billion and then pass two amendments exempting it entitlements and any appropriation that went higher so games are being played. what about campaign financing. youve got a big pac out there like everybody else with all this money coming $3...

Down and dont graying brag about yourself. >> but reversing his 1988 >> high school was phillips promise "read my lips, newno new academy in andover. the school motto means, not for taxes" proved politicalally disastrous and his numbers self. plummeted to 33%. >> i felt that all the my life. >> i made a bad call on the dont brag about yourself. i called her once when i was 16. democrats tax increase, i underestimated congress mom! i scored 3 goals in soccer! addiction to taxes and with my back a...

Cups of coffee at a conference. the report found the department spent $121 million on conferences in 2008 and 2009, exceeding its own spending limits. a justice spokeswoman says cost cutting steps have since been taken. last night on the last word with lawrence odonnell, ralph nader talked about why he thinks president obama should have to face a slate of so-called six challengers in a democratic primary. >> a slate by definition is not a challenge to his nomination. its a challenge to his con...