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Same justification that mullaney gave you this one which is, we needed to bolster the military and there was only one way to get it. we had to increase spending for democratic priorities to do this as well. so a lot of them did so reluctantly. but we will see how much it hurts them next election. >>chris: congressman jason chaffetz, what happened to your party? the party of fiscal constraint . >> they put a torch to the mantle of fiscal discipline. that is long gone. there been talk about a para...

Mullaney gave you this one which is, we needed to bolster the military and there was only one way to get it. we had to increase spending for democratic priorities to do this as well. so a lot of them did so reluctantly. but we will see how much it hurts them next election. >>chris: congressman jason chaffetz, what happened to your party? the party of fiscal constraint . >> they put a torch to the mantle of fiscal discipline. that is long gone. there been talk about a parade. there should be a pa...

Same justification that mullaney gave you this one which is, we needed to bolster the military and there was only one way to get it. we had to increase spending for democratic priorities to do this as well. so a lot of them did so reluctantly. but we will see how much it hurts them next election. >>chris: congressman jason chaffetz, what happened to your party? the party of fiscal constraint . >> they put a torch to the mantle of fiscal discipline. that is long gone. there been talk about a para...

To get to the $4 trillion youre mentioning? >> you know, i do. i do think that we had lots of efforts in the past year and a half and one thing thats use less, one informs the next so we have a whole lot of polices ideas from bowles-simpson, what the gang of six did, about what could fix the problem and how to do that within the congressional process. the supercommittee has a unique opportunity, where it can get a lot done with a much lower threshold for success, and this presents a rare opportu...