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The numbers dont add up. he has to assume these savings or it doesnt work. >> listen to what he said when chris wallace asked him where the compromise point might be. >> the president would like to raise $600 billion at least in added revenue by clearing out so many of the deductions and loopholes for upper income people. you want not nips and cuts but structural reform to entitlements. did you get a sense, first of all, are you willing to give up one to get the other and did you get the sense h...

It, and the real end point here is theres going to be this seven month continuing resolution that funds the government. thats the time frame this is going to play out over. the hope from the white houses standpoint is they can reach this grand bargain obama has been looking for for a few years sometime over the course of the next few years. public pressure will mount over the sequester, pressure within the republican party about the defense cuts will mount maybe. what he really needs is an ackno...

That are constantly happening. it creates an opportunity for those of us who have come here with a very clear mandate from people in our districts, both republicans and democrats, that we want to see action. we want to see you guys sit down, spend some time together and talk through things. and in order for that to happen, there has to be a basic level of respect, sincere discussion, listening and consideration. and there will be things, of course, we disagree on but there will be things we can ...

Growth exercise. a revenue generating exercise >> chris: bottom line what do you. >> we dont want to raise taxes because we just did raise taxes chris bottom line what do you think of the chances of a big deal this year to try to get the deficit under control? >> i think it will be determined by the temprament and the posture that the president and all of us take over the next few weeks. we have spending problem and i like to see we can find common ground. will the president take the premium sur...

People in our districts, both republicans and democrats, that we want to see action. we want to see you guys sit down, spend some time together and talk through things. and in order for that to happen, there has to be a basic level of respect, sincere discussion, listening and consideration. and there will be things, of course, we disagree on but there will be things we can agree on and thats really where the opportunity i see that lies ahead. >> but congressman, i would gather on some of this b...

Growth exercise. a revenue generating exercise >> chris: bottom line what do you. >> we dont want to raise taxes because we just did raise taxes chris bottom line what do you think of the chances of a big deal this year to try to get the deficit under control? >> i think it will be determined by the temprament and the posture that the president and all of us take over the next few weeks. we have spending problem and i like to see we can find common ground. will the president take the premium sur...

Are so cheery and enthusiastic. when you look at the cuts, you know, we talk about the white house tours, that was a big one this week, obviously. in cuts sim to be necessary. are we on the right track? >> no, we are not on the right track. and the bottom line is, our debt is $16.5 trillion. we wont get there until both sides stop demonizing each other. the democrats have to admit we have a spending problem. if we dont get that under control, we will have a weaker dollar. in an effort to be bipa...

Growth exercise. a revenue generating exercise >> chris: bottom line what do you. >> we dont want to raise taxes because we just did raise taxes chris bottom line what do you think of the chances of a big deal this year to try to get the deficit under control? >> i think it will be determined by the temprament and the posture that the president and all of us take over the next few weeks. we have spending problem and i like to see we can find common ground. will the president take the premium sur...

I really see great opportunity here for a few reasons. one is because you dont have these kind of created crises that are constantly happening. it creates an opportunity for those of us who have come here with a very clear mandate from people in our districts, both republicans and democrats, that we want to see action. we want to see you guys sit down, spend some time together, and talk through things. and in order for that to happen, there has to be a basic level of respect, sincere discussion,...

Members of congress are in relatively very safe districts. the more you push against a republican the more that republican doesnt have to fear a primary challenge. i mean if its coming from the president, that republican is solid, fighting the president, more solid by fighting him than working with him. so i think the president realized the only way to get anything done now is to change strategies and try to sit down and win it on the inside, not fight from the outside. jon: the question i guess...