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Reform closing deductions to actually pay down the deficit? >> im going to say it one more time. the president got his tax hikes on january 1. the issue here is spending. spending is out of control. there are smarter ways to cut spending than the silly sequester that the president demanded. so we need to address the long-term spending problem. but we cant cut our way to prosperity. we also need real economic growth. american family wages arent growing. they are being squeezed. and as a result, w...

Rights. justice scalia said the act now amounts to per petiation of racial entitlement and questioned whether it was the kind of question you can leave to congress. you voted to reauthororithior a it in 2006. do you think its still needed? >> it passed with large majorities in the house and senate. i think its something that has served our country well. but there is an argument over a very small section of the voting rights act, and thats what the court is going to consider. >> you told the "wal...

Couple of tax expenditures and to say, well, we ought to use that to get rid of the sequester, well, every american knows washington has a spending problem. every american in these tough economic times has to find a way to balance their budget. they have got to make choices. they expect washington to live within its means and make choices as well. we know we have a structural deficit. the president has run up $5 trillion worth of debt in the last five years. we have another $1 trillion budget de...

Bill to replace the sequester came out of the presidents own budget. not all of them, but most of the changes. >> stuff that you put in there, you knew democrats wouldnt support, and its exactly what you say senate democrats are doing now, putting in things that the republicans wont support. >> the house passes a bill. the senate can pass a bill. if we disagree, we go to conference and work it out. >> what happens now? what do you think the impact of all of this is? the president is saying there...

But to arbitrarily pull out a couple of tax expenditures and to say, well, we ought to use that to get rid of the sequester, well, every american knows washington has a spending problem. every american in these tough economic times has to find a way to balance their budget. they have got to make choices. they expect washington to live within its means and make choices as well. we know we have a structural deficit. the president has run up $5 trillion worth of debt in the last five years. we have...

Work on our budget. the house has done a budget every year since ive been speaker. the senate hasnt done a budget for four years. they have committed to do a budget this year, and i hope that they do. and out of that process maybe, maybe we can find a way to deal with our long-term spending problem. >> ill ask you what my white house colleagues in the press corps there have asked the president. do you bear any responsibility for a failure to find agreement? >> theres no one in this town whos tri...

We have major yj omera, david nocamura for the washington post joining, as well. we have a lot to talk about as we kick off a new workweek. were in it to win it sequester style. david, i want to start with you because john boehner gave great sound over the weekend with david gregory talking about his take on the sequester. take a listen. >> there is no one in this town who has tried harder to come to an agreement with the president and to deal with our long-term spending problem. no one. >> davi...

Bill to replace the sequester came out of the presidents own budget. not all of them, but most of the changes. >> stuff that you put in there, you knew democrats wouldnt support, and its exactly what you say senate democrats are doing now, putting in things that the republicans wont support. >> the house passes a bill. the senate can pass a bill. if we disagree, we go to conference and work it out. >> what happens now? what do you think the impact of all of this is? the president is saying there...

Washington. they blame the president and down-playing the cuts as you heard. house speaker john boehner says spending is out of control. the president kicked the can they are running down the road they kicked the canon. no agreement was reach to do head off the sequester cuts. he says there was no lack offer fort on his part. >> no one has tried harder to come to an agreement with the president. the fact is the president and senate democrats have done nothing to pass a plan to avert this and d...

The news now in washington, steve? >> harris, yeah, republicans are both blaming the president and down playing the cuts as you heard it. house speaker john boehner said that spending is out of control, and that the president has kicked the can so far down the road and were running out of road to kick the can on. he said its unfortunate, no agreement was reached to head off the sequester cuts, but insisted there was no lack of efforts on his part. >> theres no one in this town whos tried harder ...