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Been able to come to an agreement. but the house did its work to avoid this sequester, to avoid these random and automatic spending cuts. the fact is, the president and senate democrats have done nothing to pass a bill to avert this and deal honestly with the spending problem the country has. >> just a couple of quick items away from this fight if i can. on gun control, you know, you memorably stood up and applauded when the president recognized gun victims including gabby giffords at the state ...

>> we are literally freeing criminal illegal aliens. >> yes, before the sequester by the way they opened the doors, the gates to the prisons. >> how could something like a climate change musical escape scrutiny? >> these are the things in washington when the president says we have got to have higher taxes, higher taxes on working americans, you say wait a minute. we have a spending problem in washington. >> i would say we are spending $325,000 for robotic squirrels? >> robotic squirrels. they ar...

We actually dont have a spending problem. this is a new talking point. just looking at the polls, actually one thing americans can agree on, they think the government spends too much money. is eight winning message to be the dentist rather than the sugar man when it comes to the debate? >> that is line. >> dana: did i steal that line from you? >> that is what ive been saying. they are the sugar and we are the dentist. one of the problems as a party, that we want to work on presidential elections...

Nobody likes the reductions, but without considering merit of a program or value. republicans accepted them as a way to reduce spending. rising star blamed the senate and obama for failure to act. >> we urge democrats to put country ahead of party and pass a responsible plan to replace the sequester campaigning for higher taxes, president should lead an effort to address our nations spending problem. >> reporter: as the debate continues, there is critical date on the horizon, march 27th which th...

At the end of last year. but republicans in washington have different priorities. republicans think the wealthiest among us, well, theyve just done everything that they need to do. its the working class that just hasnt done enough. >> the president got his tax hikes on january 1. this discussion about revenue, in my view, is over. its about taking on the spending problem here in washington. >> john boehner keeps talking about more of the same, the spending problem that simply does not exist. gov...

To help reduce the deficit. >> but, lets make it clear that the president got his tax hikes on january 1st. this discussion about revenue, in my view, is over. its about taking on the spending problem here in washington. the government says the reductions will soon result in furlough notices to employees and there will be less spending on defense contracts and domestic programs. well, a top al qaeda leader was killed in battle in northern mali. abu zi e.d. the reports of his death appear to be c...

Its about taking on the spending problem here in washington. i did layout t that the house is going to move a resolution next week to funneled the government until march 27th. im hopeful that we wont have to deal with the threat of a government shut down while we are dealing with the sequester at the same time. the house will act next week and i hope the senate will follow suit. thanks. jon: not a lot of information there. john boehner and mitch mcconnell have been meeting in the white house wit...

Ed henry at the white house. any chance of a last minute deal here, ed? >> very unlikely, shep. you called it right. two versions, republican version of the senate only got 38 votes to shut off these forced spending cuts and come up with some other details. the democratic version got 51 votes, simple majority should have passed but because of republican filibuster did not move forward. so what happened? of course the finger pointing. take a listen. >> not only would their legislation fail to fix...

"cut" is. but in washington language, cut means we are not going to spend as much extra that we had planned to spend, right? >> we are going to slow down the growth. -- >> now -- spending has increased so much in washington, d.c. >> how does washington, d.c. get away with calling that a cut? everyone thinks its a cut, it just means we are not spending as much extra. >> absolutely. we are not going to spend as much as we have been. i dont think people think we dont have enough money. i think they...

Loophole to help reduce the deficit. >> youre saying this is a republican problem not one that you bear any responsibility for? >> well, julie give me an example of what i might do. i am not a dictator. im the president. >> the president got his tax hikes on january 1. this discussion about revenue in my view is over. its about taking on the spending problem here in washington. >> bret: well, we have official word now that the president will sign and authorize the sequester to go in to effect. a...