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Discuss, its the democrats who are wanting all this spending. theyre coming up with crazy ideas like my counterpart on the house budget committee wants to increase the debt limit a baa zillion dollars. thats what he said. i want to increase it a gazillion. a kohl coin from the u.s. treasury -- gold coin from the u.s. treasury thats worth a trillion dollars. theyre unrealistic approaches show they do not have any respect for americans and our tax dollars. griff: well, lets talk about what will yo...

History has shown when these corporations get this money, they dont put it back into the workforce or research. they put it into their own pockets, dividends. its really not something thats going to help the bottom line. that is the paycheck of the individual in a pay raise by those corporations. i hope it happens. its just history has shown it doesnt happen. >> noah rothman has a question for you. >> it looks like act two of this thing will be approaching nondiscretionary spending and seeing if...

Upcoming budget period in infrastructure, tax reform, possibly obamacare back on the table. what is the most important to tackle first? >> it has to be the debt ceiling. this is a perpetual ritual here in washington. a short-term funding extensions to keep the government going. the difference is that republicans control all leverage of government. he will have some conservative members of the house who have already said that they want spending cuts, they want some spending reforms. a long term r...

It becomes part of the reconciliation package, second one that will be focused on tax reform and do it a partisan basis, compared with spending reforms. or bipartisan basis, clean, raise the debt celling with a lot of votes from both parties. i dont see it changing the tract that healthcare is on, which is they got the bill out of the the house, if they can come to consensus in the senate, get 50 republican vote, it will pass. until they can do that it wont. i dont think debt ceiling has a huge ...

Trying to hold up on raising the debt ceiling and insist on spending reforms. >> all right. stay right there. we want to talk about foreign policy in our next block and i want your views on that as well. senator rand paul, thanks so much. a growing sense of fear after a new wave of attacks between realizes and palestinians. a gunmans rampage leaving ten dead and many more hurt. can the u.s. do anything to calm the anxietanxiety, stop the vio? that story next. when your cold makes you wish... ....

Robust season of oversight. that says to me, get ready. were going to have more meaningful wasteful hearings about nothing. and another one that i loved, and continued emphasis on spending reforms. that sounds like more cuts to key safety net programs. and lastly, which reflect our priority of being good stewards of taxpayer dollars. john, to me that says were going to continue to protect the 1% in everything we do. >> well i dont think youre going to see any major shift in the republican partys...

To change these two sides in their negotiating positions, bob? >> jon, its hard to have optimism. this was such an ugly fight. there are areas where they could agree on. the president has been willing to trade possibly social security changes for some tax increases. but republicans have been insistent on that. the one thing i dont think the going to be part of this conversation at least from a leadership level on the republican side is obamacare. we talked to senator mitch mcconnell yesterday, a...

Disruption, that lack of certainty, that lack of trust in the u.s. signature, it would mean massive disruption the world over. and we would be at risk of tipping yet again into recession. >> youve been adamant that you will not vote to raise the debt ceiling without significant spending reforms. if you dont get what you want here, are you still willing to risk default despite domestic and international concern? >> we made an offer on the debt ceiling. and asked that they negotiate and work with ...

>> the government is looking to reopen and void a first ever default. on the heels of a house leadership on thursday, republican senators met for an hour and a half with the president just yesterday. the meeting was said to be useful. reports include an immediate end to the shutdown and also raise the nations debt ceiling through the end of the year. this in exchange for delaying or repealing the medical device tax in the presidents sweeping health care law. also it proved that those who receive...

Including keystone, medical device tax, all of these things that are their political wish lish. how is this not about politics? >> its about the economy, about jobs. are we going to do something thats going to secure a better future for our children and grandchildren. the president is asking for a trillion dollars debt increase. so, you know, the bills are going to get paid. the debt holders are going to get paid, the important thing is when you do a debt limit increase, you take a look at whats...