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>> 174 of your members in the house voted to support it at your urging. you both agreed to do this. >> the president demanded it at the 11th hour in july of 2011. because he didnt want to be inconvenienced by having another vote on the debt limit before his re-election in 2012. and as a result, with the agreement that senator reid, senator mcconnell and myself had that didnt have the sequester, he would not accept. so he demanded that we find a way so he could avoid a second debt limit vote befo...

Is, look, we want you to get in there and protect the military, but all of this discretionary spending, you neat to be cutting it. you got to get busy reforming entitlements. you have to stabilize social security and medicare, and people are ready to see some solutions brought forward, and theyre expecting us to do that. >> congresswoman, do you think that now -- ive heard speaker boehners faift line that the president got his tax hikes. democrats are now going to be able to say the republicans ...

Persian gulf because sequester is coming. it seems the defense department took a back seat to politics. >> absolutely. it was yet another chip, yet another card in a bargaining hand in a grander picture that you start to wonder as you watch more and more, is this more about the 2014 mid terms than it is about making sure that were getting things done, that were prioritizing properly? sequestration is the worst of all words for those who are deficit and defense hawks who believe our debt is a nat...

Still allows our economy to grow. whats happened now because of the sequester is we may be reducing spending, and ultimately reducing the deficit, but its actually going to come back and bite us because were going to lose jobs and slow economic growth, and were not really taking on the big challenges that things that impact our deficit. >> john, i thought one of the things that i was fascinated about from the weekend is the message both the president and speaker boehner sent about a potential go...

Even grants to native americans. and im the one who has to tell these folks, young men, theres no need to feel down. young men, pick yourself off the ground. young man, just because youre funning is down, theres no need to be unhappy. >> its fun to stay at the "snl." good day. um chuck todd in for andrea mitchell live in new york. administration officials are out in force again today talking about the impact of sequester. >> we are already seeing the affects on some of the ports. eventually the ...

The shelters and to help out law enforcement who is trying to work with the crimes that have been committed against women and helping them to stand up. weve had some great shelters and great success without our shelters. our child advocacy centers, able to receive funds and work with our drug task forces, and some of these judicial task forces that have been so involved in these crimes, and that focus needs to continue. i remain -- it remains a big advocate for carrying forward that good work an...

No need to -- young men, get yourself off the ground. young men, just because youre funning it now, there is no need to be unhappy. >> you probably know how the rest of it goes. thats going to wrap things up for me today. 50i8 see you back here tomorrow. joining me then, ed rendell. but now with alex wagner comes your way or the next hour. >> thomas, if the president had done an event with the village people in the background, maybe we wouldnt have the sequester. >> maybe not. they know how to g...

Newspaper usa today, and david leon hart with the "new york times". my apologies for calling usa today americas newspaper. easier to get it at hotels in what i say is the rest of america sometimes. im just saying. >> i dont know. you can get the "new york times". >> no. you usually have to pay extra. chris, by the way, in case youre wondering, andrea is traveling with john kerry. shes going to have a big interview with him tomorrow. shes literally halfway across the world. chris, the white flag ...

Program. so it is an interesting experiment to see if -- and, you know, in six months ftd sky hasnt fallen, i wonder how some of these programs restore funding. >> and the question, joy, is if it does hurt, who is it going to hurt? howard was on this show saying, look, its not going to be that bad for new york city because of the way new york city has managed its fund. its a really sort of granular thing, the sequester, in terms of who bleeds. and the question is at the end of the day, who is le...

Capitol hill. that second term cabinet gets completely filled out. joining me now, congressman joe crowley of new york. he is the vice chair of the democratic caucus. well, let me ask you this morning, or this afternoon, are you comfortable with sequester? three days later. are you comfortable that its been -- that its in, and youre stuck with it, and is it manageable, and, second, did you think the white house did enough to stop it? >> well, thanks, chuck. i good to be on your show. i wasnt com...