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Country. you know, 7.4% of our gdp is tied into the federal government, from if the contracting or federal spending, and so, again, i go back to -- for a state thats run by republicans that tend to hate the federal government, i tell you, the federal government sure is signing a lot of paychecks for a lot of good hard working folks here in south carolina, and so sequester would be devastating, for not only poor people but for the military. and so we -- we need to turn this around, and we need so...

To great lengths to determine the facts surrounding them. the "washington post" reports a bipartisan group of senators is close to a deal that would expand background checks to all private gun sales with limited exceptions. the plan is expected to earn gop support in the coming days, and secretary of state john kerry is off on his first trip as secretary of state. he landed in london had a short while ago about 7:30 local time there, were told. he will visit ten countries in europe and the middl...

Congressman is pretty impressive. certainly it was tim scotts old seat. mark sanfords old district is not exactly that district either. its been redrawn and its sort of a new district that tim scott just won. back to what jamie said. we dont have a money problem in washington. we have a spending problem in washington, and still would contend that sequester is on its way. well start tightening the belt of the federal government. its gotten too big, too intrusive and -- >> is this a way to make it...

Short term solutions. this particular solution, this sequestration allows both sides to have the melt down that they have been jockeying for and it is less impactful than a government shut down and probably less than breaching the debt ceiling. it is a managed risk here. i dont know that i agree with senator coburn that it is an entirely made up problem but i do think that it is something that is less impactful than a lot of the other fiscal debates that we have had. >> as is frequently the case...

They will be felt over time. it could result in a recession. it is hard to see how president obama would escape responsibility for that. but the good news is the bad news. it wont be felt immediately but the bad news is it wont be felt immediately. for those of you saying it is a catastrophe a lot of you wont feel it. >> not everyone believes the sequester portends disaster. this is fox news sunday. >> the crisis is made up. it has been created. i didnt support the sequester because thats a stup...

No matter which one wins, whether its mark sanford or not, i would tell you in that in district, very, very high hill to climb, even with stephen colbert and his sister and the money they will be able to raise from the liberal establishment all over the country, it will be tough. i dont see any success from the democrats yet. as the former chairman said, turning a super tanker around is pretty you have to, and in south carolina republicans and the responsible policies weve done, great governor, ...

Price and when it went public, they all got a lot of money. i got it. and then the second thing is that if you didnt have this law, it would be much hard tore start any business because people are going to say, listen, i know im going to lose for the first tie years a gazillion dollars and its got to come off what i make -- >> the effect of this bill is it sort of evens the playing field. big established companies can crush a small company. this gives those small entrepreneurial start-ups the op...

People-- >> and lose the health services. >> jehmu, we have the-- >> its a responsibility, not a-- >> and education will be a factor. 1.5 million children, their education will be affected with the sequester, im concerned about the 400,000 people that are going to lose mental health services and air traffic control e, are you getting on a plane after the sequester. >> and 400,000 is amazingly wrong number. >> brenda: i want to let jonas weigh in here. >> look, theres two problems here, first of ...

Barry anderson helped to implement it. there was a nautical program, and at the researched bouys, congress said you cant remove the buoys, so somebody from congress says i have to go as low as i can, what do i do with them? they said twice a year we send somebody to scrape off the bird poop, so i said scrape 5% left of it, done, so this sequester, three words nobody understands, but when you hear it, think about how well do it. think about a government in 1991 where an actual government official...

Price and when it went public, they all got a lot of money. i got it. and then the second thing is that if you didnt have this law, it would be much hard tore start any business because people are going to say, listen, i know im going to lose for the first tie years a gazillion dollars and its got to come off what i make -- >> the effect of this bill is it sort of evens the playing field. big established companies can crush a small company. this gives those small entrepreneurial start-ups the op...