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>> what will you do -- >> we are best and stay united on basic principles of less government, less spending. youll see us stay unite thad we wont increase spending. the sequester has been one of the good things thats happened one of the few things weve done where weve actually controlled spending somewhat in this town. >> let me ask you two direct questions. if you say youre not willing to accept that, are you prepared to let this go past the deadline on thursday when the secretary of the treasu...

With. how much leverage does he have? if the hopes of getting a deal now are in reid and mcconnell hammering something out, how much leeway does mcconnell have to actually hammer out a deal here? >> not so much. the only argument im hearing from senate republicans. theyre going to democrats to chuck schumer and harry reid and saying, look, maybe if you push us too hard on sequester, push us too hard on bca levels, only get four or five republicans, thats not going to be helpful to you once you s...

That means its going to be a party-line vote. 54 democrats likely maximum are going to vote for this. and so that may put the pressure more on democrats, frankly. the democratic-led senate will be able to say they have the majority but not enough 60 votes to break a filibuster. it might put the pressure on the democrats to give a little bit on their line in the sand. >> where is the give room? what should, grover, the white house should give on? assuming -- are you talking about obama care or de...

Putting forward reduce the long term overspending in return for more spending today with sequester caps lifted temporarily. so i would pay you tuesday for a hamburger today. you can have the hamburger today, the democrats happy and republicans happy with serious long term savings in entitlement spending. >> that was a pop eye reference. >> this is not -- >> if you give the republicans something, for threatening the full faith and credit of the united states and shutting down the government you a...

Despise, those parts of the government are hit really, really hard. those are shut down. the political incentives here are republicans have less incentive to end a shutdown than everybody else, perhaps the rest of the country. >> steve, the sequester means 57,000 fewer children are on head start, 140,000 low in come families could lose housing assistance. to davids point, has there not been a forceful enough argument from the left as to why these programs are important. >> in my view thats right...

More it could potentially hurt think theyre still even at that time that point will be the advocates of big government but assumption that the children in the sandbox and play it would show we merrily go on nice together, come up with a deal. but there is that possibility when its sidelined, for a long that we find ourself in the time. >> what if we threw a government 12th hour and a minute and nothing is done. shutdown and nobody noticed? now, we went through the specter this is the ultimate fe...

More than six weeks, accept the sequester levels going forward, which is what the the republicans want and put something on the table in terms of entitlement reform, which the president without on the table in his own budget. to adjust sequester level and entitlement reforms to come up with budget savings meaningful, long-term budget savings that could get the republicans off their demand regarding obama care. >> i think youre right there, andrea. i think chuck is onto something in that the pres...

Reflects republican priorities. its the republican budget. the funding levels of this short-term funding bill, called the cr, is far lower than what democrats think it should be. nevertheless democrats are prepared to put the majority of votes on it to fund the government. when you hear government not compromising, were compromising so much were willing to open the government at funding levels that reflect republican wishes, dont at all reflect our wishes. at fema they are subject to the sequest...

>> republicans may have lost bob schieffer and opinion polls may show more americans blame republicans than democrats for the current crisis but being in the drivers seat has its own risks for both president obama and the democrats. last week a senior administration official told "the wall street journal" we are wing. it doesnt really matter to us how long the shutdown lasts because what matters is the end results. the end result is indeed what matters. that remains a central concern for a party...

With that in 2011. got the sequester, couldnt come up with a grand bargain. and now this is back on the table and resolved before october 17th. >> i think you talk about a grand bargain, you talk about keeping the lights on. this isnt about any global solution. >> you start talking about chain cpi, these are elements the republicans were looking for in the grand bargain. they would be asking for a lot on their end and im trying to imagine the two parties coming together on that. >> you get some ...