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Irs agents the president wants and move them over to the border. >> i do not want accountants on the border. that sounds like a very bad idea. but mark, the cpo numbers do show us, in an analysis of the senate's immigration bill, that, fft, we would see a decrease in the deficit as a result of passing this immigration bill. that it will end 10.4 million people by 2020, which will cut the federal deficit by $197 billion by 2023, increasing federal spending, but also increasing federal revenue by $459 billion. this is not just a humanitarian bill, this is a good economic bill. >> it's a good eco...

Meanwhile, speaker boehner suggested his differences with the president over reducing the deficit may not be as wide as they seem. >> we also know we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth. >> reporter: that's where the two men part ways. mr. obama believes government investments can help grow the economy. mr. boehner says more spending is not the answer. he wants to cut regulations starting with obama care. bret? >> bret: wendell goler live on north lawn. thank you. mortgage giant fannie mae will pay a dividend of $59 billion to the treasury department next month afte...

And my question was, why can't the federal government balance our budget like the households do in this country? his answer was, because america is not a family. if we balance too soon we get less revenues. gregg: my question why do they have to be tied together, entilement reform and taxes? dough end to do they. >> they absolutely do. we have a spending problem. it is not an issue of producing more revenue. we're at record amounts of revenue in this nation. we have got to cut the spending and debt in this nation or we will not get the economy going. the balanced budget is a foundation to turn...

Because every offer he made was skewed in favor of higher taxes. this plan is no exception. gregg: congressman randy forbes joins us he serves on the house armed services anjou dish airy committees. congressman good to sigh. republicans on the budget committee have crushed the tphuplts and they said president's budget does this. 1.1trillion in new taxes, 8.8 trillion in new debt. 964billion in new spending. here is the number that is critical, only 59 billion in actual deficit reduction. in return for all of that the president is willing to make an adjustment on social security's cost of livin...

Republicans more than halfway. so in the coming days and weeks i hope republicans will come forward and demonstrate that they're really as serious as serious about the deficits and debt as they claim to be. gregg: senator jeff sessionses joins us, ranking republican on the budget committee. senator, good to see you. >> good morning. gregg: the republican side of your committee examinedded the president's proposal and concluded once all the gimmicks are removed the truth of the matter is as follows. we'll put it up on the board. 1.1 trillion in new taxes. 8.2 trillion in new debt. 964 billion i...