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Figure out how to i guess, interim rhett budget speak. and i recommend everybody be sure to find you. at the budget guy. follow this guy on twitter. it will make you smarter. and speaking of rosy scenarios, mark sanford, a member of the house budget committee and he inspired me on that last question. let me start with what you heard from the congressional budget office on health care. the remarked up bill by cbo says, for $31 billion more, you covered 1 million more people. the uncovered estimate went from $24 million to $23 million but the deficit savings went down $31 billion. satisfactory...

It can help reduce falls. we spend $31 billion annually on falls alone and we know that meals on wheels recipients say that knowing that someone is coming to check on them and delivering food, they have less falls. brown university had a great study in 2012 that said for every state that spent $25 more per seenon on meals on wheels they would notice a reduction in the nursing care up to 20%. that translates to millions of dollars in medicaid solutions alone. >> we don't know exactly where this will end up. this is a budget blueprint, a wish list, if you will, it's up to congress to decide wher...

It's time to eat. those are people that will end up in hospitals, in the e.r., in nursing homes which cost far more than our services. >> nick mulvaney, the office of management and budget was asked about both the community development block program and also about meemz on wheels. he said basically there's no provable results, it has not been proven any of these programs work, that meals on wheels sounds great, but how do we know that any of these programs work. >> i mean, there's reports out there that do point to it. stanford has produced reports that have shown that our meal services, by ha...

Running the government. the senate has been in session for 57 days so far, they have already taken 22 days off. a massive two week break in april as well as well. what is going on up there. thank you for coming on, senator . we checked the record of the obama administration in its first couple months in office. in early 2009, obama had a democratic congress as you know. by march 1st, 8 years ago, the congress had passed the better pay act, the health insurance program, they signed an $831 billion still stimulus biy

Four of the president's cabinet picks. they also haven't confirmed dozens of appointees who are critical for running the government. the senate has been in session for 57 days so far, they have s already taken 22 days off.s they will have a massive two week break in april too. what is going on up there? thank you for coming on, senator. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: we checked the record of the obama administration in its first couple months in office in early 2009. obama had a democratic congress, as youad know. by march 1st, 8 years ago, the congress had passed the better pay act, the hea...