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Tours. bill: okay, now, you don't disagree with that point? >> no, not at all. bill: if there could be a boycot saying in is not right. this all ties into the budget and spending. you brought a whiteboard today to make a point. >> yeah. yesterday 35 democrats voted against their own party's budget proposal in the house. this is really unusual. generally there are only a couple of defectors. here's why this is happening. if, this battle is going to play out for months ahead. the senate democrat budget proposal has $184 billion more in spending this year than does the republican house budget pro...

Problem. i hope that happens when gets back from israel. >> chris: before you deal with the budget you have to pass a continuing resolution before march 27 and going on recess at the end of this week, to keep the government running otherwise it shuts down. the question, senator durbin, is will the senate pass a cr, a continuing resolution that keeps spending at $984 billion which is what the spending level is of the house cr including the sequester cuts? >> chris, when i left, washington, on thursday we had 99 amendments pending to the continuing resolution. the budget for the federal governme...

Republicans who have spoken to recently, i think people do want this to happen ultimately because it will force the hand of the congress. it will actually force these men and women to sit down and actually have to deal with the problem because $84 billion in cuts -- 44 or thereabouts for this year, it's going to be a stark number. it's going to be a real number suddenly, and they're going to have to face it. you know, i've not been a fan of sequester. i think this is all theater to begin with. it's shishging responsibility. we've gone five years now without a budget coming out of the senate. w...

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