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To. the measure didn't pass but it marks the 35th time congressional republicans have tried to kill funding for the president's signature legislation, the new healthcare law. mike emanuel joins us live from capitol hill. that is an interesting scene right before the president is about to arrive on the capitol, mike, what are republicans saying about the democrats in the senate, the budget plan that exists there? >> reporter: well, jenna first about the president, they seem to welcome the president's outreach. it's unclear, though will it will produce results on the budget issue. a lot of senat...

For wealthy seniors. as for medicaid, that becomes part of a block grant program that would be administered by states. let me bring in "usa today's" washington bureau chief, susan page, and perry bacon. i want to start with paul ryan who laid out a lot of details in this op-ed in the "wall street journal" today. here's part of what he writes. "the truth is, the nation's death is a sign of overreach. government is trying to do too much, and when government does too much, it doesn't do anything well. so a balanced budget is a reasonable goal, because it returns government to its proper limits an...

What are the implications for the students and the parents involv involv involved? >> the schools are closing because they've failed to educate children. it could be a budget issue too, but ultimately these are some of the lowest performing schools in the city. therefore, these schools are not preparing children for the next level of life and need to be closed. >> when we look at -- nbc has this ongoing education nation, which is fantastic and "nightly news" did a great story on race-based education in certain areas. 23 states have set new academic targets that varies for students based on rac...

Families. now, my agenda obviously is broader than just the sequester. because i laid out both in the inauguration and during the state of the union, a very robust gent to make sure we're doing everything we can to help families thrive and expand their opportunities. we want to make sure we've got a growing middle class and more ladders of opportunity into the middle class, so in addition to talking about budget issue, we're also going to spend some time talking about making sure we have comprehensive immigration reform done and i want to again thank member of congress who are moving forward o...

Illegally crossing. there has been some pretty tough detention across the board over the last seven or eight years. so i'm not seeing in this some deliberate decision to decide you're going to reverse the current detention policy. i think it is rather a budget issue which has to be tackledded sooner rather than later. jenna: your opinion is valuable on because you lived through this. you understand the constraints of budget. i was listening to your conversation this morning at the "politico" event and it was interesting to hear some of the issues that you all faced when it came to limitations ...