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Jack cafferty is thinking about the possible government shutdown. he is here with the cafferty file. >> i don't guess this is breaking news. but our government is broken. the democratic congress under the leadership of nancy pelosi and harry reid chose not to pore passing a budget last september. when it was due. that's part of their job. and now because of disagreement over a few billion in spending cuts, running annual trillion dollar plus deficits, the federal government set to shut down tomorrow night. and we go around the world telling other countries how they ought to conduct their affai...

He believes he can get that. >> do you know when the deadline for all the budget stuff is. >> well, we got -- well, there is a peculiar later we are in this year 2011 is only halfway through and republicans say there is -- believe there is still time to cut a lot of money this year and keep the deficit below the 1.6 trillion plus that the president says we'll incur this year 2011 alone. that's the first piece of business. that will occur on or about march the 4th, when there is a fight over that then, later, you know, sometime in march he will be -- a budget resolution will have to pass the ho...

For all the budget stuff is. >> well, we got -- well, there is a peculiar later we are in this year 2011 is only halfway through and republicans say there is -- believe there is still time to cut a lot of money this year and keep the deficit below the 1.6 trillion plus that the president says we'll incur this year 2011 alone. that's the first piece of business. that will occur on or about march the 4th, when there is a fight over that then, later, you know, sometime in march he will be -- a budget resolution will have to pass the house of representatives. it will move to the senate. the presid...

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>> do you know when the deadline for all the budget stuff is. >> well, we got -- well, there is a peculiar later we are in this year 2011 is only halfway through and republicans say there is -- believe there is still time to cut a lot of money this year and keep the deficit below the 1.6 trillion plus that the president says we'll incur this year 2011 alone. that's the first piece of business. that will occur on or about march the 4th, when there is a fight over that then, later, you know, sometime in march he will be -- a budget resolution will have to pass the house of representatives. it wi...