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Their opposition to obama care. they still have tools at their disposal as any senator does to slow down this train. ted cruz and his aides they are being very cagey whether they will use those tools. if he does, you can be sure, according to several senate democratic sources i've talked to that senate democratic leader harry reid will force him to do so to on the to this in the view of all public to have him come to the senate floor and i say i object because of x, y and z effectively trying to make him a pariah when it comes to wall street and the economy. >> it if it does pass the house of ...

Opposite direction. costs are higher, wages are lower. the economy is slower. you're hearing negative news every single day. >> if you were advising the government, i'm sure there are many answers you probably would give, but how would you say, hey, government, this is what you need to do to try to get the economy on a better track? >> it's funny. i think about this a lot. you know that. i mean, i sit around and think about how this economy can get better, how can it get stronger? it is almost as though we need to hit the control, alt, delete button on almost every policy we have right now in ...

Dollars deficit reduction. >> it's 2.4 trillion dollars. it's over a -- one quarter from healthcare benefit cuts, and the rest of it comes from other mandatory cuts, discretionary cuts and some form of government reform and interest. we think it's really necessary. we think it's enough to stabilize the debt below 70% of gdp and keep it on a downward path. it's going to push both sides to make compromises, republicans on res revenue, the democrats on healthcare. it's something we have to do about reducing the deficit. >> alan simpson, how many lawmakers have told you privately they support but ...