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The hill for people who want to fiscal restraint. one of the largest complaints about the tax bill, very good for corporations, jump-starting the economy, but is it enough to offset the spending problems that we have? there are people fighting for that, except for rand paul saying he does not want to see people busting through spending camps, busting through spending caps has increased the deficit by $6 trillion which is something that congress has done 29 times. it does not seem like there is much of a desire to pull in spending, unfortunately, i am not sure if there is public desire for that...

May in the house, unfortunately the senate didn't follow through on that. we have three plans for getting at this, but this particular one is tax relief and tax reform. we are going to keep focusing on spending cuts. at the house has passed 380 some bills, many of them focusing on his issues. we just got a break from the senate. they have different rules, thinner majority. we pass a big spending cut bill in the fall or in the spring, we will go back at that next year. but what we don't want to do is complicate the issue of the tax cut and jobs act. cutting taxes for people and reforming our ta...

There is some leeway here. that there are people who are going to try to get this across the finish line. as i said at the beginning, though, a lot depends on how this budget gets passed. likely looking end of october before you can get a budget all the way through, and then you're talking about the details, what you can do. the dynamic has changed in washington. when mitt romney ran, they did in front of the debt clock. now the debt and deficit hawks, they're not that visible here in washington because there's probably going to be a lot of deficit spending to make this tax cut come together. ...

>> bret: john roberts, thank you. we should point out we are awaiting live remarks from president trump at a reception at the white house in the east room, and they are the annual st. patrick's day reception. when he steps to the microphones, we will bring it to you. when it comes to money matters, most of us understand the importance of paying attention to the bills. with the national debt on the rise and the debt ceiling deadline that's come and gone, why does it seem that elected leaders are dragging their feet when it comes to dealing with the debt? tonight to look at it matters in this tw...

Partnerships and programs and projects that are driven locally and by states. there's several possibilities. repatriation of funds that are parked overseas. we've got trillions of dollars of welt in our public lands that can go to perfect projects. there's several ways we can pay for this. it's not going to be a trillion dollars out of the federal taxpayer's pockets. >> sandra: you look at that debt clock. it is alarming when you see that we are $19 trillion and climbing almost to that $20 trillion mark. the president talking about everything from wireless carriers, high speed trains, roads, w...