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Which is the house level that includes the sequester cuts? >> listen we have put together a cr that is acceptable in its dollar terms to the house of representatives and i think we can agree on with them. >> chris: gentlemen, running out of time. i want to ask you each about a question that you are involved in. senator durbin you are part of the bipartisan senate group working on immigration reform. are you you going to be able to come up with a plan that creates a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million illegals who o are now in this country and if so when are you going to put the plan on t...

They get settled on an up or down vote. why senator reid doesn't have the courage to offer a budget resolution annex pa diet consideration of the budget is beyond me. jon: a budget is really your priorities. i do it at my house. the nation is about to see what the president's priorities are. how would you describe them? how would you assess them? >> first of all we have huge deficits. as wendell said it's twice as big as what the president promised he would have at this point. i tell you also what is interesting to me is the projected deficit for 2012 is $1,330,000,000,000, that is 40% bigger ...

Pieces of the president's bill because as you mention there, most acknowledge there's little chance this thing gets out of congress as it is written. which pieces make it and which pieces don't? >> the likeliest piece to make it, which in fact is most of the piece in dollar terms, is the payroll tax cut on the employee side and the employer side. that's the flaw in the bite that you played earlier for paul ryan when he was talking about the failed stimulus policies. tax cuts for republican point of view are not failed stimulus policies. that's likely where the two sides can come together with ...

Gaining or hope to gain is worth the cost. in dollar terms or in the diversion of limited manpower and resources other mission. >> let's break down the gates proposals. he wants to close the joint force command in norfolk, virginia, which means 2800 military and civilian workers would lose their jobs. another part of the proposal, freezing the number of generals, admirals, senior civilian officials including the office of the secretary of defense. also being considered, eliminating some of the 65 military boards and commissions and reducing funding for service of contractors. house lawmakers s...

Budget is about a trillion dollars, 914 billion dollars. >> greta: you blame that totally on him -- >> he inherited a good number of problems. but he took these problems and made them much, much, much worse. so much more spending.ç a new entitlement on top of it. there's a good statistic out by the tax foundation. very, very highly regarded think tank. this is what i worry about most. five, six years from now we are going to have a "tipping point" where there are so many people not even paying taxes living off the government versus people paying into the government. 20% of americans right no...