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Simpson and bowles on november 18, 2010, about a week after they released the draft proposal recommending big spending cuts. the debt commission co-shares talked to us about -- cochairs talked to us about their plan. >> we are pleased at the general reaction of the public that finally somebody quit bsing them and put something out on the table that slaughtered every sacred cow in the field and that is what people are waiting for. they are tired of the politician who sits here or with you and then you ask them directly what would you cut in spending, well, waste, fraud and abuse, foreign aid an...

Congress. we caught up with senator allen simpson and bowles on november 18, 2010, about a week after they released the draft proposal recommending big spending cuts. the debt commission co-shares talked to us about -- cochairs talked to us about their plan. >> we are pleased at the general reaction of the public that finally somebody quit bsing them and put something out on the table that slaughtered every sacred cow in the field and that is what people are waiting for. they are tired of the politician who sits here or with you and then you ask them directly what would you cut in spending, we...

Federal agents, unless that individual is already a convicted felon. critics, not surprisingly, are already blasting the proposal. trace gallagher has the details live from our west coast newsroom. trace, here we go again. >> reporter: hey, megyn, the reason the critics are blasting this proposal is because if it is in fact adopted it would amount to a catch and release program. just so we all know what we are talking about here i want to put this draft proposal up on the screen so we can read along . this is the proposal and i'm quoting here, it says as a general matter immigration officers s...

Have you created a bipartisan study group, would you offer testimony to that study group on what that reform should look like and give us an idea of what it should look like? >> i'd be delighted. that's something we're wrestling with here on the ground with law enforcement. we need get people here and around the country who are working in the shadows, who are part of our economy but not here legally. that's got to change and if 1070 says anything to the country, i hope it's that we in arizona want to see this change and want to see it now. judge bolton says it's a federal responsibility. so no...

Talked to, have said sorry, we're not interested. but still this strategy was hatched in a meeting with the six democratic senators we'll see here in a short while and some outside activists. and the way this is written, this is a draft proposal of what they're going to talk about, it's 26 pages and written with the attempt to woo republicans or put them in a tough bind. it gives the majority of it on border security, not till the very end, page 23 of 26 pages does it take for a way for illegal immigrants to get legal status. >> he seemed to suggest that it was up likely congress could pass im...