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Genius. do not have to look far to see examples of the dumbness of the sequester. there are 41 countries, you think there's a reason to investigate theft, 41 countries, because of the sequester, we're only following up on one. the other 40 ripping us off, we're just letting them slide. and this is not even to mention the 50,000 american children who have been forced out of preschool because of cuts to federally supported programs, leaving those kids to have to try to raise money for preschool by decorating tiny little toddler sized chairs to pay for their preschool tuition. trying to see this ...

Or they could have reached out to congress and the airlines to have a plan in place ahead of time. >> schuster says house republicans have passed two bills that would replace the sequester cuts, but they haven't gone anywhere in the senate. but president obama says his budget would replace the, quote, dumb sequester cuts with smarter cuts. but can't get republicans to agree to it. and he called the alleviate the flight delays a, quote, temporary fix because there are other sequester cuts pending. >> this week the sequester hurt travelers who are stuck for hours in airports and on planes and ar...

Overlapping and programs that are inefficient and ineffective. but yesterday, also, there was the president's proposal to raise taxes. he called it balance. but democrats who are senators running for election, chris, in two years voted against it. you saw the senators from north carolina, arkansas, louisiana. democrats all voting against this effort to raise taxes. so, there is bipartisan opposition to what the president has been asking to get past in congress. >> wyoming senator, john barasso, thank you for taking the time. >> thank you, chris. next, what can be done to offset the impact of...

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So, number one, what, if anything, does that tell the american public about congress' ability to do big things or even smallish things to avert the sequester. number two, as we look forward, we have the possibility on march 27th of a government shut down. when are real negotiations going to begin with republicans, you know, coming to the table, meeting president obama at the table. when does that happen and when should it happen? >> the president mentioned in his press conference that he'll continue to reach out to people on capitol hill. i certainly haven't seen any of that outreach by the pr...