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Shape and i requequestion the furlough and the numbers. we are not even through the continuing resolution that has just passed the house. we continue to give the president some authority there so he can make some decisions or the secretaries. i would simply add, just a few more golf trips or a few more golf trips and the secret service would have enough security to provide for the tourists. it doesn't make sense. >> virtually the whole government was told here in washington in the d.c. area, senator, it's a snow day. you don't have to show up for work even though so far -- and i was looking ou...

President, decided the way we were doing this isn't going to work going forward. looks like this fight is going to drag on for a while and the president's trying to pull a circuit breaker and see if he can have a conversation with the other side. god forbid. >> it's fascinating because we heard him in november, my daughters are kind of getting older and don't want me around as much, so maybe i'm going to have more time on my hands to hang out with members of congress. we kind of watched for a few months and were thinking okay, is is this really going to happen? maybe it's happening now. but so...

Announced it will stop giving tours to the public because of the sequester-forced spending cuts. now there is a new idea on how to save money with one republican representative suggesting the president cancel his golf trips instead. congressman louie gomert of texas even wants to make it illegal for the president to use any tax dollars for commuting to his golf trips until the white house resumes giving public tours. joining us now with his take on this. charlie hurt, columnist for the washington times. so starting this weekend, charlie, we understand you can't take a tour of the white house b...

>> fox news alert, a new political firestorm is brewing in washington over a white house decision to cancel tours of the people's house. brand new hour hereof "america live," welcome everyone, i'm megyn kelly. the administration announced the move saying it was designed to save money in the wake of the automatic budget changes that took effect last friday. and republican quickly reacting to the decision. in a tit for tat, an amendment to the house spending, to suspend funding for golf trips unless the white house tours are reinstated. and our ed henry is at the white house, is it snowing? does...

Amendment to the continuing resolution that prevents the government to pay for the president's golf trips. citing supports by the media of what the trips cost. he made the announcement on the house floor. >> none of the funds made available by a division of this act may be used to transport the president to or from a golf course and tours of the white house resume. that way we will both work together so the president will not be able to take a golf outing that causes 341 more federal officials to be furloughed and lose their job at least temporarily. >> and senate minority letter mitch mcconne...