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Savings over 10 years. done. most of them have agreed on a comprehensive approach, one that deals with spending and revenue. and i think you could have that kind of framework agreement. have a short-term extension of the debt until later this year, until the full legislative package was ready for consideration. i do think that's possible. >> senator kent conrad of north dakota, chairman of the budget committee. if there's going to be a deal, the broker is likely to be kent conrad. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> good to be with you. donald trump's attempt to keep his fake pres...

But i think we're going to be able to come to a deal on this. this whole cr has set the stage for the fact that the republicans and democrats can work together. the president himself in his speech acknowledged the fact that we have got a spending problem. now the president and the republicans differ on how we're going to deal with it. but now that we're at least on the same page as to what the problem is, we can work together for solutions. >> congressman blake farenthold, one of congressmen already learning how to compromise. joining me now is former labor secretary robert rice from the unive...

Knows the most about the federal budget would obviously be a member of that commission. but these are not normal times. senator harry reid said today that no member of the gang of six will be a member of the president's commission. that leaves out the senate's leading expert on the federal budget, the retiring senator from north dakota, kent conrad. joining me now, chairman of the senate budget committee, democratic senator kent conrad. thank you for joining me tonight, mr. chairman. >> always good to be with you. >> i don't understand how this group can work without you in the room. sure, joe...

You're about in the middle where most of the american people think you ought to be. >> what do you say to the 59 republicans who said this simply wasn't enough, this comped too much with the democrats, and the cbo revealed that it was filled with budget accounting gimmicks that means there won't really be the amount of spending cuts that the negotiators claimed there would be? >> oh, i think there are significant cuts there. i think they are of a historical level. and i agree there weren't enough cuts. but you have to realize we are only a part of the government, and we have got to compromise ...

Senator harry reid said today that no member of the gang of six will be a member of the president's commission. that leaves out the senate's leading expert on the federal budget, the retiring senator from north dakota, kent conrad. joining me now, chairman of the senate budget committee, democratic senator kent conrald. thank you for joining me tonight, mr. chairman. >> always good to be with you. >> i don't understand how this group can work without you in the room. sure, joe biden running the group is a perfect choice for the white house. but i just don't get it. i can't imagine that room ge...