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Budget control act, we put built-in protections for many of our priorities should we go over the cliff. and i think it's important for people to see that there are protections. we held medicare homeless to 2% of any cuts. we had initiatives, pell grants and the rest that would be protected. >> so this would put the republicans in a position politically? will it hurt them? >> i think it would hurt them because it's important -- the important thing is that the republicans do not want to touch one hair on the head of one person making over $250,000. that is the rub. we have said let's decouple. l...

Built-in protections for many of our priorities should we go over the cliff. and i think it's important for people to see that there are protections. we held medicare homeless to 2% of any cuts. we had initiatives, pell grants and the rest that would be protected. >> so this would put the republicans in a position politically? will it hurt them? >> i think it would hurt them because it's important -- the important thing is that the republicans do not want to touch one hair on the head of one person making over $250,000. that is the rub. we have said let's decouple. let's give the american peop...