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Think of it as a five to six year job before you. >> i think you've got a future, pk, in real estate flipping. you've worked out all the details. before i leave you, talk about the fact that there haven't been pay increases for staffers over time. why has that gotten stuck? >> okay, so about ten years ago, the economy implodes. the great recession hits. there's bailouts for wall street. there's bailouts for the auto industry and basically, everybody, the lawmakers on capitol hill looked at one another and thought, we can't give ourselves a pay raise. we're so unpopular now, so they basically f...

Impacted by the cuts in the president' new budget proposa. it eliminates funding for arts sciences and programs that help the poor to member pay for a $54 billion defense increase and over $1 billion for the border wall next year. top republicans say it's dead on arrival but mick mulvaney defended the proposal on morning joe. >> can you talk about where you are concerned that perhaps some of these cuts may hurt american's lives, if anywhere? >> no. i think that we're actually doing exactly what we said to do to protect americans. but we don't balance the budge, but we do reprioritize spending....

The measure is expected to pass and as for that member pay, folks shouldn't think lawmakers are making too much of a sacrifice. there is constitutional amendment says senators and house members have to be paid. their salaries would be delayed, not denied. jenna: do we have such an amendment in our contract? >> reporter: one would hope. i don't think so. jenna: carl, we'll continue to watch the story as we will over the next couple months at least until mid-may. carl cameron in washington the thanks rmgs carl. >> reporter: thanks, jenna, defense secretary nominee chuck hagel fielding questions ...