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The sequester to go into effect, at least temporarily. it's a way of managing their own members. they have a deep, internal divide between the tea party republicans and the more mainstream republicans. and i think they feel they need to do this, much as they felt they had to go over the fiscal cliff, at least for a day or so, to say that they weren't raising taxes. so i think we're seeing the same thing played out here. but frankly it's going to be a disaster for the country. if the sequester stays in effect for any lengthy period of time, it could mean the loss of 750,000 jobs. and it is a pu...

>> joining me from charlotte, north carolina, is south carolina republican congressman mick mullvaney. we appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. >> let's get to where you stand on things. you've said you are for the sequester and for letting these automatic spending cuts kick in. there are a lot of economists who say that could be disastrous to the recovery. do you see any downsides to these across-the-board cuts? >> and technically i support the sequester instead of doing no sequester. i'm more in favor of what the house passed twice last year which was this replace this type of acros...

Making even bigger cuts to things like education and job training or medicare and social security benefits. that would force our senior citizens and working families to bear the burden of deficit reduction while the wealthiest are asked to do nothing more. that won't work. we can't just cut our way to prosperity. >> republicans aren't holding back in their gop address today. criticizing the president over the upcoming threat of sequestration. >> what the president failed to mention was that the sequester was his idea proposed by his administration during the debt limit negotiations in 2011. an...