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Of the school year for testing that is not scientifically applicable, it hurts our kids. when you spend millions of pet programs but no money for school repairs so the roof leaks on my sturnts, that hurts the kids. here is a parent from chicago making the case that this money the being redistributed away fwr the public schools into a pet project. he speaks about how unfair it is. his maim is matt farmer. he was delivering this speech at a board -- at a ctu rally back on may 30th. >> your kids attended the university of chicago laboratory schools, correct? yes. same school mayor rahm emanuel ch...

Make sure that we are not going down the road of greece and the european union. >> heather: i want to take a look at this in terms of washington's ability to get something done. this latest poll shows that 60% of people, this cbs poll, do not approve of president obama's handling of the economy. nearly double the number of poll respondents think the economy is getting worse more than better. so no one is really winning this battle. what needs to happen, don? >> well, i think compromise is what's going to really have to get us out of here. you're right north texas one is winning this battle. ev...

What we are witnessing in the pro wrestling theater of american politics today. >> the president thinks that tough choices need to be made, except for when it comes to his pet programs. he said the america i believe in cannot be cut back. he wants tax reform but he has create sod many of these tax credits, whether it is for ge's windmills or for another company's solar panels that he's not going to -- he wants tax reform but expand the tax credits. he wants an adult conversation but his own pet programs are off the table. >> is that a fair assessment in your view, dr. uighur, and if not where ...

When the house initially passed this war money, it included about $15 billion in aid to teachers. but education secretary arne duncan responded with a temper tantrum because they cut $800 million from his pet programs in order to give him $15 billion. so, a veto threat came from the white house. so, what do they get now? instead of losing the $800 million, they lost the entire $15 billion. so, a lot of democrats when it came back from the senate they said, well, forget it, we will not vote for this at all. still, enough democrats, about 150 of them to join with republicans to fund this war and...

There's not a political will in congress -- >> neil: but you're pretty good as washington history and you know commissions in the past, like the military base closing commission, did in fact provide cover for congress to decide on which bases would be closed and it was effectively administered. i'm not a fan but sometimes they work. who is to say that a little bit of money to get one set up to address just that and provide cover for a lot of weasels isn't a bad idea? >> what's going to happen is with the base closure commission, you had one issue. that was a military issue, now you're talking ...