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obama's starting point proposal for peace between israelis and palestinians. >> while israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines. because these lines are indefensible. >> appalling and indefensible. but are they insolvable equations? today, the congressional impasse over taming a ferocious u.s. debt with the senate's number two democrat, dick durbin. mid aeft promise in peril with leaders of the intelligence committee. chairman mike rogers and ranking member -- and then presidential politics right and left with republican dick...

Voting for the ryan budget, haven't they already voted to do that? if you voted for the paul ryan plan, in fiscal year 2012, the deficit would go up to 16.2 trillion. in 2016, 19.5 trillion and in 2021, 23.21 trillion. haven't they voted to raise the debt ceiling in effect? >> it is a concern and something we've been talking about. i'm glad they're taking steps, they're realizing we have a problem and they're taking steps in the right direction, but it's not enough. i mean, even this plan doesn't balance the budget in any time period that's you know, that's close to us right now. >> the ryan b...

It will have some differences. >> what about the medicare cuts that he keeps from obama care? >> anybody else have a question besides this guy? >> apparently they don't like those questions. so are the republican candidates in some trouble stuck between ryan's plan and what the american people actually want? >> i think they're in big trouble. i think a lot of congressmen who voted for the ryan plan last friday have got a lot of explaining to do in 2012. i think swing districts in bucks county and delaware county and suburban philadelphia and even montgomery county, those congressmen are going ...

Ryan's plan doesn't -- >> bill: my question -- is the vote a greater risk to pass, or is it safer just to sit? >> we can't afford safe votes anymore, bill. that's what i think -- i'm so frustrated by, whether it's barack obama, who now says oh, no, we can't do, you know, this budget, the debt ceiling, even though he did it before, it's time for us to quit being safe with our own political futures and start thinking about the safety of the next generation. bill: on the debt ceiling, would you vote to raise it? >> only with stipulations of extraordinary and absolute budget cuts. otherwise, i thi...

Philosophical road map for the next few months. jon: lots of arguing still ahead. carl cameron, thank you, on capitol hill. jenna: so much ahead, jon, and earlier today i talked to jack lew, the white house budget director, very important person, and i asked him why the proposal laid out yesterday for the first time doesn't balance the budget. here's his response: >> the question of balancing the budget is one that i'm familiar with. i presided over three surpluses when i was budget director in the 1990s. breaks my heart that the polices of the ten years in between put us where we are today. i...