Page 2 - Reduction Package News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

>> bret: before the break we asked you will the president and congress agree to a debt ceiling deal before a government shutdown becomes iminnocent? there you see it, 69% of you say no. 31% say yes. unscientific poll. today, standard & poor's decision to lower its outlook for the country's credit rating got people talking here in washington. >> given the goal and opinion between democrats and republicans about how to get to $4 trillion deficit reduction package over the decade, a lot of unanswered questions over what is agreed would be sufficient, turn the tide on the debt burden. and would ac...

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.

Shown they are not willing to play ball with him? >> i don't see how they are going to go along with any kind of stimulus. it's going to become a huge issue, a big divide in the campaign with the republicans, those running and those running from the house. i think it's a marker where he's putting it out there. it will really excite and satisfy the base. you are going to talk to maxine waters and those in the congressional black caucus who are really angry. we saw that in detroit. it will make democrats happy and concern some independents that he's creating a bigger deficit to propose a big red...

President barack obama. as the president holds to his bluff that he wants a big deal, a $4 trillion deficit reduction package, the republican leadership has gone from retreat from $4 trillion to $2 trillion, then from yesterday's surrender position outlined by senator mitch mcconnell to today's total outright confusion about what to do or think next. they should, by now, realized that they were tricked by the president into weeks of discussion of trillions in possible spending cuts. eric cantor and john boehner, the lead republican negotiators went into those discussions with the vice presiden...