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Painful arbitrary budget cuts to take place -- the effects are even worse than the name. instead of cutting out the government spending we don't need wasteful programs that don't work, special interest tax loopholes and tax breaks. what the sequester does, it uses a meat clever approach to gut critical investments and things like education and national security and life-saving medical research. it will be real. the sequester will weaken america's economic recovery. it will weaken our military readiness. it will weaken the basic service

The defense industry. all told, the sequester could cost tens of thousands of jobs right here in virginia. it doesn't just stop there. if the sequester goes into effect, more than 2,000 college students would lose their financial aid. for nearly 1,000 children and 18,000 fewer virginians would get the skill and training they need to find a job. across the country these cuts will force federal prosecutors to close cases and potentially let criminals go. air traffic controllers and aircraft security will see cutbacks and that could cause delays at airports across the country. tens of thousands o...

They won't be able to pass anything with 60 votes, and should that be the marker on something like this? is this such an important -- >> for sure. >> -- thing it should take 60? that 41 -- >> no. i'm saying what should be the marker is the senate ought to be able to pass something. look, for better or for worse, the president -- >> so senate republicans need to get involved in this? >> no, what i'm saying is they need to work it out over there. i'm not going to tell the senate how to do their business, but they -- where br they start looking for us to lead them we've passesed two bills. the pr...

You see a lot of this. it's a mixed bag for the president, but when you compare them to where the republicans are, he looks like the great unifier. the president's numbers have come down some, but he benefits from an op sfwligs that's far more unpopular than he is. look, the president, his advisors note they have republicans in a bind here. there is a huge -- a huge element of the republican party going back to the he wanted of the george w. bush administration, has been consumed with the spike in federal spending. those folks, those real fiscal conservatives, see the sequester as a great oppo...

Rr. >> right now boehner unplugged. there's still no help for a sequester deal. >> we have moved in the house twice. we should not have to move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> the republican leadership says let the senate begin. i remind them that the constitution says the appropriations in revenue bills must begin in the house. >> and now here we are. with the praez presenting the country with two options. >> what's the country think of this blame game? coming up an exclusive first look at our new nbc news-wall street journal poll as president ...