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From the food stamp program. and they support the sequester cuts to programs like head start and meals on wheels. i mean, maybe i shouldn't be complaining that they don't work more. look at what they do to us when they are working. >> and one thing you mentioned earlier you just left off that list was the expiration of extended unemployment benefits. 1.3 million people off the unemployment ranks. and that has very much the same impact krystal was talking about in terms of putting money in the pockets of people who will spend it. look, it's been extremely clear for a very long time that republi...

Cuts over, sequester cuts, $10 billion in cuts just to the pentagon, that's part of the deal. a 2 billion next year. are you someone who is of the mind set that the pentagon also has to take a hair cut? a lot of people on capitol hill say they don't want to go near any pentagon cuts next year? >> wrapping yourself in the flag gets kind of old sometimes. and, yes, the pentagon has to do its part. but, the problem isn't just the pentagon. the problem, laura, is congress. eisenhower and his drafting of his famous speech talked about the defense industrial congressional complex cut out congress fo...

Backing off the success ter cuts over, sequester cuts, $10 billion in cuts just to the pentagon, that's part of the deal. a 2 billion next year. are you someone who is of the mind set that the pentagon also has to take a hair cut? a lot of people on capitol hill say they don't want to go near any pentagon cuts next year? >> wrapping yourself in the flag gets kind of old sometimes. and, yes, the pentagon has to do its part. but, the problem isn't just the pentagon. the problem, laura, is congress. eisenhower and his drafting of his famous speech talked about the defense industrial congressional...

Vantage point, there's talks that these next sequester cuts, because they're primarily defense cuts, it gives democrats a little more leverage in these negotiations. a lot of folks look at the modern republican party as is sort of its rated by the likes of rand paul. cutting the defense budget has not proved to be as painful this go around as it has been in earlier go arounds or the suggestion has not carried with it as much weight. i wonder from your vantage point as a democrat in the house how effective a bargaining tool the defense cuts are. >> first of all, we have to take a look at these ...

Rescinded or disavowed their vote reopening the government, preventing economic catastrophe. there is still a huge amount of tension over where to go next. i guess i wonder what, you know, your thinking is for the months ahead. >> well, look, i think maybe john boehner wasn't joking because it's entirely possible congress built on its 9% approval rating and won't be in session in december. i think we're going to dumb down success. success is probably going to be something on the order of, you know, a $10 billion to $20 billion change in the budget outlook, something little on one side, somethi...