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Spending already, and it's funny, they're all about obama care being the law of the land but so is the sequester. the sequester is the law of the land, and if we exceed that, it's a real big step in the wrong direction. >> just for our viewers, the sequester are forced budget cuts that unless there is some agreement on capitol hill about spending, they go into place, and the next round is expected to go into place in january. so now -- >> yeah, and to clarify -- >> go ahead. >> and to clarify what the sequester cuts are, they're a cut in the rate of increase in spending. over ten years even wi...

Land. if we exceed that, it's a real big step in the wrong direction. >> the sequester is force the budget cuts that unless there some agreement on capitol hill about spending, this he go into place. and the next round is expected to go into place in january. so now -- >> yeah. and to clarify -- >> and to clarify what the sequester cuts are, they're a cut in the rate of increase of spending because over ten years even with the sequester government will grow. it goes down for a year or two. we have a spending bill with no writers. now they want a spending bill that increases spending and will i...

The tea party wing of the republican party in the house and that is they are squarely against obamacare. this particular provision that she's talking about would repeal the tax on medical devices, also new income verification for people who get subsidies. it would also keep the sequester cuts in place through the month of march. so in her proposal, both sides get something. it's interesting, the white house does not call this a negotiation. the republicans do call it a negotiation. >> brian: real quick on susan collins, what i think is cool is she wants to give flexibility on how the cuts are ...

Point. clearly they stood their ground on obama care. you know, i don't think there is any kind of so-called grand bargain to be had out of this. and i think what we've got to start to think about here as the american people and as elections start to come up is look at where we are. look at discretionary spending as a percentage of gdp here in the united states, lowest it's ever been in the last ten years. look at the budget that is on the table right now for the cr, which is as you have reported here earlier in the week just a few million dollars off of the paul ryan budget. look at the fact ...

Clean defund obama care to the floor and let the senate vote on it. why doesn't he bring the clean delay obama care bill to the floor and let them vote on that? >> republicans refuse to enter budget negotiations with the senate 18 times. 18 times it was proposed. 18 times they refused. in fact they bragged about refusing it and then they started accusing the democrats of refusing to go to conference. that is a fact. >> the fact is that we were going to end up here because president obama and harry reid, i'm not sure which one wears the pants in the family, but they wanted a shutdown. they star...