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Unofficial manner. >> but congressman, at this stage there are no meetings. i know you're not in the majority, but there are no proposals from either side. you know as well as the white house that the republicans say they will not consider revenues. what's going to happen after the sequester kicks in that's going to change anything before the continuing resolution deadline at the end of the month? >> well, andrea, it's true that during this congress we haven't heard any proposals from any of the republicans in the house or elsewhere to avoid the sequester. however, both the house democrats and...

Very good for stocks. >> even if the sequester kicks in. >> the sequester is a big thing hanging over the economy right now. we're looking at the fairly large, at least a point slice off growth if the sequester goes through in the region -- >> a full point slice? >> full point of growth, sure. like 700,000 jobs was the macro advisers estimate yesterday. it's a big deal. if it goes through it's a big deal. >> jim tankersley, good to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> jesse jackson jr. is expected to enter a guilty plea in federal court charged with illegally spending $750,000 of campaign mon...

Hitting the limit welcome. march 2nd, the sequester kicks in. march 27th, in spring when the rest of us are happy it's warming up, could be freezing in d.c. because funding for the government stops. let's bring in the political panel. molly ball and chris cofinis. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, tamron. >> we know how the year ended with the fiscal cliff. i cannot remember the comedian saying he hopes to never say the words fiscal cliff but there are many more problems ahead here. i'm intrigued by this notion of the government shutdown. i want to play mitch mcconnell on "meet the press...

Provisions, all of these things have failed because nobody wants to give. and that's why it is going to be tough to get this through the house of representatives because these republicans are locked in. they say, look, we have cut some spending here this past year. but it was not cut enough. it was not cut deeply enough. they say hold on, we have already cut. that's the longer heads. getting this through the house will be an uphill climb. >> and statistically, when you look at the surveys americans are dug in on the issue too. they want us to bring our spending under control as well. i want to...

Provisions, all of these things have failed because nobody wants to give. and that's why it is going to be tough to get this through the house of representatives because these republicans are locked in. they say, look, we have cut some spending here this past year. but it was not cut enough. it was not cut deeply enough. they say hold on, we have already cut. that's the longer heads. getting this through the house will be an uphill climb. >> and statistically, when you look at the surveys americans are dug in on the issue too. they want us to bring our spending under control as well. i want to...