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Pushing other voices on the other side will be critically important. >> i think the work, you know, the new york times did in highlighting this family, i think, mark, to your point, has just been incredibly powerful and i hope does serve as an awakening and flashpoint for folks. mary, i want to give the last word to you. in terms of policies, nationwide policies, things we can do at the federal level, what should we be doing to combat homelessness in america? >> we know it works. that's the good news. section 8 is an absolutely fantastic program. showed that -- >> explain what section 8 is. >>...

They want to let go. >> you keep hearing, speaking to a few of them, you keep hearing the failure to extend unemployment benefits is really striking at the heart of the democratic party. let me ask you, joe, do we know or do you know or does anyone know what percentage of the sequestration cuts are still in effect after this deal? >> paul ryan came on yesterday and said i guess 70%. he was throwing a lot of numbers around. 70%, 75%, 80%. >> a majority. >> they will blow the caps by $63 billion. they claim they will make it up at the end of the decade. >> that's the very problem. that's what re...

As a young aide to jack kemp. and he has always been considered by the right as a man of the movement. and boehner, as much as he is conservative, has never been as much in the movement. that allows boehner to step away from the specifics and let ryan make the case. >> over in the senate there is word coming out that mitch mcconnell is going to vote against the deal. if you have a primary member like mitch mcconnell and john cornyn, none of those guys are going to vote for it. you might win concessions, but the underlying gravity that pulls people to the positions that we've seen is still ther...

Sequestration cuts? >> well we are going to get a better sense of that, if, when this passes, when it goes to appropriators. they will divvy out what agencies and accounts will increase expectations they will do a level increase across the board. defense by and large gets a, a reprieve. they were about to take a $20 billion additional hit. via sequestration. that looks like it will be put off. everyone across the board is breathing a some what sigh of relief. all of the agencies have essentially exhausted emergency funds. done as much as they could to delay as much suffering as they could duri...

And if you look at that from the stand point on the average of 2.3 billion, i would say. $3 trillion budget, you are talking about oh, good. we'll save 2 or 3,000 of the dollars. what are you saying it didn't go far enough for you? >> it is not a matter of how far it goes. it is a matter of preserving the minimal over all cuts that were made before that we were told to e that we were to build on. and one of my concerns, and i am sure it is a selling point for the democrats. we are trying to bust the sequestration cuts. and military shouldn't take the biggest cut. they are cut dramatically. but...