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The consequences? >> well, if you look at the fact that they claimed all these air traffic controllers are going to be laid out, and then found out they really didn't have to. and when the secretary of education went out and claimed that all these teachers in one county in west virginia were being laid off as a result of the sequester, found out that wasn't quite true. and then the release of thousands of detainees down in arizona before the sequester even takes effect. there's a lot of questions about how the white house is handling the communications on this. >> you called the sequester dang...

About the long-term entitlement problems? >> then why haven't senate democrats passed the president's plan? the house has passed a plan twice. over the last 10 months to replace the sequester. senate democrats have done nothing. it's time for them to vote. it's time for us to get back to regular order here in congress. whether the house passes a bill, the senate passes a bill, if we disagree we go to conference to resolve the differences. i made this point at the white house today. it's time for us to do this via regular order. later on this month, the house is going to move its budget. senato...

Reauthorized the act only through 2016. of the sequester will be felt, so if i can ask you this, karen, and that will force them back to which side of eric cantor's mouth should we believe? the table to get rid of these terms of his voting rights comments? >> well, you have to pay attention to both sides but you stupid -- i should say really probably should be skeptical also of both sides. that's the same kind of game asinine cuts. >> yes. julian, maybe there is some that the house of method in this madness. representatives was playing last week where they voted against the one thing republica...

$1.3 trillion worth of increases in revenue, and only put up $850 billion worth of spending cuts. everybody in washington knows what the problem is. but nobody wants to address it. i've been here for 22 years. and i've watched presidents from both parties. i've watched leaders from both parties kick this can down the road, kick it down the road, and kick it down the road. we are out of road to kick the can down. we've got a long-term spending problem that has to be addressed. i spent the last two-plus years trying to bring this town to address this problem, and it is going to be addressed. >> ...

Reform closing deductions to actually pay down the deficit? >> i'm going to say it one more time. the president got his tax hikes on january 1. the issue here is spending. spending is out of control. there are smarter ways to cut spending than the silly sequester that the president demanded. so we need to address the long-term spending problem. but we can't cut our way to prosperity. we also need real economic growth. american family wages aren't growing. they are being squeezed. and as a result, we've got to find a way through our tax code to promote more economic growth in our country. we ca...