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Winning the majority congressional republicans are holding the government sort of hostage. tonight we are nine days away from another self-imposed man made crisis in washington. this one they call the sequester, which is a word i have diligently avoided until now because it makes me liss. we are nine days away from slashing the budget across the board was republicans and democrats both agreed that that should happen, there should be that threat if they couldn't agree on how to lower the deficit by now. everybody agrees that doing this will throw a huge wrench into the gears of the economy. it ...

Man-made crisis in washington. this one they call the sequester, which is a word i have diligently avoided until now because it makes me lisp. we are nine days away from slashing the budget across the board was republicans and democrats both agreed that that should happen, there should be that threat if they couldn't agree on how to lower the deficit by now. everybody agrees that doing this will throw a huge wrench into the gears of the economy. it may throw us back into recession. but the agreed upon economy-smashing crisis nine days away is not a problem that is going to happen on its own. i...

Very cheap is a problem that this book deals with very effectively, but the issue of food stamps as a safety net program has to be one that we protect. >> in terms of the quote that we let in from the book, the notion that those who are on food stamps are the ones that could probably make the most effective argument for food stamps, but they are literally scraping by, and so the dialogue is missing those voices, and has been fairly unmanufacturetive at best. >> i think that's the key thing to focus on. the fact that people involved here, particularly children, are not only vulnerable, but they...

>> there is no hard deal on the table yet. >> this is a dangerous game. >> they don't believe republicans are going over the cliff. >> let's go over the cliff. >> are they going to raise taxes on everyone? >> they will be push ping that and we'll go to the senate and we'll loose. ♪ ♪ >> there are 25 shopping days for a deal between congressional republicans and president obama before we go flying off the fiscal curb. today, from a kitchen table in northern virginia. >> this is a solvable problem. the senate at already passed a bill that would make sure that middle class taxes do not go up ...

Lose. >> why are we not here? >> it is the critical question. congress has to be here. >> why are we not here? >> the nation's finances are in a political cliff. >> republican ares are over the barrel are. >> obama is not letting up. >> this is a solvable problem. >> they are waving a white flag. >> in the 20 second sound byte world in which we live, that is the take away. >> they will be pushing that and it will go to the senate and we will lose. >> we don't have a revenue problem. >> we lost the election, sean. this is a solvable problem. >> he is not budging.