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Just as the treasury department began to exert extraordinary measures to regulate government that. donald trump putting finishing touches on proposed budget which includes a lot of cuts and a lot of spending increases. therefore little in dirt, columnist at the hill. good to see you. how much of this budget that we will see late this week, early next is the art of the deal. as president trump putting out what it ought to have been not necessarily what he'll settle for. >> i think that's quite characteristic of what presidents do here. this is really the opening bid to use your analogy. i don't...

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Entitlements, savings versus additional spending i think has to be done with the understanding that at the end of the day if we don't make an agreement, the number is going to be $967 billion in discretionary spending. >> let me pick up on that with you, senator durbin. because as senator blunt suggested, republicans have some leverage here. if nothing happens the sequester spending cuts kick in on january 15 and discretionary spending is cut by $21 billion. paul ryan, the house budget chair, is proposing a kind of trade in which they would agree to some short-term spending increases, which yo...

Aren't loopholes in there that should be closed and the savings be dedicated to reducing the deficit. why is that such a radical idea to most republicans? >> that's what i suspected you were going to say, senator durbin, which is it can't be short-term spending increases for long-term spending cuts revenue. is that a nonstarter? one of the ideas is not raise rates but just that you would close some loopholes, tax reform, and use some of that money to cut the deficit. >> i don't know anybody opposed to closing loopholes. in fact, if we were going to do a revenue-neutral tax rewrite, chairman ba...

Entitlements, savings versus additional spending i think has to be done with the understanding that at the end of the day if we don't make an agreement, the number is going to be $967 billion in discretionary spending. >> let me pick up on that with you, senator durbin. because as senator blunt suggested, republicans have some leverage here. if nothing happens the sequester spending cuts kick in on january 15 and discretionary spending is cut by $21 billion. paul ryan, the house budget chair, is proposing a kind of trade in which they would agree to some short-term spending increases, which yo...