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Those are mandatory spending items. and there are a couple other things. those are the requirement ones. really everything else government does falls into the discretionary pot. so it may not be realistic to go that deep that quickly. so if you come up with a measure that would cut spending some and raise taxes some, that will be, that will go down a little easier. even though there is a lot of partisan warfare over this, that's the problem. it's lack of political will to do something that would worry markets more than an actual solution. you're going to need political will. >> so, jean, i ano...

Cause. bush's too big spending items were no child left behind and prescription drugs under medicare. have you guys moved at all to repeal those things? >> no. and, pat, i would take a little issue with you as to why the firing. certainly spending was a huge issue. but people had also begun to tire of the execution of the war. and also we had corruption abounding on our side of the aisle. i think we had about eight people either under investigation or under indictment at the time. it is about having zero tolerance for that as well. and to tell the voters, look, we're here to do the right thing...

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On these spending items. look at the record. i've introduced budget legislation to ensure that the cost of government, the federal budget doesn't grow faster than the family budget. i've actually written budgets in congress. but again, what was annual budget deficits under republicans have become monthly budget deficits under democrats. republicans are rank amateurs compared to democrats. >> we have a budget of about $3.8 billion in outlays by the president to date. once you take out medicare, medicaid, social security, interest payments, all the security issues, you're left with about 14% of ...

That's the question i asked on friday and he declined to answer it. with the release of his budget, he does obviously answer the question and the answer is yes. you can't be fiscally responsible and do these things. you can't have it both ways. >> this blame game under president bush, i don't think he was known for vetoing spending bills. president bush. >> no, he wasn't and it's one of the reasons that republicans were let out of office. when it comes to spending, there is blame on my side of the aisle. i fought my own party leadership on these spending items. i introduced legislation and the...