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Discuss, it's the democrats who are wanting all this spending. they're coming up with crazy ideas like my counterpart on the house budget committee wants to increase the debt limit a baa zillion dollars. that's what he said. i want to increase it a gazillion. a kohl coin from the u.s. treasury -- gold coin from the u.s. treasury that's worth a trillion dollars. they're unrealistic approaches show they do not have any respect for americans and our tax dollars. griff: well, let's talk about what will you work with the democrats on? what is your side willing to accept? >> well, right now there's ...

History has shown when these corporations get this money, they don't put it back into the workforce or research. they put it into their own pockets, dividends. it's really not something that's going to help the bottom line. that is the paycheck of the individual in a pay raise by those corporations. i hope it happens. it's just history has shown it doesn't happen. >> noah rothman has a question for you. >> it looks like act two of this thing will be approaching nondiscretionary spending and seeing if they can bring some of that in line. republicans are going to propose things like premium supp...

Upcoming budget period in infrastructure, tax reform, possibly obamacare back on the table. what is the most important to tackle first? >> it has to be the debt ceiling. this is a perpetual ritual here in washington. a short-term funding extensions to keep the government going. the difference is that republicans control all leverage of government. he will have some conservative members of the house who have already said that they want spending cuts, they want some spending reforms. a long term reforms in exchange for their votes to raise the debt ceiling. the white house is not agreeing with t...

It becomes part of the reconciliation package, second one that will be focused on tax reform and do it a partisan basis, compared with spending reforms. or bipartisan basis, clean, raise the debt celling with a lot of votes from both parties. i don't see it changing the tract that healthcare is on, which is they got the bill out of the the house, if they can come to consensus in the senate, get 50 republican vote, it will pass. until they can do that it won't. i don't think debt ceiling has a huge impact on the healthcare time line. >> leland: we'll focus on the healthcare time line. you have,...

Trying to hold up on raising the debt ceiling and insist on spending reforms. >> all right. stay right there. we want to talk about foreign policy in our next block and i want your views on that as well. senator rand paul, thanks so much. a growing sense of fear after a new wave of attacks between realizes and palestinians. a gunman's rampage leaving ten dead and many more hurt. can the u.s. do anything to calm the anxietanxiety, stop the vio? that story next. when your cold makes you wish... ...you could stay... ...in bed all day...