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About 1995 and 2013, and i remember because i was in this room covering it as a reporter, is that the republicans then, whether you agreed with or didn't agree with their strategy and whether or not it ended up hurting them politically, you know, had a coherence what they were arguing. they wanted to force the president, then bill clinton, to reduce spending more. so what they were arguing about went to the heart of what funding the government is about, budget priorities. what we see now is republicans, they have abandoned their insistence that we deal with our budget issues. when the presiden...

What is fundamentally different about 1995 and 2013, and i remember because i was in this room covering it as a reporter, is that the republicans then, whether you agreed with or didn't agree with their strategy and whether or not it ended up hurting them politically, you know, had a coherence what they were arguing. they wanted to force the president, then bill clinton, to reduce spending more. so what they were arguing about went to the heart of what funding the government is about, budget priorities. what we see now is republicans, they have abandoned their insistence that we deal with our ...

Remember because i was in this room covering it as a reporter, is that the republicans then, whether you agreed with or didn't agree with their strategy and whether or not it ended up hurting them politically, you know, had a coherence what they were arguing. they wanted to force the president, then bill clinton, to reduce spending more. so what they were arguing about went to the heart of what funding the government is about, budget priorities. what we see now is republicans, they have abandoned their insistence that we deal with our budget issues. when the president put on the table a budget...

Live in washington. can washington -- can wishing rather for a balanced budget make it happen? the house is voting tomorrow to cap spending and approve a balanced budget amendment. even though senate leaders say there is no chance of it passing. is this just a chance to let off some tea party steam? we me now georgia republican congressman john price member of the budget committee as well. congressman, great to see you. >> thank you so much. >> let's talk about this cap and the balanced budget amendment as well. what is the point, time is short. everyone agree it's not going to end up passing ...

Comments. we put on the table a budget that gets us to balance. we're putting on the table short-term, midterm and long-term solutions to include decrease in spending in the short-term, a cap on spend manager the midterm and a balanced budget amendment in the long-term. those are the things that i believe -- we believe the american people want and need in order to get this economy going again and creating jobs which is truly what it's all about. >> one of the arguments against the cap many the balanced budget amendment is it doesn't explain or describe how to get there. you cap the spending, b...