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Government's funding under the sequester cuts, that means the cuts continue longer and the democrats don't like that. >> you asked for the sweet spot. a lot revolves around susan collins' proposal. the medical device passed 17-1. it would be good for the economy. there's bipartisan support. >> not even a repeal of the medical device act. this would be simply a two-year delay. >> clearly a permanent repeal would give more certain ti to the business community, but that's a step in the right direction. confirming the eligibility of people with the subsidies in obama care, who can be against preve...

Over the last couple hours, and work on that sequester, the second round of the sequester's forced budget cuts kicked in january of 2014. a short-term resolution, while it would put the government basically on the precipice of another potential shutdown in a couple months, would also give them a chance to start working, negotiating back and forth between democrats and republicans on some kind of deal that might, to the satisfaction of both parties, soften the effects of the sequester. not only are democrats complaining about it and what it does to programs at the department of health and human...

For in these negotiations. when i say republicans, i mean senator mitch mcconnell, the republican leader. this is according to a republican source who is familiar with these discussions. what he is asking, first of all, with regard to opening up the government, a bill to fund the government through the holidays so that everybody isn't here on christmas and new years, but doing so at current levels so it would apparently and effectively keep the sequester in place, which would be a get for republicans. but not through next year, which is something that democrats are saying, uh-uh, we're not goi...

But they're supposed to go back up again a year later. you could move some of that spending from a year later forward. in the aggregate, the spending would be the same, but the democrats would get a little more right now. that's going to create a lot of heartburn for the republicans, particularly mitch mcconnell from kentucky. >> facing a tough re-election. >> if you can finesse that some way, you've got a deal. >> let me ask you in the time we have left, is there a deal before thursday or not? >> it does not look like there's a deal right now. to me, why doesn't boehner, if he says the votes ...

What we do know is senate majority leader harry reid and mish mcconnell have been in discussions about trying to find some common ground here in order to reopen the government and increase the debt ceiling. they've been apart as we understand it on some pretty key issues, that being the white house and senate democrats want that debt ceiling increased for as long as possible. but there's kind of a hitch when it comes to reopening the government. if the government is reopened through really or if it's funded through the new year, there's a whole new round of spending cuts. remember, we're alrea...