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The clinics blame the sequester cuts. now one republican congresswoman is trying to reverse the cuts. representative rene elmore joins us. nice to see you. >> to be with you, greta. >> greta: the sequester has basically cut off for some, from community centers, medicare patients who are getting chemotherapy. >> basically what it did is an unintended consequence of sequester, where medicare cuts, 2%, were put in place, but these drugs, chemotherapy agents, have to be administered under the supervision of a physician. so we have our cancer centers in our communities. they're going to be the ones...

A lot people will have trouble with that because some of the slowing is attributable to the increase in the payroll tax. taxes have an impact. to add more, that seems to be going in the wrong direction. >>chris: while the white house was blaming the sequester and republicans for pushing the sequester, a lost independent people, and you heard the concession from dan file -- pfiffer on this, and obamacare will kick in and a company with 50 employees you fall to the mandates but at 49 you don't so you do not have incentive to hire someone in. >> this has been the complaint of the republicans from...

Another 1.6 or however you want to count those dollars. a lot of people are going to have trouble with that particularly since some of the slowing in the employment sector certainly is attributable to the increase in the payroll tax. so taxes do have an impact and to add more, it seems to be going in the wrong direction. >> chris: i was going to say that while the white house was blaming the sequester and the republicans for pushes sequester. a lot of independent people and you heard concession from dan pfeiffer on this are saying it's the payroll tax and also saying that obama care is beginni...

Employers from getting new people. are those more serious problems than the sequester? >> certainly the end of the payroll tax cut is hurting americans because it leaves less money in their pocket, less money to spend while they are shopping. that does have an effect on the economy, no question. it is important to look at the overall picture on the economy. we have made a lot of progress. 6.5 million private sector jobs traded in three years and the housing market is coming back, manufacturing is coming back, the american auto industry is back. there is more to do. you should not focus on an i...

Answer as to why the approval rating of congressional republicans is at historic low it is because their view is my way or the highway, do what i want, tax breaks to the wealthy and ask the middle class to pay. that is not what the american people want. if the republican party wants to reach out to americans they should start by listening to americans. >> march job numbers came out on friday and they were grim at 88,000 jobs created and 496,000 americans left the job force. the labor force participation is 63.3 percent, the lowest since jimmy carter was president. the white house on friday was...