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Modest, it is a step in the right direction. it is bricking back some normalcy. cutting back $23 million from the federal deficit and there is a $17 trillion national debt. but let's bring back our panel. what we know so far of the details, your thoughts. >> well so far, $23 billion is a rounding error on the debt, the the economy. it is trivia. but what is not trivial is not the politics. it just couldn't be that the anti-establishment house may rally around this partly because paul ryan has such credibility with his own caucus and send it over to the senate where mitch mcconnell, from the re...

Website today, this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later on this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus because we are keeping our principals. the key is here nobody had to sacrifice their core principles. our principles are don't raise taxes an reduce the deficit. and we have concerned members about defense. the next hit from the sequester would hit solely on the military, starting in january. a lot of our members were concerned about that. so what we are doing here is providing for some sequester relief for 2014 and for 2015. and we are paving...

>> smooth. >> she said she never really lectured the pilots. she was more likely to be talking to the guy in the back seat, she had to know his weapons, she was the science, the math, the defense of what was happening in the planes. >> blah, blah, blah. but does she say i never had anything happen like what happened in the movie. >> that's all hollywood. >> she was a straight arrow, a genuine straight shooter. >> most recently she made news, believe it or not, she's against the sequester. she was running budgets over at the department of defense. she says it is dangerous to think sequester doe...

Ptsd. >> there was no question after we started the program and he received his service dog. he came back to me. the light came on. my son came home. >> during the recent government shutdown, news reports about the families denied death benefits brought the anxiety rushing back. >> these guys gave their lives for our country. for a second there, i felt alone. then i looked at willco and everything was all right. my dog. i was not alone. >> in two 1/2 year, more than 90 vets were helped. the waiting list is now held. >> maybe people are seen to be blessed by one miracle in their life. i've seen...

Since 2008. cash registers may be quieter because of what's going on in the capital. >> one the government shutdown, the sequester, three the concern of higher medical costs and the part on some americans for the affordable health care act. the combination of three could cut consumer spending as much as 1% or 1 point. >> most shoppers we spoke to said they'll spend about as much this year as last year. they're going to be more careful before checking out. >> our plan changed for health care prescriptions and everything. it's more now. i'm more cautious about spending. >> i look before i buy an...