there was at call for a repeal of obamacare. now, i said earlier this week that was dumb. you don t put that in there because no one pays any attention to anything else. that is never going to happen. so we re into the land of oz. am i wrong? it would be awkward for me to suggest you are wrong. [ laughter ] i certainly watch the most important points. bill: which is the talking points memo. the fact is 46 trillion dollars in new spending over the next decade if we go along with the democratic trajectory. under the ryan plan we re talking $41 trillion. bill: you are dodging my question. i m getting there. i know your patience level. bill: i m seven years old, hurry up? $2 trillion depends on the repeal of obamacare. i agree with you.
that passed in the house of representatives is $41 trillion spending over the enyears. senate budget approved thursday night by the senate budget committee spends $46 trillion. so you ve fgot two differences. the senate is trying to spend more. house republicans are trying to be more efficient. let me ask you this, senator. president obama is trying a new strategy. he s reaching out to congress, holding meetings on capitol hill. i don t understand why these weren t happening 18 months ago. but there s a shift from the campaign-style events we ve seen over the last month. listen to something he said to george stephanopoulos earlier this week. i m trying to create an atmosphere where democrats and republicans can get together and try to get something done. but ultimately it may be that the differences are just too wide. if their position is we can t do any revenue or we can only do revenue if we gut medicare or gut social security or gut medicaid. if that s the position, then we re p
there was at call for a repeal of obamacare. now, i said earlier this week that was dumb. you don t put that in there because no one pays any attention to anything else. that is never going to happen. so we re into the land of oz. am i wrong? it would be awkward for me to suggest you are wrong. [ laughter ] i certainly watch the most important points. bill: which is the talking points memo. the fact is 46 trillion dollars in new spending over the next decade if we go along with the democratic trajectory. under the ryan plan we re talking $41 trillion. bill: you are dodging my question. i m getting there. i know your patience level. bill: i m seven years old, hurry up? $2 trillion depends on the repeal of obamacare. i agree with you.
republicans in congress should be willing to work with. they re not interested in that. i don t really think a balanced budget is important in and of itself but he really doesn t care because he thinks there are bigger issues he wants to tackle in his second term. ron, what do you think? well, i think the president has an obligation to lead the country and to outline specifically what his priorities are. he is mandated by law to put forth a budget, the first monday in february. he s failed to do this four out of the five years he s been in office. i think it s very important for the american people to understand what this administration would prioritize on funding and what they wouldn t. i listen to the way that the president demonized the republicans and said oh, they want to balance the budget on the backs of the poor and elderly, that s nonsense. the senate budget resolution proposes to spend $46 trillion over the next ten years. paul ryan supposedly would put $41 trillion. paul
you say the house not that important, it sounds like the how is everything that balancing for the sake of balancing is going to be on the backs of the same list of people you just mentioned, students, elderly, poor people, that s actually problematic. the president hasn t brought his budget to congress this year. supposed to do it on february 4th. we look forward to seeing it. last budget spent $46 trillion. our budget spends $41 trillion, hardly draconian reductions this is a slower growth of spending to get the balance. clearly there is waste in washington. congressman the american people can t stop this. congressman, it s howard kurtz. let s talk about your budget. it includes the repeal of obama care. every member of your family knows that won t happen. basically a political statement. no, we believe this ought to be the priorities for the country and we don t believe the