it s actually 1.2% this year. it s going to not be $85 billion. it s going to be $42 billion because cbo says that s all the cuts that will be implemented this year. $43 billion out of a $3.55 billion budget. that s also $42 billion out of a $16 trillion economy. that s about a penny on a dollar. that the white house has to cut. and this really unfortunate scene where you have the president, nicolle, going out there trying to tell us that because of a penny out of a dollar being cut, planes are going to fall from the sky, and people are going to eat rotten meat. e. coli. you re going to get it. we re not going to be able to forecast, their words, not ours, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes. this is a very effective penny, this penny that s been cut. where are we that we can t cut is this where we are as a
pay for those past bills. i spoke with a client this morning that has had in the past $800,000 in medical care. it s essentially drained his savings and put him in a terrible position and at this point in time, we don t see any mechanism for that to be recovered. he says this vote is a victory for his clients, but believes more money needs to be added to the program. congress capped funding at $1.55 billion for treatment and $2.78 billion for compensation payments. those numbers will remain the same regardless of how many people file for benefits. 60,000 people have already enrolled and up to 25,000 more could still join before it closes. no official estimate has been made on how much the additional cancer could cost that compensation program. rick? rick: anna, thanks. arthel: there is a dangerous condition that may be taking hold of the economy, it s called stagflation. it s the worst of both worlds.
on his treatment. vote is victory for his clients but believes more money needs to be added to the program. congress tapped it $1.55 billion and $2.78 billion for compensation payments. those numbers will remain the same. 60,000 people have already enrolled and up to 25,000 more could still join before it closes. no official estimate has been made on how much the addition of cancer could be costing that compensation program. gregg: thanks. heather: still ahead with the supreme court decision days away we have brand-new fox news, how do americans really feel on the new health program and secret leaks, eric holder is starting a criminal investigation but they
sadat assassination. sure. look at what we ve done for 50 years or more and continue to do the same thing with saudi arabia in terms of supporting a regime which is not exactly democratic but is critical to our national interest. we don t have luxury of only picking places where there are people who conform to our human rights and democratic impulses. right. the egyptian crisis continues to reverberate around the world s financial markets. moody s has downgraded egypt s government bond ratings and changed outlook from stable to negative citing political risk. and crude oil prices climbed today as investors worry the country s unrest could possibly spread elsewhere. while egypt ranks just 21st among the world s oil producers, it controls the suez canal and the sumed pipeline. while the obama administration has had no discussions about cutting off aid to egypt, it is a key factor. financial aid from the u.s. last year was $1.55 billion overall,
done here is he s laid out the table. $30 billion in defense spending and a lot of money for border protection. in that money for border protection, he had $1.55 billion. now? he hasn t shifted that saying i need something on the border in terms of structure. what about repairing and replacing some fencing that is there? they have some fences in california, just outside of san diego. they are falling apart. he could rebuild those. and then kick back over actual bricks and mortar. that will start in september. we are going to take it around the table. bob will kick us off. rush limbaugh, if trump caves trump is realizing one thing. he has all these supposes successes. when it comes to congress, he is