the graemes want to spend $184 billion more than the republicans do. they want to spend $97 billion more than the forecast. we have a process of approach ration bill. they will do the work. they will end up with different numbers. go to the conference committee. they will are have chance to iron it out. does it guarantee it s ironed out? no. but we have a normal process where give and take is likely to occur than if we have something trying to be imposed from the white house or the top of the congress. shannon: we re waiting for president s budget. he is required to give it by 4 of february and now it s april. amazing that he has failed to
indiana. i understand parts of the country have different attitudes about guns. again, i think we ve really gotten a twisted view of what the american norm is. if you go back to the 19th century or the earlier part of the 20th century, gun control laws were much stricter, even in free-wheeling or places perceived as being free wheeling like texas, colorado, western states. i think that our sense of normal has just moved so far away from what a middle point is that we need to get back there. rana, karen, thanks to both of you. thank you. thank you. also in d.c. right now, the house is starting a vote on a $984 billion spending bill that keeps the government running for the next six months. in a rare show of bipartisanship, the senate passed the measure yesterday 73-26. the bill also gives the pentagon and other federal agencies flexibility in implementing those sequester cuts. ature. discover nectresse™. the 100%-natural no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit.
problem. i hope that happens when gets back from israel. chris: before you deal with the budget you have to pass a continuing resolution before march 27 and going on recess at the end of this week, to keep the government running otherwise it shuts down. the question, senator durbin, is will the senate pass a cr, a continuing resolution that keeps spending at $984 billion which is what the spending level is of the house cr including the sequester cuts? chris, when i left, washington, on thursday we had 99 amendments pending to the continuing resolution. the budget for the federal government. 99 amendments. six of the amendments were on the issue of our relationship with egypt. this is all very important i understand. we have work to be done in just a short period of time. i urge senate colleagues let s get the cr passed. we can do it and do it quickly this coming week. chris: direct question will you pass a cr at $984 billion
problem. i hope that happens when gets back from israel. chris: before you deal with the budget you have to pass a continuing resolution before march 27 and going on recess at the end of this week, to keep the government running otherwise it shuts down. the question, senator durbin, is will the senate pass a cr, a continuing resolution that keeps spending at $984 billion which is what the spending level is of the house cr including the sequester cuts? chris, when i left, washington, on thursday we had 99 amendments pending to the continuing resolution. the budget for the federal government. 99 amendments. six of the amendments were on the issue of our relationship with egypt. this is all very important i understand. we have work to be done in just a short period of time. i urge senate colleagues let s get the cr passed. we can do it and do it quickly this coming week. chris: direct question will you pass a cr at $984 billion
about the situation in sudan and more broadly in africa is a consequence of weapons movements. is that since 1990, until today, there s been some 280, estimated that $284 $284 billion has been lost to african nations as a consequence of conflict. that s money that to some degree almost equal what s we put out in foreign aid. so that money could be used for schools and health clinics and water and all the things needed on the humanitarian basis. in some sense, in the degree to which we get a treaty and we can eliminate the flow of arm and reduce the availability and ease of access, particularly to ammunition, i think it will help reduce human rights violations and improve opportunities in many of these countries. he? thank you. you just came from the hill. you talk with senator murphy. you re bringing your experience and your celebrity and your roots to this whole issue. and we thank you for doing that. thank you for having me.