year than last year. it s going up. certainly not the coming down rapidly that larry kudlow claimed. that is going to continue. in february the white house office of management and budget estimated that the deficit will keep rising. it s expected to reach $984 billion in 2019. as for kudlow s caveat that he meant future deafficits. it s expected to rise from colon current level to 9.5%. this is a different way to measure it. my point is that there s no way you can calculate this and get to a different conclusion. even factoring in economic growth, by the way, which is what kudlow likes to do, the con
so they understand the staggering numbers, $984 billion added to the deficit just next year, close to a trillion, if this budget is what ends up happening. that s an 89% increase. that s higher than what the president projected meaning it s over what he ever projected would be happening. how can you agree to this? first of all, we ve had eight years under the prior administration where we added over $10 trillion. you didn t like that i m interrupting because republicans rung their hands, and i interviewed so many of them during that time where you said you can t run up the credit card, you wouldn t do it in your own house and we can t do it in washington. alisyn, you re exactly right. those are my words, and i stick by them. first of all, there are things you can do to get at this debt crisis over the next 20 years. you re not going to solve this in ten years. we have to first grow the economy. the president moved on that. you have to cut out redundant agencies and wasteful spe
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