of budget, which is increased funding for nih to do research like this that supposedly has bipartisan support. but does even this have bipartisan support with say the ted cruz caucus? not necessarily. publicly they re talking about we embracing the sequester but they re trying to protect their airport towers and funding. the ted cruzzes are saying we don t want any of this to shrink the government, we re going to stand on principle. and government research, that seems to be the one line, government may be the only entity that can afford to do research like this before it becomes a for-profit sector. absolutely. that s why we cut back on space. you look at medicare advantage. can t cut that. the government just added spending for that because of an outcry. there s a lot of areas that are untouchable and remain bipartisan in the midst of all
the cancellation of those white house tours is an obama gimmick that has nothing to do with sequester. so this morning fox weighed in with a solution. the federal government spending apparently $350 million for planned parenthood style sex education programs in western states including montana, idaho, oregon, alaska for sex education programs starting now in kindergarten. remember the sequester was all about it s going to everything. we re going to have to close the white house doors, airport towers and things like that. they did that and a whole other list of things and yet they re able to find $350 million for this program. do you know how long that would keep the white house tours going? 20 years? 100 years. no way. 100 years the white house could be open for as long as us and our grandchildren. was this really a zero sum situation? do you really have to choose between sex ed out in the country and the white house closing its doors? i don t think so.
gimmick that has nothing to do with sequester. so this a.m., fox news weighed in with a solution. the federal government spending apparently $350 million for planned parenthood-style sex education programs in western states including montana, idaho, oregon, alaska, for sex education programs starting now in kindergarten. remember the sequester was all about, it s going to end everything, we re going to have to close the white house tours, going to have to close small airport towers and things like that. so they did that and a whole other list of thing, yet they re able to find $350 million for this program. you know how long that would keep the white house tours going? 20 years? 100 years. no way. 100 years the white house could be open for as long as us and our grandchildren would be around. was this really a zero-sum situation? do you really have to choose between sex ed out in the country and white house closing its doors? i don t think so. next, former republican
guilty kindergarten. i remember doing stories about this on the local level, i believe it was in wyoming. some parents were saying they didn t want their local schools to be able to enforce this kind of education for kids so young. but now could it be that the federal government is funding these kinds of programs? steve: it s so shocking because we remember the sequester, it was all about it s going to end everything, we ll have to close the white house tours. we ll have to close some small airport towers and things like that. so they did that. and a whole other list of things. yet, they re able to find $350 million for this program that is comprehensive and graphic. and essentially what it does is it talks about how no sex is unsafe unless it causes pregnancy. $20 million of it goes to planned parenthood affiliates in oregon schools. of course, in certain instance, planned parenthood is actually paying the kids to be part of the program. $350 million. eric: so the day sequester hi
ha! back to hardball. now to the big sideshow tonight. first, republicans have argued that the cancelation of those white house tours is an obama gimmick that has nothing to do with sequester. so this a.m., fox news weighed in with a solution. the federal government spending apparently $350 million for planned parenthood-style sex education programs in western states including montana, idaho, oregon, alaska, for sex education programs starting now in kindergarten. remember the sequester was all about, it s going to end everything, we re going to have to close the white house tours, going to have to close small airport towers and things like that. so they did that and a whole other list of thing, yet they re able to find $350 million for this program. you know how long that would keep the white house tours going? 20 years?