we got to get rid of obamacare. that s the first big entitlement we get rid of. if people say well, we can t get rid of it what about across the board spending, what about a penny plan? i like the penny plan. i think that s a great target. how you get to that you can t just say we ll cut everything by 1%. some things you want to increase other things you want to get rid of. for example, defense. i believe we need a stronger defense. i think we need to increase the defense budget. there are many departments like agricultural department that have exploded. we can get rid of a lot of programs in those areas. you throw on top of that, the key, the entitlement reform. as you know, sean, when i was in the united states senate i fought for social i was out there. do you want to, what means test it? you want to raise the age of retirement? when social security was put
rupps out 20 days from now. instead of passing next year s spending bills, congress is again going to kick it down the road. just today, the bipartisan house and senate leadership has scheduled a crisis meeting for tomorrow. house republicans had wanted to stop gap measure this week past the end of this month. they postponed everything because the g.o.p. can t agree on how best to try to force the senate to consider defunding obama care is a total meltdown because the democratic majority of the senate isn t going to take any of that up. there is a lot more the debt hits the debt ceiling in october which means time for more borrowing or the nation s credit rating is going to take a hit. republicans don t want to go beyond the current $17 trillion worth of debt without some spending cuts but democrats in the white house say they are not going to negotiate and remember those $85 billion automatic across the board spending cuts this year? that s supposed to go up again next year. the so-ca
government funding actually rupps out 20 days from now. instead of passing next year s spending bills, congress is again going to kick it down the road. just today, the bipartisan house and senate leadership has scheduled a crisis meeting for tomorrow. house republicans had wanted to stop gap measure this week past the end of this month. they postponed everything because the g.o.p. can t agree on how best to try to force the senate to consider defunding obama care is a total meltdown because the democratic majority of the senate isn t going to take any of that up. there is a lot more the debt hits the debt ceiling in october which means time for more borrowing or the nation s credit rating is going to take a hit. republicans don t want to go beyond the current $17 trillion worth of debt without some spending cuts but democrats in the white house say they are not going to negotiate and remember those $85 billion automatic across the board spending cuts this year? that s supposed to go u
government funding actually rupps out 20 days from now. instead of passing next year s spending bills, congress is again going to kick it down the road. just today, the bipartisan house and senate leadership has scheduled a crisis meeting for tomorrow. house republicans had wanted to stop gap measure this week past the end of this month. they postponed everything because the g.o.p. can t agree on how best to try to force the senate to consider defunding obama care is a total meltdown because the democratic majority of the senate isn t going to take any of that up. there is a lot more the debt hits the debt ceiling in october which means time for more borrowing or the nation s credit rating is going to take a hit. republicans don t want to go beyond the current $17 trillion worth of debt without some spending cuts but democrats in the white house say they are not going to negotiate and remember those $85 billion automatic across the board spending cuts this year? that s supposed to go u
it was community people. reporter: two weeks ago a major blow her kids like dozens of others in columbus would be staying home all because of the sequester. those deep across the board spending cuts that forced federal programs like head start to cutback. in columbus that meant holding a lottery to see which students would stay or go. her children s names didn t get picked. she s reading off the names and you re praying for her to read your name. she hasn t said my name yet. you get down to the end of the name and they tell you that s it. it s a shock. it s a shock. reporter: administrators are reeling. not a fun couple of weeks. what the cuts represent is taking away from babies and toddlers. reporter: this is the director of zero to three a washington based group aimed at improving early childhood develops as sequester cuts roll in nationwide he and other