cuts to the state department and agency for international development would undermine the country s national security. he respects republicans and democrats to work together to fight these cuts. back with us from washington, white house reporter for the washington examiner, good to have you back with us. let s talk a little bit about reaction to the president s budget so far. are we expecting to hear more from deficit hogs like rand paul about how much this is going to affect us? many are sounding awill remembers about the president s budget and even though it s very unlikely to ever become law it signals that president trump is not serious about limiting government spending, that he doesn t really care about getting spending cuts to offset the military buildup that he s called for or the revenue loss from his tax cuts that congress
line with a child? i think the problem that republicans they ve painted themselves into a corner on the issue offing with deficit hogs. they have to worry about their right on all of these issues. you still have the on going civil war in the party. and a lot of it is over, you know, what the tea party has with this fiscal irresponsibility. so any time you re talking with something with bigger government or government paying out more money, the republicans have pretty much got themselves into a bind on that, no matter how rational it seems. it s also striking to me, bob, when the president really called the gop out for their obsession with spending and cuts and budget showdowns. the greatest country cannot
the process, for that, i want you to take a look here. i will not try and walk you through it. it s a mess. the bottom line is 917 billion dml spending cuts with a special committee in charge of finding $1.5 trillion cuts by the end of the year, and the debt limit rises by $900 billion now, and $1.5 later. already, there is one potential wrinkle here. the nonpartisan budget congressional office says the plan would cut spending only by 1.5 trillion, not 2.4 trillion. we are following all the claims and repercussions as only cnn can. by colleagues join me, and if you don t believe this is a huge story, look at richard quest, all the way from london. tell us how the deal came to be, and what are the prospects it will bring? first, you explained it as best as anybody could involved in the process. and it is a mess. the democratic plan is rejected in the house, and it looked like a day care here in washington. we did know what the rough pieces of an agreement would look like and
of our work force. that is going to be their plan in september to raise taxes in the middle of a recession. chris: let me talk with you, congressman boehner. you say and senator mcconnell says the answer is to extend the bush tax cuts. let s take a look at the cost here. extending just the tax cuts for the wealthy would cost $678 billion over ten years. extending all the tax cuts would cost $2.9 trillion. that will explode the deficit and president obama says today that for all of the talk about you guys as deficit hogs if you buck him when it comes to some of the ideas he has to reduce the deficit he, quote, is going to call your bluff. chris, you have been in washington too long because that is all a bunch of washington talk. chris: i m just asking a question, sir. you cannot raise taxes on the american people in the middle of a recession.
of our work force. that is going to be their plan in september to raise taxes in the middle of a recession. chris: let me talk with you, congressman boehner. you say and senator mcconnell says the answer is to extend the bush tax cuts. let s take a look at the cost here. extending just the tax cuts for the wealthy would cost $678 billion over ten years. extending all the tax cuts would cost $2.9 trillion. that will explode the deficit and president obama says today that for all of the talk about you guys as deficit hogs if you buck him when it comes to some of the ideas he has to reduce the deficit he, quote, is going to call your bluff. chris, you have been in washington too long because that is all a bunch of washington talk. chris: i m just asking a question, sir. you cannot raise taxes on the american people in the middle of a recession.