jenna: others are wondering about the presidents golf getaways, his outings around the country. like his trip a few weeks ago to plate a game of golf in palm beach, florida. questions about spending in general. previouslpreviousl y standing out in the snow, hopefully we had the money. reporter: let s just talk about the political problem here. republicans say the president tried to exaggerate pressuring them to reach a deficit reduction bill. folks say the federal government is trying to make the best of a bad situation by implementing budget cuts that were never supposed to happen.
john boehner voted against this, president clinton passed what was then a huge deficit reduction bill that included 50% tax increases and 50% spending cuts. one to one, tax increases to spending cuts. including medicare and medicaid spending cuts. and then pushed by newt gingrich when the republicans won back the house and senate. president clinton signed even more republican spending cuts into law. the team of clinton and gingrich in the 1990s did not kick the deficit can down the road, they kicked it out of the budget. they effectively eliminated the deficit, and had us on the way to actually building a budget surplus. a surplus that was going to be necessary to help financial future government spending, including two wars that no one knew were coming. that surplus was wiped out in
the president, is he not committed to spending? does his deal not include over $900 billion in spending cuts over 10 years? the president has asked for $1.3 trillion worth of increases in revenue, and only put up $850 billion worth of spending cuts. everybody in washington knows what the problem is, but nobody wants to address it. i ve been here for 22 years, and i ve watched presidents from both parties, i ve watched leaders from both parties, kick this can down the road. well, that s what john boehner looks like when he s lying. 20 years ago, president clinton with democratic votes only john boehner voted against this, president clinton passed what was then a huge deficit reduction bill that included 50% tax increases and 50% spending cuts. one to one, tax increases to spending cuts. including medicare and medicaid
congressional office, arlene halpernin. she said the phones never stopped ringing. and that s one of the problems. but as a member of congress you have to understand that people do not call in when they re satisfied. so nine out of ten calls said vote against this. and at that time it was in 93 and we were talking about an omnibus spending bill. it was a deficit reduction bill but of course it was called the tax increase. and there were things in the bill that i liked and there were things in the bill i didn t like. i didn t think it went far enough with regard to deficit reduction. i didn t think it went far enough with regard to entitlements. so i was a no vote, and i walked into the house that night and the republicans were high-fiving saying they don t have the votes and the democrats were figuring out how they could switch their votes and i said wait a minute, we came in with this president in 92, it was the largest class of women, there were 21 new women, 24 democrats. and the
somebody who worked for me in my congressional office, arlene hal pernin. she said the phones never stopped ringing. and that s one of the problems. but as a member of congress you have to understand that people do not call in when they re satisfied. so nine out of ten calls said vote against this. and at that time it was in 93 and we were talking about an omnibus spending bill. it was a deficit reduction bill but of course it was called the tax increase. and there were things in the bill that i liked and there were things in the bill i didn t like. i didn t think it went far enough with regard to deficit reduction. i didn t think it went far enough with regard to entitlements. so i was a no vote, and i walked into the house that night and the republicans were high-fiving saying they don t have the votes and the democrats were figuring out how they could switch their votes and i said wait a minute, we came in with this president in 92, it was the largest class of women, there were 21