the president says he will issue a more ambitious deficit reduction plan aweek from monday which will call for reforms to medicare and tax revenue increases. joining me now is the washington post columnist and msnbc contributor ezra klein. thanks for joining me. good evening. did i hear the president say i m going to have the super committee do the pay for side of this bill and then let, you know, the bridges and all of the infrastructure stuff, the teacher stuff, let all of that stuff be done by the other committees of jurisdiction? i think he said he would like them to do it. i don t think he is saying the only ones that can do it. my understanding from them is what they would like to do is show they are serious about getting this paid for. not just by saying it and not just offering up a plan but adding to the super committee s trigger a equivalent equivalent to the plan and american people who pay attention to triggers which is all of them will understand that they need t
covers the full cost of the american jobs act. the president says he will issue a more ambitious deficit reduction plan aweek from monday which will call for reforms to medicare and tax revenue increases. joining me now is the washington post columnist and msnbc contributor ezra klein. thanks for joining me. good evening. did i hear the president say i m going to have the super committee do the pay for side of this bill and then let, you know, the bridges and all of the infrastructure stuff, the teacher stuff, let all of that stuff be done by the other committees of jurisdiction? i think he said he would like them to do it. i don t think he is saying the only ones that can do it. my understanding from them is what they would like to do is show they are serious about getting this paid for. not just by saying it and not just offering up a plan but adding to the super committee s trigger a equivalent equivalent to the plan and american people who pay attention to triggers
meeting. tonight, the president issued a new challenge to that supercommittee. the agreement we passed in july will cut government spending by about a trillion dollars over the next ten years, it also charges this congress to up come up with $1.5 trillion in savings by christmas. tonight i am asking you to increase that amount so it covers the full cost of the american jobs act. the president says he will issue a more ambitious deficit reduction plan aweek from monday which will call for reforms to medicare and tax revenue increases. joining me now is the washington post columnist and msnbc contributor ezra klein. thanks for joining me. gg@ú
american jobs act. the president says he will issue a more ambitious deficit reduction plan aweek from monday which will call for reforms to medicare and tax revenue increases. joining me now is the washington post columnist and msnbc contributor ezra klein. thanks for joining me. good evening. did i hear the president say i m going to have the super committee do the pay for side of this bill and then let, you know, the bridges and all of the infrastructure stuff, the teacher stuff, let all of that stuff be done by the other committees of jurisdiction? i think he said he would like them to do it. i don t think he is saying the only ones that can do it. my understanding from them is what they would like to do is show they are serious about getting this paid for. not just by saying it and not just offering up a plan but adding to the super committee s trigger a equivalent equivalent