subsidies. still, throughout the tense down to the wire negotiations, both sides said the conflict was about what to cut as how much. we re talking about real spending cuts, no smoke in mirrors. reporter: and now the reality is that it may not cut as deep as they appear. for example, $3.5 billion of cuts to the chip program is unspent money in the program. the deal calls for $2.5 billion in cuts from health care co-ops but the money doesn t exist yet. then there are the controversial policy writers that has nothing to do with spending. many, such as eliminating planned parenthood made it through. for example, gray wolfs are taken off the endangered species