the younger generation. then you also have comments by steve king about illegal immigrants and dreamers and commentary that many people think is racist and beyond irascible but really simply unacceptable. where do you see your party going at what seems to be a crossroads? well, frankly, i have a lot of optimism. we went through a tough election cycle, held the house, we hold 30 governorships. i don t have any doubt we ll pick up senate seats. it s on the margin as to whether we actually give control. the idea that we re somehow imploding or not moving forward is simply not true. i have to add, there are advisors to the president who have recommended that he shut down the government if the sequester isn t repealed. now sequester was his suggestion, his idea, it is in law. the house is actually appropriating to the legal appropriations specified in the sequester. so there is a lot of this on both sides. it is not somehow unique.
some saying the faa should have warned congress but consequences. how come you didn t tell us beforehand, the sequester impact on the furloughs? not a word. the congressman echoed republicans in blaming the obama administration but the faa says the agency had no choice but to give furloughs to save money. got to save money because it went into effect. sequester isn t so much fun. mike emanuel, you would think they could find a better place. under the budget the president submitted, they get more money now than if the budget passed. it s a head scratcher. republicans say the faa has been mismanaged. there s clearly irritation that 10% of the country s air-traffic controllers have been furloughed and some suggestedlet money
months. chris. and clear it s title 1 teachers and (inaudible) whether it s sequester related i don t know, these were teachers given pink slips. megyn: that s the point, is it sequester related or isn t it. that s the context in which he offered the original remarks. ap then the washington post came out and gave arne duncan s original claim four pinochios, they weren t layoffs, they were transfer notices and weren t to the sequester. and moments ago the president s team questioned we will he get into it momentarily. boy, this is not going well for arne duncan or the administration. i want to show you and the viewers what just happened today on this very same issue, marriage garre
million dollars saying, i want that money. and they can t have it. until somebody wins or settles and they don t want to give it all to the lawyers so unfortunately they will cave. it will settle. we move on. megyn: in the meantime, and created styles all, but shut down and the women are worried whether they ll get their share after 9 million jackpot. i would tell them. let it go, it will work out and she ll get her 8th. megyn: and that s not bad. a hot of change, but randy wants the lawyer s commission. do you think that they ll do my hair or what s left testify. megyn: i don t think that s going to help lou s business. thanks, up next, should you get in trouble for driving too slowly in the fast lane? isn t it so irritating and yet, sometimes we re scared. why should we be punished for it? that s next. the calcium they e as well as they could because they don t take it with food.
tumble, a difference between armageddon and tumble. the problem with sequester isn t the amount of cuts, honestly we re not cutting 85 billion dollars this year, there s only 44 billion dollars in outlays, that s little over 1% of the federal budget, that is not armageddon, the problem is that they re indiscriminate. they re across the board cuts and i pointed out last week, there s a simple solution to that, which republicans are voting, hopefully they re going to vote on it in the senate today, is a bill to give the president the authority to have the discretion, to choose which programs get cut, to protect head start if he wants, to protect the military programs if he doesn t want. megyn: he stole that idea from you. you said it on the show and now they re actually doing it, but they say that s not going to pass, marc, i m sorry to tell you, but say it s not going to pass, maybe i m wrong. let them reject it. megyn: simon, there s a belief in some circles that are some, in the