originally in terms of a budget. jenna: your amendment that you floated was one of two democrats that passed. the amendment about amtrak probably wouldn t hold up the government shut down. the amendment like the one that is going to hit the floor we expect in moments that would defund healthcare could be that kind of hot button issue. it s expected to pass the house not obviously expected to pass the senate earth president s desk. how do you look to navigate that and find any room for compromise on that? well, i looked at what the president put before us, and the five year budget, jenna, we are talking about getting our debt down to 3.2% of gross domestic product. that s pretty darn good, and in ten years going back to what we consider to be normal, quote unquote. so i think the president has done a good job of make tough, tough cuts, making investments into education and energy that are necessary to keep us the number one nation in the world. so people have to make
this program says 3 million households are going to be affected. poppy, we know that the budget really is just a blueprint. it s a draft. there s a process that has to take place before this is passed. what do you think is the likelihood that we re going to see these kinds of cuts actually happen? these cuts, particularly talking about this program and slashing it by more than $2 billion, likely we re going it see this pass. and that is because you also have republicans onboard with this. they like these kind of cuts. they say it s tough decisions, but we need to make the cuts. some republicans want deeper cuts. that increases the chances of this passing. several democrats have come out over the weekend and this morning against this. mainly from the cold weather states. ed markey of massachusetts coming out against this, and suzanne, olympia snowe, the republican from maine, also coming out against it. there will be a debate ahead, but look, this is exactly the type of tough cuts t