to appear on the ballot next year, so because of the legislature s action, it s going to go to the voters and then the voters will decide on it. when our producers, specifically, rebecca dryden, visited your clinic earlier this year, you talked to rebecca about this. you predicted that a personhood ban would pass the legislature in year. what made you so confident that it was coming? why did you see it? it s been around in the legislative session the last few times and, you know, it usually takes bills a couple of times to go forward, kind of fail, they figure out what works, what doesn t work. and they fit it in such a way that it s palatable to many different legislatures, on both sides of the republican and democratic house. and we just knew that it was their big push. this is really where they were going to go. and you can look at other states, like mississippi, colorado, and south dakota, you know. those are all the states where they feel like they ve got a foothold and they rea
legislature s action, it s going to go to the voters and then the voters will decide on it. when our producers, specifically, rebecca dryden, visited your clinic earlier this year, you talked to rebecca about this. you predicted that a personhood ban would pass the legislature in year. what made you so confident that it was coming? why did you see it? it s been around in the legislative session the last few times and, you know, it usually takes bills a couple of times to go forward, kind of fail, they figure out what works, what doesn t work. and they fit it in such a way that it s palatable to many different legislatures, on both sides of the republican and democratic house. and we just knew that it was their big push. this is really where they were going to go. and you can look at other states, like mississippi, colorado, and south dakota, you know. those are all the states where they feel like they ve got a foothold and they really targeted some specific senators
the reality that even if congress can strike a deal to stop the cuts over a decade, we re still going to be stuck with at least some of this year s $85 billion share. one hour from now, house speaker boehner will push the blame on the democrats arguing the house passed two bills to replace the sequester and the president is out with a break down of the cuts and warned that the cash-strapped governors no longer the cuts in place, the bigger the impact. as governors, you re the ones who are on the ground, seeing firsthand every single day what works, what doesn t work. while you are in town, i hope you ll speak with your congressional delegation and remind them in no uncertain terms exactly what is at stake and exactly who is at risk. because here s the thing. the cuts do not have to happen. congress can turn them off any time with just a little bit of
them. the big item is the sequester cuts that are due to come up on friday if no deal is reached to avert them before then. here s the president on the sequester. as i ve said we should be asking ourselves three questions every single day. how do we make america a magnet for good jobs? how do we equip our people with skills and training to get those jobs, and how do we make sure if they get those jobs that their hard work actually pays off. as governors you re the ones who are on the ground seeing first-hand every single day what works, what doesn t work and that s what makes you so indispensable. whatever your party, you ran for office to do everything that you could to make our folks s lives better. one thing i know unites all of us and all of you, democrats and republicans and that is the last thing you want to see is washington get in the way of progress.
asking ourselves three questions every single day. how do we make america a magnet for good jobs? how do we equip our people with the skills and training to get those jobs? and how do we make sure if they get those jobs, their hard work actually pays off. as governors, you are the ones who are on the ground. seeing firsthand every single day what works, what doesn t work. and that s what makes you so indispensable. whatever your party, you ran for office to do everything that you could to make our folks lives better. one thing i know unites all of us and all of you. democrats and republicans. and that is the last thing you want to see is washington get in the way of progress. unfortunately, in just four days, congress is poised to allow a series of arbitrary budget cuts to kick in,