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That today is the ryan plan on steroids. that s exactly right. this offers even more cuts. much more like the far right wing republican study committee budget that didn t even pass a house with the republicans voting for it. and so, this is a we re in a very dangerous time because people are irrational about the pending crisis. if we don t raise the debt ceiling we ll have this default crisis that will actually jeopardizes checks that go out to our social security recipients, veterans and even the military and their families. we only have 12 days to deal with this and they are going in exactly the wrong direction. as you say, with the 12 days we are facing, you now have the gang of six coming to proposal. what do you think about that? first of all, do we have time to deal with proposals? we talk about $3.7 trillion in deficit reduction. ....
Stag nation the most is the income in equality. disappearing middle class and jobs deficit that we have in our country. none of which are dealt with in their legislation. in fact, they make the problem worse. some democrats are saying that today is the ryan plan on steroids. that s exactly right. this offers even more cuts. much more like the far right wing republican study committee budget that didn t even pass a house with the republicans voting for it. and so, this is a we re in a very dangerous time because people are irrational about the pending crisis. if we don t raise the debt ceiling we ll have this default crisis that will actually jeopardizes checks that go out to our social security recipients, veterans and even the military and their families. we only have 12 days to deal with this and they are going in exactly the wrong direction. ....
right here in the united states. and a war of words between two florida lawmakers. democratic party chairwoman debbie wasserman-shultz joins me to respond to a congressman s rant calling her vile, unprofessional and despicable. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. right now, six u.s. senators are giving new momentum to talks aiming at avoiding a national catastrophe in the united states. their bipartisan compromise to slash the deficit. only 12 dpas left, president obama is due to meet this hour with house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor. this just a short while after he met with top congressional democrats over at the white house. ours who correspondent dan lothian is standing by. kate baldwin has the latest. kate? polling show that americans are looking for compromise to get through this debt crisis. senators in the gang of six say that s exactly what they re offering here with their plan, but there are real questions if they can ....
the actual deal stands at democrats led by president obama being willing to put all of our sacred cows on the table, still pushing for a big deal to make sure that we can solve our nation s fiscal crisis over the short term and the long term. and on the republican side, sadly, it seems that they are still only willing to insist on their dogmatic adherence to anything that makes sure that we protect millionaires and billionaires. the duck, dodge and dismantle plan that we re going to vote on in the house today is the ryan plan on steroids. it would end medicare as we know it. it would potentially slash social security benefits. make sure that elected members of congress avoid accountability by forcing decisions instead of requiring us to stand in front of our constituents and own up to the votes we cast, which is what we re elected and paid to do. totally irresponsible. i want to ask you about ....
thank you for having me, as always. we understand that speaker boehner and eric cantor met. they met at the white house over the weekend. where does the actual deal stand? is all the negotiation going on, taking place in the senate and between house republicans? the actual deal stands at democrats led by president obama being willing to put all of our sacred cows on the table, still pushing for a big deal to make sure that we can solve our nation s fiscal crisis over the short term and the long term. and on the republican side, sadly, it seems that they are still only willing to insist on their dogmatic adherence to anything that makes sure that we protect millionaires and billionaires. the duck, dodge and dismantle plan that we re going to vote on in the house today is the ryan plan on steroids. it would end medicare as we know it. it would potentially slash social security benefits. ....