| 00:00:31 |
Streitfeld, Linda Topping - Director
UNIVERSITY. POLITICO WILL BE THE MODERATOR. LIVE COVERAGE GETTING UNDER WAY. >> THERE ARE SPEAKERS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE FEDERAL BUDGET...
|
| 00:01:38 |
Kady, Martin II - Bureau Chief
FEW DAYS SO WE'RE PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL THAT THEY ARE HERE. TO INTRODUCE THEM, I'M GOING TO HAND OFF TO THE CONGRESSIONAL EDITOR FOR POLITICO, MARTIN...
|
| 00:04:04 |
Kahn, Tom - Minority Staff Director
PROCESS. STARTING WITH TOM. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE CHANCE FOR SOME SORT OF MIDDLE GROUND TO BE STRUCK BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND THE PRESIDENT?...
|
| 00:05:53 |
MacGuineas, Maya - President
EXPERIENCE AGAIN AND WE'RE NOT HEADED THAT WAY. BUT I SUPPOSE WITH EACH PASSING DAY WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THIS IS NOT AS TOM SAID AND LET ME JUST SAY...
|
| 00:09:25 |
Smythe, Austin - Majority Staff Director
DEAL. A LOT OF BACK FORTH BUT WHAT DO YOU SEE? ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT THE STEW STAFF DIRECTORS ARE SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES AND NOT THE BOSS...
|
| 00:13:26 |
Kahn, Tom - Minority Staff Director
TRILLION DOLLARS AND CAN'T OVERLOOK THE GROWTH AND REAL OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS IN THIS PART OF THE BUDGET. >> TOM WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON THIS....
|
| 00:15:02 |
MacGuineas, Maya - President
THE GOLDMAN SACHS REPORT IS SOMETHING THE DEMOCRATS JUMPED ON THIS WEEK. THIS IS THE BIG POLITICAL POINT. $60 BILLION IN CUTS THAT THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS...
|
| 00:19:03 |
Kady, Martin II - Bureau Chief
HAVE TWO SIDES. IT'S MORE OF A NUANCE STORY THAN THE POLITICAL STORY HAS BEEN AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND A ECONOMICAL RESPONSE TO BE AS NUANCED. >>...
|
| 00:19:46 |
Kahn, Tom - Minority Staff Director
CUTS. BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE GUYS THINK ABOUT WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE IS OR IS NOT ON THIS? SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE NOT WEIGHING IN WITH A LOT OF SPECIFICS....
|
| 00:20:56 |
MacGuineas, Maya - President
BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THAT'S WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CARE ABOUT AND WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. I THINK THE WHITE HOUSE VERY MUCH UNDERSTANDS THAT....
|
| 00:25:19 |
Kady, Martin II - Bureau Chief
MORE IN THE PAST YEAR TO CHANGE THE FRAMEWORK OF THE DISCUSSION SO WE COULD SWITCH IT AROUND FROM WHAT YOU WOULDN'T DO INTO WHAT YOU WOULD DO WHICH...
|
| 00:26:06 |
Smythe, Austin - Majority Staff Director
NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND WE'RE ALWAYS IN MORE OF AN ELECTORAL POSTURE THAN NEXT 30 YEARS ON ENTITLEMENTS. >> FIRST BACK TO THE CR JUST TO TOUCH...
|
| 00:28:55 |
Kahn, Tom - Minority Staff Director
PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THEM IN A WAY WHERE WE GET THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS. THAT'S SOMETHING HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN...
|
| 00:32:52 |
Kady, Martin II - Bureau Chief
MAKES SOME DEMOCRATS A LITTLE CURIOUS AS TO THE COMMITMENT BY THE OTHER SIDE TO DOING ANYTHING ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM IN A REALLY POSITIVE CONSTRUCTIVE...
|
| 00:33:50 |
Smythe, Austin - Majority Staff Director
GOES AND WE'VE SEEN THINGS GET PRETTY CLOSE AND IT BECOMES -- >> WITH THE DEFICIT COMMISSION BRIEFLY IF BRIEFLY. WHAT THEY DID WAS TERRIFIC. I THINK...
|
| 00:37:12 |
MacGuineas, Maya - President
BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TERRIFIC THINGS HAPPEN IN TERMS OF MOVING THE DEBATE AND FOCUSING ON THE LONG TERM PROBLEM. >> YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE...
|
| 00:43:28 |
Kady, Martin II - Bureau Chief
WARNER/ WARNER CHAPEL BLILS BLISS GROUP IS REMARKABLE. IT'S A DRAMATIC PIVOT FROM WHERE WE WERE RECENTLY. >> ALL THIS OPTIMISM IS GREAT. WHAT DO YOU...
|
| 00:43:43 |
Kahn, Tom - Minority Staff Director
TOGETHER AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE DO, THERE'S THIS HOUSE THAT HAS NANCY PELOSI LED REPUBLICANS AND JOHN BOEHNER LED REPUBLICANS IT WOULD BE LIKE NO...
|
| 00:46:46 |
Smythe, Austin - Majority Staff Director
BE EASY THOUGH. >> CAN I JUMP IN? >> GO AHEAD. >> FIRST OF ALL, THIS TALK OF REAL SACRIFICE, CUTS IN BENEFITS AND THAT TALK, I THINK WE GET LOST KIND...
|
| 00:52:50 |
Kady, Martin II - Bureau Chief
RETIREMENT SECURITY, AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE AND OUR POPULATIONS AND FOOD STAMPS AND DURING RECESSION AND UNEMPLOYMENT. >> WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO...
|
| 00:53:13 |
Kahn, Tom - Minority Staff Director
IS 26 YEARS FROM NOW. WE'VE GOT FIVE DAYS TO FIGURE OUT FISCAL 2011. >> OVER THE LONG TERM, WE DO HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEM. OVER THE LONG TERM, WE DO NEED...
|
| 00:56:03 |
MacGuineas, Maya - President
WAS 18% OR 20%, THEREFORE THAT'S WHERE WE GO IN THE FUTURE. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AN ARTIFICIAL CAP LIKE THAT WILL HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR...
|
| 00:58:27 |
Q & A, -
THAT. IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE WANT THE NUMBERS TO ADD UP. IT'S PART OF A STRONG ECONOMIC POLICY THAT YOU'LL NEVER GET WITHOUT COHERENT FISCAL POLICIES....
|
| 00:59:42 |
Smythe, Austin - Majority Staff Director
DO YOU WANT ME TO START? IN TERMS OF THE SENATE, IT'S THE SENATE. WE'VE GOT A FAIR AMOUNT ON OUR PLATE RIGHT NOW OVER IN THE HOUSE. WE'RE NOT INVOLVED...
|
| 01:02:07 |
Kahn, Tom - Minority Staff Director
A CONSENSUS OF 218 OF THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET. WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THAT PROJECT. I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE SPECIFICS OF THAT. IT'S TOO EARLY IN...
|
| 01:04:55 |
Smythe, Austin - Majority Staff Director
THAN CATS IT'S MORE LIKE TRYING TO HERD SQUIRRELS. IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. AUSTIN, I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK WITH IT. >> SORT OF THE BEGINNING OF MY REMARKS...
|
| 01:06:49 |
MacGuineas, Maya - President
PROPOSING WOULD IN FACT INCREASE REVENUE AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE IS ADDRESSING CUTS. >> YOU'RE UP. >> WELL, WHAT SENATORS WARNER AND CHANDLYISS ARE DOING...
|
| 01:09:33 |
Kahn, Tom - Minority Staff Director
AS GOOD AS MUCH OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSION WAS, ONE AREA IT FELL SHORT IS ON THE RATIO BETWEEN REVENUE INCREASES AND SPENDING CUTS. >>...
|
| 01:11:17 |
Smythe, Austin - Majority Staff Director
IN THE DETAILS. >> CAN I SPEAK TO THE FISCAL COMMISSION, IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HEAR THESE DELTAS, WHAT THEY'RE MEASURED FROM. THE FISCAL COMMISSION...
|
| 01:14:19 |
Kahn, Tom - Minority Staff Director
HAS ZERO SAVINGS. IN FACT, HIS BUDGET HAS A COST. IN TERMS OF HOW THIS ALL ENDS UP, I THINK IT'S AN INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SENATE, PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICANS...
|
| 01:17:59 |
Kady, Martin II - Bureau Chief
24%. THAT'S PHENOMENALLY HIGH. THAT'S HOPEFULLY WHERE WE CAN FIND A RESOLUTION SO WE DON'T FACE THEM. >> THERE WAS A CRS REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 18th...
|
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.