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Have got some leverage. >> reporter: he says the vast majority of people in his district dont want obama care but if he is one of only 80 republicans who signed on to this strategy early on, why did boehner go for it? >> he has got 233 members and it takes, right now, 217, to get a majority in the house of representatives. so if he loses just a few members, he doesnt have his majority. 80, even though its not even a majority of the republicans, its enough for him to have to listen to them or he ...

Mulvaney, republican from south carolina, and congressman hakeem jefferies, democrat from new york and with the house budget committee. congressman mulvaney, from byron york of "the washington examiner," quoting from his article "there are 233 republicans in the house. insiders estimate that three-quarters of them or about 175 gop lawmakers are willing and perhaps even eager to vote for a continuing resolution that funds the government without pressing the republican goal of defunding or delayin...

Caucus. one of the letters signers responded. >> listen, weve got to use what few leverage points we have in a divided government. and the continuing resolution is one of them. you know, we cant move anything unless weve got some leverage. >> reporter: farenthold says the vast majority of people in his district dont want obama care. but if he is one of only 80 republicans who signed on to the strategy early on, why did boehner go for it? >> he has 233 members. and it takes right now 217 to get a...

>> but how much more republican are republican districts now than was north before. >> back in 95 and 96, there were 79 out of the 236 seats carried by bill clinton in 1992. that was many more than the 17 districts that represent that were won by barack obama in the 2012 election. so, youre talking about going from some incentive to compromise to just 17. republicans are living in a completely alternate units from the country. their districts are 75% white. considering that only 37 today out of ...

Its clear to everybody. just funding the government in full with no strings attached for another six weeks doesnt do anything but put this off for another six weeks but if this is successful, would it mean no shut down tonight at midnight? >> reporter: no, it would just mean that the republican leaders are back to square one. that the hope of people like peter king and charlie dent of pennsylvania is that this would make it impossible for republicans to pass anything except a bill to fund the go...

Dont like this tax but they are determined to change the presidents signature law, obamacare, before passing any bill to fund the government even though the government will run out of money at midnight on monday night. its up to 233 votes. needed 217 to pass. this is the first of two obamacare related measures that were going to see the house pass. the second one will be to delay it altogether for one year. this is a nonstarter for the senate which is run by democrats and also for the president ...

Republicans a bit queasy about the whole endeavor. like congressman peter king for one. >> we cant let the government shut down. we cant be cam kaz is. >> is it all for one, one for all or every man for himself. >> we have a diverse caucus. we have 233 members, all of whom have their own plan. >> i have not watched our conference be so united as we walk into this battle. >> great. i am glad we got that cleared up. lets get right to our panel with us from washington is david and mother jones maga...

Caucus, frankly. so dot democrats, have a very diverse caucus. republicans by their very nature are a bit more independent than our colleagues across the aisle. ive seen that from the day i got here. and so, whenever were trying to put together a plan, you know, we have 233 members, all of whom have their own plan. it is tough to get them on the same track. we got there. david? welcome. >> get around to doing the conference on the farm bill? >> as soon as we can. >> anything more specific? will ...

Staggering, i think. out of the 233 republicans in the house, 185 are no votes or leaning no. there are 40 who are undecided, but only 8 -- what? only eight republicans want to strike a bad guy? you mean, hes better than saddam hussein? i have never known the republicans to turn down a good war. but if it makes president obama look bad, hell, theyre all for it. republicans claim they are against the war. heres the catch. because the american people dont want it! >> the senators ive talked to are...

Should restore the voting rights act or is it more that people dont want to talk about their opposition and essentially just want to slow walk the issue, not deal with it overtly but make sure it doesnt get done? >> well, there are clearly differences of opinion in the house of representatives, but it takes 218 votes to get anything through the house. there are 233 republicans and 202 democrats, and were looking for 218 votes. i can assure you that the democratic caucus is prepared to vote almos...