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getting the mage? weve got new polling that says all of that. and this is important. recent polling may also explain why we havent got an deal yet. well tell you what were talking about. in any case, americans are speaking out today. >> good morning, speaker boehners office. how may i help you? >> a summer avalanche of phone calls hitting the capitol. president obama asked for it in his address to the nation last night. here it is. house switchboard today getting nearly double the volu...

getting the mage? weve got new polling that says all of that. and this is important. recent polling may also explain why we havent got an deal yet. well tell you what were talking about. in any case, americans are speaking out today. >> good morning, speaker boehners office. how may i help you? >> a summer avalanche of phone calls hitting the capitol. president obama asked for it in his address to the nation last night. here it is. house switchboard today getting nearly double the volu...

self-imposed deadline for a deal and still there is no deal. some on capitol hill, some of even the presidents allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for this big deficit reductions package theyve been talking about and just find the easiest path forward to get the debt ceiling raised and worry about deficit reductions at another time. >> you know, it seemed like there was some enthusiasm and some progress yesterday. but if the two sides are even fu...

becoming an abnormal crisis. what happened today? >> reporter: well, there was a lot of process, sanjay. and a lot of discussion and still no break through is the bottom line. we are less than two days away from the presidents self-imposed july 22nd deadline for a deal. and still there is no deal. and now some on capitol hill, some of even the presidents allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for the big deficit reductions package theyve been talk a...

>> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says hell veto it. in other words, its d...

reconsiders laying on the table. >> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says he...