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To get their base to do the second step, they need them to not believe the first step is whats happening, they need them to believe they want to do these things. this week they decided to postpone the vote at least for now in the hopes, i guess, technically of finding democratic votes. only thing is there are no democratic votes out there for them. no way they are going to get the 50 or 60 democrats they are we got closer to august 2, that more people would feel the sense of urgency and need to ...

August 2. plenty of time for you to weigh in. wed love to hear from you. well read your thought option the debt crisis later in this show. well, a verdict is expected in a week in the case of two american hikers charged with spying in iran. the trial wrapped up today on the second anniversary of their arrest. lauren green is following the latest. >> it was hoped that the american hikers would be free men today but iranian court wont announce the fate of shane bauer and josh fattal until next w...

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House of representatives okay going past august 2, 8, 10, or wherever they need to go to get a balanced budget amendment. if you go there, though, we dont just get a downgrade, downgrade would be bad enough, wed get one if we passed the boehnor plan. if we went into prior ç tieization, were going to suck $134 billion out of the economy in august. thats 10% of that one months gdp. you dont get to do that without going into, essentially, an immediate recession. >> the numbers, when i hear you ta...

>> well, we really arent raising taxes. we are lowering rates to help generate revenue. >> reporter: still, the plan would lower reduction for mortgage interest and health insurance and savings for retirement. taxpayers would pay $1.2 trillion more in the next decade. on the house side, on democrats voiced interest and most of them are not persuaded. >> there are a lot of questions because there arent details about the prose subpoenaed the content. an 11th hour situation. >> reporter: at the whi...

>> me either. >> we can agree on that. it does punt it. what it does is says we the congress will not take responsibility or accountability for our own decisions. it is a political answer, not a real answer to the problem. now, whether we are driven in that direction by events, i dont know. we also want a big deal. the president did put a grand proposal on the table. >> chris: we will get to that in a second. if it is a choice because the clock is ticking, 16 days, if it is a choice between the ...

Bill: you believe it can be revised and live to see another day. how? >> it had about a 3-day life. everything was being held up by secret negotiations. i believe the american. you is sick of secret negotiations behind closed doors. this should be out in the public arena. if we give the cut, cap and balance a chance, 60% of americans say they favor that. 74% of americans wants a constitutional amendment. i was on a show with senator tom harper. he would like to see a constitutional amendment. we...