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What is fundamentally different about 1995 and 2013, and i remember because i was in this room covering it as a reporter, is that the republicans then, whether you agreed with or didnt agree with their strategy and whether or not it ended up hurting them politically, you know, had a coherence what they were arguing. they wanted to force the president, then bill clinton, to reduce spending more. so what they were arguing about went to the heart of what funding the government is about, budget prio...

Remember because i was in this room covering it as a reporter, is that the republicans then, whether you agreed with or didnt agree with their strategy and whether or not it ended up hurting them politically, you know, had a coherence what they were arguing. they wanted to force the president, then bill clinton, to reduce spending more. so what they were arguing about went to the heart of what funding the government is about, budget priorities. what we see now is republicans, they have abandoned...

And try and keep things functioning. >> just quickly, ive got to ask you, congressman cole was on "morning joe" and says its appropriate that the speaker is advocating to go to congress. both sides should sit down and negotiate. is that still dead on arrival in your opinion? >> its not dead on arrival to try to negotiate on the budget. i want to emphasize weve been trying to do. what is dead on arrival is this idea which republican senators have said was the dumbest idea ever, they are going to ...

>> right. in the meantime, there is also a massive national health reform bill thats going to be implemented tomorrow. >> yes. >> it seems like what we are all watching is the house republican caucus. they are the ones who have to make the decision about what to do here. >> right. >> does the white house have any leverage whatsoever with any republicans in the house? the president obviously started off his time in office with overt and high-profile efforts to have good bipartisan elevationships....

He said no. he refused to appoint anybody to negotiate on the budget. we had votes calling upon the house. calling upon the speaker to appoint budget negotiators. they voted no. they voted to deny the house an opportunity to appoint budget conferrees. what happened in the senate? i believe at least 15 times, 18 times. 18 times. the majority leader harry reid and the budget chairman patty murray asked to appoint conferrees to work out budget issues and 18 time, republicans led by people like sena...

Back in april. the speaker said no. he refused to appoint anybody to negotiate on the budget. we had votes calling upon the house. calling upon the speaker to appoint budget negotiators. they voted no. they voted to deny the house an opportunity to appoint budget conferees. what happened in the senate? i believe at least 15 times -- 18 times. the majority leader harry reid and the budget chairman, patty murray asked to appoint conferees to work out the budget issues. and 18 times, republicans, l...

On the economy. i hope they wont double down on this dangerous strategy going forward. we have said we want to negotiate on all the budget issues. as you know, we have been blocked by the speaker from appointing negotiators on that budget process. again, we would love to get back to the table on the budget issues and negotiate those without tying them to either government shutdowns or refusal to pay our bills on time. >> thank you very much. chris van hollen, thanks for being with us. >> thank y...

The streets to help for national crisis. acts of god. this is not one of them. it is a self created crisis for local officials who can simply hire more cops. >> talking about the facts. 13 people shot including a three-year-old shot in the face. i believe four others were killed over the weekend and seven others shot. it is an ongoing issue. according to the fbi chicago is the murder capitol of the united states. can local authorities get it under control and as brad suggests hire more cops. is ...

Resented-snroi. >> president didnt do what the media did. take it even though it was erroneous and try run with it to try to rekindle. >> a lot of the of liberals think he should interest done more and been more aggressive. some think he has been scared off by what happened in colorado where a pair of democratic state lawmakers lost their recall elections recently and ousted for pushing gun control laws. >> presidents power declining according to politico he is in trouble on the job. doesnt have...

Resented-snroi. >> president didnt do what the media did. take it even though it was erroneous and try run with it to try to rekindle. >> a lot of the of liberals think he should interest done more and been more aggressive. some think he has been scared off by what happened in colorado where a pair of democratic state lawmakers lost their recall elections recently and ousted for pushing gun control laws. >> presidents power declining according to politico he is in trouble on the job. doesnt have...