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Conversation about a cap agreement because there are things we want to address with a cap agreement like the military and there are other things like daca. we have deadlines. we understand them and i think were having good bipartisan conversations. i think all of us from the house and senate, republicans and democrats know we have to get working on these issues. >> her right there. >> given the deadline next friday if you cant reach a deal what is the current support level for a shorter -- >> i ...

Conversations. we are having conversations about a cap agreement because there are things we want to address with the cap agreement, like the military. and there are other things like daca. we understand the deadlines and are having good bipartisan conversations. i wont get into the details on all these things, but theres a lot of work to do. all of us from the house and senate, republicans and democrats, know we have to get working on the democrats. her right there, sorry. >> reporter: thank yo...

Weve got c.h.i.p. thats expiring, having good bipartisan conversations about that, a bipartisan conversation about a cap agreement because there are things we want to address with the cap agreement like the military, and there are other things like daca. we have deadlines, we understand these deadlines and i think were having good bipartisan conversations. i wont get into all the details of each one of these things but a lot of work we are have to do and all of us know we have to get working on ...

A clean bill. and i can just tell you this, there will not be an increase in the debt limit without something really, really big attached to it. >> thats what speaker boehner said at republican fund-raiser on saturday, just hours after the shutdown was averted. a day later on fox news sunday, boehners number two, majority leader eric cantor elaborated on what he called the really, really big {possibilities. >> whether its spending caps, entitlement reforms, budget process reforms. these are the ...

The united states would be a financial disaster? >> that would be a financial disaster. not only for our country but for the worldwide economy. >> flip flop all over the place. after successfully holding the government hostage last week over spending cuts, boehner changed his tune. >> i can just tell you this. there will not be an increase in the debt limit without something really, really big attached to it. >> for months john boehner said failure to raise the debt limit would cause a worldwide...

Compromise agreement that funds the government through september 30th of this year and includes the biggest single year spending cut in history. but boehner is already issuing ultimatums about the next big fight. >> the president has asked us to increase the debt limit of the united states. these are obligations that have been incurred by our government, its moral obligation on the part of us to raise the debt limit. but how can you raise the debt limit, and the president says, i want you to sen...

But how can you raise the debt limit, and the president says, i want you to send me a clean bill. well, guess what, mr. president, not a chance youre going to get a clean bill. and i can just tell you this, there will not be an increase in the debt limit without something really, really big attached to it. >> thats what speaker boehner said at republican fund-raiser on saturday, just hours after the shutdown was averted. a day later on fox news sunday, boehners number two, majority leader eric c...

The american people want right now whether its spending caps, entitlement reforms, budget process reforms, these are the kinds of things were going to have to have in order to go along with the debt limit increase. >> somebody has to remind eric canter part of the reason the debt ceiling needs to be raised is because the republicans demanded the extension of the bush tax cuts. can they add and subtract? thats $4 trillion all on the deficit. and do you know how congress accounted for the bush tax...

Which shattered bones and damaged internal organs. earmarks, mechanisms used by congressional lawmakers to pay for a project usually to benefit his or her constituents. they have evolved from a way of doing business to really a dirty word. that may be changing for better or worse, depending on your point of view. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill tonight. >> i hear so much about earmarks, the old earmark system. maybe all of you should start thinking about going b...