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National attention, independent senator joe lieberman is the chairman of the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee. we have budget things we want to talk to you. >> good morning to you, martha. good to be bact back with you. martha: does it shock you when you hear chris christie talk like that. >> he was at a partisan event, a event of republican governors. i say a couple things. governor chris theyre expressing i hear it, most americans feel with the total lack of leadersh...

And sources say its very real. what does that mean? republicans put into budget things like the epa from dealing with greenhouse gases and also abortion and republicans say not so much because what were talking about is a bill to fund, completely take funding away from planned parenthood. they say thats because it engages and allows for abortion services at their clinics and democrats in planned parenthood say thats not the case. we never used federal funding. we were talking about that in the c...

Stuff. everyone is trying to make everyone look unreasonable. but boehners compromise with the tea party folks is not that different from what pelosi had to do in terms of holding on to her group and saying im fighting as hard as i can. if i have to lose some people and they look like they have pushed me as hard as they can go, it works out for everyone. >> i had some who say he needs the thee at ricks a little bit. >> very quickly, mark. >> chuck, we could have a shutdown because remember in th...

Everyone look unreasonable. but boehners compromise with the tea party folks is not that different from what pelosi had to do in terms of holding on to her group and saying im fighting as hard as i can. if i have to lose some people and they look like they have pushed me as hard as they can go, it works out for everyone. >> i had some who say he needs the thee at ricks a little bit. >> very quickly, mark. >> chuck, we could have a shutdown because remember in these budget things, particularly wh...

>> no. eight out of ten voters dont want it. if the leadership wanted to go down the shutdown route, theyd have done it already. so i think were beyond that point now and also, i think the republicans are playing a game saying democrats want the shutdown, they have the schumer stuff. everyone is trying to make everyone look unreasonable. but boehners compromise with the tea party folks is not that different from what pelosi had to do in terms of holding on to her group and saying im fighting as ...

The president decided not to do it in his budget. theyre going to have some big grand bargain thats going to include some things in the budget things. we have a train wreck of budget issues coming together. the fiscal appropriations, debt ceiling, fiscal 12 appropriations. a lot of members cant distinguish between them, havent dealt with them before. theres a lot on the plate for house republicans and everyone. the congresswoman does not represent an old liberal to me at all. >> the nbc "the wal...

Condemn this? >> no. i dont think theres -- its not a radical thing to be using reconciliation. reconciliation has been used for lots of things that are not straight budget things. >> sean: stop, stop, stop. we are not talking just about recollection sill -- you gotta be clear they are going to have house members vote on a rule change to say they passed a senate bill that they never passed so they will have the cover to say i voted for the rule change but i didnt vote for senate bill. youre comf...

Condemn this? >> no. i dont think theres -- its not a radical thing to be using reconciliation. reconciliation has been used for lots of things that are not straight budget things. >> sean: stop, stop, stop. we are not talking just about recollection sill -- you gotta be clear they are going to have house members vote on a rule change to say they passed a senate bill that they never passed so they will have the cover to say i voted for the rule change but i didnt vote for senate bill. youre comf...

That imaginary problem cant be done. it is not a budget thing. only budget things can be tacked on to the bill through reconciliation. you bart stupak still not naming the people he supposedly speaks for. house leadership saying it is not the 12 he has been bragging about. maybe more like four or five. again the news today house leadership now no longer even entertaining bart stupaks boast that hed be able to kill health reform if he doesnt get his way on abortion. they are not negotiating with ...

Only budget things can be tacked on to the bill through reconciliation. bart stupak still not names the people he supposedly speaks for. house leadership saying it is not the 12 he has been bragging about, maybe four or five. house leadership no longerer n entertaining bart stupak. they are not negotiating with him and they expect him to vote for the bill anyway. bart stupaks 15 minutes is up. it was fun while it lasted. well be right back.