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Would like to negotiate. everybody knows we cant default on the obligations of the united states. the debt ceiling will be increased and the administration is behind it i believe 100%. >> but theres a difference between increasing the debt ceiling, which is increasing the legal limit on federal borrowing. everyone agrees that should happen, but how it should happen seems to be what the tension is, whether there should be conditions placed on raising it or if congress should just do a clean raisi...

Leadership not to use the debt ceiling anymore as a way to negotiate budget demands? >> well, we are more or less a budgetary stalemate at the moment. let me first say i believe it would be reckless to default on our nations obligations, and thats why i felt we had to move forward. the ability for the house republicans to negotiate with the senate democrats and the president is very limited. if we dont have 218 votes on the debt ceiling. and when i say that, we have some members in our conferenc...

We -- ceiling increase. we ended up cutting nothing, really. we really-- you are saying no. >> two years of leverage for nothing. its time to use the leverage of the house. its one-half of one-third, but the most important half of the legislative body. the founders intended for congress to have the purrs strings and to use them. we have the power with the justice department, the white house. time to quit giving away sacks of money lets get real here. lets get restrictive. we do have leverage t...

We -- ceiling increase. we ended up cutting nothing, really. we really-- you are saying no. >> two years of leverage for nothing. its time to use the leverage of the house. its one-half of one-third, but the most important half of the legislative body. the founders intended for congress to have the purrs strings and to use them. we have the power with the justice department, the white house. time to quit giving away sacks of money lets get real here. lets get restrictive. we do have leverage t...

We -- ceiling increase. we ended up cutting nothing, really. we really-- you are saying no. >> two years of leverage for nothing. its time to use the leverage of the house. its one-half of one-third, but the most important half of the legislative body. the founders intended for congress to have the purrs strings and to use them. we have the power with the justice department, the white house. time to quit giving away sacks of money lets get real here. lets get restrictive. we do have leverage t...