right-wingers trying to get rid of mr. boehner as a speaker of the house. now, let me tell you something, this is not has nothing to do with politics. this has something to do with people trying to shut the government down and they re trying to hold both parties hostage. not just democrats. let s talk about the debt ceiling quickly. house republicans are also linking obama care to that fight. moving forward with legislation that would delay the health care law s implementation for one year. is there any chance of that succeeding? no, it s not. we know that so many more people have been benefitting from the health care change and reform, the affordable care act, and now we re going to go to a new phase on october the 1st when the exchanges will be running and up. they don t want this thing to succeed. and you re absolutely right, congressman van hollen who was on film before, they don t want this to be successful. yet so many people will be
there? the president is the individual who is talking about shutting down the government. the democrats in the house and the senate are the individuals that are talking about shutting down the government. we want to fund the government and protect the american people from a destructive law as it relates to healthcare. i m a physician. the last thing that this nation needs is this law that will destroy quality healthcare in this country. you have got james hoffa, the president of the teamster s association saying that it s going to destroy the 40-hour workweek. the afl-rcio this wasn t as billed. you need to change it or delay it or repeal the whole doggone thing people across the political spectrum all across this country recognize this law is not good for the american people. it s not good for our country. it s time to delay it. congressman van hollen let me talk about the union aspects of this. you know what happened at the afl-cio convention earlier this week. they were up in ar
let s get the issue over there and force them to actually have a vote on getting rid of obama care. while the syria crisis has been front and center this week in washington. a bitter battle over the budget looms large. congress has just a little more than two weeks to it approve new spending bills or risk a government shutdown. a grouch house republicans is insisting that funding for obama care be cut first. that s putting house speaker john boehner in a very tough spot. back with us is chris van hollen of maryland. and joining us from atlanta congressman tom price the vice chairman of the budget committee. congressman pryce, let s start with you, you and 42 of your colleagues have signed on to a bill that could fund and delay obama care for a year if it comes to the floor and passes it will most certainly hit a bring wall in the senate. are you willing to go as far as shutting down the government to get what you want? well, john, thanks so much. as the speaker said, it s time to p
united states and russia and other countries in the region. at the same time, though, it could very well just be a minor distraction. it could very well be just something that the syrian government is doing to fend off a possible attack from the united states and, again, as we have been hearing in our brief time here, there is no lull in the fighting between the folks on the ground here, john. obviously a long way to go on all of, this greg palkot doing some extraordinary reporting right from the very center of things there in damascus, greg, thanks so much. now to the mood in washington. joining us from austin, texas is congressman michael mccaul who opposes military action against syria. and here in the studio, marilyn congressman chris van hollen who supports the president and working on a use of force resolution should a vote still come to the house floor. congressman mccaul, let s start with you there in texas. do you have any hope that this is going to work? we really have to i
gives us ability to get this done. you mentioned ronald reagan and no question congressman van hollen there is going to be a lot of heavy lifting if this is going to be successful. let s listen to what secretary of state kerry said about that in geneva yesterday. in the case of the assad regime, president reagan s old adage of trust but verify, that is a need of an update we have committed to a standard that says verify and verify. verify and verify. how do you do that because as greg palkot showed us life does go on to some dedegree degree in damascus. it s difficult to do this in peace time. it is difficult there are clear bench marks that you can have and if you don t reach those bench marks it will be clear that assad is not living up to the agreement. i think that the path that they have set forward. yes, declare stockpile one week. november inspectors in. next year you begin the