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It saves the taxpayers lots of money. >> it turns out officials say stopping and restraight the project would have cost over $2 million if the authorization had not gone through. and president obama had the same provision to continue the project in his 2014 budget. >> rather than talking about shutting down the government, its time to talk about shutting down the waste. >> tom schatz is president of citizens against government waste. >> getting a provision to fund a dam opens the door for simila...

Were doing destructive things. were denying just basic science or empirical facts about the economy. and what happens is, you get excommunicated as opposed to to having any kind of constitutional place to reform the party and change it. >> well, thats exactly correct. but what i dont understand is that just the total silence. i mean, anybody can start a twitter account, you know? >> dont i know it? >> im sure colin powell called up abc or your network and said, i got some things to say. youd giv...

Last night. >> this is not an earmark. it saves the money the taxpayers lots of money. >> reporter: it turns out officials say stopping and restarting the project would cost over $200 million if the authorization didnt go through oh, and president obama had the same provision to continue the project in his 2014 budget. >> rather than talking about shutting down the government, its time to talk about shutting down the waste. >> reporter: hes with scitizen against waste. >> it opens the door for s...

Government they want. and theyre trying to work that out through their representatives. and passions flow and are very high. people are standing on what they believe their people and their constituents want. you know, i always say it is better to fight like this than be in the streets shooting guns at each other. bill: yeah, this is true. the president, what do you think of his leadership through this? >> what leadership? i havent seen a whole lot of leadership. his foreign policy is a total fai...

A dramatic win for the tea party that cleared the way for the shutdown. so much for the preservation caucus. but the government shutdown and the democrats pushing speaker boehner to bring a clean cr to the floor, the speaker pushed back. >> there are not the votes in the house to pass a clean cr. >> but according to whip counts from nbc news, "the washington post," and others, the speaker was dead wrong. "the huffington post" reported there were up to 29 republicans who favored ending the shutdo...

Funding both house and senate passed an authorization for it. every single member of the senate and house had a chance to review it and no one asked it to be taken out. >> senate majority leader harry reid agreed last night. >> this is not an earmark. it saves the taxpayers lots of money. >> it turns out, officials say, stopping and restarting the project would have cost over $200 million if the authorization had not gone through. oh, and president obama had the same provision to continue the pr...

Lets start the negotiations. but lets not leave this problem to keep festering for another year or two years or three years. this can and should get done by the end of this year. >> joining us now is democratic congressman luis gutierrez of illinois, author of the new book "still dreaming, my journey from the barrio to capitol hill." good afternoon, sir. >> its good to be with you. >> congressman, is this the one ray of sunshine to come from this debacle, that if the presidents first-term achiev...

Control over the house g.o.p. conference. this is his leadership style in this sense and it worked. i would also though -- what congressman shay said i would agree with. had he tried to just do the profile in courage moment and fund the government right away and put the cr on the floor and extend the debt limit cleanly he would have faced an insurrection. while that would have beneficial it allows boehner to pull the rabbit out of the hat one more time. i have covered him closely and have a pers...

Policy. hes just an incompetent president. >> what would you give up, tom delay, in this next fight here to try to reach some kind -- so were not governing by crisis, if you were in the thick of things? >> well, governing by crisis, thats not the right term. >> its a term i heard from a republican congressman this week when i was in washington. just quoting her. >> i dont agree with them. you fight for what you believe in. and you stand on principles. if that creates a crisis, so be it. you dont...

Over the house gop conference. this is his leadership stichlt in th -- this is his leadership style. congressman sheas said i would agree with. had he tried to do the profile, and fund the government, right away. and put the, the cr on the floor. and extend the debt limit cleanly, he would have faced an ins insur re insur rekt ins insur re insurre insurrecti insurrection. i think i feel i know the guy to some degree. deep down in his heart of hearts he wants to get the grand bargain debt deal an...