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I believe its more than 13 or 14. >> but the fact that only 13 plus you are willing to say so publicly, and all the others, they may privately be willing to go ahead when its all said and done, but theyre reluctant or afraid, whatever, to tell us that they would vote for that so-called clean continuing resolution. unfortunately you get to see a lot of that around here. all i can say in my state i believe there are five who are declared publicly they would vote for a clean cr. again, i know that ...

I dont think john boehner and mitch mcconnell are going to let the ted cruz wing of the republican party are going to let the relationship get hurt. >> luke, thanks so much. pat rick murphy from florida, sir, its great to have you here. im sure you heard luke talking about exactly the motivations and thought process for someone like john boehner. but you and your colleague, timothy bishop sent a letter signed by 200 members of congress, a clean spending bill vote to reopen the government. have y...

>> i hope to god in next years election, all of you are booted out. >> congresswoman fudge, arent you the lucky one to be the city member at this table. no matter who gets the blame here ultimately, whether people blame the republicans or the democrats, in the end is it just bad for the institution? is it on awful yoll of your hou? >> yes, it is. there are no winners here. when you talk about shutting down the government and all the stuff that goes around about who is at fault and who is not, an...

Boehner he made it clear he doesnt think the votes are there. i would question if the votes are there. the president thinks the republicans have to do this. hes not just looking at this fall and these debates. hes trying to look at the presidency and say, you know, we dont want to set a precedent where lawmakers feel they dont have to flow through on responsibilities. >> steve, the president said from the beginning, im not going to negotiate. couldnt have been more clear. he actually has no poli...

About obama care and they pass the cr and let it go and everything they say about it is true, the democrats are never going to win another election, so theyll have the senate, house, and in 2016, theyll get the presidency. the problem is in doing this, they crash the economy and we default, even if theyre right, theyre going to lose. the house in 2014, and may not get the presidency for some time. thats what the stakes really are right now. >> george, let me ask you about that. if obama care is ...

Self-interest. get your act together and do whats right for the country. >> i hope to god in next years election, all of you are booted out. >> congresswoman fudge, arent you the lucky one to be the city member at this table. no matter who gets the blame here ultimately, whether people blame the republicans or the democrats, in the end is it just bad for the institution? is it on awful yoll of your hou? >> yes, it is. there are no winners here. when you talk about shutting down the government an...

Ready to allow the default of this country? would he rather have that happen -- >> thats a question for john boehner, judge. john boehner has the ability to pass a clean cr -- >> john boehner -- they already passed a funding of the government -- >> a clean cr. >> in other words, fund obama care. we have done that since 2009. >> obama care is the law of the land. it will not get repealed. >> well, nobody is talking about this. its a result of reconciliation. it was not passed the way laws are pas...

Questions. lets listen in. >> -- and now to reassure it would reopen and allow time for further negotiations is not some sort of, you know, fulfillment of democratic priorities. you know that, everybody here who covers the budgets knows that. democrats and the president has asked for i believe additional funding set by the c.r. but have made no demands associated with that. none, whatsoever, zero. >> regarding the second week as you said, you were were making these points before the government s...

That. to say we need to get fema up and running 100% and the house isnt doing its work was a misrepresentation of whats happened. he issued the the veto threat a order ed harry reid not to take it up. to say republicans are holding out for 100% of what they want is not true. i am the author of the defunding legislation. we said we would be happy to have a fair opportunity for american ifs you give them the same relief you gave big business, that you gave insurance companies and that you have giv...

Reflects republican priorities. its the republican budget. the funding levels of this short-term funding bill, called the cr, is far lower than what democrats think it should be. nevertheless democrats are prepared to put the majority of votes on it to fund the government. when you hear government not compromising, were compromising so much were willing to open the government at funding levels that reflect republican wishes, dont at all reflect our wishes. at fema they are subject to the sequest...