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There for a budget resolution to fund the government. >> there not the votes in the house to pass the clean cr. >> democrats respond. the votes are not there, mr. speaker? prove it. >> the issue and the friendly challenge. put it on the floor. i would bet there the votes to pass it. >> the majority in congress would vote to reopen the government. they need to bring it up for a vote. >> the only thing that is keeping that from happening is speaker boehner made a decision that he is going to hold ...

Shutdown, lets be clear. nobody wins. including the american people. and were seeing the impacts of that every single day. but secondly, this is a crisis that your guest who was just on here manufactured. republicans -- >> you heard what he said. >> i heard what he said. we can address that. lets be clear, speaker boehner didnt want to attach health care to the cr. majority of republicans didnt want to attach health care to the cr which is the continuing resolution to fund our government. but be...

Some way have to be attached to a debt ceiling for you to approve of it? >> i want to worry about the debt ceiling after we get through the cr. what does congress need to do now whether its the cr or debt ceiling is we need to prevent the millions of people who are losing their jobs, who are being pushed into part time work and facing, you know, for a young healthy 30-year-old male who is single, under obama care he is going to pay health insurance premiums going up 260%. we need to address that...

>> youre not answering my question. >> he could pass the full faith and credit act that we passed out of the house that would prioritize the spending. and you pointed out right that there is a lot of revenue coming into the government. they forget to tell you about the $2 billion collected every month. >> but would you refuse to raise the debt limit over obama care? >> right now were talking about obama care as it relates to opening the government and the continuing resolution. 95% of this we ag...

What, congressman, do we do? >> i think that can all be on the table. i think its important for your viewers to realize and for us to remember that the continuing resolution is on the discretionary side of the budget. its about funding really only about 40% of the government. just like your social security checks are still going out. just like medicare services are still being provided. 67% of that, where those services and that money comes from, is what we call mandatory spending. this continui...

Having the right partner at my side. its so much better that way. [ male announcer ] have the right partner at your side. consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. in a world of political spin, sticking to the talking points, where do they come from? what happens if you go your own way? one member did it. fittingly enough with a tweet, we fought got fight, time for a clean c.r. so how do talking points get made? the republican ...

Secondly working to restart vital government functions. and the senate democrats over and over again of president said they wont negotiate. they wont talk. they have not moved one inch. and when youve got one side that is compromising the other side that isnt, i dont think its an accurate or fair description to say that neither side is negotiating. >> but it is accurate, is it not, that absent the republicans attaching things to do with the presidents health care act, a clean cr would have gone ...

Funding. this is what speaker john boehner said this morning. >> i take it youre not prepared to submit a clean bill? >> there are not enough 1r0e9 vo pass a clean cr. >> the administration is pushing back saying there are enough votes. dan pfeiffer tweeting if there are not votes to open the government as speaker boehner says, why is he so afraid to call vote and prove it. who is right here, kelly o? >> it is all about looking at the details and the calendar. certainly there have been a number ...

I mean the house republicans especially, but both of them that they cannot bring down our american economy and call themselves americans. there he is for the first time pushing back against default. whereas before, thats the thing he wanted to put the obama care stuff right on. not the cr, the debt ceiling. the debt ceiling, targeted it. i think hes moved back a bit according to the piece on the front page is what im talking about. >> look, i think he is trying to suggest to republicans there, t...

>> dear congress, i would like you to go without pay for one month. >> stop acting in your own 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 all of your houses? >>...