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Changed. >> the president reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate. we have divided government, democrats control the white house and the senate. the republicans control the house. we sent four different proposals over to our democratic colleagues in the senate, they rejected all of them. >> my understanding that speaker boehner said that democrats wont negotiate. what the speaker has to accept is yes for an answer. >> i dont know why they havent accepted their own number, we ...

Issue. >> dont you think its a little hypocritical though when the ryan budget, i can give you numbers, does decimate programs that were to keep veterans off the street, help them. decimated those programs a few months ago and making those votes and now demagoguing the issue. >> the sequester was president obamas idea. the sequester is having a worse effect on defense and veterans than anything this paul ryan budget that has not been implemented has suggested. >> was the sequester actually suppo...

Some big deal that will produce some grand bargain is total fantasy. thats insane to think that thats whats going to happen here. its definitely true that the continuing resolution debt ceiling fight are going to come together, but thats because of time, not because of strategy. the idea that you are going to take this intractable position where both sides have dug in, arent even at the point where they are negotiating. the president, jay carney said today we are not negotiating on the cr or the...

We had speaker boehner go to the white house at 5:30. and according to both my republican and democratic sources, speaker boehner floated a grand bargain of sorts, something to combine the debt limit with the cr, to get a compromise for the deal. and earlier today, speaker boehner met with several republicans in his office and talked about his potential grand bargain. >> so we were just talking about the weakness he has, the basic lack of trust, and the conservative in the house. we think back t...

Budget. and then this, this is what that clean cr is shockingly close to, the 2014 ryan budget of $966 billion, the ryan budget. >> this years ryan budget turns out looks like last years ryan republican budget. i wasnt the only one that said gee whiz, not again. >> there are many reasons to oppose the ryan budget. paul ryans budget is march madness. >> okay, the very thing that the president of the united states ran against when he won re-election, that is the ryan budget. so the spending level ...

Irresponsible. in 15 minutes, the house of representatives could convene and we could put a bill on the floor with the republican spending level and reopen the government. take the win. >> why not be supportive of the piece meal opening of certain parts of the government approach at the end of the day? whats wrong with that approach? it doesnt open all the government and i see that, but if you can get something open, whats wrong with that? >> that means the republicans are still being aloued to ...

>> my understanding that speaker boehner said that democrats wont negotiate. what the speaker has to accept is yes for an answer. >> i dont know why they havent accepted their own number, we stood on the steps of the capitol, as i said, with the support of the other members of the caucus to say were making a firm offer to the speaker as to were willing to compromise to accept their number. >> sort of looks like house republicans dont know when they won. house speaker john boehner came out of ton...

Obama care to keep government open for eight weeks then were going to be right back in the same situation again eight weeks from now? >> granted we all agree these are c.r. after c.r. the past five years have been ridiculous. how can you have a budget -- look i dont know about the politicians but i think the rest of america wants a budget and a well-thought-out budget and this is ridiculous how its been operating. what is happening here what youre calling the tea party republicans which is a goo...

Shoved that 5,000 pages in the middle of the night of obama care? >> middle of the night? trust me there were a lot of nights. >> for instance, what would you do? senator dick durbin and joe manchin have both suggested they would compromise on certain parts of obama care. dick durbin wants to repeal the medical device tax. hes okay with that. joe manchin said he would delay the individual mandate. wheres that kind of compromise from the plurality of democrats? >> well, if they want to do that we...

Cruz will lay down his gun for a couple days and this thing gets done. is there any chance theyll agree to a cease-fire between cruz and boehner? and i dont think john boehner has to go on bended knee to ted cruz. john boehner, what he has to do is work through this problem, come up with a solution and most importantly weve got to get the presidential to start negotiating. weve got to get a deal. this is not just about this short-term budget deal. its also about the debt limit -- >> okay. lets g...