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We could have changed the number to what we liked and pass an immigration bill or pass the farm bill. we didnt, we separated out the non-spending items. we just said we will accept house, we will accept your spending number. thats a huge concession, our spending number for the cr would have been about 50 billion higher. all they have to do is say yes for an answer, so if they want to, every few days, take up a middle eastern little bill and send it over, i guess well consider it. but they should...

He may have an exit out of that discussion that saves some face. >> how do you think this is settled? >> there are issues where both parties could agree on that are attractive. lets say keystone pipeline. more republicans than democrats want that but some democrats that want and that could be a concession. >> nothing health care related. >> what about the medical device tax? another area that will repeal to reduce that would have bipartisan support. you can see -- put together enough of those th...

Constant communication. >> that was on a deficit fight, though. >> in a way it is leading up to the debt ceiling. >> theres no way to attach the deficit to linking this to the c.r. >> this is a spending issue right now, right? so this is the continuing resolution. its because the senate hasnt passed -- has only passed one appropriations bill of out of the last 48 on time. >> thanks in part to mr. cruz. >> okay. you can blame a single republican. but all previous republican and democratic majorit...

Happened. jay carney said arier today he will not negotiate, and then invites them to the white house. maybe theyre discussing our show or what movies they have seen lately. >> let me say a couple things here. one, i think we forget that a c.r. is a little tine,y, tiny bitty thing. the budget is a big things and the debt ceiling is a huge thing. the continuing resolution just to keep the doors open, and the tea party republicans want us to give massive concessions over something small. dont you ...

He is asking them to extend funding at the levels set in the previous fiscal year to keep the government open. thats the least they could do. and the speaker of the house should hold a vote on that proposition. and see what happens. if hes convinced that a majority that all of his republicans in his conference will vote no to opening the government, to a clean cr in washington speak to just a bill that opens the government and funds it at the levels it has been funded for the previous year, then...

Just say, all right, guys, get your crap together and do something. fix it. just get it done. >> if you were john boehner and mitch mcconnell, greg, if you were, this is going to be -- >> its hard to be two people, dana. >> wouldnt you say to president obama, if we send you a clean cr that says that the government must live by the same rules as the rest of america, youll sign that, wont you, sir? >> mm-hmm. >> wouldnt you say that? >> yeah, thats the ideal way because if they dont, theyve got to...

Research for life-saving cures act -- >> really cool names. >> no, its terrible optics. this is your party. how do you defend this? >> you think the optics are hurting the democrats right now? i want i think this is terrible optics. >> the american people are so much smarter than this. they dont buy it with the world war 2nd memorial and stuff. the republicans snee to get the c.r. passed. this idea of trying to cherly pick a line, thats not how the government, wo. >> so you support this? you sup...

Debt limit. if theres going to be a deal it will be in that context. >> i say youre probably right. i think the question is, do they do something? do they figure out a way to do some stopgap thing so we can say the government isnt shut down anymore for the week before we actually hit the debt ceiling. >> piecemeal? >> i mean like what mcconnell floated, what rand paul basically endorsed today. yeah, basically whatever, a two-week c.r. or something. and then this becomes a debt ceiling negotiatio...

Starting to blink. that you will start to capitulate. >> i think both of us, as you said, can agree on one thing. both sides of the aisle, myself and im sure bill want the government open and operating again. bill did say that the president has been willing to negotiate in the past. i wish that was true. the presidents words were when it comes to the c.r., he will not negotiate. hes said it re petedly over and over again. the republicans have said we will negotiate. we came out with one bill, se...

Having a worse effect on defense and veterans than anything, the paul ryan budget has suggested. >> was the sequester actually supposed to be implemented? >> it was agreed upon to have both sides disliked, and now its a republican cr that accepts those sequester numbers, which is bad for defense, particularly in a state like mine of virginia, but the democratic number is 1056. the reps are at 988. we have accepted that number, which you yourself agreed is bad for our defense, so the republicans ...