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Cr. they that before them and can do that right now. if they do that we will agree to work with the republicans on funding for the government -- >> there is the breaking news from harry reid. they are not going to accept the request to appoint conferees to come up with a compromise. it looks like the government is about to shut down one hour for now. that does it for this edition of "ac360 later." later live coverage of the later live coverage of the breaking news on capitol hill. -- captions by...

Wanting. i would expect that leadership would be able to quell some of the impulse. is there a sign there is not enough leadership strength to stop those impulses on the far right? >> reporter: thats definitely true. theyve proved that again and again. it would be possible. and some state, its possible for a republican speaker to make a deal with democrats. but its very clear that john boehner would have the votes from the democrat side if he funded the government at a lower level. democrats wer...

And the support for what we did two weeks ago was very high. i think we got all republicans but one. there was support for what we did just two days ago was high. we got overwhelming majorities of our own party, only lost a couple folks. and again, today the support for what were bringing up tonight is still strong. mr. king of new york has difficulties with it, as does mr. dent of pennsylvania, but overall, the support is very strong, so thats not jifg with what youre saying. >> theres been an ...

John bainer to appoint conferrees so they can work the through the difference. the house representatives have said no for six months, the tea party caucus and the senate has said we have no interest in that because we do not trust the process. with one hour to go, the house of representatives has bded now after six months of saying no to a conference committee, with the government about to shut down, with checks not going to roll out and people being furloughed and staff members facing uncertain...

Among republicans on what should happen next. some people believe that republicans, house republicans should move quickly to a clean cr, get beyond this fight over short term funding of the government and move to the debt limit where republicans have more of an advantage. pick a fight there. thats where i fall. there are others who believe that republicans are just fine. that this is all overblown, that this is really sort of the sequester a second time around, that the people arent going to see...

The speaker of the house is weighing in. lets listen in. >> all americans under obama care. the senate has continued to reject our offers. under the constitution, theres a way to resolve this process and thats to go to conference and talk through your differences. i would hope that the senate would accept our offer to go to conference and discuss this 0 we can resolve this for the american people. questions? >> speaker boehner, mr. speaker, the stakes have been raised in this now. you have membe...

You are smiling, robert. thats how i see it from my perspective. tell me what the house republican leadership itsing about this. >> this is a very surprising gambit at the 11th hour. the government prepares to shut down. heres why it happened. when john boehner was trying to get the vote on this latest c.r. tonight, he was struggling on the house floor. there was a mine revolt from some moderates and conservatives were also kind of tired of the whole process. so he wasnt able to come at midnight...

Says no or yes but the senates position is clear. will the republicans ever accept a clean continuing resolution? meaning a clean piece of legislation to fund the government whether its 60 days or a shorter period of time with no restrictions on the presidents health care plan? rand paul of kentucky said he is open to a cr for two weeks during some negotiation. is that a basis for compromise or does the president who thinks he has the upper hand keep saying no because he thinks he can win the ar...

The gander. why are individuals qog to be subject to the law making people, force them to change plans? that is a reasonable compromise, consistent with what the president has done, something that im hopeful they stick to. i dont think there is a reason why the house should pass a clean cr. we never, when i was in the -- i dont recall passing anything cleechblt i mean, you negotiate spending for the next year. you dont just do what was done last year. >> if the senate is unwilling to negotiate t...

It may be that it will go a few hours or a few days, but in the end, theyre going to have to pass a clean cr. but of course, the much, much greater threat is that they insist on some -- on delaying the affordable care act and holding in part as a condition of raising the debt ceiling and they throw the country in default, and that could be catastrophic for the economy for years and years and even generations. and whats particularly wrong about this is that its one thing to have a budget fight, y...