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That is what a continuing resolution is. this rests on the decision of one person. if he brings the senate bill to the floor, it will pass and government will stay open. if he does not or changes or adds things to it, the government will shut down and its really in the hands of the speaker right now. >> one of our first read members pointed out that republican leadership, a, did not have guidance on whether speaker boehner would do what youre saying regarding a clean cr but put the odds of a shu...

>> final question, if the government shuts down, is it a victory for you? >> no, i dont want the government to shutdown. nobody wants the government to shutdown. no one does, and we want to negotiate with harry reid and the president, and they wont e negotiate with us. the president is talking to the irans, and not to republicans. it is ridiculous. we need to get together to have discussions, but we have given and made concessions, and what have they given? nothing. >> and what concessions have ...

>> that means that -- just talking about the house, not the senate. i understand how it works. >> sorry. >> just to explain to the viewers. that means also that the house seats are more liberal, that there are fewer blue dog democrats so its more left and more right. >> this is a perfect example. nancy pelosi today said she would provide votes for a clean cr which is -- >> a clean spending bill for the government. >> just to translate, yes, clean spending bill for the government -- >> even at th...

Funding levels ostensibly, right? >> also welfare reform and some policies, but what im fascinated by is that president obama and harry reid have adopted a policy of scorched earth. reid said flatly according to a story that we wouldnt even come to a meeting if it involved boehner. >> first of all, negotiating with a gun to your head is no way to negotiate. i mean, roll back your signature domestic achievement or well shut the government down is not a negotiation strategy that is appropriate. fu...

Cant have a part-time america and ignore the problem. you cannot have a president that passes legislation and says he wont deal with the subject. and you think that he wont sign a bill? do you realize that he has signed seven bills that have changed provisions inside obamacare. there are 70 democrats sitting in the house today that have voted for one form or another of that. so there is a -- and when you look at the american public the more they learn about it, the majority is opposed to it. >> ...

The congress, you threaten to shut down the government, default on the federal debt, and, you know, whats the president to do, say take my arm this time and in two months when this cr runs out, take my leg. i think he has to draw a line here because if this becomes the norm, then youre right, people will never have confidence in the american economy or the soundness of americas currency. >> so david, following on that answer, i think everybody understands that theres an element of ideology here,...

Would be a worst case scenario. >> well, then, i do agree with you, renee and all we have to do is have the republican leadership when the senate bill comes back to the house today without any exstrainious already settled matters, we should make sure that we pass a clean cr, keep the government running and then as obamacare is implemented, when there are problems, we no will arierkz nothing goes perfectly smoothly, we node to sit down and work out and hammer those problems together. >> that is w...

Like this clean cr. it actually assumes the republican numbers on the budget. >> theyre lower numbers. >> theyre lower numbers, but they are going along with this because they actually believe in doing their job which is governing. >> heres the real problem for republicans. yes, their poll numbers are going to suffer. they had a pretty clean message to sell on obama care, which is that its bad and it has a lot of problems, and tomorrow is the official enrollment date. if they wanted to carry a m...

Delay it so they can continue to put up misinformation. if theres one mistake made with obama care, its the fact we didnt implement it quick inform and there were some in the house that want to delay it and its very unfortunate. >> there were some members of the house within the gop who criticize senator saying that members of the senate had gone home and they were having a lea leisurely life while the house was feverishly working and dealing with this issue. your reaction to that? >> my reactio...

Job protection time is over with. its time to start protecting the american people, senator durbin. >> before the final role call was announced just moments ago, there was a memo circulating an e-mail circulating that the republicans in the house anticipated losing and wanted to tell us what the next stage of the drama would be. send it back to us with new versions of the amendment. some sort of delay or defundsing of obama care and something to do with members health care. you see where this is...