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Rand. yesterday, lets vote tomorrow, ill vote for it to keep the government open and other house members have said the same thing. the votes are there to pass a clean cr. heres what dent said specifically. im prepared to vote for a clean resolution tomorrow. its time to govern. i dont intend to support a fools errand. thats a direct quote. democrats met republicans on the middle on spending, were not going to be negotiating with ourselves. ive heard the idea of a short term extension floated. le...

Weve been through this before. house republicans arent crazy either. they are people that respond to incentives. >> this is not the way to run a stable democracy, we cant careen crisis to crisis because at the end of the day we dont actually blow up the government we can carry the bomb in and hold the detonator switch -- >> its not a gooday but italians have been that sort of thing. the government in italy looks like its going to fall again. italy is in a lot of economic trouble but its a first ...

From how to -- is that the senate has already passed a so-called clean continuing resolution nos. addons about the healthcare law or anything else and they believe its now time for john baner to -- john boehner to do the same. >> neil: so no ifs, ands or buts. they will not negotiate that. >> jay carney got the question, will you accept end the medical device stacks in. no will you saint juan-year delay? not defunning the healthcare law but just delaying it, delaying a piece. he said, no, no, no...

Support for a clean cr like we will on comprehensive immigration reform bill and just as we will on a budget. hes got to be willing to work with us and stand up and say to these folks in the tea party, what they are proposing is not good for our country. >> thank you so much for your time. i greatly appreciate it. the most significant impact would be the closure of national parks an monduments and those could be a economic ripple effect. d.c. has the largest con trags of federal workers and cont...

>> the question is, does speaker boehner need to engage in something like the ancient practice of sacrifice, this time to the right wing gods. do we have to sacrifice the economy? >> a new cnn/orc poll asks who will get the blame if a shutdown happens. 46% say republicans in congress. 36% the president of the united states. so will the president swoop down in the 11th hour with a big, bold deal to avert a shutdown or will he hold his line in the sand? >> whats the president to do, say take my ar...

Going while we try to work out a broader deal. we would like to deal with the sequester, for example. thats why were not willing to -- this is why -- we certainly arent willing to accept anything that would defund or delay health care, but why the congress should pass a clean bill. >> jennifer, is also the reason for not wanting to negotiate paved on this two-month cr, not wanting to set a precedent. we read things about being concerned about precedent, not just himself but future presidents, ev...

Undermining of affordable care act. take that off. well accept your number in order to go to the table to negotiate, which is exactly what we should have been doing for the past six months. when all of us agreed that we wanted to proceed under the regular order of congress. the house passes a bill, the senate passes a bill. that happened in march. for six months, the republicans who said they wanted the order then abandoned that, wants the senate to pass its bill. for six months, we have been lo...

Msnbc.com richard wolffe, and also joining us is nbc capitol hill correspondent luke russert. luke, this feels like were all sort of getting a peek inside an insane asylum. seems simple. john boehner could walk out, put a clean cr on the floor and it will pass. what is the likelihood he will simply do that? >> its an interesting question, joy. as of right now, i would say unlikely today from where we stand. i will give you the three options boehner has now, the thinking. the house has a meeting ...

Confer ees and one goe from one crisis to another because of it. >> its simple in some ways that you pass a clean cr or were at the shutdown. according to our political team, can speaker boehner do this without losing his speakership or in a sense that this is boiling down to behind the scenes with republicans in the house? >> i think theres no question the speaker is always concerned about maintaining his position as speaker. i understand that. but there are moments and this is one of those mom...

Never happen. you think this would happen when nancy pelosi was there? >> no. this is wonderful condescension for a senator to come over and chat with his colleagues. the national view reported on something remarkable this friday after speaker boehner tried to sell on the plan with the debt ceiling instead of a fight to fund the government right now. senator cruz lobbied house republicans to oppose their speaker. according to the national review, quote, on a thursday koun fence call a group cult...