Page 803 - Cr News Today

Strategy has not worked. lets unify. lets do things like make offers to the senate. we know they have a problem with sequester. they want to raise the debt ceiling. why cant we combine that. it is a clean cr for two weeks. sit down with the democrats and make them an offer they cant refuse without being unreasonable. i think that is a better way to govern. that is something the american people want to do on both sides. they will speak and have a discussion and work together. it can be done, but ...

Deal and the de fund are off the table what is on the table? >> there are a lot of items on the table. you have spent more time negotiating with me than the president spent time negotiating on this. this is one of the biggest problems facing america. how many times have you found the biggest unions in america partnering with business. it is destroying the economy. it is breaking the backbone of america. no longer are we having full full time jobs. this bill is creating a part-time america. >> ho...

The medical devices. would that be a big enough compromise for new. >> no. the cr would have to have the one year -- >> delay? >> absolutely. we think this is going to be the biggest problem in the entire american economy. we think its going to be based off of the implementation of the obama care and the taking over of the health care sector. this thing isnt working. its had major problems. were not asking for it to go away totally. were saying give it one year. the administration gave businesse...

Needs fixing. >> there is no question harry reid acknowledged that. so does dick durban and others. but you dont negotiate under blackmail. >> but the problem is, it is what i said before, weve lost the bipartisan negotiation ability. >> i understand. you say the republican and democrats working together. >> they are produce an immigration bill. >> if you say they havent produced anything but a plan that isnt going anywhere -- >> thats not the point. they met and tried. >> that was the one shini...

About debts, about spending, not about obamacare. i always believe that the fight should be at the cr, the spending levels and the debt level should be about debt, not obamacare. some people disagree with me. >> all right, well leave it here, you talked about tip oneill, and i thought if only -- into the tip oneill/ronald reagan years. well be right back after the break, talking about the new book "tip and the gipper," and the big question asked, why dont todays leaders cooperate in the countrys...

>> look, we could absolutely have a conference committee. in conference committees, there is give and take over an appropriations bill on the funding for the government. >> not for the cr. >> the cr is -- >> how about for this -- not a budget, but -- >> the other issue is, not to get too technical, if we dont have conference committees over the cr -- >> the government is going to shut down. >> if the government shuts down it is wholly the republicans fault because we have voted three times now f...

>> by the way were youre watching "newsroom", not crossfire. there will be a very special edition of "crossfire." why tie it to a government shut down? cant you do all the things you are talking about, anna, about the medical devices and in separate legislation that doesnt shut the government down? >> ideally, yes. but the question is -- >> but we are working with children. >> but the question is, if the house were to pass it, stand-alone bill, these issues now in the cr, would the senate allow ...

Contributor. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> some key developments today and which ones do you think we really need to know about. what are the headlines on this sunday? >> right now it looks like a shutdown is absolutely unavoidable and what we heard from both sides today from republicans and democrats is that theyre not moving from their position and that we know you just outlined the time, you know, the senate is going to come in in the afternoon tomorrow to avoid a shutdown, the sena...

Be real consequences. >> we can see right now, enough yes votes to pass this. >> yep, absolutely. >> goldie, earlier tonight, peter king was asked about this. he said, you know, he was asked do you think your fellow republicans would rather shut down the government than pass a cr with an obama care limit, he said i dont know. depends on how many people are controlled by ted cruz. say what you will about how long he can talk and what he reads and whether or not you agree with him about white cast...

Senator, you are no fan of obama care. you voted nearly 60 times to defund it, dismantle it, repeal it, but a government shutdown wont stop it. how far are republicans willing to go, senator? >> well, hopefully well come to our senses and wont shut the government down, because youre exactly right. you dont shut down obama care by shutting down the government, but you do disrupt a very fragile economy, which is what youre seeing happen in the markets right now. >> tell me, what did your fellow se...