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I think a clean cr would have happened. a clean cr. if just for a temporary move, i think it definitely would have happened. >> absolutely. i think theres too much on the line. >> especially because the senate democrats would have wanted that and thats what theyre passing. >> and watching the republicans eat their own. you want to be part of a solution, you dont want to be part of the shutdown. >> let me ask you this, did cruz and lee make a mistake by holding it up. now its not harry reid jammi...

Too high because they dont comport with the budget control agreement. having said that. i think it goes over to the house and the house is going to send it back to us and i think there will be a government shut down. >> what do you think you will get from the house maybe a temporary funding measure that delays a mandate or key parts of the bill? the house republicans stood strong together knowing that it probably wouldnt survive the democrats in the senate? what could they send back? >> they hav...

We going to see a change in the popularity of the law do you think, once people can actually go online. tick the box, pay their money, get health insurance? >> i think thats absolutely right. i know you guys are talking about it, 25% of people in texas. one in four dont have health insurance. 38% of hispanics, dont have health care coverage in texas. this is going to be a good thing. already in san antonio, were going to have 58 plans to choose from. so people are already talking and asking ques...

It tripped out funding for obama care. a lot of your colleagues spent a lot of time on the floor explaining why they were going to vote no for that. why are you voting no on it and why did you vote no? >> i voted no because i vote no when the majority doesnt allow us to vote an amendment. i wanted to offer and amendment which i supported that others introduced that said we should have the level consistent with the budget control act with the level 67 rather than the level 986. and then honestly ...

Hes an old-school politician who wants to do big things. what weve seen for the last years is the far right has, you know, put him in a position where hes unwilling to break the hastert rule. >> wait a minute. i want to stop there. this is not the hastert rule, because the hastert rule says majority of the majority. it doesnt say that all 217 in this case votes has to come from one party. so he doesnt have to violate the hastert rule to get this passed. >> well, the question is could he have got...

Break moment. so how can we go forward and have a resolution to this? well, senate democrats today brought out their own countdown clock to a government shutdown, trying to put more pressure on the house republicans because the senate democrats will be able to pass what they will call a clean cr. so glossary time for everybody. continuing resolution to fund the government. so an extension of keeping the lights on and everything operating and clean because it wouldnt have any of those sort of chr...

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The federal government will shut down in just over 100 hours unless republicans stop playing games. today speaker john boehner made it clear hes still letting the tea party run the show. heres what he said about the simplest path to avoiding a shutdown. >> in light of bringing this debt limit bill to the floor, will you now accept a clean cr from the senate with a government shutdown? >> i do not see that happening. >> republicans are still playing games. in fact, theyre about to make things eve...

Are saying we want to cut four, five, three and they are saying, well, we want five, six. there is no bid and ask. and there is not a lot of time. the vote yesterday accelerates the timing of the senate vote on the continuing resolution. but there is not a lot of time. >> on obamacare and the c.r., the republican s realize ted crz has actually made it more difficult for them and they are going to probably have to move a little bit closer on that issue than on the debt ceiling. i think they will ...

About defun organize delaying obamacare. they want extensions without negotiations. >> a clean debt ceiling, thats the path forward. no need for conversations. we have spoken loudly and clearly, and we have the support of the president of the united states. and thats pretty good. >> you heard leader reid make reference to the cr, the continuing resolution, to keep the government running after october 1st. is on the senate floor right now to try to get a deal to vote on that tonight, because, of ...