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This point, and i think it is part of the larger question. i sort of gave your question a short answer in terms of the budget battles coming up. this was an important prelude to the budget battles coming up. this was the first dance everybody did together. speaker boehner trying to keep this new group of 87 freshman, with the new majority makers together, how he would interact with harry reid and the president of the united states. both sides needed to make sure they took care of their base and ...

President of the united states. both sides needed to make sure they took care of their base and come out with their strengths showing to go into the next round of discussions. so this was about the cr, but it is also about the upcoming battle. >> david, if this was the first dance, how did they all come out? lets talk about speaker boehner first of all, how do you think he came out of this in terms of the base of his party, the conservative wing of his party, the tea party base? >> i think right...

Here. as dana was reporting, were getting indications as well from democratic sources that theyre looking at a stopgap measure, perhaps three days or even a week, in order to sort of get this final deal buttoned up. you might recall that the president was opposed to a one-week cr, continuing resolution, but said that he would -- he would entertain a shorter stopgap measure if, indeed, progress was being made towards a final deal. so no word yet from the white house here as to how close they are....

How long it will be? >> sure. were talking about two different things. one is a continuing resolution. im not going to provide all the legislature back and forth but it would last through september 30th. october 1st starts fy 12 fiscal year. separately, they would have to do something to keep the government running while they examine, vote and debate on the bill thats been negotiated at this moment. that presumably is going to be lasting three days, that very short term cr. thats sort of a sides...

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Speaker is having trouble within his own party it is kugs mayor to informally reach across the aisle, talk to you about how many democratic votes can you deliver and see if theres a vote that can be put together in a coalition of willing republicans and willing democrats. have you had any communication with john boehner about that possibility? >> i talked to the speaker on the floor just a few hours ago. we did not talk about votes. he simply said what he told the press. that negotiations were o...

Context of the -- >> okay. my crew back here has said that i should give you a little more information on the $78. the agreement last night that was made was to maintain the number that we had with the domestic discretionary spending and increase mandatory spending and some defense cuts. that is the agreement made last night. and that got to $78. >> sir, can you clarify the short-term? >> the short-term, we have a short-term cr which is a date change to keep the government functioning, but also ...

Keep government operating over the next seven days with a very simple agreement. we call it a clean cr in the jargon which means were going to keep things going as theyre going now while were negotiating and trying to reach a deal. shutting down the government will have a very negative effect on the economy. millions of people throughout the country as well as our federal employees and the services they perform. so its not a good thing to do. unfortunately, weve seen this scenario played out bef...

Time again here in washington. when we say were serious about cutting spending, were damn serious about it. ill take coupless. >> mr. speaker, you say youre not going to roll over here. what will you do at 11:59 p.m. tonight? the senate say they cant accommodate that with those cuts. i know youre going to say talk about the military component. but save that what can be done to keep the government open past 11:59 p.m.? >> the way we keep the open is to come to an agreement today that has real cut...

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