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We know when you have a deal, its a deal for all of it. we just think that we all agree were pretty close on the number, were just working out the details. the white house doesnt want to throw john boehner under the bus publicly, do they? >> hes their negotiating partner. boehner s been in pive estas om all reports pretty reasonable. he recognizes that he has a balancing act to do. he must get support from some republicans, but in the end, this deal is likely to be like the tax deal they passed ...

Budget. >> since congress has already cut $10 billion from the current spending, republicans now want the next continuing resolution or c.r. to cut an additional $51 billion for balance of the year. democrats counteroffer smaller and unspecified cuts of $21 billion. schumer today claimed falsely that the g.o.p. leaders agreed to a deal last week but reneged when the tea partyers deemed it insufficient. >> the speaker faces a choice. return to the deal he was prepared to accept before the tea par...

Now done two short-terms $4 billion and $6 billion that gets us to $51 billion. i think its up to us now to come up with something within the next two weeks. i hope it will be a long-term cr because i think that we make a mistake if we dont think that these short-term crs do not have adverse impact on families. we seem to be thinking only in terms of whats good for us up here in washington and whats good for us politically. the fact of the matter is we are fighting two wars. we have action going...

Plan. well, great. pass the damn thing. all right? and send it over here and lets have the real negotiations. instead of sitting over there rooting for a government shutdown. >> the "huffington post" ryan grim joins us. pass the damn thing, was that meant for democrats or to show tough talking to satisfy tea party members who had said to be really push mr. baner? >> what that was about is trying to blame the senate for an eventual government shutdown. all -- everything were hearing from both bes...

Republican house caucus. is there a split between the two? >> i dont think so, chuck. thanks for having me tonight. actually the split is between the democrats who i believe are planning and have been since the lame duck session to shut down the federal government for political purposes. in fact they could have passed a long-term cr that would have taken us through this whole fiscal year. but nancy pelosi refused to do so. she gave us one through march the 4th. why would she do that? i think its...

Budget. >> since congress has already cut $10 billion from the current spending, republicans now want the next continuing resolution or c.r. to cut an additional $51 billion for balance of the year. democrats counteroffer smaller and unspecified cuts of $21 billion. schumer today claimed falsely that the g.o.p. leaders agreed to a deal last week but reneged when the tea partyers deemed it insufficient. >> the speaker faces a choice. return to the deal he was prepared to accept before the tea par...

Weve done since the lame duck when we did $41 billion, weve now done two short-terms $4 billion and $6 billion that gets us to $51 billion. i think its up to us now to come up with something within the next two weeks. i hope it will be a long-term cr because i think that we make a mistake if we dont think that these short-term crs do not have adverse impact on families. we seem to be thinking only in terms of whats good for us up here in washington and whats good for us politically. the fact of ...

But the republican talking point of the day seems to be the senate democrats havent come up with a plan, weve passed two. the senate democratic talking point of the day seems to be oh, look at the house republicans, they have been captured by the tea party. you know, congressman, does this mean were not going anywhere in these negotiations, that were stuck in a stalemate of talking points? >> well, i would hope not. i think the fight still remains that the ball right now is on the -- in the hous...

Were trying to meet them more than halfway and they seem not to be willing to do a deal. >> okay. well get to the other side on that in a second. congressman clyburn, thanks very much. lets now go to republican congressman paul brown of georgia. congressman, i want to ask you this issue of this idea that maybe house republicans are a little bit divided between where the leadership is and the deal they may be willing to cut with the white house versus where the tea party caucus is within the repu...

Republican house caucus. is there a split between the two? >> i dont think so, chuck. thanks for having me tonight. actually the split is between the democrats who i believe are planning and have been since the lame duck session to shut down the federal government for political purposes. in fact they could have passed a long-term cr that would have taken us through thi whole fiscal year. but nancy pelosi refused to do so. she gave us one through march the 4th. why would she do that? i think its ...