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Here in washington and whats good for us politically. the fact of the matter is we are fighting two wars. we have action going on in pakistan, action going on over in libya, and the families of these men and women need stability in their lives. so we ought to get serious about doing a long-term cr so that everybody can stabilize their families and their businesses. >> but why shouldnt senate democrats -- why shouldnt they offer up a plan in this back and forth? do house republicans have a point ...

Sign of weakness. it is not that at all. >>reporter: we hear vice-president biden was involved in the discussions but not anymore . this three we cr cuts six billion. the house speaker put out this. we put more time on the clock. i implore president and senate democrats to get majority support in the senate to include serious spending cuts. we cannot continue to fund the government with a series of band aids. it had four fewer republicans supporting it than the cr that passed on march 2nd. back ...

>> more than halfway through the fiscal year and still no closer to a budget than the last five times they averted a government shutdown with a short-term funding extension, senators passed a sixth continuing resolution or c.r. for three more weeks that cut current spending $6 billion. >> there is no free lunch. debts have to be paid. interest has to be paid on debts. >> this is reality. we dont live in a fantasy world. >> the measure passed 87-13. nine republicans opposed it. kentuckys rand pau...

>> i think the next three weeks is a really key point. if you think back to a month ago, there was a sense that were at the edge of the cliff, crisis, government shutdown, they passed the cr for two weeks to continue funding. and now again weve approached the end of the cliff but they passed another cr. i think for many americs there will be a sense well just do this indefinitely. congress will just pass funding bills for two or three weeks and well go to the end of the fiscal year. thats not go...

Marco rubio, rand paul. those on the conservative side dont believe this kind of cr, this continuing resolution, is the right way to go. they want to see much more severe cuts. they want to see a long term plan and on the left, theres great concern about what is being cut and a real argument to be had about the way to approach this as far as having the domestic discretionary spending, that piece of the pie which so directly affects a lot of the social programs and things and not the bigger conve...

The continuing effort to keep the government going. >> more than halfway through the fiscal year and still no closer to a budget than the last five times they averted a government shutdown with a short-term funding extension, senators passed a sixth continuing resolution or c.r. for three more weeks that cut current spending $6 billion. >> there is no free lunch. debts have to be paid. interest has to be paid on debts. >> this is reality. we dont live in a fantasy world. >> the measure passed 87...

Believed as i believe that legislation is the art of compromise. he said it probably more dramatically than i did, but the principle of legislation is the art of consensus building, and it is. and you can see it right before our eyes as were here today. i say that because this budget dispute started way over here. the right wing, tea party folks were just bashing cutting this and that. you saw yesterday that the tea party folks, mainstream republicans in the house said what are you guys doing, b...

Like that in the senate? >> i read a lot about{ henry clay. one of the great legislators in the history of the world, and he believed as i believe that legislation is the art of compromise. he said it probably more dramatically than i did, but the principle of legislation is the art of consensus building, and it is. and you can see it right before our eyes as were here today. i say that because this budget dispute started way over here. the right wing, tea party folks were just bashing cutting t...

The history of the world, and he believed as i believe that legislation is the art of compromise. he said it probably more dramatically than i did, but the principle of legislation is the art of consensus building, and it is. and you can see it right before our eyes as were here today. i say that because this budget dispute started way over here. the right wing, tea party folks were just bashing cutting this and that. you saw yesterday that the tea party folks, mainstream republicans in the hous...

Frozen so it can import it. its voracious importer in the short-term. i think japan is going to start accelerate the slide from number two all the way down. this is not something it will recover from easily or quickly. >> bret: when while here in washington, effort to fund the federal government. another stopgap pass the house the house of representatives today. take a listen. >> this is no way to run a government. lurching back and forth like a drunken sailor. the agency not knowing if theyll g...