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It sounds very dismissive to them. they think theyre important, they think theyre new members, they think they have new ideas and the party needs a kick in the you know what. they think theyre important and she says youre four. youre four. >> she can counting. >> until you get more, you dont matter. you have to come in and say i can block your bill, then i will listen to you. its great internet theater. its great personal drama. does it matter, to carls point, about the big things they have to d...

They have increased majority in the senate. the bills they pass they still have to get a consensus, arent they. >> those things arent going to happen. at least what progressives want single pair. thats not going to happen with a republican controlled senate and president trump in the white house. republicans have more power than democrats do at this time. the way that democrats are going to try to exert power or use their leverage is primarily going to be around spending bills. thats when they w...

Democratic votes and 100 to 150 republicans are going to vote against the big bill tomorrow. >> why is it the speakers fault? its the president that took the side of the democrats here that sort of put the speaker in a box. >> im saying we all in the conference, we all when it comes to these debt ceiling increases, the republican brand if its about anything, its about fiscal responsibility, right. today pelosi and senator schumer are talking about getting rid of the debt ceiling altogether. that...

Announced he will allow, perhaps as early as tonight, whats called a clean vote on legislation that would raise the nations debt ceiling. earlier, republicans were demanding some concessions but now they have decided the house speaker that theyre not going to get any concessions. the president had made it clear, hes not going to, quote, pay ransom for doing what the country needs to do. and so there is going to be a vote tonight. i assume it will pass. then it will pass the senate. the vote was ...

The markets would react in a very, very negative fashion. >> senator paul, i know you said you dont think the debt ceiling increases is that big of a deal. the more you listen to people, the more you read to economists, read what economists have to say, do you think its worth the risk not to raise the debt ceiling? >> i think its not a good idea to go through the debt ceiling deadline. i think we should go ahead and have an agreement in advance. that being said though, i think its also irrespons...

Support clean debt ceiling increases, but because heritage action is committed to giving house leadership the flexibility they need to refocus the debate on obama care, we will not vote against the reported proposal. so were not going to, basically, hold them accountable if they raise the debt ceiling. so this is heritage saying we want to fight about obama care, we dont want to fight about debt ceiling. if republicans raise the debt ceiling, were not going to sort of score you down as a conserv...

Pay, he said stay tuned for jack lew on thursday. thats coming up. the president is holding his ground. hes saying, listen, were not going to do anything other than clean crs and clean debt ceiling increases. he said hes open to a process after that. >> all right. good point. jim acosta at the white house. were going to check in with dana bash. shes getting reaction on capitol hill from the leadership there. well check in with christine romans. shes getting market reaction to what we just heard ...

Unless we start taking care of this crippling debt. people go, we shouldnt have these debt ceiling increases. we should have them every week. >> okay. >> until they actually cut spending. >> if thats the case, then what you need to see from the republican leadership is now, not six or seven weeks from now, now they ought to put forward a comprehensive, serious plan. >> what about harry reids senate as well? >> exactly. >> they havent put a budget out in years. what about the president of the uni...

Painful to watch the presidents speech. not just because we knew he was not telling americans the truth, with his suggestions of how well things were going and how well things will go if we gave him 4 more years of these repeated, failed policies. but you are right. there was a lack of enthusiasm, a lack of passion for this country. a lack of sincerity when it came to, for instance, his claims of supporting our troops. yet, many of us look back a number of months ago and remember a specific abou...

>> president obama, the debt limit is his problem. >> we pass legislation, giving the president the authority, the authority to request of us an increase in the debt ceiling. >> if you didnt quite get all that, youre not alone. >> but authorize him to request of us that we raise the debt ceiling for the amount that he says. >> which would, in fact, allow president obama the authority to raise the debt limit on his own. >> that strikes me as a cowardly posture. >> they all voted on a budget a few...