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Suggested a three part process different stages. are you opposed to that? does that solve it or does that push it off? >> senator mcconnell described this as a last-ditch effort. no one wants the federal government to default. as mitch mcconnell said his proposal was a last-ditch effort if we couldnt come to agreement. it is not my prefered option. i think we need to continue to solve our short term and long term debt issue. that means, the big deal. this is the moment of opportunity. this is th...

Suggested a three part process different stages. are you opposed to that? does that solve it or does that push it off? >> senator mcconnell described this as a last-ditch effort. no one wants the federal government to default. as mitch mcconnell said his proposal was a last-ditch effort if we couldnt come to agreement. it is not my prefered option. i think we need to continue to solve our short term and long term debt issue. that means, the big deal. this is the moment of opportunity. this is th...

Charges about the economy, about his policies go unanswered and he has to assert and insert himself into the debate right now. >> richard, this is going to be his first chance to come back and tackle any of the things that the gop republican presidential contenders have been saying. >> yeah, absolutely. this is his moment when he can say, you know, do they really have an economic plan or is it a bunch of rhetoric? look how far the economy has traveled. obviously, hes going to say it is not enoug...

>> democrats are proposing for people to have lower in the millions they want to eliminate deductions those with charitable contributions for couples making 250,000 a year. republicans say democrats want more spending even in a deal to reduce debt. >> they want a second stimulus. more deficit spending. in the middle of a jobs crisis they want to raise taxes that they know will kill even more jobs even when the president has said raising taxes with less ability to hire. >> unlike the previous tal...

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Good to have you on. your amendment to representative paul ryans plan failed. as i stated, 77-347 today. were you surprised that this plan didnt gain a little more traction with the democrats. >> we feel we did well. we got 40% of the democratic caucus. we projected a vision of putting america back to work. we had infrastructure in that bill. we protected the medicare. we were proud of the budget. the fact is that we have to lead -- we have to show the way. and sometimes that means youre not goi...

Pre-shutdown, predeal. i think that he was going to be out there regardless, whether they got a deal, whether they didnt get a deal. so i wouldnt read too much into the debt issue. now, as for this speech, the white house says its been in the works for quite some time, this is not seen -- supposed to be seen as a reaction to paul ryans, but we do know this. they dont want any daylight between the republicans and themselves when it comes to independent voters. independent voters have been the one...

To the students, "i need you in the fight, i cannot afford you on the side lines," and we expect more of that as some of the issues undoubtedly will rollover into the 2012 campaign. >>shepard: republicans said okay, that is great, right? >>reporter: well, house majority leader who is from the commonwealth of virginia says he is disappointed the president was not more specific and we heard that from republicans since the president made a speech last wednesday where he talked about the debt issue ...

Nothing is agreed bone the government shuts down? >> what more is likely to happen congress could pass another short term stopgap continuing resolution until such time as there is agreement on a longer term continuing resolution. if nothing happens, correct. >> greta: what does it mean for us? >> it mass opinion a while since it happened. for -- it has been a while since it happen. most americans want to see first and foremost is spending reductions. they want the government to get spending cont...

Nothing is agreed bone the government shuts down? >> what more is likely to happen congress could pass another short term stopgap continuing resolution until such time as there is agreement on a longer term continuing resolution. if nothing happens, correct. >> greta: what does it mean for us? >> it mass opinion a while since it happened. for -- it has been a while since it happen. most americans want to see first and foremost is spending reductions. they want the government to get spending cont...