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Pour any gas line on this fire. they know were in worse position than we are. the chinese have a worse debt problem. their political system is sort of meant to cover up the problems. democracies always expose them. chinese know how fragile they are. i think theyre actually going to be a lot better as we get closer and closer to the real date of the crisis. jenna: it will be interesting to see how the tone changes. youve been taking a look at the conversation thats happening in asia about the uni...

Willing to negotiate, which is how these kinds of disputes are always settled. >> is the house conference united, steve? >> no, no, when i talk to republicans, there is incredible diversity of opinion, and i think when you try to decide who is to blame for this shutdown, you can say the republicans wanted it. i think thats unfair. i think its fair to say some of the republicans misjudged their opponents. they assumed the democrats would cave. they were wrong. when i talk to republicans, the repu...

Firm until harry reid and president obama are actually willing to negotiate, which is how these kinds of disputes are always settled. >> is the house conference united, steve? >> no, no, when i talk to republicans, there is incredible diversity of opinion, and i think when you try to decide who is to blame for this shutdown, you can say the republicans wanted it. i think thats unfair. i think its fair to say some of the republicans misjudged their opponents. they assumed the democrats would cave...

United, and they wanted to hold firm until harry reid and president obama are actually willing to negotiate, which is how these kinds of disputes are always settled. >> is the house conference united, steve? >> no, no, when i talk to republicans, there is incredible diversity of opinion, and i think when you try to decide who is to blame for this shutdown, you can say the republicans wanted it. i think thats unfair. i think its fair to say some of the republicans misjudged their opponents. they ...

Our nations health care problems. because if really the problem is debt and people worried about obama care because were going to go bankrupt and woe have $17 trillion in debt. you guys know all the talking points. but its true. we have a debt problem. but the debt problem was here before obama care, obama care made it much worse by throwing more people onto medicaid. and medicare is going broke for our seniors. so some of us, myself, senator coburn, paul ryan, senator byrd, we actually put out ...

Would have been -- and furthermore, not only are people operating under this, but theyre operating under the sequester. i neither voted for the sequester nor do i believe were on the right process here. we need to come together and sit down. these issues are imminently solvable. ironically, anderson, within the affordable health care act, im from hartford, connecticut. the insurance industry there is very strong. they have got solutions to this problem. they know if we take 18% of gdp and reduce...

Creation. welcome, senator. >> thanks for having me on. >> arent you glad youre in the private sector now? >> well, i am. its a little frustrating to watch whats going on. >> i cant even imagine. this idea of passing a series of bills to fund certain parts of the government, is that a good idea? >> it gets to the same end. its ironic and a little amusing that at some point you basically have a clean resolution, you have a clean continuing resolution if you fund in parts most of the government. i...

This is another one of those gotcha things that the republicans bring up, et cetera. listen, you know, this should have never come to be. we had the opportunity last night on the floor to keep government open so that nobody would have been -- and furthermore, not only are people operating under this, but theyre operating under the sequester. i neither voted for the sequester nor do i believe were on the right process here. we need to come together and sit down. these issues are imminently solvab...

One of two things probably will happen. either a short-term to buy a cr or a shutdown which would be wrong for the american people and wrong for the government. >> this country does have a debt problem. americas debt will hit 100% gdp by 2038. is obama care the wrong target for republicans here? >> obama care say very unpopular law with the american people. we should make changes. this process is a matter of mathemat mathematics. we are in the minority right now. we cant stop it. we need to put ...

Thing he did just years ago, that that is black mail. really? >> well, remember the days we had $9 trillion in debt and he said it was unprincipled now, hes, were nearly double that z listen, sean, what were doing is getting fundamentally immoral. our national debt has grown under 60%, its larger than the size of our economy. if we dont pull back, our kids, our grandkids are going to spend their working lives not meeting challenges of the future or priorities just paying off our debts. and, no g...