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obamacare in 2013, this never had a chance. over the course of the august recess in 2013 and the course of september, you know, a lot of my republican colleagues who knew it was a fool's errand, really, they were getting pressure from home to do this. >> was it a mistake to shut down government to try to defund obamacare? >> the point is, if you change the process, one of of the keys is taking up the most important issues first, not last. when you push against a deadline you're giving the members really just one choice. if you start early. you have the opportunity to work with the senate, work out the differences and come up with something that actually runs closer to what we call regular order. if we have differences, working out a conference long before the date that the deadline comes. same with re-authorization. the only option is passing a continuing resolution. that's wrong. we need to take up those issues
ViolationChanceCourseRepublicanDefund-obamacareRecessColleaguesSeptemberFools-errand2013Point-of-viewOneexecutive order of the president on immigration and defund planned parenthood? am i unrealistic? am i a false prophet? >> well, certainly not. and i think most of that narrative, many of the things that you're talking about were actually messages that came from our leadership team that says we're going to fight tooth and nail, we're going to represent the will of the american people. and so that's what the constitution is all about. it gives us the power of the purse. that's what we need to exercise here in the house. i know a number of us are committed to do that. >> congressman labrador, we kept hearing, sean, we just disagree with tactics. we agree on the same thing but ultimately wasn't the tactic, didn't it evolve into surrender? you say you won't shut down the government, you're not going to use your constitutional authority on the purse. doesn't it mean obama wins every time? >> that's the problem we have. they keep saying we disagree on tactics. we actually disagree on strategy and we disagree on the bottom
ThingsDefund-obamacarePlanned-parenthoodMostNarrativePresidentImmigrationProphetMessagesManyExecutive-orderAm-iathey'll bring out a work product and bring to it the floor. it will have had a lot of advanced discussion. it will be adequately vetted. and then it will be brought to a vote on the floor. not come directly from the speaker's office, drafted by nonmembers of congress, and go straight to the floor for a vote without amendment. that is what we objected to when nancy pelosi was speaker. and unfortunately, that has not gone away since the republicans took over. we also want to have a strategy for at least debating our better ideas for obamacare, for border security, for spending and how we manage this unsustainable debt and deficit. even if we just had a debate, we could show the american people that we have better ideas. we don't even debate those things. >> congressman brat, let's talk about strategy for helping to choose the next speaker. you still have time. john boehner will be holding
Misswill-turn-anan-asphalt-parking-lotVoteSpeakerOfficeCongressFloorDiscussionNonmembersWork-productRepublicansStrategyAmendmentwe might air yours. >> hi, sean, it's nicky. with john boehner's resignation what qualities are you looking for in our next speaker of the house. what should be the first order of business when they take over? >> i'm looking for a strong conservative with principles that has ability to layout an inspiring agenda. get the american people behind it and fight. if you say you're going to defund obamacare, use the power of the purse. that is your constitutional authority. if you say you're going to stop executive amnesty, stop it f you say you're going to stop funding to planned parenthood, don't fund planned parenthood. i would like to see them not giving $150 billion to iran. if you have a question for me, go to twitter, #asksean. send in a video. you can be a tv star. and secretary of state john kerry will be on with our
John-boehnerSpeakerSeanHouseOrderBusinessQualitiesResignationHiNickyPeopleDefund-obamacaremuch can get done. i mean, this whole idea that we're going to shut down the government to get rid of obamacare in 2013, this plan never had a chance. but over the course of the august recession in 2013 and the course of september, you know, a lot of my republican colleagues who knew it was a fool's errand really they were getting all this pressure from home to do this. so we got groups here in town, members of the house and senate here in town who whip people into a frenzy believing they can accomplish things that they know, they know are never going to happen. >> joining us tonight are some members of the house freedom caucus. those members are representatives raul labrador, mick mulvaney, mark meadows, cynthia lummis is with us, dave brat and scott perry. welcome all of you. congressman meadows, you really got the ball rolling. there are many of your colleagues that question when you brought up the issue of a no confidence vote with john
PlanDefund-obamacareIdeaChanceGovernmentCourse2013Misswill-turn-anan-asphalt-parking-lotRepublicanMembersSenateHouseboehner back in july if that was the right strategy. do you believe that that pushed it over the top? >> obviously, it was a factor, sean. i don't know that we can say that that was the determining factor. but really the determining factor in my opinion were the american people. it was an approval rating that was abysmal among our own party saying we're not delivering on what we should be doing here in washington, d.c., and that it doesn't work for them. if you can't change that, then you need to look at leadership and that was what my resolution was all about. >> 60% of republicans in a "post" poll this weekend, "washington post," said they feel betrayed by the republican party. let me ask you, do you think i am unrealistic? am i a false prophet? was there never a chance to defund obamacare? am i spreading noise and advancing a fool's errand by thinking you can defund obamacare, use your constitutional authority, stop illegal unconstitutional -- the
Ean-hannityStrategyFactorTopOpinionPeoplePartyLeadershipWorkApproval-ratingDoesn-tWashington-dc>> hillary clinton picked a fight with carly fiorina for wanting to defund planned parenthood, but she challenged him. >> you described a debate its heart beating, its legs kicking. you saw that moment on the tape. >> yes, and i would challenge planned parenthood. >> the footing you described at best is a reenactment. >> chuck, chuck, do you think this is not happening? does hillary clinton think this is not happening? so sad that you missed the opportunity to ask mrs. clinton why she said late-term abortions were only performed for medical purposes. that is patently false. >> quick around. go ahead, carlogeraldo. >> i said i thought that was carly fiorina's description of the fetus, the brain intact, the
Planned-parenthoodFightDebateCarly-fiorinaDefund-obamacareHillary-clintonTapeYesHeart-beatingReenactmentLegsFooting>> you've done this. you said no. and you stood strong. you paid a little price for it. your approval rating went down a little bit. but they've never done this. they didn't do it on obamacare, they didn't do it on immigration. now they're going to do it on planned parent hood. the base conservatives like myself say they tell us it's a difference in tactics. i don't support the tactic of continually surrendering to obama. >> look, i think this is a big problem. it absolutely is part of why traditional candidates have a hard time right now because the republican base is i think the angriest i've seen it since the goldwater period. you now have -- when i go out and talk to people who are major donors, they're just fed up. they're looking for candidates who ventilate in very aggressive language, people who traalk abo changing washington, not managing washington. a huge difference in those two. >> i have to ask you a question about the pope.
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