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Is that all last year we did not get this done because the republicans prevented there being 60 votes in the senate to pass an appropriations bill. unless there were a certain level of cuts in it. harry reid threw up his hands and said i will take that level of cuts. the road a bipartisan bill and in december, mcconnell moved the goal posts because the house republicans told him to. >> very, very important point. thank you all for it joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. >> still...

Something that extends for a week that isnt acceptable as a way to make it look like its the democrats fault. of course, what i keep going back to, the part that doesnt get enough coverage in my view, is that all last year we did not get this done because the republicans prevented there being 60 votes in the senate to pass an appropriations bill. unless there were a certain level of cuts in it. harry reid threw up his hands and said i will take that level of cuts. the road a bipartisan bill and ...

Majority leader harry reid yesterday it was going in the right direction. the fact there was a meeting scheduled between them in the white house today should be taken as a good sign but i got to tell you i was just watching the senate floor and we saw reid on the floor really accusing republicans to moving the goal posts in these situations and then mitch mcconnell with them on the sideline. >> what about a stopgap spending measure? like an extension. will the president go along with that? >> re...

Did the republican caucus in the house respond to that? they gave him a cheering ovation. this is not a group of people who are eager to avoid a shutdown, no matter what you have read. there is not a negotiation going on in washington that is about avoiding a government shutdown. there is a reason that speaker john boehner keeps moving the goal posts in terms of what democrats have to agree to in order to avoid this government shutdown. democrats keep agreeing to everything he demands. but that ...

They gave him a cheering ovation. this is not a group of people who are eager to avoid a shutdown, no matter what you have read. there is not a negotiation going on in washington that is about avoiding a government shutdown. there is a reason that speaker john boehner keeps moving the goal posts in terms of what democrats have to agree to in order to avoid this government shutdown. democrats keep agreeing to everything he demands. but that just means he has to demand more. because the goal is no...

Tonight with chuck todd, but who gets blamed, 37% say that it is go to be members of congress. 20% say president obama. 20% say congressional democrats. 37% would be congressional republicans, congressional leaders. but thats a lot of blame to go around. >> thats a lot of blame to go around. but one of the things, as i listen to your discussion with the lady from the tea party a few minutes ago, clearly one of the things that came through is that the tea partiers have taken a very, very hard lin...

They gave him a cheering ovation. this is not a group of people who are eager to avoid a shutdown, no matter what you have read. there is not a negotiation going on in washington that is about avoiding a government shutdown. there is a reason that speaker john boehner keeps moving the goal posts in terms of what democrats have to agree to in order to avoid this government shutdown. democrats keep agreeing to everything he demands. but that just means he has to demand more. because the goal is no...

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Alone. >> it does seem like an unusual time to be talking about cutting the legs out from under the united nations. >> no doubt about it. but it is not only cutting the legs out from under the united nations, but for so many other agencies, and so for so many of our people. when you talk about young people trying to go to school and cutting their pell grants, cutting out police officers and firemen and folks and teachers, all of these things are very important. i think what the president said in...

Union, it goes to court. you bought some time. keep negotiating. >> if they decertify, lets say after this whole negotiation ends, theyll want to go intak into the union? >> yeah. >> exactly. it will be a temporary decertification. >> how is that allowed? how is that allowed? >> where does the afl-cio come off demanding that unionizations are fundamental rights? we got to stick together but oh, the nfl players as a tactic, thats perfectly ok. >> you know what theyre doing, stuart? theyre moving ...