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House republicans are trying to come up with a plan to keep the government fufbded after the next three days. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tells us where we are right now. >> reporter: with the government due to run out of funding late night thursday, lawmakers are starting to get anxious because an extension hasnt been signed yet. >> the easy vote is always no, but i want to pass our budget, i want to keep our government functioning, but i want to know whats in it. >> the pack...

Came more bureaucratic red tape. >> these people say law endless rules strangle them. >> our government adds thousands of new pages of law every year. >> that is on top of the 175,000 pages they passed in prior years. >> this is just what you see here just the federal part, state local government adds more. if you wanted to get state county and city laws you need to render bigger bills. >> lawyer jeff rose helps little guys deal with this red tape. >> this is an agenda for control of its own spa...

Came more bureaucratic red tape. >> they say laws, endless rules strangle them. >> our government adds thousands of pages are new law every year, on top of 175,000 pages they passed in prior years. this is just what you see here, just the federal part, states, local governments add much more. if you want state, county, city laws, you need to rent a bigger building. >> lawyer jeff rose helps little guys deal with the red tape. >> this is an agenda of control for its own sake. thats why regulators...

Really crazy language coming from top lyde leaders in the american government. and he is saying, government is not going to work if we take these extreme positions. he tried to get a grand bargain, and the republicans pretend he never reached out to them and then they do these crazy stunts. i understand when he says, if you love americas government and theres stuff you want to fix, thats fine. but dont become this party youre so antigovernment, youre antiamerica government functioning, and thats...

List. since the shutdown, i get a urgent message, send money. this is what is happening. this is what boehner is doing. this is what the polls are showing. they are looking, they are looking to, to gain the maximum political hay. it wouldnt surprise me in the least if behind the scenes harry reid and barack obama are saying this is not about tomorrow or today and ending the shutdown. this is about 2014 and letting us have complete, uncontrolled, no opposition control for the last two years like ...

Government functioning, and come together to debate the real priorities of this country in the next bill. and so the government the democrats built and the republicans are intent on dismantling by denying that government the money it needs to run will not shut down. and in the house of representatives at least, a republican speaker takes credit for keeping the government that his party has come to hate running for the rest of the year. boehners problem in his first months as speaker of the hou...

But we have reached agreement. we are about to embark after we pass this piece of legislation a critical debate on the differences we do have in the priorities of this country. very substantive, deeply held beliefs on the differences that exist between our two parties. pass this resolution, keep our government functioning, and come together to debate the real priorities of this country in the next bill. and so the government the democrats built and the republicans are intent on dismantling by ...

His responsibility differently. >> the priorities that we have agreed to in this resolution are not my priorities. but we have reached agreement. we are about to embark after we pass this piece of legislation a critical debate on the differences we do have in the priorities of this country. very substantive, deeply held beliefs on the differences that exist between our two parties. pass this resolution, keep our government functioning, and come together to debate the real priorities of this coun...

Government, the current government functioning. security forces are functioning. >> and there is a caretaker government? >> there is a caretaker government, and the elements of the state are in place and functioni functioning. >> the u.s. is supposed to be down to 50,000 troops, and all combat forces are out and the 50,000 are supposed to be training the iraqi military and then all u.s. troops are supposed to be out by the end of next year. is that realistic? >> absolutely. this is because an ag...

A government shutdown. we see a total incompetency around the ministerial functions of governing. if we avert a shutdown, no doubt it will be hailed as some great victory that we have managed to keep government functioning and open. it just -- i think its about the wall. its about a dozen things. but nothing greater than just the total ineptitude of this governing majority. >> you know, to steves point, jason, about a deal here. you know, it strikes me theres actually some political upside for t...