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Showdowns to get policy concessi concessions. if they were not doing this they would be in much better shape and nobody would be accusing them of trying to break them. >> would you put this this historical perspective as to when you were serving. theres debate about the unpr s unprecedented nature of this. we have had shutdowns before, do you see this as unprecedent? >> its certainly a cull lminat of where we have been going. esras absolutely right, it has become winning the battle and losing th...

Which had this one demand, this vitter amendment this idea that you wouldnt let the federal government pay any employee contribution for members of the house or their staff, would you have voted that down in the senate? >> theres no way im going to vote for that. the bottom line is that the person thats answering phones in my office thats making $30,000 a year needs that benefit or they would be in trouble. all those folks over there in the house of representatives who dont want to have is that ...

If they were not doing this they would be in much better shape and nobody would be accusing them of trying to break them. >> would you put this this historical perspective as to when you were serving. theres debate about the unprecedented nature of this. we have had shutdowns before, do you see this as unprecedent? >> its certainly a culmination of where we have been going. esras absolutely right, it has become winning the battle and losing the war. all they care about is the immediate battle an...

Which had this one demand, this vitter amendment this idea that you wouldnt let the federal government pay any employee contribution for members of the house or their staff, would you have voted that down in the senate? >> theres no way im going to vote for that. the bottom line is that the person thats answering phones in my office thats making $30,000 a year needs that benefit or they would be in trouble. all those folks over there in the house of representatives who dont want to have is that ...

Can they filibuster, for instance? >> thats a great question. we are at a point in the process where we need unanimous content to the process. we need all 100 senators to agree to an expedited time frame. if we start a bill being presented on the floor -- ted cruz and mike lee have to make a decision like speaker boehner has to make that theyre finally going to put their ideology back in their suitcase and allow a vote to happen. i think ted cruz stopped the process of moving forward in an exped...

Instance? >> thats a great question. we are at a point in the process where we need unanimous content to the process. we need all 100 senators to agree to an expedited time frame. if we start a bill being presented on the floor -- ted cruz and mike lee have to make a decision like speaker boehner has to make that theyre finally going to put their ideology back in their suitcase and allow a vote to happen. i think ted cruz stopped the process of moving forward in an expeditious manner and dealt w...

The industry has been speaking out of both sides of its mouth telling washington this tax is going to kill us, while telling invests that the affordable health care act is great for us because theyre bringing millions more people into this health care market. these people are going to use goods and services. were going to give you $10 more in businesses and take $1 in taxes. its nothing but political pandering. number three, this might be my favorite, income verification by the irs. this was one...