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money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. >> boehner wants $2 trillion in budget cuts before he agrees to raising the debt ceiling. and then theres the democrat-controlled senate. >> we shouldnt be drawing lines in the sand. we should be willing to work together. >> treasury secretary tim geithner says the u.s. could hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit tomorrow but he can keep the country out of default until august. so there is time. what they really lack on capitol hill is ...

Did something similar in bosnia? >> i challenged the president with the senate joint resolution, 2001 where he wanted continuing authority to bomb serbia. i think thats a different case. let me explain why. because there was powerful opposition in the streets of serbia. we didnt support it. we actually set back the opposition movement by bombing milosevic. and in this case, theres more of a real civil war going on. and we have to be very careful about getting in the middle of this. a third war, ...

Manning extracted, downloaded and transmitted classified information to said the enemy. the last charge is important because it could be punished by death but they are saying they wont look for that sentence. congress has two weeks to work out differences in spending. senate followed the house in approving a 14-day stop gap spending bill and stops for now the possibility of a government shutdown. we have fox team coverage tonight. mike emanuel reports on the administration reaction but we begin ...

Iowa student who spoke about his family in the iowa house of representatives. hes the child of a same-sex couple. he opposes house joint resolution 6 which could allow the state to vet on whether to ban same a sex marriages. his three-minute speech at a public hearing this week is going viral across the internet. here is a bit of it. >> if i was your son, mr. chairman, i believe i would make you very proud. not so different from any of your children. my family really isnt so different from yours...

A kept running into the byrd rule and every process and proposal, it was byrd-able and had more to do with policy than budget concerns and, therefore it is stricken from the legislation, on a parliamentary procedure known as the byrd rule and we tried every way, every possible way from concurrent resolution, every time even if the house leaders agreed, to go to the senate, and whether you were democrat or republican, on the senate side you can object to it because it was not proper legislation.....

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Without further delay and without trying to extract any further concessions from the senate or the president. mr. speaker, you cant go wrong by trying to do the right thing. >> well, several democrats took their turn demanding the government to be reopened. >> i ask unanimous consent to bring up the amendment to h-159 to open the government and go to conference on a budget so that we end this republican government shutdown. >> i, too, ask unanimous consent. >> if the house bring up the senate am...

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