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Many democrats, particularly those running for re-election next year may find themselves in something of a predicament. how do you help fix the health care exchanges on the one hand while not giving in to the sort of gop demands that shut down the government for 16 days? at least five of these 2014 senators have indicated an interest in delaying the open enrollment period which currently ends march 31st. even some democrats who are not running for re-election next year agree or have proposed som...

Working on a bill that would delay the individual mandate penalty for just one year. he spoke with bill oreilly. >> what we have said is that this t. should be a transition year for one year there should be no fines. lets work through the problems. they have been identified. i think everybody has recognized them. lets fix it. >> bill, his basically says that he is going to leave it up to an agency or so to tell us whether this is working or that is working. there is really no certainty of time. ...

March 31st, you wont get a penalty. >> right. it was more to clarify some cloudy details, one of the cloudy details in the legislation there. but joe manchin, senator, he wants a delay thats more than six weeks. he said lets just fix it. six weeks is not enough. take a listen. >> it should be a transition year for one year. there should be no fines. lets work through the problems. i think everybody recognized them. lets fix it. >> yeah, lets fix it. senator mark pryor in a statement yesterday, i...

For reelection. >> senator joe manchin is asking for delay. hes saying lets fix this while we can. take a listen. >> it should be a transition year for one year. there should be no fines. lets work through the problems. weve got a lot of problems. they have been identified. i think everybodys recognized them. but lets fix it. >> theyre going to fix it a little bit. theyre going to extend it for six weeks. once again, it has nothing to do with the website. the website was emblematic. the website ...

Apparently the sell job for obama care is going to have to stay focused in the cross-hairs for the democrats with garbage like that going on. >> well, i was almost laughing there. i tell you wh, whats really go on, the 48 million americans trying to get health care and they have an opportunity. yeah, the website is not working right. yep. and its going to take a while. but ill tell you, here in california, 1.5 million people have gone to the california website, covered california, and a couple h...

Working to end sequester cuts. you know, theyre going to try to protect the big three. thats what were all about. and, of course, they are likely to push for more tax revenue. and this is where its going to get sticky. yes, the democrats are going to want more revenue. the question is, where is it going to come from. and make no mistake, both sides are going to be hard pressed to get an agreement with what the democrats want and how they view the country being run and what the republicans and ho...

But that description i think is obviously inaccurate when you think of the benefits americans will see as a result of obama care. the american public moved away from that. i think people realize this is the law of the land, here to stay. lets work and make sure its working well improve it where we can but make sure it works for rhode island and people across the country. >> congressmen, thank you both very much indeed. >> thank you. when we come back, a man out of a job because because of the ...

Think of the benefits americans will see as a result of obama care. the american public moved away from that. i think people realize this is the law of the land, here to stay. lets work and make sure its working well improve it where we can but make sure it works for rhode island and people across the country. >> congressmen, thank you both very much indeed. >> thank you. when we come back, a man out of a job because because of the shut down. also ahead, he could teach washington a thing or ...

Open government and we need to avoid a default and then have a process in place for this larger conversation. but that description i think is obviously inaccurate when you think of the benefits americans will see as a result of obama care. the american public moved away from that. i think people realize this is the law of the land, here to stay. lets work and make sure its working well improve it where we can but make sure it works for rhode island and people across the country. >> congressmen, ...

That we will necessarily default on our debt. you know, the ongoing tax revenue coming into washington is about 12 times what it takes to service our debt. the payment mechanism is separate for did the service from all over payments, so the treasury secretary and president would have to willfully choose to cede a financial catastrophe. i would certainly hope they would never choose to do that. i would rather they come to the table, lets work on something that begins to solve our problem, and not...