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to send it to the senate where it can receive action. >> well, the vote was scheduled for yesterday, rescheduled for early this evening and then put on hold again so the leadership could wrangle votes. theyre going that literally as we speak. still promising a vote sometime tonight. well be live when it hams. yesterday speaker boehner told the troops to "get their asses in line". apparently not enough republicans have, and now his credibility is on the line. most of the opposition comi...

getting the mage? weve got new polling that says all of that. and this is important. recent polling may also explain why we havent got an deal yet. well tell you what were talking about. in any case, americans are speaking out today. >> good morning, speaker boehners office. how may i help you? >> a summer avalanche of phone calls hitting the capitol. president obama asked for it in his address to the nation last night. here it is. house switchboard today getting nearly double the volu...

getting the mage? weve got new polling that says all of that. and this is important. recent polling may also explain why we havent got an deal yet. well tell you what were talking about. in any case, americans are speaking out today. >> good morning, speaker boehners office. how may i help you? >> a summer avalanche of phone calls hitting the capitol. president obama asked for it in his address to the nation last night. here it is. house switchboard today getting nearly double the volu...

he cited statistics appealing to bipartisanship and invoked the words of ronald reagan and also acknowledged how sharply divided washington is while trying to channel a bipartisan frustration among americans for what goes on in washington. take a look. >> i realize that a lot of the new members of congress and i dont see eye to eye on many issues. but we were each elected by some of the same americans for some of the same reasons. yes, many want government to start living within its me...

and travelers squashed by major airlines. >> but first, to the desperate race against the clock to secure what president obama is calling americas national credit card. the country could face unprecedented default if congress is unable to agree on a deal to raise the nations debt ceiling. failure to do so could downgrade americas debt rating and could be extremely damaging for global economy purposes. lets get all the angles. weve just learned the president will be addressing the natio...

no one is speaking publicly about it, but i have been in touch with some democrats on the hill who are still very upset this evening after that meeting. the bottom line is they have heard these outlines of a possible framework of a deal. and some democrats are concerned that this is a, happening too late, and b, that its possible the white house is agreeing to a deal that will essentially jam the democrats into agreeing to something that does not go far enough on the issues that they c...

self-imposed deadline for a deal and still there is no deal. some on capitol hill, some of even the presidents allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for this big deficit reductions package theyve been talking about and just find the easiest path forward to get the debt ceiling raised and worry about deficit reductions at another time. >> you know, it seemed like there was some enthusiasm and some progress yesterday. but if the two sides are even fu...

becoming an abnormal crisis. what happened today? >> reporter: well, there was a lot of process, sanjay. and a lot of discussion and still no break through is the bottom line. we are less than two days away from the presidents self-imposed july 22nd deadline for a deal. and still there is no deal. and now some on capitol hill, some of even the presidents allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for the big deficit reductions package theyve been talk a...

>> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says hell veto it. in other words, its d...

put forward by a bipartisan senate group named the gang of six. most liberals dont like the gang of six approach because it would make cuts to social security and medicare. >> we are an anti-gang group. we are -- were trying to suppress the growth of gangs. we think that it is not healthy for washington. most conservatives complain it doesnt cut spending enough and raises taxes too much. >> the gang of six is a five pages of sort of talking points. its not an actual plan. >> but the ...