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With. how much leverage does he have? if the hopes of getting a deal now are in reid and mcconnell hammering something out, how much leeway does mcconnell have to actually hammer out a deal here? >> not so much. the only argument im hearing from senate republicans. theyre going to democrats to chuck schumer and harry reid and saying, look, maybe if you push us too hard on sequester, push us too hard on bca levels, only get four or five republicans, thats not going to be helpful to you once you s...

One question about john boehner and eric cantor and the rest of them, if leaders cant count, what can they do. how they went ahead with plan b knowing they didnt have the votes, i mean, that is sort of 101 in politics. >> make them reject one more time. make boehner and the republicans reject one more time. >> theres no real partner here. theres no partner. heres the broader question and it includes the gun debate. what are the presidents priorities going to be after the first of the year? congr...

Housing market is beginning to come back. the economy is poised. but the stock market is going to react. i cant predict, dont have the knowledge, no one does, as to what exactly is going to happen but chuck is right. the white house should get over its upset with boehner and help bail him out. one question about john boehner and eric cantor and the rest of them, if leaders cant count, what can they do. how they went ahead with plan b knowing they didnt have the votes, i mean, that is sort of 101...

Spending future generations money. >> i want to get rid of the department of education, the department of commerce, the department of labor. and lets get rid of the epa while were doing it. >> why would we ever even consider as republicans think about raising taxes? i tell them come to me after youve gotten rid of all the spending. come to me when youve gotten rid of the $3 million you spent last year to watch monkeys on methamphetamine. >> we keep hearing republicans talk about taking hostages ...

Bargained as hard as he can to pull a majority together to pass the darned thing and that is probably what will ham. >> chris: some tea party members of the house are saying, 33 billion, the number the democrats are offering, and $161 billion, they say it isnt enough and, on the other hand, you got the sense -- from both paul ryan and marco rubio, we are talking about billions here in the debt limit and the 2012 budget, ryan budget, talking about trillions. maybe we should declare victory and mo...

Bargained as hard as he can to pull a majority together to pass the darned thing and that is probably what will ham. >> chris: some tea party members of the house are saying, 33 billion, the number the democrats are offering, and $161 billion, they say it isnt enough and, on the other hand, you got the sense -- from both paul ryan and marco rubio, we are talking about billions here in the debt limit and the 2012 budget, ryan budget, talking about trillions. maybe we should declare victory and mo...

And he has to work at it over time to make boehner and barton household names. so that people understand, if they vote republican for the house of representatives and john boehner becomes speaker and joe barton becomes chairman of the house energy committee, they will have a house of representatives, and basically a congress, that is not partly in the pocket of the oil industrial, but fully in the pocket of the oil industry and willing to apologize for bp. do the american people want that? no. b...

Money. >> i want to get rid of the department of education, the department of commerce, the department of labor. and lets get rid of the epa while were doing it. >> why would we ever even consider as republicans think about raising taxes? i tell them come to me after youve gotten rid of all the spending. come to me when youve gotten rid of the $3 million you spent last year to watch monkeys on methamphetamine. >> we keep hearing republicans talk about taking hostages and negotiations, that they ...

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China to make the top 2% in this country happy, it doesnt fly with a lot of folks. thats where the majority is. let the bush tax cuts expire. let this package go away. let the package and then you step forward and give more tax breaks to the middle class the next session of congress and make boehner and the rest of these republicans justify borrowing this $400 billion from china to line their pockets for the top 2%. ask them if theyre going to borrow money from china to do this. i think america ...