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Happen, if they do this piecemeal bills, for example, i think the fear is that this will keep on happening. and thats why the president has taken such a hard line. and the refusal to negotiate, we need to remember what hes refusing to negotiate over. hes refusing to negotiate over the funding obama care. this is a pretty significant thing. and so you can go through your history of the different things that people have done. you know, democrats holding up reagans budget over defense spending, tha...

>> well, i think -- if they allow this to happen, if they do these piecemeal bills, for example, i think the fear is this will keep on happening, and thats why the president has taken such a hard line. the refusal to negotiate, we need to remember what hes refusing to negotiate over. hes refusing to negotiate over defunding obama care. this is a pretty significant thing. and so you can go through your history of the different things that people have done, democrats holding up reagans budget over...

Show you care about it too. its the senate bill plus a baking soda security bill that passed with a unanimous bipartisan support in the house homeland security committee. so what theyre trying to say is, look, were showing were unified, yes, this is a democratic bill, but were not putting some far left marker out saying this is the start of our negotiating position. what were trying to show you is we have an appetite for compromise. a lot of them dont like the senate bill, they want a clearer pa...

>> kirsten, as the house continues to pass these piecemeal funding efforts. and they continue to say were willing to negotiate on a host of different things, taxes and big deal and is the non-negotiation as you push up to the debt ceiling a liability? >> well, i think the presidents position "im not going to negotiate on that," as well is just a negotiating position. thats his starting point. he probably will end up having to negotiate on it because he -- as much as we can sit here and i think d...

>> luke? >> this whole shutdown was over the presidents health care law. thats the last thing anyones talking about now. theres a lot of members who are very apprehensive about that saying we had a gift handed to us with the website crashing but no one was talking about that because the focus was on the shutdown. one member said look, what these guys wanted, these 95 or so was a big picketts charge before the health care became law so they went back to their districts and said we did everything ...

Flash is going to be sustainable. i remind everybody michelle bok mab won the iowa straw poll. i remind everybody here that sarah palin was in first place for a very long time and then was herman cain in first place and then donald trump was in first place for several weeks. you can going down the list. newt gingrich won south carolina. >> what is your point, joe? i mean, donald trump is our new president. hes doing -- >> exactly. my point is that this sort of activity is a great starter. it is ...

Pressure and be much more damaging. >> would you like to see congressman, whats called a clean continuing resolution? as part of the conditions that both sides work out a -- separate from these two issues? >> i would certainly want the clean cr, the clean continuing resolution. as far as the debt ceiling, i dont want to be undercutting john boehners negotiating position. if he feels thats best. i want the first thing done first, but really what im calling for is a clean continuing resolution to ...

But still, dana, i think we can get this. in fact, i know it. there are 225 votes ready to go right now to fund a clean budget, no defunding of obama care. at the low level that the republicans want. our message to speaker boehner is take yes for an answer. >> thank you, congressman steve israel, and well see what happens at the white house, but with all due respect, with what congressman israel is saying is what the white house has been saying and what john boehner and his republican leadership...

House -- and look, i can go all day long about problems i have with the administration not coming to the table clean and correct. thats not the point here. the point at this stage is the government is not functioning. the house put things on the table i think somewhat legitimately in terms of obama care. but weve linked two things that shouldnt be linked right now in our going after obama care. its not about obama care. its about obama. >> let me go to governor rendell. i know you had a fight wi...

Maybe distrust is a strong word but has been their pattern. energy is not the future. why are they doing it when they have all this oil. do they want a situation, as the prime minister said, race across the finish line, the red line any time they want to. thats going to be the american negotiating position. stopping them short may not be enough for israel. what i found com telling in what he said, his statement from one of the toughest leaders in the world. if nobody is with us, im going. dont g...