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Deadline might finally force sort of an acceptance of this. so this is a different strategy now on a tuesday when friday is the deadline to make this move. so as soon as the senate sends the proper paperwork, a little behind the scenes activity there, they plan to call for a vote. that vote would be to fund the department through the fiscal year. democrats will support it meaning it is likely to pass. we dont want to get too far ahead because we have seen too many times, jose how things we expec...

To be held accountable for the bad decisions i made in my life and to own up to my actions. >> he thinks its a year of probation will undergo substance abuse treatment after admitting he bought cocaine. it puts the leadership in a bit of a spot. he wasnt even told about the arrest until tuesday. three weeks after it happened. nevertheless at this point boehner and his deputies seem to be treating it as a legal and personal matter and not urging him to resign. the home toutown paper endorsed when...

Infuriated democrats on the hill. at this point the democrats on the hill and the white house are really on the same page here. they believe that once the shutdown happens, presuming that it does, that the public blame will fall disproportionately on the republicans. and at that point boehner will have to come back and pass something to keep the government operating at least until mid-november. now, that, of course, theres a question about whether or not the white house and the democrats will ha...

Journal," how are you? fox news contributor as well. >> hi, bill. great to be with you. bill: why high risk? >> by the way, weve lived through this, ive been covering in the issue for 25 years, it seems like these kinds of standoffs between the president and congress come up every time we raise the debt ceiling. what the speaker said today was he raised the stakes here a little bit, bill, and he said we will not raise that debt ceiling until we get some concessions from the president for more sp...

>> its right. these guys cant make a deal with each other. the "wall street journal" are owned by our parent company, newscorp, had a great behind the scenes recounting of the last couple of weeks of negotiations. at one point boehner said to the president im offering $800 billion in new revenue, what do i get for that? and the president said you get nothing for that. >> in the next hour, billionaire businessman john castmeeti says they should get together. merry christmas and happy holidays. >>...

>> its an awkward branding. >> its awkward branding. first of all, its awkward branding. al, do you need us to tell you what plan b is? >> i need this explained to me. >> because rick santorum would not support this. >> let me make a point to that which is i went back and looked at -- there was this great david brooks column from july 2011 when they were first negotiating the debt ceiling. he encouraged republicans to vote for this deal. youll never get an opportunity like this. you have to reco...