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Republicans, is look, were not going to write a blank check for $4 billion. it will be a more targeted approach, but also on the policy side, im on the speakers working group, were looking at things like changing the 2008 law, were looking at things like my border security bill passed out of my committee, putting that as a provision, so finally we can get this thing done. >> how likely will there be action on this soon? >> i think we have to act soon. its a crisis at hand that demands action, a ...

Representatives republicans we will not write a plank check for $4 billion but it will be more targeted through the end of the fiscal year. also, on the policy side among the working group we are looking at changing the 2008 law and my border security bill that passed out of my committee and putting that as a provision so, finally, question get this done. >> how likely is it there will be action on this issue soon? >> we have to act soon the it is a crisis that demands action, a call for action,...

Cant fire anybody, it seems, and yet the people they can fire are the people who are deployed in war zones. >> the people who put themselves in harms way from text the rest of us. the double standard is extraordinary but they dont have civil service protection that unions fought so hard to create for other federal workers. charles framed it exactly right. on one side its the human aspect of this is the way that theyve handled it is so amateurish and unworthy the kind of service these men and wom...

If we just allow ourselves to work together. paul? >> who do you want to succeed you? how divisive will the election be within your conference? >> well, i dont know who it is who will actually be running. i will tell you if my dear friend and colleague kevi mccarthy does decide to run, i think he would make an outstanding majority leader. i will be backing him with my full support. >> it appears that a lot of focus has been on the politics side, but on the policy side, people are wondering what ...

Ground if we would just allow ourselves to work together. paul? >> who would you want to succeed you and how devicive will the election be within your conference? well, i dont know who it is that will actually be running. i can tell you that if my dear friend and colleague kevin mccarthy does decide to run, i think he would make an outstanding majority leader and i will be backing him with my full support. >> im curious. a lot of focus has been on the -- politics has been on the policy side. peo...

Msnbc contributor. karen, ill start with you, president obama will take questions about the student loan debt issue on tumblr, which mez to the demo they are trying to get to. is it just a ploy to excite young voters or do you think theres substance behind this? >> i think there is real substance behind it in that we know that this issue isnt just affecting college kids but affects families an this is part of the fight for the middle class and sort of that framing that we know democrats have bee...

Really near and dear to her. >> does this have to be a fight you get from some of the critics? this is big brother, why is washington telling kids what they can and cannot eat. her argument is look at the obesity statistics, look at type ii diabetes statistics. 97,000 public schools in this country this is a way to directly impact health. >> she has chosen this issue to be her legacy issue. thats why she is so passionate about it. there are some folks in obamas orbit who say perhaps half serious...

Slam dunk, which i suspect by the time we get to labor day wont be as much as a slam dunk as people think. this is an important card to play. so to lay out very honestly, im dealing with a caucus thats whining dont do this, we cant vote on this, i think thats his frustration really coming through in and out and trying to move the agenda for certain aspects of the republican agenda seven as it is on immigration, and certainly you saw the response to jeb bushs, you know, ideas on the subject. agai...

>> wealthy donors who dont want it. >> so itll hurt financially. >> mega-gifts from people. i dont understand if theyre doing it for the politics as the white house points out its not great politics, but theres no -- if youre open to the project, if you look at the state department reviews -- >> what will the dunner class do? $100 million. will they just keep their money in their pocket? >> theyll keep their money or direct it towards primaries. i dont get what the presidents posture is. >> i ju...

So this was kind of the moving target. so, yes, it took a lot of time on the policy side, on the market side, and there was a team in place with other people, outside experts coming in, kicking the tires, regular reports, regular dashboards on the tech side, but clearly the estimate that it was ready to go october 1st was just flat out wrong. >> did the white house oversell it? >> i dont think they did. i think what we said from the outset was, you know, this was fixing a very broken market wher...