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To one more piece of sound from senator schumer, and he had aur shall criticism of republicans. >> mr. president, the truth is the republican colleagues seem to be willing to tank the economy to simply help out the most privileged who are already doing well. >> do you agree with mr. schumer? >> i do. we did a lot of damage here with the debt ceiling. what happened was mr. mcconnell and mr. cantor used the obligation that america has to pay its bills, and we have always done that, whether those b...

Lowest ever. back in washington, republicans and democrats continue to battle over whether to extent the nations debt limit. >> the path forward, several of my colleagues have indicateed seems to be blocked by an insistence on raising taxes in the middle of an economic slowdown. >> reporter: earlier, one leading senate democrat blamed the republican leader. >> its my way or the highway approach is what it is standing in the way of getting an agreement. the person standing in the way right now is...

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It is going to look more stalematish for a while before the rubber hits the road, say, in late june and july when you might start seeing some progress. >> at the same time, i went to a briefing at bloomberg this morning with chuck schumer. and schumer, who is a key player, as you know, says that the debt ceiling deadline really is sooner than august. he says that the markets are going to get very antsy if there isnt real progress. he thinks that there is some middle ground between the no tax ple...

Think they have a chance. maybe i would have a chance. but they dont even think"f about new york. ive lived in new york. this building this tower and many other great towers are in new york. everyone is democratic. what am i going to do contribute to republicans? one thing im not stupid. am i gonna contribute to a republican when they run most they can get is 1% of the vote. i think more importantly, this question will always be asked. ive contributed to schumer, ive known schumer for many, many...

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Suggestions and we can make a lot of progress in the next year, but were not going to get it all done between now and the end of the year. now the republicans really are trying to make social changes. theyre using this crisis as a way of getting npr and getting family planning and getting anything that they can that they cant get in ordinary legislation. theyre putting it on this continuing resolution because they know it has to pass, and theyre trying to jam it through. and the president is rig...

Schumer was supposed to be on a conference call with reporters after he made the remarks but he was apparently unaware those reporters were already on the line. and they recorded what he said. take a listen. >> i always used word extreme. thats what the caucus instructed me to do the other week. extreme cuts and all these riders. and boehner is in a box but if he supports the tea party, theres going to inevitably be a shutdown. >> harold, what did the caucus instruct you to do? >> let me see you...

Ago when president bush proposed immigration reform. john mccain had a position on immigration reform. this republican party you kind of dismissed here. but the sensible people, talk to texas republicans. they know where the demographics are going, they know what the reasonable position is here. i dont think its as far away as you might think judging by the rhetoric coming out of the last election cycle. >> well said. i think there is hope. i think all three of us, if you want to get something o...