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You know, they filed in texas, which, by the way, is stayed. they filed a motion to stay it because of the shutdown. they cant move forward in litigation. but they filed this case in north carolina, which is, like, exactly the same case that we filed, and its good to have we, the people, actually on the side of voters. >> you said aggressive. i want to listen to attorney general eric holder because he sort of laid down the gauntlet talking about north carolina and the ways in which he fully plan...

My paycheck. thats the bottom line. i understand that there may be some other members who are deferring their checks and i think thats admirable, but im not in that position. thats representative renee elmers out of north carolina. i was, like, what? what do you think is happening as a result of the government shutdown here? >> yeah. and this is getting into a recurring issue, which is a lot of these debates are about the congress themselves. for example, the big republican demand right now is t...

In the first 24-hour period leading up to the shutdown, and youve got the republican national committee claiming it did even better, raise a million dollars in just less than 48 hours from monday to wednesday. even as we are about to go bump up against this debt ceiling, in other words, are the parties winning as they are positioning themselves in all this? >> well, theres a bit of wisdom in politics that when it comes to fund-raising, losing is winning. right now you have both sides really up i...

Times," the "post." him and paul ryan are trying to craft a mechanism where they could get to a grand bargain. it would make the debt ceiling and the government funding thing look like just rild-alongs, just coming along for the ride. >> stay with me. this is great. i want to report very briefly on this. there is fresh news this morning, the house has now passed a bill that would guarantee furloughed federal workers their pay for all of the time off the job they incur during the shutdown once th...

Today, and im pretty willing to bet there are enough votes in the house right now to make sure the united states doesnt end up being a the deadbeat. >> okay so, this question of deadbeat has to do with raising the debt ceiling. speaker boehner has continuously indicated hes not going to allow default, but if we dont get this dealt with, are we going to bump up against that debt ceiling conversation? >> we absolutely are. and the big talk right now is one of the reasons the shutdown is expected t...

Its hard to wrap my mind around that we have gotten, as benji said, to this point. >> mm-hmm. let me ask you then about this question, because this idea that there are insurrectionists, 20 reasonable republicans, at least, potentially more. we were looking at the polls about who is to blame for the shutdown. you know, republicans, congressional republicans are being blamed at about 40 4 4%. president obama and democrats are being blamed at about 35%. this is a cbs news poll. when im looking at t...

Dont. if you do, whats your leverage? no one wants that. >> he has to hang tough because the liberals and progressives absolutely want that. people recognize that this is causing -- you know, as the ripple effect continues, it is causing pain to people. but remember, ask anyone in law enforcement whats the rule when you have a hostage situation? drop the gun, release your hostage -- put down that bomb, and then we will talk. he cannot, you know, be led down that path again. i do think he has fin...

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