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We heard some sound bites from senate leaders saying that they were -- felt they were pretty close to a deal. well, wait until it gets in the house and wait until the so-called tea party members of the house have to vote on it. if the spending level is anything above that $967 billion that is the sequester level spending, which appears likely it will be in the murray/ryan deal, then i think its going to be tough to find a whole lot of tea party members who are going to be willing to support it. ...

Congress, and obviously the low approval rating you referred to suggests that a lot arent, but those of us who are listening who are connecting to our home states are hearing just how difficult this is for classroom teachers, for parents whose kids are sick and who are hoping for new drug treatments from the nih, or for those who defend our country who are either reserve or guardsmen. there is real pain across our country as a result of this sequester and as a result of this government shutdown....

This is the fiscal cliff part two. this is exactly what happened to john boehner when we had the fiscal cliff at the end of last year. people make demands, and youre entitled to make all the demands you want, but at the end of the day, if you wont give them 218 votes, youve surrendered the majority and turned him into someone whos powerless. >> chris, speaking of demands, theres this conventional wisdom out there. we heard john mccain saying it, that the democrats have the republicans cornered. ...

Position is. >> thats part of the failure of leadership here, i think, josh. we talked about this time and time again. the republicans have won victories. john boehner has not sold any of those victim rice to his caucus. the fact paul ryan comes in on wednesday with an op-ed and it is endorsed by "washington post," the spending level were talking about are lower than the original paul ryan budget. yet the tea party, sense of disenfranchisement which runs deeper than any actual policy but sort of...

Possibility of just passing a clean debt ceiling and keeping the government shut. and either the possibilities in the house of representatives given the tea party caucus will depend on democratic votes. so my question to you, are you interested in either of those proposals? >> well, well be interested in a clean debt ceiling to get that off the table so we can continue the negotiations. but with this on the table, there is nothing to negotiate at this point. the senate, for the short-term basis ...

This point. the senate, for the short-term basis came in with one spending level, the republicans came in with another spending level. when we say we didnt negotiate, well, technically that is true, we didnt come to the half way, we came all the way -- total, not half way, total capitulation, now they talk about the clinton years when they shut down the government because they couldnt agree on revenues and spending levels. at this point we may not be able to -- it is going to be tough to come to...

Things that theyre insisting on we include in any -- in any potential deal and then, of course, not excluding, although paul ryan didnt mention it in his op-ed, not excluding the fact that they also want to repeal or delay obama care. look, we -- this is very simple. democrats in the house and the senate have voted repeatedly to just keep the government open, to adopt a clean spending resolution. thomas, remember, weve even agreed to the number, the spending level that the republicans proposed t...

The republicans way actually as this no negotiation stance by the white house and senator reid continues. in the senate, behind the scenes, whats going on? >> well, i think the one thing that has been notable is you have seen folks like rob portman, bob corker, john mccain, some of the more deal-making inclined senators, not necessarily moderate, trying to refocus whether its within senate features or even behind the scenes background talks with other democrats. trying to refocus the debate away...

The way i voted we wouldnt be anywhere near the debt limit we are right now. >> and thank you for your time tonight. all right, coming up. >> the best thing the senate could have done on the first cr, they could have stripped everything out and moved the spending level number higher and say that is what were going to do. and this is our proposal, and then drop back down later and say we were here, now were back to here. they havent been negotiating at all. and so it is like why should we keep ne...

It is $986 billion. that, that you see, 986, that is the clean cr that democrats are asking the house republicans to accept. so weve come a long way, obviously, from the democratic preference of the obama budget or even the senate original budget. and then this, this is what that clean cr is shockingly close to, the 2014 ryan budget of $966 billion, the ryan budget. >> this years ryan budget turns out looks like last years ryan republican budget. i wasnt the only one that said gee whiz, not agai...