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New jersey that is absolutely needed. it is not inflated, it is not for the future, it is whats needed to get these cities and states back on their feed. >> >> i should say in the last vote 32 of the 100 senators, and 67 of 435 members of congress voted no, but what was interesting is that every one of those no votes came from representatives of states that have recently received or even now are getting federal disaster aid. is there some hypocrisy at work here? >> i would say there is, absolute...

As far as we can tell. >> i think its time to deal with the problem. fiscal cliff deal wasnt a solution. we have a spending problem in washington d.c. >> i think congressman -- i think weve lost your audio. lets see if we can hear you now. congressman, let me -- >> can you hear me now? >> yes, i can hear you now. let me ask you again about where we stand. i dont think there are any negotiations going on. i apologize to you for the audio problem. >> there are no -- >> technical trouble. >> there ...

But theres search intransigent the on both sides. and thats whats scaring the market, the business demand. >> megyn: here is the concern among many republican house members and many voters out there, that they believe this president is going to spend us into oblivion and he does not recognize -- he has said he doesnt think we have a spending problem and hear him talking hes made 2.5 trillion in deficit reduction already and people are saying thats funny math. thats just not real spending cuts. a...

>> this just in, house speaker john boehner reacting to the presidents news conference that was held a short while ago. specifically boehner commenting on the debt ceiling, and his statement in part reads this. the american people do not support raising the debt ceiling without reducing government spending at the same time. the consequences of failing to increase the debt ceiling are real, but so too are the consequences of allowing our spending problem to go unresolved. the president a short wh...

>> and also, to factor in with the differences you pointed out is how much the president has offered in negotiations. as far as cutting spending, not as if its been a zero sum game from the white house regarding the nations spending problem and an acknowledgment of that. >> one of the messages president obama is trying to get across today how much is cut in spending, whether it was in that 2011 debt ceiling agreement in the budget control act, whether it was also the revenue that was increased w...

From overseas, who are we not going to pay? the idea of default is mind-boggling. >> one way or another we get to be even broker if we dont, you know, if we dont sort out the spending problem longer term. >> megyn: thats how the republicans see it. >> i totally agree, long-term spending. >> when he is the time when we actually make the decisions? >> theyre trying to do it, john, when they have leverage over him. some leverage. >> but they already wracked up, wow, i wracked up. >> megyn: theyre g...

Solvers. were saying if its not going to happen from the top, maybe those of white house are frustrated as i am that wanted to do something that came to washington to solve problems will get together. its the first time ive been able to meet with colleagues over on the house side. ive never had that opportunity. and the problem solvers of no labels has give reason me that. so at least were starting the dialogue. i know where our differences are with the people im talking to now. we want that to ...

Role was to make sure that president obama was a one-term president. >> and now-- >> julie, washington d.c. has a spending problem. we just cannot continue to give washington d.c. a blank check and the bottom line is this: when nancy pelosi was in control, when democrats were in control of the house and senate, the president got all of his policies through. and its like deja vu, groundhogs date all over again and we are still looking for jocks. >> the rate down quite a bit. >> jamie: let me ask ...

Thats. but they dont want to do anything about it. i would argue very strongly we have a spending problem in this country and theres no political will to do anything about it. the president voted six years ago against raising the debt ceiling. so this is a little bit of a red herring and him being, you know, above the fray on this which is absolutely not true. he was complicit in trying to use it as leverage back then and has been a point of bringing people to the table. >> let me make a point a...

Have any sort of -- not let the spending issues get in the way of the debt ceiling problem. >> what the president has said, its funny, you asked the question of mercedes, what if the shoe were on the other foot? go back and look at quotes from senator grassley who then as chairman of the finance committee when the republicans controlled the senate in 2006 and george bush was president, he totally "the pianisted" this -- poopooed this notion and said you got to keep the government up and running ...