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>> can you imagine if under george butch the democrats went out and hold this hogs taj or notsds raising the tet ceiling simply because they wapted the tax cuts to the rich. i wouldnt have said that. its if law of the land. the president is picking abds choosing, we know this. hes picking and choosing among the laws of obama care in terms

Challenged by the senate. if there is a compromise to be offered, i have been looking for it. >> uma: what about delaying obamacare for a year for all people as part of the debate over the tet ceiling for example? >> if we delayed implementation and enforcement and the tax collection and everything that has to do with the obamacare for a year, and funded our government in the period of time, that is something that is likely to be discussed there. ill see what my colleagues say. my vote is hold o...

Cities will burn. no border patrol. illegal immigrants will flee across the border. this is ridiculous. $85 billion in $3-point # trillion government. 5% domestic spending. 7% defense spending. the world will not end. rhetorical lengths that the president will go to score political points is astounding. >> bret: mara, what about how this -- it appears that we are heading to this point. it does nod appear that there is time to get it done. right? >> or the inclination to get it done. what happene...

Says if the house pass a clean debt ceiling incress, the senate will be happy to consider it. jay carney at the white house called for passing a clean debt limit deal without delay. leading republicans are saying without a budget that includes a real plan to reduce the deficit, the nation faces the threat of a credit downgrade. bret? >> bret: mike, thank you. sticking with the tet and deficit issues, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are talking about what to do in a worse case scenario. the ...

President obama is happy running $1 trillion deficit for four years and happy to run the $1 trillion deficit next year. republicans might make a difference on the margin, but they need to think ahead of time. what are they going to ask for at the end of february when the tet ceiling and the sequest every run out and continuings out in march as well? they can ask for the spending cut. look at regulatory situation. we want the economic growth. at the end of the day, the president is not solving th...

Nancy pelosi said boehner "wants to go over the edge." the "new york times" congressional correspondent said boehner is a chris i can habit he cant kick. the premise is last years debt ceiling battle triggered by republicans pushed the government close to defaulting on interest payments and thereby caused downgrade in americas credit rating. that tremendous is almost entirely false. even if the tet ceiling had not been raised and the government had been forced to stop borrowing, tax revenues wou...

Reagan question are you better now than you were four years ago? >> stocks were down again today. the dow lost 63. the s&p 500 was off eight. nasdaq dropped nine. the top republican on capitol hill is drawing a line in the sand on the tet ceiling. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel reports on an opening shot of the war on the borrowing limit. >> boehner is ready for a fight. >> when the time comes i will again insist. principles are greater than debt increase. >> it led to a huge bat...

Event to force the process to deliver more change than what it would produce on its own. >> they call protecting the credit rating of fundamental commitment and incyst the process shouldnt be as difficult. >> only congress can act to raise a debt limit. we hope they do it without the drama and pain and damage they cause the country last july. >> other top democrats say the hast thing the country needs is a rerun of the last debt battle. >> republicans can grand stand all they want. any agreement...