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In the road. the question is whether or not they take it. well see two different options. one is an option we hear and i saw in my time working for majority e leader eric cantor, working with the boehner office really closely, there were a lot of people who wanted to fight. we could fight obama and fight the democrats nonstop. . or do we want to have a strategy of landing punches, a strategy to win the round, a strategy to win the fight. if we do that route, well see who the next speaker is. my ...

Thats a signal to the house but they didnt go so far as to be able to stop the presidents specific actions on immigration. kristen? >> i want to head over to you, luke. you heard kelly underscore that point that this is not finished until its finished and we heard from congressman gutierrez that hes a no vote. will boehner get the 218 votes he needs? >> reporter: well kristen, about an hour and a half ago the house moved to a vote on the rule and for the nonwonky washingtonians out there, it was...

Obama and pelosi to get your vote. you said you would fight amnesty tooth and nail and you didnt. this was august of 2010. if we get the majority boehner will serve one term. hell not serve more than one term. they were wrong. i was right. it would take a fight to change speakers and thats what its time to do. >> is there a coup by conservatives? will boehner get dumped? >> no. he only had a 12-vote republican cushion two years ago and not enough republicans defected then to have him lose his jo...

Not acceptable." now conservatives may only accept cantor as speaker if he brings another conservative into the leadership team with him. can the most conservative members pull off a cue? will boehner just step aside? can they find someone to win majority support on the house floor? given all the grief he takes from his own side, is this a job john boehner even wants to fight for anymore. we have the senior editor at the new republic. congratulations on your new gig there. i guess i will start w...

>> senator, coming up in about 15 minutes theres going to be a vote on the senate floor, long-term unemployment benefits extending them, making them ret retroactive. your call. whats going to happen? >> i believe, ed, and i knock on wood or whatever this thing is, that we are going to have the 60 votes that we need. we have finally gotten some republicans to come on board. this will provide insurance to some 2-plus million americans who are at the end of their rope, long-term unemployment remain...

When i took over in 07, i told our members you cant criticize democrats unless you tell them what youre for. well, this morning in a letter to the president, house republican leaders are doing the best to discard the party of no label, writing this, quote, mr. president, as you reminded us all on tuesday night, sometimes things dont come easy, but we should never give up and never quit. we havent given up on working with you to find areas of common agreement where we can do good things for the a...

Vu. its different because you had -- congress was united against the president. congress is fighting with itself right now. >> its definitely a civil war in the republican party, and part of the problem is predi predicting what will boehner do next. ice very hard to do that because i dont think there is a plan just now for what to do next because we have this near revolt last night among the moderates who have been put out among bithe tea partyers. >> that shows how little power you had. peter k...

Quoting on backgrounds saying nancy pelosi is more popular now than ted cruise. heir reed will strip the funding from cr. it will go back to the house and probably passed in a clean version. >> lets talk aboutthat. thats the way i think some people in this town hope its going to work out. that would depend on a certain number of republicans and also a certain number of democrats coming. you wouldnt get 218 republican votes the for that. >> couple of questions. will boehner get half the republica...

>> your solution to the fiscal challenge of the country is to default? >> i think the fiscal challenge of the country is to figure out how to reduce debt and the scope of government. >> what youre saying is not what theyre saying. rick, i respect you being here. thanks for coming on. what ted cruz is saying, if you dont defund a law of the land, affordable care act, obama care, im going to bring down the government and make sure we default. >> he has every right to pursue that strategy. i dont t...

>> rick, heres an idaho fund-raiser on friday. boehner said to use the debt ceiling negotiations to gain leverage. "the president doesnt think this is fair, thinks im being difficult to deal with," mr. boehner said. "ill say this, it may be unfair, but what im trying to do here is leverage the political process to produce more change than what it would produce if left to its own devices. were going to have a whale of a fight." jay carney dismissed boehners tough talk. >> let me reiterate what ou...