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The entire house of representatives are freshmen, they're new. many of them have never served in public office before. >> yes, we have to have 218, which is the majority number of votes in the house to get something passed. but i think at the end what the result will be is a vote that tries to deliver one, on the fact that we don't want to see the united states default, and two, that we are actually bringing real change. >> that last part of this. there is something going on here. there is going to be a big deal. does it happen though before the markets tank or after? there's also a little bit...

The 217 means making a deal acceptable to at least some of those houses with 87 new members. the man who's made himself their standard bearer, majority leader eric cantor put it this way. >> one-third of the republican conference and one-quarter of the entire house of representatives are freshmen, they're new. many of them have never served in public office before. >> yes, we have to have 218, which is the majority number of votes in the house to get something passed. but i think at the end what the result will be is a vote that tries to deliver one, on the fact that we don't want to see the u...

Ones of course that are actually probably the two biggest players here. you got the gang of six which of course is feeling heroic of late. mcconnell and reid have been poo-poo'ing all the other options because they believe their best way would be the best way to save the republic from default. you get the drift. of course, there are those house freshmen republicans who like to remind you we wouldn't even discussing this if it weren't for their electoral success. the "wall street journal" endorses much of the gang of six plan with a caveat -- calling it a conceptual break-through with too few d...