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For speaker boehner to say that yesterday on the "today" show. >> maybe subliminal talk that they are on the table. >> seems sheer craziness. there are huge problems, budget problems, deficit problems. at some point, the speaker has to put aside his own personal career values because of the tea party folks and house he has to deal with and put the nation's interest to the forefront. if he doesn't, if they don't come up with some kind of agreement, we're in for a whole lot of hell. >> when do you figure that's going to happen? >> i don't know. >> mark, this is not john boehner going rogue on th...

I'm not going to vote for any long-term extension of the debt unless there is a credible and serious plan to deal with the debt. >> chris: is a cap a serious plan? >> i don't know. i have not seen the details of it. i don't know how it works or if it would work. what i have to see is a comprehensive plan. i want to see the revenue system reformed. fundamental tax reform. i want toe see the spending side of the equation dealt with. look, we are right now we have the revenue of the united states is the lowest it has been in 60 years as a share of our economy. spending is the highest it has been ...

But what i have to see is a comprehensive plan and i want to see the revenue system reached, fundamental tax reform and i want to see the spending side of the equation dealt with, and, look, we are, right now, have the revenue of the united states is the lowest it has been in 60 years, as a share of our economy and spending is the highest it has been in 60 years as a share of the economy and we have problems on both sides of the equation and they need to be addressed. >> chris: senator graham? >> the way to fix the money problem coming to washington, is to create more jobs in the private secto...

Seeing such terrible storms in so many states. is there an economic effect we can look at or consider while -- >> well, definitely a short-term economic effect. clearly, you know, power outages and this destruction kind of interrupts regular economic activity, forestalls hiring and probably puts a damper, initially, on consumer spending in those affected areas. usually, though, these are not long-lasting effects. obviously, you're going to have some funneling of money for reconstruction. typically, it's kind of a stutter step in terms of the economic growth path. it's not something that really...

As all of our viewers know, jack is always concerned about federal spending. he's here with the cafferty file. jack? >> that's another way of saying i have no life. so far so good for house republicans when it comes to how to cut the deficits and balance the budget. according to a u.s. f usa poll, the party better able to handle the budget problems facing the country and better able to fix the economy. apparently the six-month game of chicken that they played on the 2011 budget paid off for them, at least for now. but a much bigger battle over the budget and spending looms. when congress retur...