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Gun or buy a, you know, armor piercing munitions? it doesn't make any sense. he doesn't make any sense. >> you know, chuck and ron, we have a strong constitution. it's been going on since the 1780s. we're going to hold together as a country, but you know, when you look at countries that fail, it's when their parliamentary people, their politicians in parliament, simply do not respond to the public's will. they just don't respond. whether it's latin america or somewhere else in the world. this nonresponsiveness of people like boehner and mitch mcconnell and these people i've talked about, that ...

It was sterile almost in its presentation. newt played to that as well. he just, as chuck said, he kept it down-key and he didn't get excited. because he didn't want to be drawn into that debate. but it got to a point after 30 minutes where enough was enough. and they had to move on. because it just was not opening any new ground. it was a rehash of old stories about bain and freddie mac and fannie mae. and you could feel it almost palpable in the audience, the frustration with the way things were going. >> john heilemann? >> i'll ask both of you guys in sequence, chuck first and michael. on t...

Contributor. thank you both for joining us. chuck first. the way i see it, the senate acts tonight on the house bill after the house bill passes if it does, and we head into a weekend effort to reconcile the two approaches. the president should have on his desk by monday some kind of dealmaker? your thoughts? >> reporter: that's an if somehow harry reid and mitch mcconnell could tum to an agreement how the boehner bill, assuming it makes it over and all folks are planning on the assumption that it will, that assuming they can come together and agreement on amendments. one giant sticking point....

Contributor. thank you both for joining us. chuck first. the way i see it, the senate acts tonight on the house bill after the house bill passes if it does, and we head into a weekend effort to reconcile the two approaches. the president should have on his desk by monday some kind of dealmaker? your thoughts? >> reporter: that's an if somehow harry reid and mitch mcconnell could tum to an agreement how the boehner bill, assuming it makes it over and all folks are planning on the assumption that it will, that assuming they can come together and agreement on amendments. one giant sticking point....