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Republicans have been able to reduce the size and scope of the government through the sequester. what sort of is forgotten here if the government reopens, the sequester is not forgotten, did your party make the mistake by not having that fight as part of the shutdown deal? >> the problem is, the republicans have insisted on putting this completely irrelevant issue, one that they know the white house wouldn't compromise, one that they know that the senate wouldn't compromise on. and that is the affordable care act. has nothing to do with the budget. and so now a lot of people are saying well, y...

>> the problem is, the republicans have insisted on putting this completely irrelevant issue, one that they know the white house wouldn't compromise, one that they know that the senate wouldn't compromise on. and that is the affordable care act. has nothing to do with the budget. and so now a lot of people are saying well, you know what? just take the so-called clean cr. but it is not clean at all. because it does have the sequester in it. >> but you -- it seems like you have ended up in a situation, i don't know if this is by grand design on their part or just a happy coincidence for them. bu...

Dement demented, it is now the case that they are all just all in on this. i mean, isn't that whatever fissures you saw are starting to dissolve, as far as i can tell, everyone is falling in line. all those folks, the entire right wing noise machine, all are behind this strategy. >> yeah. we've been all day at the huffington post counting the number of house republicans who are willing to vote for a so-called clean cr, pan we're up to 20, but it's a difference between sort of what they're saying in the corridors and actually going in there and standing up to ted cruz and the tea party. and it'...

Because we don't have time to put it in a graphic. it's quite lengthy. at the top it said today republicans and the house of representatives moved to shut down the government. congress has two jobs to do pass the budget and pay bills it has racked up. republicans in congress had the opportunity to pass a routine, simple continuing resolution that keeps the government running for a few more weeks but instead republicans decided they would rather make an ideological point by demanding the sabotage of the health care law, it goes on longer than that, don, and certainly we put that in graphic form...

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